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DerekMcD
Well... Looks like 4Kids is breaking out of Chapter 11 or what...

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... -licensing

Last month, 4Kids got sued by TV Tokyo and Nihon Ad System and lost the rights to Yu-Gi-Oh. Then they end up on a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. I think we'll just have to be stucked with 4Kids, oh well...

Thank you.

EDIT 10/14/2011: Due to ending of 4kids' lawsuit on YGO, I decided to change the title!!!

Former title: 4Kids' trying to get Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal.
Vext_old
Dear god 4kids.
YGOkid8
i actually don't really mind 4kids. ironically enough, when i was a kid, i did really enjoy 4kids dubs (of course i don't now), and if it wasn't for 4kids dubbing pokemon, yugioh, one piece, etc. i probably wouldn't have ever got into anime in the first place. their language is plain, simple, and overly exaggerated, but as a kid, that kind of language is normal and easily understandable.

on another hand, has anyone watched Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL? is it good? i still need to finish downloading (and watching) 5D's -.-
Haseo_old
4kids: Ever heard of subtitles?
Vext_old
Little kids choosing to read subtitled animu rather than dubs? That'll be the day.
Quaraezha
Yu-Gi-Oh's a tl;dr card game anyway.
Vext_old

Quaraezha wrote:

Yu-Gi-Oh's a tl;dr card game ON MOTORCYCLES anyway.
fix'd
Reisen-Inaba
i stopped watching Yu-Gi-Oh since they put motorcycles in... 5Ds or how the season is named.... why? Why a card game on motorcycles? :<
I still dont get what the producers thought when they produced it.
Maxer00

YGOkid8 wrote:

has anyone watched Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL? is it good? i still need to finish downloading (and watching) 5D's -.-
I have watched a few episodes of Zexal(subbed)... It's a total copy of the first Yu-gi-oh + Yugioh GX . In other words,wierd, but interesting. Main character has at least two catchphrases: "I'm Pop-flying", "I'm gonna bring it to them!". Not sure what the first one means but whatever...
Anyways, you just gotta see for yourself, cuz Haters gonna hate... xD
Pokebis

Haseo wrote:

4kids: Ever heard of subtitles?
lol u high nigga'?
YGOkid8

Maxer_00 wrote:

Haters gonna hate... xD
and lovers are gonna love, right? :)
Topic Starter
DerekMcD

YGOkid8 wrote:

Maxer_00 wrote:

Haters gonna hate... xD
and lovers are gonna love, right? :)
That's true. But the former CEO of 4Kids has his birthday revealed on Wiki.
YGOkid8

kokoroanime wrote:

That's true. But the former CEO of 4Kids has his birthday revealed on Wiki.
...lol what does this have to do with anything?
ampzz
I disliked the original Yu-Gi-Oh! so it matters little to me but in the end it'll be more exposure for this title since it appeals to English speakers if they can hear it (and prefer it) in their native tongue.

Then there's people like myself who prefer the original Japanese vocals accompanied by subtitles (slowly reteaching myself Japanese as I'm getting along) which has become the norm after watching subbed anime the first time around.
Kokizi
just barging in and posting this.

Vext_old
When you think about it actually, it's kinda a moot point since the major audience is very young. Voice acting for them is not quite as... obvious for lack of a better term.
YGOkid8

Vext wrote:

Voice acting for them is not quite as... obvious for lack of a better term.

YGOkid8 wrote:

their language is plain, simple, and overly exaggerated, but as a kid, that kind of language is normal and easily understandable.
:)
Haseo_old
I like GX more than any of the YGO anime series.
Vext_old

YGOkid8 wrote:

Vext wrote:

Voice acting for them is not quite as... obvious for lack of a better term.

YGOkid8 wrote:

their language is plain, simple, and overly exaggerated, but as a kid, that kind of language is normal and easily understandable.
:)
Should we make out now?
YGOkid8
no.
Topic Starter
DerekMcD
Haters gonna hate and lovers gonna love.

Well, since they're still on Chapter 11 bankcupty, that's why Al Kahn got retired from 4Kids.

Right now, he's joining the company that produce series for toddlers to children called Pacific Entertainment.
Vext_old

YGOkid8 wrote:

no.
Awww...
Quaraezha
Abridged Series
Neo@lex
It's because of 4kids that you're into anime in the first place.
YGOkid8

Neo@lex wrote:

It's because of 4kids that you're into anime in the first place.

YGOkid8 wrote:

If it wasn't for 4kids, i probably wouldn't have ever got into anime in the first place.
i love it when people agree with me~
Topic Starter
DerekMcD
Well, in great news, Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal is going to air in the US by October 15th.
Vext_old
Oh good, I was worried.
Shohei Ohtani

kokoroanime wrote:

Well, in great news, Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal is going to air in the US by October 15th.


As you can tell, I enjoy Yu-Gi-Oh!, and am low-key excited for the dub. Even if it sucks :3.

and not just because I want to map the English OP.
MMzz
I only like Yu-gi-oh for the hair
Sander-Don
I only liked the first Yu-Gi-Oh! series.
YGOkid8
i love all the YGO series ^^ well i haven't watched ZEXAL yet but yeah
Shohei Ohtani
Since everyone else is posting opinions.

