In spite of Chaos' Chapter VII bankruptcy (see 'Order Wins -- Chaos Ends'), the 'American anime' film based on the Chaos Lady Death character (see 'ADV Does Lady Death') will remain in production.  Anime powerhouse AD Vision, not Chaos, is financing the 72-minute feature film, which is based on a script by American anime pioneer Carl Macek (Robotech).  Macek has finished storyboarding the film and test footage from the film's Korean animation studio (SunMin Image Pictures) reportedly looks great.  Macek and fellow producer Andy Orjuela are set to go to Korea to check on the actual animation of the film, a process that is likely to take several months.  So far Lady Death has not been cast, though Macek promised ICv2 that some big time talent will be involved.

 

Carl Macek
In spite of its feature-length format, the Lady Death film will not be released theatrically in the U.S.  However the film may well air on one or more cable networks before its release on DVD.  The producers expect the film to be ready for Halloween release in 2003.  Stay tuned for further updates.