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NEWS: 4Kids Sells Yu-Gi-Oh! Assets to Kidsco for US$10 Million


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Ted_the_bear2001



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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 2:31 pm Reply with quote
So Saban is returning to anime. This will be interesting to see how this goes.
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TitanXL



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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 2:51 pm Reply with quote
Out of the frying pan and into the fire.

I guess 4Kids is going to go for more European kids shows now like they original did with Winx and Funky Cops? I imagine they're cheaper to license compared to big name anime like Yu-Gi-Oh. Watch them try to get Tara Duncan next.
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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 2:58 pm Reply with quote
Okay, because I know people will start talking about it if I do not nip it in the butt, SABAN DID NOT MAKE "SABAN MOON!!!" That was a group called Renaissance-Atlantic Entertainment, who worked closely with Bandai and Toon Makers, Inc. Because Renaissance-Atlantic worked with Saban to help them aquire the Super Sentai series from Toei, many people thought they came up with it and started calling it "Saban Moon," but they had nothing to do with it. Just thought you should know.....

.....They did, however, licence Digimon, Monster Rancher and Samurai Pizza Cats..... So, yeah.
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baadaku12345



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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 3:04 pm Reply with quote
Is this good or bad? Who knows, but I do like how things were going with 4Kids and I cannot imagine Saban doing subtitled streams or anything.

So will Yugioh be replaced on Toonzai or will they still play it on the CW? Well at least Beastkeeper seems kind of cool.

And of course, what about 5D's on YTV? I can't imagine this is good news for Canada.
michaelarroyo01 wrote:
Okay, because I know people will start talking about it if I do not nip it in the butt, SABAN DID NOT MAKE "SABAN MOON!!!" That was a group called Renaissance-Atlantic Entertainment, who worked closely with Bandai and Toon Makers, Inc. Because Renaissance-Atlantic worked with Saban to help them aquire the Super Sentai series from Toei, many people thought they came up with it and started calling it "Saban Moon," but they had nothing to do with it. Just thought you should know.....

.....They did, however, licence Digimon, Monster Rancher and Samurai Pizza Cats..... So, yeah.


Actually I believe Monster Rancher was licensed by BKN Entertainment or something.
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11G4GUNOT



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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 3:08 pm Reply with quote
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KidsCo is an affiliate of the Saban Capital Group

huh more Cookie Jar (Cinar), Comcast (NBCUniversal) and Nelvana (Corus) and now Saban that brings back DiC and Saban all the way back in the 80s sweet.

It's been official Nicktoons just like the UK.
done. (Hope it's on "This is for kids" lol)

TitanXL wrote:
Out of the frying pan and into the fire.

I guess 4Kids is going to go for more European kids shows now like they original did with Winx and Funky Cops? I imagine they're cheaper to license compared to big name anime like Yu-Gi-Oh. Watch them try to get Tara Duncan next.


Kabillion OnDemand is next uh-oh!
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Primus



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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 3:15 pm Reply with quote
11G4GUNOT wrote:
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KidsCo is an affiliate of the Saban Capital Group

huh more Cookie Jar (Cinar), Comcast (NBCUniversal) and Nelvana (Corus) and now Saban that brings back DiC and Saban all the way back in the 80s sweet.

It's been official Nicktoons just like the UK.
done. (Hope it's on "This is for kids" lol)


It's a really poor choice of a name. This KidsCo has nothing to do with the international children's network of the same name. Saban's KidsCo was set up earlier this year.
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TitanXL



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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 3:46 pm Reply with quote
So this is Beastkeeper?

All I can say is 4Kids must be desperate to find their next proxy battling show.

I imagine they'd love to get Angel's Friends as their next Winx Club but the whole 'angel' thing probably scares them off.
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animegamingnerd



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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 4:04 pm Reply with quote
so can we get GX season 4 dub and uncut and uncensored dvd's and blue ray's of all 4 series now
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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 4:04 pm Reply with quote
TitanXL wrote:


Wow. That's just hilariously awful. Laughing
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RyanSaotome



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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 4:27 pm Reply with quote
TitanXL wrote:
So this is Beastkeeper?

All I can say is 4Kids must be desperate to find their next proxy battling show.


Why don't the characters talk? All they do is laugh and make sounds in that trailer. Is it so cheap they cant even hire real voice actors?
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 4:52 pm Reply with quote
If Samurai Pizza Cats is any indication, it should be easier for someone to get the home video rights to the JP version of the show.
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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 5:21 pm Reply with quote
TitanXL wrote:
Out of the frying pan and into the fire.

I guess 4Kids is going to go for more European kids shows now like they original did with Winx and Funky Cops? I imagine they're cheaper to license compared to big name anime like Yu-Gi-Oh. Watch them try to get Tara Duncan next.


Just what I was thinking. From one bad company to another. When will Yu-Gi-Oh ever get DVDs with Japanese audio and no editing?
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Primus



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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 5:23 pm Reply with quote
animegamingnerd wrote:
so can we get GX season 4 dub and uncut and uncensored dvd's and blue ray's of all 4 series now


You're definitely not going to get uncut and uncensored DVDs from a company called "Kidsco" let alone Blu-Rays...

TitanXL wrote:
So this is Beastkeeper?

All I can say is 4Kids must be desperate to find their next proxy battling show.

I imagine they'd love to get Angel's Friends as their next Winx Club but the whole 'angel' thing probably scares them off.


I'm pretty sure "Angel's Friends" is already in syndication in the US.
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dragonrider_cody



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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 5:28 pm Reply with quote
Primus wrote:
11G4GUNOT wrote:
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KidsCo is an affiliate of the Saban Capital Group

huh more Cookie Jar (Cinar), Comcast (NBCUniversal) and Nelvana (Corus) and now Saban that brings back DiC and Saban all the way back in the 80s sweet.

It's been official Nicktoons just like the UK.
done. (Hope it's on "This is for kids" lol)


It's a really poor choice of a name. This KidsCo has nothing to do with the international children's network of the same name. Saban's KidsCo was set up earlier this year.


Yes, the two companies are unrelated. Saban is even financing the deal, so there is little question as to who is backing the new KidsCo.
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belvadeer





PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 5:31 pm Reply with quote
TitanXL wrote:
So this is Beastkeeper?

All I can say is 4Kids must be desperate to find their next proxy battling show.


Boy no kidding. This is just terrible to look at. Oh well, whatever floats their boat (or sinks it).
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