I like Yu-Gi-Oh (second series. Haven't watched the first series except for small clips), mostly because it's amazingly funny how the rules are broken, and it's also a pretty cool story and stuff. and the Abridged series ;D

GX, I kinda dislike. It's seems more like a cartoon rather then an animu and stuff. The characters look and act childish and I lost interest in it pretty fast. They didn't even have a Lightsworn character. Also, it seems like the black sheep of the YGO family. The hair isn't eccentric, there's no real "villan" that is defeated (but they become friends or fuse souls with Jaden or something), and it's just weird ;~;. What a terrible series. . . except for Alexis Rhodes. . . >www<~ unyuu~

5D's has to be one of my favorites. Not so much because it's CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES, but rather because it's a pretty good storyline with a pretty good plot. It's silly and dorky like the other Yu-Gi-Oh! series, but it's pretty badass also, and they don't bend rules that much. Except that Yusei cheats like an asshole. Nobody gets 5 tuners for Shooting Stardust. Nobody. Unless they're cheaters. And Sherry is moe too >w<~, but apparently nobody knows who she is. She's French. (also hyurp derp I like the one YGO Abridged episode~)

ZEXAL (aka CARD GAMES IN SPACE), from what I've seen, looks kind of absurd. The animation style is back to the childish sense, where the scenes are bright and colorful and the characters are all colorful and eccentric and 13 and stuff. Yuma pisses me off intensely, though. He's stubborn and he's a terrible duelist and his hair is terrible. He's like a beetle or something. The only thing good about ZEXAL is Cathy >w<~. . . and Astral. Astral is pretty cool. I find him sexy kind of, because you know, he's a feminine-looking naked ghost man, but once I found traces of testosterone, his sexy level kinda went down. But Cathy >www<~.

tl;dr 2nd Series and 5D's are cool. GX and ZEXAL are too childish for me. They're probably good for the younger audience, but just not good in my taste ;~;.
Ekaru
To put it simply...



Now we know why the dub took so long; they spent all of their time doing really crappy edits of the skirt of one of the main characters. \o/
Topic Starter
DerekMcD
Crappy edits....
Bobo_old
I've red a few volumes of the original yugioh manga and it looks like yugioh wasnt intended to be a kid's show.
Anyone watched Season 0?
I guess 4kids took yugioh and made it 4 kids.

I agree with Ygokid tho, if it werent for 4kids we wouldnt be into anime to start with.
Ekaru

Bobo wrote:

I agree with Ygokid tho, if it werent for 4kids we wouldnt be into anime to start with.
4Kids didn't get me into anime; to me, the shows 4Kids dubbed were always "cartoons". It was adult swim that actually got me into anime.
Bobo_old

Ekaru wrote:

Bobo wrote:

I agree with Ygokid tho, if it werent for 4kids we wouldnt be into anime to start with.
4Kids didn't get me into anime; to me, the shows 4Kids dubbed were always "cartoons". It was adult swim that actually got me into anime.
I guess I speak for myself when I say that then.
Topic Starter
DerekMcD

Ekaru wrote:

4Kids didn't get me into anime; to me, the shows 4Kids dubbed were always "cartoons". It was adult swim that actually got me into anime.
But 4kids did get me into anime because of DoReMi and Tokyo New New. 4kids' not the first, Comcast on demand did...
YGOkid8

Bobo wrote:

Ekaru wrote:

4Kids didn't get me into anime; to me, the shows 4Kids dubbed were always "cartoons".
I guess I speak for myself when I say that then.
for me too, 4kids dubs were always cartoons to me.
however like Bobo, i can't say that i would've got into anime if i didn't first introduced to "cartoons" in the first place.

i mean love of "cartoons" -> want to watch more online -> learn of anime? maybe?
Topic Starter
DerekMcD

YGOkid8 wrote:

i mean love of "cartoons" -> want to watch more online -> learn of anime? maybe?
Yeah, I just started watching anime on demand television when I was 12. Thanks to RetroJunk getting me into them though...
Rantai
I feel out of place now.

I got into anime primarily through stepmania :<

4kids actually turned me off anime, specifically Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokemon (yeah back then I did distinguish between anime and western animation).
YGOkid8
you must've been a pretty mature kid if 4kids turned you off anime as a kid o.o
Topic Starter
DerekMcD
I decided the change the title earlier, because 4kids' problem with Yu-Gi-Oh it over and Zexal's be aired in the morning in here and now it's a 4Kids' discussion thread, Yu-Gi-Oh will be moved to a new thread next time.

YGOkid8 wrote:

you must've been a pretty mature kid if 4kids turned you off anime as a kid o.o
As you see, 4Kids turned me off because I just found out the Japanese version compared to it (One Piece mostly...).
anthonyyy0
Oh, 4kids! I dislike thee, 4kids.
YGOkid8

kokoroanime wrote:

Yu-Gi-Oh will be moved to a new thread next time.
i get the feeling that any anime that 4kids has dubbed will turn into a 4kids General Discussion. just a feeling.
Bobo_old

Ekaru wrote:

To me, the shows 4Kids dubbed were always "cartoons". It was adult swim that actually got me into anime.
Lol, sorry to be irrelevant but that reminds me of a shirt I saw at an anime convention a while ago.
Quaraezha

For me, 4Kids is just some company that dubs Anime for English children.
Topic Starter
DerekMcD
Not just any cartoons, they're Nicktoons. LOL!!!
-Shi_old
screw 4kids, I WANT YU-GI-OH! *read 1st post*

SinDemonDragon13
I love all Yugioh series, but mostly the first series and the Abriget one! :D
Oh and has anyone watched the YGO Abriged "Marik plays Bloodlines"? Lol its really funny! XDD
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