ADV Films

ADV Films, now A.D. Vision (known as ADV), is an American entertainment studio that served as the largest American and British  distributor in the late 20th to early 21st centuries. ADV Films were the primary distributor of the of the first two seasons of Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon R when the series was produced by DiC Entertainment.

History
Headquartered in, Texas, ADV Films was formed in 1992 by video game fan and anime fans  and. The company spent the next seventeen years in the fields of production and distribution, broadcast television, theatrical film distribution, merchandising, original productions, magazine and comic book publishing. In 2002, most of ADV Films' back catalog were used to program its new channel, the.

For over 15 years, ADV has released successful anime series, such as ', ', ', ', ', ', ', ' and . The company maintained offices in North America, Europe and Asia. In addition to North America, ADV Films distributed their home media releases in the United Kingdom, Italy, and Germany.

The company's fortunes declined in the mid-2000s due to low sales. With ADV's of its assets in 2009, they were spun off into five different companies:, , Aesir Holdings, Valkyrie Media Partners and Seraphim Digital; which became subsidiaries of AEsir Media. Ledford, Greenfield and Williams continue to work for these companies as mentors and creative consultants and most of ADV's back catalog were relicensed by Section23, Sentai, Maiden Japan and. In 2013, ADV Films re-released Elfen Lied on Blu-ray with Section23 and Sentai Filmworks.

Home Releases
ADV Films released the first 2 seasons of Sailor Moon on VHS and DVD between 2000 and 2001. The VHS release had 20 volumes, and the DVD release had 14 volumes.

VHS

 * Sailor Moon: The Legend Begins
 * Sailor Moon: The Power of Friendship
 * Sailor Moon: Sailor Mars Joins The Battle
 * Sailor Moon: Mysterious Tuxedo Mask
 * Sailor Moon: Red Hearts And Silver Crystals
 * Sailor Moon: Introducing Sailor Jupiter
 * Sailor Moon: Green Eyed Monsters
 * Sailor Moon: And in this Corner... Sailor Venus!
 * Sailor Moon: Field Trips
 * Sailor Moon: Trials And Troubles!
 * Sailor Moon: The Return of Sailor Moon
 * Sailor Moon: Tree of Doom!
 * Sailor Moon: Moonlight Knight And The Garden of Evil
 * Sailor Moon: Big Changes!
 * Sailor Moon: Invaders From The Future!
 * Sailor Moon: By the Light of the Negamoon!
 * Sailor Moon: Crystal Matrix
 * Sailor Moon: Looking For Trouble!
 * Sailor Moon: Time Travelers!
 * Sailor Moon: Love Conquers All!

DVD

 * Sailor Moon: A Heroine is Chosen
 * Sailor Moon: Sailor Scouts to the Rescue!
 * Sailor Moon: The Man in the Tuxedo Mask
 * Sailor Moon: Secret of the Sailor Scouts
 * Sailor Moon: Introducing Sailor Venus!
 * Sailor Moon: Adventure Girls!
 * Sailor Moon: Fight to the Finish!
 * Sailor Moon: The Doom Tree Strikes!
 * Sailor Moon: The Return of the Doom Tree
 * Sailor Moon: The Trouble with Rini
 * Sailor Moon: The Ties that Bind
 * Sailor Moon: Wrath of Emerald
 * Sailor Moon: Time Travelers!
 * Sailor Moon: Love Conquers All!