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I'm so confused. I mean, I know this is a semantics issue, but it can't help but feel shady or weird when handed this way. Like, are they going to be upset if I can the replacement the "new ADV?"

This is such a bad case of legal jargon, making sure no one has any idea what's going on. From what I think I understant, different companies bought up different parts of ADV, and Section 23 Films has their anime and will keep releasing it, right? So basically, ADV's anime is still going to get out there, just by a different company.
 
Maybe it's the whole business with Disney buying Marvel, but a buyout of ADV doesn't seem that bad of a deal, especially when it's NOT FUNimation. It's just the splitting up of the company instead of an all-in-one buyout that is scaring people. As long as ADV's staff stays employed and keeps releasing titles, this should be fine.

ADV was always a PAIN to get ahold of from a customer service end from their store. After email and phone calls, and even snail mail attempts, I never received a single reply. Then 2 weeks later, I received a dvd order that was mailed to the wrong address. This order had like 3 box sets in it, plus some odds and ends in the merchandise spectrum. I tried repeatedly to contact them again, to see how they wanted to handle it, as I'm sure the original recipient wanted their goody. But after several good faith attempts, and no response after 3 months, I said forget it, and just took the misdelivered package for my own.  
 
My next order with them was a few months later, when I had ordered some Princess Tutu volumes I was missing, what I received were not official product, but sample product with the barcode destroyed, and the case also damaged (from them destroying the barcode). Essentially I'd paid money for a DVD that if I had ever wanted to resell it (like I bought the box set and wanted trade in value for the singles), any legitimate business couldn't take it.  And even if I didn't want to resell it, the covers were reversible, and because they'd destroyed the area of the barcode, they'd ruined the art >_< not to mention put a hole in the plastic case.
 
When I worked as con staff and needed to contact them, it was like pulling teeth. You just couldn't get anyone to respond. I've always found them a pain to work with, and when I went by their booth one time in the dealer's room at a convention, they seemed genuinely shocked that girls watched anime... well they certainly last an unfavorable lasting impression.   
 
Back in my days when I did DVD/CD/Film reviews for a paper, as well as lfiestyles and entertainment articles and interviews, I couldn't get any response out of them when I wanted interviews, or content to review. Sure I get that takes time and you can't necessarily accomodate everyone, but a simple and polite reply along those lines and an answer is far more professional. Especially when I could get the producers for Star Trek Voyager to call me at my dorm, or line up interviews with world class athletes and olympians, as well as bands, but ADV couldn't be bothered with anything.
 
Sure they've had shows I've loved, and may have done a good job on the dubbing of it and the other production work that goes into such things, but I've had too many unfaovrable experiences with them personally as a fan.
 
I wonder if this restructuring, also has to do with name changing for strategical business reasons, i.e. their old name while known in the fan community, may have been mud with some of their business partners?