ADV's license to distribute Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon R in either form expired at the end of March 2004.

The anime has since been licensed by United States based company Funimation Entertainment in North America ( it was once licensed by ADV Films for $ 138, 666 effective June 30, 2006 ; however, through a fallout of ADV's license partner Sojitz / ARM Corporation, Pani Poni was transferred to Funimation ), ADV Films in the United Kingdom, Banciao City based company Mighty Media in Taiwan, and Seoul based TVee. co. kr in South Korea.

At Anime Expo 2011, Nozomi Entertainment announced that they had re-licensed the series, following ADV's closure in 2009.

ADV's Anime Network has broadcast the series in the United States.

As of Sept. 1, 2009, the series is licensed by ADV's successor, AEsir Holdings, with distribution from Section23 Films.

On June 25, 2010, anime distributor Funimation Entertainment announced on their online panel FuniCon 4. 0, that they have acquired rights to the series along with 3 other ADV title, after ADV's shutdown in 2009.

On June 25, 2010, anime distributor Funimation Entertainment announced on their online panel FuniCon 4. 0, that they have acquired the series along with 3 other former ADV titles, after ADV's shutdown in 2009.

As of Sep. 1, 2009, the series is now licensed by ADV's successor, AEsir Holdings ; with distribution from Section23 Films.

In addition, ADV's sub-license with Sandy Frank that allowed them to release its uncut dub during 2005 – 2006 has also expired, and ADV itself ceased operations in September 2009.

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.

Funimation said that ADV's transfer of assets were made with " the intent to defer, hinder or defraud the creditors of ADV.

" Funimation is seeking ADV's sale of assets as void.

ADV's English language release was shown on PBS affiliate KTEH San Jose along with Generator Gawl and City Hunter.

In fact, in an interview included with the extra material on the fourth DVD volume of ADV's release, Rikudo states that he created Excel Saga to explore the character of Excel.

" Toho reluctantly licensed Devil Hunter Yohko to ADV, making the title ADV's first ; even though Shozo Watanabe, the general manager of the Los Angeles office of Toho, expressed concern that ADV would not be able to handle the distribution of the film, Toho was unable to find another distributor, so it selected ADV.

During this nearly 17 year period, Greenfield served first as ADV's general manager, then as a vice president of the company, and was involved with the majority of the company's releases, either as producer or executive producer, until 2009, when ADV ceased actively acquiring new media.

Grave of the Fireflies was later re-licensed by ADV's successor Sentai Filmworks and will be re-released in March 2012.

The Japanese order name ( family, given ) is used in the first nine volumes of CMX's manga release ( save for volume 10 ), while the Western order name used in ADV's release.

The controversy stems from ADV's dubbed version, which largely re-writes the original script ( while still leaving the basic plot structure and storyline intact ) in favor a comedic one written by ADV screenwriter Steven Foster, and lines that the voice actors ad-libbed.

Other continuing cars in the series were a 1941 Packard 180 with a Victoria body designed by Howard " Dutch " Darrin ( license plate number 178344 ) and a 1973 Cadillac Fleetwood limousine ( mobile telephone number KL 17811 ).

In 1983, he worked to license the D & D product line into the successful Dungeons & Dragons cartoon series.

In August 2007, Microsoft issued its Game Content Usage Rules, a license intended to address the legal status of machinima based on its games, including the Halo series.

Amarillo Design Bureau has — as part of its license for the Star Fleet Universe series of games — incorporated many aspects of The Animated Series into its works, not least being the inclusion of the Kzinti, although in a modified form.

In the UK, Network released the first two colour series on DVD ( Series 4 and 5 ) but these releases are no longer being printed-the license has expired and rights have reverted to BBC Worldwide, who release their titles through

In June 2011, Replay Games announced on their blog that they had acquired a license for the Leisure Suit Larry series.

* My Own Kind of Freedom ( written 2005, released under the Creative Commons license February 8, 2008 ), a novel based on the Firefly television series

Philips Semiconductors ( now NXP ) owned a license to produce this series and developed their MAB8400-family based on this architecture.

The series was not seen since it was pulled from Noggin ’ s schedule until Sesame Workshop, under license to Shout!

But the series was postponed, then canceled when Gemstone lost its Disney license.

Although extremely popular, the comic series ended on a cliffhanger when Marvel lost the Star Trek license rights.

This practice hails from the special county government district known as the " Bessemer Cutoff ", established in the middle of the 20th Century when Bessemer was a major city in its own right ; the " Cutoff " even had a separate series of Alabama license plates, with a different numeric prefix than the rest of the county.

In 1990, Gladstone Publishing was granted a new license to publish a series of softcover albums aimed at the collectors market, reprinting in color the stories of Carl Barks.

Fansub opposers claim that Japanese licensers have reportedly grown discontent with fansubbers because the ease of access with which their works are obtained has begun to affect foreign licensers ' willingness to license a series, as evidenced by the Western market's sharp drop in new acquisitions in 2005.

AnimeEigo's license later expired, and has confirmed that the series is out of print as of September, 2011.

It would appear that Tokyopop has lost their license for the series, as Dark Horse Comics announced at their San Diego Comic-Con International 2009 panel that they would be publishing the series in a new omnibus edition in honor of Clamp's 20th anniversary.

Although there were official releases in the late 1980s of Betty Boop compilation VHS and LaserDisc box sets by Live Entertainment, and select Superman cartoons by Warner Home Video ( as part of separate VHS and LaserDisc collections of episodes from The Adventures of Superman TV series of the 1950s ), it would take longer for any official DVD releases of the Fleischer cartoons due to Republic's ownership and video license changes, the potential film and / or digital restoration costs, and the financial viability as the result of releasing restored versions.

Tokyopop has since lost the license to the manga series, as Shueisha refused to renew it, leaving the releases out of print.

Shueisha refused to renew the company's license of the series after becoming part-owner of rival publisher Viz Media.

Although SpongeBob's driver's license says his birthdate is July 14, 1986, which would make the character 13 years old at the time of the series ' " official " premiere on July 17, 1999, Hillenburg joked that he is fifty in " sponge years ".

In 2006, the James Bond game license was acquired by Activision, which published additional games in the James Bond video game series, such as Quantum of Solace, 007: Blood Stone, and a reimagining of the Nintendo 64 game, also titled GoldenEye 007.

In another example of Lönnrot's editorial license, the Kullervo cycle originally existed as an independent series of runes.

This series of RX-7 had exposed steel bumpers and a high-mounted indentation-located license plate, called by Werner Buhrer of Road & Track magazine a " Baroque depression.

Though the state is never explicitly mentioned, New York license plates can be seen at various points in the series, and geographic clues indicate the show's setting is in New York or that vicinity.