John Robert Ledford II (born August 19, 1968, in Houston, Texas) is an American entrepreneur and producer in the anime industry.
[5] By its 10th year, ADV was the largest employer of actors in the Southwest United States and expanded to include Tokyo and UK branches.
Within a decade, ADV cemented its status as a major distributor of anime in North America, releasing titles such as Neon Genesis Evangelion, Sailor Moon, and Hello Kitty.
[9] Since then, Sentai has acquired roughly four hundred licenses including a number of acclaimed titles such as Grave of the Fireflies, Ninja Scroll, High School of the Dead, and Gatchaman.
[11] Sentai Filmworks continues to manage one of the world's largest anime libraries released across traditional and digital media platforms.
[12] Ledford created Infinite Frontiers in 2010 to aggregate digital content through accounts such as Hulu, Netflix, iTunes, PlayStation and Xbox Live.