4Kids possible bankruptcy?

Flarecobra · 04-03-2011, 01:22 PM

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...-gi-oh-lawsuit

In a nutshell, Japan's owners of Yugioh is wanting money from 4Kids, whose been underpaying TVTokyo and NAS. Because of the lawsuit, 4Kids has lost it's licence for Yugioh, but is fighting, saying that the licence termination is invalid.

Sooooo.... They haven't been paying money... so when the licence gets pulled, they go "You can't do that!"? Does that even make sense to anyone else?

(EDIT: Thanks, I just realized I forgot to tag this. Derp.)

russianreversal · 04-03-2011, 01:45 PM

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Pip Boy · 04-03-2011, 02:16 PM

Lets face it, nobody is going to miss 4kids. Once they sink, TVTokyo will hand the Yugioh license to somebody else, probably Funimation, and the TV series will continue as normal but without the awful dubbing and perhaps like 20% less censorship and restraint.

Flarecobra · 04-03-2011, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Pip Boy

Once they sink, TVTokyo will hand the Yugioh license to somebody else, probably Funimation,

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Originally Posted by The article

The two Japanese licensors accused 4Kids of underpaying them and of conspiring with anime distributor Funimation to defraud them.

I don't think they'll give it to Funimation.

Pip Boy · 04-03-2011, 02:36 PM

Mmmkay, then they'll give it to someone else.

Flarecobra · 04-03-2011, 02:41 PM

Think they might just do it themselves?

Karrrrrrrrrrrresche · 04-03-2011, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Flarecobra

Think they might just do it themselves?

Probably not. Japanese companies aren't really all that interested in the west. Handing it off to someone else is an easy way to make a buck, so they do. It's only when that quick buck stops that they'll even really register that anything might have been wrong with the way it was handled.

Pip Boy · 04-03-2011, 05:11 PM

Which leads to hilarious things like the Official English dub of Ghost Stories.

RobinStarwing · 04-03-2011, 06:01 PM

4Kids going bankrupt? O_O

WAHOO!!!!!

As to Yugioh going to Funimation...Funimation wouldn't want Yugioh. A friend of mine once heard of the card game being refered to as "Bling" once and that was all it took to make her stop playing on top of having her Yugioh cards stolen (Not her Pokemon deck, go figure). Yugioh is basically a dying horse being beat to death so it should just have a last seasons/series and the finally end it with gunshot to the head.

Jagos · 04-04-2011, 08:29 PM

Whatever happened to the games that were on Yugioh...

Ya know, the FUN stuff before the horrible, godawful marketing took over for the card game?

04-03-2011, 01:22 PM	#1
Flarecobra Burn. Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Classified Posts: 11,017	4Kids possible bankruptcy? http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...-gi-oh-lawsuit In a nutshell, Japan's owners of Yugioh is wanting money from 4Kids, whose been underpaying TVTokyo and NAS. Because of the lawsuit, 4Kids has lost it's licence for Yugioh, but is fighting, saying that the licence termination is invalid. Sooooo.... They haven't been paying money... so when the licence gets pulled, they go "You can't do that!"? Does that even make sense to anyone else? (EDIT: Thanks, I just realized I forgot to tag this. Derp.) __________________ "Only the fool wishes to go into battle to beat someone for the satisfaction of beating someone." -A Thousand Sons Rules. Read them, know them, love them. Last edited by Flarecobra; 04-03-2011 at 01:31 PM.

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04-03-2011, 02:16 PM	#3
Pip Boy Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: A right and proper Nerd Cave Posts: 2,460	Lets face it, nobody is going to miss 4kids. Once they sink, TVTokyo will hand the Yugioh license to somebody else, probably Funimation, and the TV series will continue as normal but without the awful dubbing and perhaps like 20% less censorship and restraint. Last edited by Pip Boy; 04-03-2011 at 02:26 PM.

04-03-2011, 02:41 PM	#6
Flarecobra Burn. Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Classified Posts: 11,017	Think they might just do it themselves? __________________ "Only the fool wishes to go into battle to beat someone for the satisfaction of beating someone." -A Thousand Sons Rules. Read them, know them, love them.

04-03-2011, 05:11 PM	#8
Pip Boy Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: A right and proper Nerd Cave Posts: 2,460	Which leads to hilarious things like the Official English dub of Ghost Stories. Last edited by Pip Boy; 04-03-2011 at 08:19 PM.

04-03-2011, 02:36 PM	#5
Pip Boy Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: A right and proper Nerd Cave Posts: 2,460	Mmmkay, then they'll give it to someone else.

04-03-2011, 06:01 PM	#9
RobinStarwing C.M.B.A.S.O.B Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Everywhere until you look at me. Posts: 737	4Kids going bankrupt? O_O WAHOO!!!!! As to Yugioh going to Funimation...Funimation wouldn't want Yugioh. A friend of mine once heard of the card game being refered to as "Bling" once and that was all it took to make her stop playing on top of having her Yugioh cards stolen (Not her Pokemon deck, go figure). Yugioh is basically a dying horse being beat to death so it should just have a last seasons/series and the finally end it with gunshot to the head. __________________ *NPF's resident Crazy Magnificent Bastard Ass Son Of A Bitch (CMBASOB)* Accept No Substitutes Also known as "The Least Interesting Man in The World" according to multiple surveys

04-04-2011, 08:29 PM	#10
Jagos FRONT KICK OF DOOM! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Howdy pardner... Posts: 6,399	Whatever happened to the games that were on Yugioh... Ya know, the FUN stuff before the horrible, godawful marketing took over for the card game? __________________ Copyright musings World ramblings Scifi stories