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Leisure Concepts

4Licensing Corporation
Formerly called
Leisure Concepts
(1970–1995)
4Kids Entertainment
(1995–2012)
Industry Licensing
Founded April 28, 1970; 47 years ago (1970-04-28) (as Leisure Concepts, Inc.)
1992 (began television production)
Founders Mike Germakian
Stan Weston
Headquarters New York City, NY, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Products Fox Box
4Kids TV
The CW4Kids
Toonzai
Revenue DecreaseUS$ 3.33 million (2012)>
Decrease -US$3.31 million (2012)
Decrease -US$9.54 million (2012)
Total assets DecreaseUS$11.05 million (2012)
Total equity DecreaseUS$3.48 million (2012)
Number of employees
16 (2013)
Website www.4licensingcorp.com

4Licensing Corporation (formerly known as Leisure Concepts, Inc. and 4Kids Entertainment) is an American licensing company. The company was previously also a film and television production company that English-dubbed Japanese anime through its subsidiary 4Kids Productions between 1992 and 2012; it specialized in the acquisition, production and licensing of children's entertainment around the United States. The first anime that 4Kids Productions dubbed was the first eight seasons of Pokémon that aired on Kids' WB! in the United States. The company is most well known for its range of television licenses, which has included the multibillion-dollar Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! Japanese anime franchises. They also ran two program blocks: Toonzai (originally The CW4Kids) on The CW, and 4Kids TV on Fox, both aimed at children. The 4KidsTV block ended on December 27, 2008; Toonzai/The CW4Kids block ended on August 18, 2012, to be replaced by Saban's Vortexx.

4Licensing Corporation has its world headquarters on Third Avenue in New York City, its former subsidiary, 4Kids Productions, had its headquarters in a separate building in Manhattan. The delisted 4Kids (NYSE: KDE) on June 1, 2010. On April 6, 2011, it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following a lawsuit concerning the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. On December 13, 2012, the company announced that it had emerged from bankruptcy. On September 21, 2016, it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection once again.


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