Forum:News on 4Kids

I keep hearing mixed rumours on 4Kids, anyone know where the dub is at with them? One-Winged Hawk 09:05, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Here's what I've gathered:
 * The dubbed episodes go up either to or through Jaya (I don't remember which at the moment...) In the US, they're going to begin reshowing it again, but as they left off in the middle of Arabasta, they still have a lot of older episodes to show.
 * Supposedly, according to what emails have been sent, 4Kids stopped dubbing (either before or after Jaya, I think it was before but I don't remember). However, they still have the license until 2009, and are still releasing DVD's. So, even if they really have stopped dubbing, they are (at least at the moment) holding on to the license.
 * Supposedly, according to... um, I believe emails again, Toei is interested in trying to find another group to dub the show. But that's as far as that goes, there's currently no other info on whether or not that's actually happening or what... And with the contract 'till 2009, even if they did find someone else willing, if 4Kids wants to hold onto the license, I believe that even Toei can't do anything about it...


 * So, that seems to be the situation. The accounts have been changed as they go to other places and get posted on other forums, but, as the people who sent the emails and whatnot are on AP (I seem to remember Quexinos being one of the people involved, but I'm not 100% sure on that), their version of everything is (presumably) the most accurate. But there's no announcement by any company involved, so... it makes it difficult to know what exactly is going on. XD --Murasaki 10:26, 24 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Whats thrown me off is that new eps are due. Really confusing me now. I was up to date until then with the debate. One-Winged Hawk 23:13, 24 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Toei owns the license and the rights to lend that license. They can technically break the contract legally if they wanted but they usually don't do that. The DVDs will stop coming once the license expires probably. If Toei feels they won't be making a major profit from them and it'd be better to find another dubbing company, then they will not renew the license. Both Toei and 4Kids need to agree on the contract, and then sign it, which means that if Toei for any reason decides to take the license away, the best thing would be to just not renew it. Cody2526 00:23, 25 January 2007 (UTC)