Adness Co. Ltd. (アドネス株式会社, ''Adonesu Kabushiki-gaisha''), known in the
United States
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as Adness Entertainment, is an entertainment company based in
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
, with offices in Los Angeles.
History
Adness Entertainment is involved in the production, worldwide distribution and merchandise licensing of original children's television entertainment. Parent company Adness Co., Ltd. distributes home entertainment in Japan.
The American branch was initially registered under the name CloverwayAdness.
Cloverway Inc., the company that served as registered agent for
Toei Animation
() is a Japanese animation studio primarily controlled by its namesake Toei Company. It has produced numerous series, including ''Sally the Witch,'' ''GeGeGe no Kitarō,'' ''Mazinger Z'', ''Galaxy Express 999'', ''Cutie Honey'', ''Dr. Slump'', ' ...
, closed in 2007, the year after Adness Entertainment was established.
As of 2021, the company has filed a forfeit of all business activities.
This, along with their website and social media accounts being inactive since 2017, essentially renders them defunct.
Television
''
Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight'' was an adaptation of
Toei's ''
Kamen Rider Ryuki
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. The twelfth installment in the Kamen Rider Series, it was a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and it was shown on TV Asahi from February 3, 2002 to January 19, 2003. The series ...
''. It is also its only product ever successfully produced.
In the early licensing information for the series, there were plans for a feature-length movie for the show. In an interview,
Steve Wang
Steve Wang () is a Taiwan-born American make-up artist and filmmaker.BBC
Biography< ...
stated that they had written a story for a film, but Adness was raising money to bring over another
Heisei
The is the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Emeritus Akihito from 8 January 1989 until his abdication on 30 April 2019. The Heisei era started on 8 January 1989, the day after the death of the Emperor Hirohito, ...
''
Kamen Rider
The , also known as ''Masked Rider Series'' (until Decade), is a Japanese superhero media franchise consisting of tokusatsu television programs, films, manga, and anime, created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. ''Kamen Rider'' media generall ...
'' for broadcast in the United States someday, rather than a film or a second season of Dragon Knight. No such plans materialized.
References
External links
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Television production companies of the United States
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