Forum - View topicNEWS: 4Kids Retains Financial Advisor to Consider Strategies
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D Dubbs
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What's strange is that 4Kids stock price is completely unaffected by all of this...you'd think that'd it take a major hit or something, but apparently not.
So, I guess things at 4Kids will continue like normal until they reach a decision. Which is fine with me, as long as they keep uploading subbed anime. |
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darcerin
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What this sounds like to me (retaining a financial advisor and rolling out subtitled anime) is that they are grasping at the last straws they've got. They must be in SERIOUS trouble if they've been reduced to putting out subtitled anime after YEARS of fighting it, and put out dubbed, hacked up anime instead. Had they put out the anime they owned back in the day SUBBED, they MIGHT still be afloat. Sadly, at this point I think we're looking at a sinking ship.
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D Dubbs
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Actually, if you read on their YouTube FAQ page, the subtitled anime project had been planned for nearly two years now.
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chrisc1978
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I thought 4kids policy was not to comment on rumors or speculation?
I love this:
You can't learn Japanese without knowing what they are saying, I second the Idiots comment, But I am sure the reason is that the TV networks hold the broadcasting rights to the dubed shows so 4kids can't go elsewere to broadcast there shows like Youtube or a diffrent TV channel. Last edited by chrisc1978 on Wed Aug 05, 2009 2:20 pm; edited 3 times in total |
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Daimao Raki
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Flame-G102
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Im so crossing my fingers for 4Kids to go bankrupt or something... Im sorry, but lately, they've just been getting worse and worse...
I sent them an email once, and they had absolutely no explanation for the in show score removals. japanese intro's and endings and songs, sure, but what about the music in the show? why get rid of that? Im guessing licensing issues and stuff, but come on, they could at least put some effort into it and make decent soundtracks... instead of their default "4kids pack" they seem to put in almost every anime that isnt Yugioh or Pokemon. Well, we'll see what happens, I guess. |
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CCSYueh
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This might keep them afloat & may be a chance to free up anything they still hold license to. Issue is how soon do their licenses expire (wait it out?) & do the surviving licensing companies want to bother with the selection. I'd think they'd keep their most profitable lines, though. I can't believe it took 2 yrs to get permission to subtitle. Maybe to post it on You-Tube for all to see for free. Maybe for them to squeeze every penny they could from what they have until they really didn't mind losing the waning profits.. |
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Tempest
 I Run this place.ANN Publisher  Posts: 10461 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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You're wrong on two counts. 4Kids' share price jumped noticeably immediately after the Paidcontent.org announcement yesterday. Normally talk of acquisition, especially with companies that aren't doing well, pushes the stock price up. So no, you shouldn't think that it would "take a hit."
Huh ? Are we talking about the same 4Kids ? Last edited by Tempest on Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:06 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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zanarkand princess
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I don't understand this. I didn't like what they did to Tokyo Mew Mew or Ojamajo Doremi or One Piece but I would never wish for them to fail. Those are actual people that work there and despite their hack jobs they introduced many of us to lots of series. |
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jonindarkrai
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Well i bet they fell dumb that they got rid of pokemon. Get it back and thell suceed. TRUSTME 4KIDS
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Flame-G102
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Well Perhaps I was out of line a bit... after all, they ARE releasing subs and it IS a business, meaning they need to make their profit.
Just kinda get fed up with their edits sometimes. Sometimes the edits just make so little sense... but we'll see. like I said... d: |
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Tempest
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They didn't "get rid of it." Their license expired and the licensor (Pokemon USA / Nintendo) decided not to renew it. Instead, Pokemon USA now controls the license directly and is keeping all that money that they used to share with 4Kids. Al Kahn, CEO of 4Kids, has made his anger over this issue abundantly clear many times. -t |
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D Dubbs
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There's only one 4Kids Entertainment as far as I know. 
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Flame-G102
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Wow, I hadn't heard of that... Interesting thing there. So whats next for the Pokemon anime? Anything? |
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ninjaclown
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Hehe, yeah that was quite something. Around when Pokemon was starting to get big, Nintendo and their associates were amazed how much money it was making...until they realized how much more they SHOULD have been making had they not cooperated with 4kids, which is one of the reasons they're not renewing the license. Yeah, Al Kahn isn't too happy losing that cash cow. |
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