John Ledford (born 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...1969) is an American, when used as an adjective, can mean of the United States of America or of or relating to the Americas; when used as a noun, United States citizen, residing in the Americas, or less frequently American English. Immigrants to the United States are usually called first_generation Americans, regardless...American An entrepreneur is, in its most general sense, a person who creates or starts a new project, opportunity, or venture. ...entrepreneur, co_founder and president of ADV Films is the video publication arm of A.D. Vision based in Houston, Texas. ...ADV Films.

Originally an avid fan of Computer and video games A screenshot of Tetris for the Nintendo Game Boy A console game (better known as a video game) is a form of interactive multimedia used for entertainment, which consists of a moveable image displayed on a screen that is usually controlled and manipulated using a handheld...video games, college Education The term dropout means a child who quits school before graduation. ...dropout Ledford founded a company, Gametronics, in 1990 as an importer of video game systems and cartridges. By 1992, he and Matt Greenfield had switched their focus to A scene from Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime (アニメ) is Japanese animation, often characterized by stylized colorful images depicting vibrant characters in a variety of different settings and storylines, aimed at a variety of different audiences. ...anime, and founded ADV Films. Within a year, he was making enough profit off anime licensing and distribution that he dissolved Gametronics and focused his attention on ADV. Within a decade, the company had cemented its status as the number one distributor of anime in North America, and had diversified into releasing live_action films on DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for storing data, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...DVD, promoting original film releases, and even inaugurating a cable network ( The Anime Network, a subsidiary of A.D. Vision, Inc. ...The Anime Network).