ADV Manga Not Dead Yet

Bringing to mind a scene from Monty Python & The Quest for the Holy Grail, AD Vision’s Chris Oarr has reminded everyone, via Publishers Weekly, that, “ADV Manga is not dead.” The publisher is currently not printing new books, “aggressively reprinting” catalog titles, or acquiring new titles. But ADV Manga does continue to fill retailer reorders for books that have stock available, and does plan to reprint out of stock books “in the near future.”

Oarr explains that in response to criticism and inquiries from ADV Manga’s fans and customers, “It just doesn’t serve anybody’s purpose to answer the very reasonable questions that fans post on the Internet every day.”

On the possible future of ADV Manga, Oarr says, “We are looking at every possible avenue to continue with manga franchises that have been very successful, but our main priority is our core business, which is anime.”