this was done as a means of acquiring more titles in the japanese market. from this point on, virtually all titles that adv acquired were with sojitz's help. however, in january 2008, adv mysteriously removed a large number of titles from their website. all the titles removed were titles acquired since the sojitz collaboration including "gurren lagann", which had test disks sent out with dubbed episodes. as of may 2008, "gurren lagann" was licensed by bandai entertainment. adv films made booth appearances at the anime central 2008 convention, but they canceled their planned panel. in july 2008, funimation announced the acquisition of thirty of these titles.