ADV Manga

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ADV Manga is the manga publishing division of A.D. Vision, Inc., parent company of ADV Films, Anime Network, Newtype USA, ADV PRO, ADV Music, and ADV Toys. ADV Manga also publishes manhwa.

ADV Manga launched in 2003, with a strong list of titles and an ambitious plan for growth within the U.S. manga market. Unfortunately, it seems that quite a few of their titles, such as Aria and Gunslinger Girl, have been placed on "permanent hold" with no indication of when, or if they will ever return, this has resulted in some complaints [1] and even some fans claiming that a series on "permanent hold" might as well be considered as unlicensed to avoid a second occurrence of what happened with the anime license of Pichi Pichi Pitch: Mermaid Melody (The article in question gets licenced, all fan translation stops and nothing is heard of it for two years before the licence is relinquished and the fan translation continues).

Recently, at Anime Expo 2006, manga publisher Tokyopop announced that it had obtained the licences for Aria, Tactics, and Peacemaker Kurogane and intend to continue publishing from the first volume of the three series rather than where ADV left off. [2]