Foreign Distribution
A.D. Vision established international divisions in the United Kingdom and Germany to directly release their properties there. They also released titles that weren't originally licensed by A.D. Vision in the U.S., such as Chobits, Gad Guard, Hellsing, Last Exile, Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden, and Rurouni Kenshin. Because of ADV's large number of titles, its UK division also became the largest anime distributor in the UK from the early 2000s until 2009. However, it faced competition against Manga Entertainment UK and MVM Films. Its German division wasn't as successful as the UK division since the majority of titles licensed by ADV US were already licensed by other anime distributors. Following the collapse of A.D. Vision, the fate of the titles released by A.D. Vision's international divisions remain unknown although it is possible that local distributors would pick up the titles, such as Manga Entertainment & MVM Films in the United Kingdom, and Panini Video and SP Vision, Kazé Germany, OVA Films, etc. in Germany. However, Devil May Cry, Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor, and Ah! My Goddess (season 2) were re-licensed by Manga Entertainment and Welcome to the N.H.K. was re-licensed by MVM Films in the UK, and Chobits was re-licensed by Kazé Germany in Germany.
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