Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles
available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. John R. Ledford
II (born August 19, 1968 in Houston, Texas) is an American entrepreneur,
co-founder and former president of ADV Films (before the company's
split). He now serves as President of Sentai Filmworks. Originally an
avid fan of video games, college dropout Ledford founded a company,
Gametronix, in 1990 as an importer of video game systems and cartridges.
By 1992, he and Matt Greenfield had switched their focus to anime, and
founded A.D. Vision (which had been doing business as ADV Films). Within
a year, he was making enough profit off anime licensing and distribution
that he dissolved Gametronix and focused his attention on ADV. Within a
decade, the company had cemented its status as a major distributor of
anime in North America, and had diversified into releasing live-action
films on DVD, promoting original film releases, a venture into extreme
wrestling with Combat Zone Wrestling, and even inaugurating a cable
network (The Anime Network).
