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NEWS: 4Kids CEO Honored

If you insist on maintaining that argument, though, I hear "Roly Poly Ollie" is actually a very taught political drama, Disney just cuts out all the stuff about welfare reform.

Toboe has a point. Most animated material is set to appeal to the younger demographics out there, and while there are more mature titles (like Berserk, Hellsing, or Wolf's Rain for example), I'd still say a majority of all cartoons/anime are intended for the 6-12 year old range, you just don't see as much of kid's stuff from Japan because of the unwillingness to license it all.

I mean, I'm sure Pokemon and Yu-gi-oh are good in their original formats too, but given today's children in America, I just don't think they'd care. And as steventheeunuch mentioned, a few of the shows 4Kids has produced here in America pretty much are coinicided as marketing devices, what with all the card games, toys, etc. that are made in conjunction.

Like I said before, if the original plan was to just make money by any means necessary, then it worked. I'm sorry if my view of the truth seems like an act of heresy to those who prefer semblances of original material, but to this point in history, I think Mr. Kahn does deserve this honor for his marketing and financial achievments, whether some of us would like him to or not.

You are all intelligent and you should know better. The plan is so simple that it is genious, if you hate 4kids that much then stop paying attention to them, just don't endorse them and forget about them. Don't let yourselves be driven by anger and don't let someone elses actions affect you because you will only be playing into their game. Just forget and they won't bother you.

4Kids only pretends to produce material for, well, kids. In fact they are planning to take over the world one step at a time and spread a reign of terror across the planet of Zaibachian proportions. They know the only group standing in their path to world domination is the otaku community, the most intelligent, hard-working, and cleanly fraternal in existence. Viva la resistance.

(Digimon never really took off here,

Is it time for the "I'm insecure about being 21 and watching Pokemon so I'm going to call it 'mature' because in one episode Squirtle insinutates that his mother died" argument?

I was thinking more of the first season of Yu-Gi-Oh... if it was anything like the manga version, well, the manga gets some *interesting* content in there (such as a badguy being basically burned alive and such).

Toboe has a point. Most animated material is set to appeal to the younger demographics out there, and while there are more mature titles (like Berserk, Hellsing, or Wolf's Rain for example), I'd still say a majority of all cartoons/anime are intended for the 6-12 year old range, you just don't see as much of kid's stuff from Japan because of the unwillingness to license it all.

No, in fact, one of the anime series I'm currently collecting on DVD I've been enjoying because it's more of a kiddy anime. Heavy plot is good, but sometimes fluff is nice to.

ACDragonMaster wrote:

I was thinking more of the first season of Yu-Gi-Oh... if it was anything like the manga version, well, the manga gets some *interesting* content in there (such as a badguy being basically burned alive and such).

The "anything like the manga version" is now available on fansub. Don't expect 4Kids to touch this, as they technically don't even play Duel Monsters.

After reading the manga and watching the episode featuring the same thing, the anime was a little disappointing. Oh, and by the way at the end, spoiler[BAKURA'S A WHITE MAGE!!! ^____^]

This is true, but don't forget that just because it's intended for a younger audience doesn't mean that older viewers can't enjoy it too. Some kiddy cartoons and movies also have jokes that the adults who are forced to watch it by the kids in their life can enjoy.

Hey guys, we are talking about cartoons. Kid shows to being with. Jesus, grow up some of you.