4Kids facts for kids
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Formerly
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Leisure Concepts (1970–1995) 4Kids Entertainment (1995–2012) 4Licensing Corporation (2012–2017) |
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| Traded as | NYSE: KDE OTCBB: KIDE OTCQB: FOUR |
| Industry | Licensing |
| Fate | Bankruptcy |
| Successor | Konami Cross Media NY |
| Founded | 1970 (as Leisure Concepts, Inc.) |
| Founders | Mike Germakian Stan Weston |
| Defunct | February 7, 2017 |
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U.S.
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Area served
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Worldwide |
| Products | Fox Box/4Kids TV The CW4Kids/Toonzai |
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Number of employees
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16 (2013) |
| Subsidiaries | 4Kids Entertainment International Limited 4Kids Entertainment Licensing, Inc. 4Kids Entertainment Home Video, Inc. 4Kids Productions, Inc. 4Kids Ad Sales, Inc. The Summit Media Group, Inc. 4Kids Technology, Inc. Websites 4 Kids, Inc. 4Kids Entertainment Music, Inc. |
4Kids Entertainment (commonly known as 4Kids) was an American movie and television production company. They specialized in the creation and distribution of children's entertainment around the world. The company is most well known for the large number of Anime and animated television series it has provided to television stations. These series included Yu-Gi-Oh! and Sonic the Hedgehog. 4Kids Entertainment dubbed Pokémon until 2006. The company was first created in 1970 as Leisure Concepts, Inc.
4Kids Entertainment provided a number of series for the Fox television network. These series have been shown on the network using the name 4Kids TV.
4Kids Entertainment filed for bankruptcy twice. They first filed for bankruptcy in 2011, and again in 2016.
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History
In 1970, the company was originally called Leisure Concepts, Inc. It was created by Mike Germakian and Stan Weston.
List of shows
Criticism
4Kids Entertainment gets most of its Anime series from Japan. Before showing the series in the United States and United Kingdom, the series are edited. This editing includes changing the words from Japanese to English. It may also include changing other things which could be thought to be bad. For example, cigarette smoking is often removed before being shown in the United States. Changing the names of items from Japanese items to American items is also often done. This is done so the person watching can understand the show more easily.
Many times the story of an episode is changed completely to make it better for children. Some people believe all the changes to the Anime is a bad thing. They say that the series should be shown exactly the same as it was originally created.
See also
In Spanish: 4Licensing Corporation para niños
