×
  • remind me tomorrow
  • remind me next week
  • never remind me
Subscribe to the ANN Newsletter • Wake up every Sunday to a curated list of ANN's most interesting posts of the week. read more

Forum - View topic
NEWS: 4Kids Entertainment Financials




Note: this is the discussion thread for this article
Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Cyan Bloodbane



Joined: 12 Mar 2005
Posts: 117
PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 6:53 pm Reply with quote
We can only hope that this small snag will lead to 4kids downfall someday in the year 20XX.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
.Sy



Joined: 11 Mar 2005
Posts: 1266
PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 6:54 pm Reply with quote
After a few years, a series is expected to drop in popularity. I can definitely infer that the popularity of 4Kids has dropped, after reading some of the posts made these days...
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Raimaru



Joined: 14 Jan 2005
Posts: 12
Location: Boston
PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 8:04 pm Reply with quote
This is good news but not good enough. Hopefully their Rev. and profits will continue to decline more and more until they are forced into selling their license for One Piece to another company. A company that will market One piece to the teenage demographic and they will remake all the dubbs with better voice actors, and without edits, AND they will show it on night time television.
mwahahahah hahahahaha
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Haiseikoh 1973



Joined: 24 Apr 2004
Posts: 1590
Location: Waiting for the Japanese 1000 Gunieas.
PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 8:08 pm Reply with quote
Raimaru wrote:
This is good news but not good enough. Hopefully their Rev. and profits will continue to decline more and more until they are forced into selling their license for One Piece to another company. A company that will market One piece to the teenage demographic and they will remake all the dubbs with better voice actors, and without edits, AND they will show it on night time television.
mwahahahah hahahahaha


Actually, I would rather hope that 4Kids rethinks abit about also targetting to Audiances outside of their intended demographic abit more and capitalize on it.

They can do it, the question is, will they commit more resources to do it?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
.Sy



Joined: 11 Mar 2005
Posts: 1266
PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 9:48 pm Reply with quote
Raimaru wrote:
A company that will market One piece to the teenage demographic and they will remake all the dubbs with better voice actors, and without edits, AND they will show it on night time television.
mwahahahah hahahahaha
Actually, since it's so rare that a show will change that much in the middle, they could just show it on TV in Japanesen with English subs. I think G4Tech TV did that with a series once or twice. (Or so my friend says.)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
one3rd



Joined: 28 Jul 2003
Posts: 1818
Location: アメリカ
PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 10:01 pm Reply with quote
Maybe they're learning now that they can't ride on Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! forever.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime My Manga
TsubomiKoneko



Joined: 10 Aug 2004
Posts: 247
PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2005 1:14 pm Reply with quote
Butchering poor defenseless unkowing anime causes financial downfall?

Hmm Confused never crossed my mind.

I've never touched one of their DVDs and do my best to avoid their shows because my braincells would start commiting suicide.

If this leads to them releasing un-edited subbed versions then we'll talk about this "me no touchie your DVDs" thing.

Though they'll probably just continue with their current ways and in about ten years go out of business. Only to be replaced by someone else. *Sighs*
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Haiseikoh 1973



Joined: 24 Apr 2004
Posts: 1590
Location: Waiting for the Japanese 1000 Gunieas.
PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2005 3:34 pm Reply with quote
[quote="TsubomiKoneko"

Though they'll probably just continue with their current ways and in about ten years go out of business. Only to be replaced by someone else. *Sighs*[/quote]

Or hopefully they decide to dump a few of their properities and the other companies decide to pick it up.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Mohawk52



Joined: 16 Oct 2003
Posts: 8202
Location: England, UK
PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2005 3:44 pm Reply with quote
Or they might cut their loses and abandon their commitment to making their licenses uncut afterwards. Wink
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Yashouzoid



Joined: 10 May 2005
Posts: 411
PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2005 9:49 pm Reply with quote
4Kids TV will die, all the shows will move to Cartoon Network, and 4Kids will act like nothing ever happened.

It'll seem just like it too. One Piece on Toonami isn't doing too hot, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has already regulated to the 6:30 AM "death slot". Yu-Gi-Oh GX is going to be on cable.

Eh... I say they become either:

a) Nothing. They won't exist.
b) A success because ___ was able to somehow pull through.
c) A fallen empire as the result of a lot of bad business, or
d) A good anime company.

Order of likelihood: cabd
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
darkchibi07



Joined: 15 Oct 2003
Posts: 5512
PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2005 10:02 pm Reply with quote
I thought One Piece is doing well in Toonami.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message AIM Address My Anime My Manga
Steventheeunuch





PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 3:22 am Reply with quote
darkchibi07 wrote:
I thought One Piece is doing well in Toonami.


Yeah, at 11 PM. Knights of the Zodiac did well for it's timeslot, 12 AM, and you DO know where that went, yeah?
Back to top
Joe Mello



Joined: 31 May 2004
Posts: 2309
Location: Online Terminal
PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 11:33 am Reply with quote
Haiseikoh 1973 wrote:
I would rather hope that 4Kids rethinks a bit about also targeting to audiences outside of their intended demographic a bit more and capitalize on it.

They can do it, the question is, will they commit more resources to do it?


Well, it's good to know that there's at least one other person that thinks rationally about these matters.

What you propose would be nice. 10-14's and 13-17's are very still easily influenced. After all, in today's market, you have to be diversified.

one3rd wrote:
Maybe they're learning now that they can't ride on Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! forever.


A company learning it can't beat a dead horse that's given them money and recognition for umpteen years? Preposterous! *coughDisneycough*
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Yashouzoid



Joined: 10 May 2005
Posts: 411
PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 7:42 pm Reply with quote
darkchibi07 wrote:
I thought One Piece is doing well in Toonami.


What, you think 4Kids tells the truth?

They're in obvious denial. Yeah, 4Kids TV will suddenly become a breakout hit that will bring the company back on its knees. Right. Come on, the guy is boasting about Ojamajo Doremi like it's going to be their next cashcow. Shows how much credibility 4Kids has.

I agree that 4Kids should expand. Yu-Gi-Oh edited gets great 12-17 ratings, why don't they make it a little more mature for the secondary audience? Kids will watch it simply because it's Yu-Gi-Oh and another audience will authentically enjoy it.

One Piece getting a better dub midway might not seem plausible but hey, a network shift could do the trick.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Page 1 of 1

 


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group