My Beautiful Girl, Mari acquired for U.S.
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ADV Films, a company based in Houston that has frequently distributed Japanese anime in the U.S., has acquired North American rights to Korean animated film My Beautiful Girl, Mari. Directed by LEE Sung-gang, the film tells the story of a young boy in a seaside village who finds himself falling into a world of fantasy. In 2002, Mari won the Grand Prix at the Annecy International Film Festival.
ADV, which publishes the anime magazine Newtype USA, plans to give the film a limited theatrical release in 2004. After that it will screen on ADV's cable channel the Anime Network and be released on home video.
ADV, which publishes the anime magazine Newtype USA, plans to give the film a limited theatrical release in 2004. After that it will screen on ADV's cable channel the Anime Network and be released on home video.
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