4Kids Entertainment 4Kids Entertainment is an American company , responsible for the production of the English - language version of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " , " Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX " , " Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s " and " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL " anime series from 2000 to 2012 . They also handle English production for a number of other anime series as well as creating original series . 4Kids Productions . Much of the content licensed and distributed by 4Kids Entertainment and presented on 4Kids TV is managed by 4Kids Productions , a wholly owned subsidiary of 4Kids Entertainment . First launched in 1992 , 4Kids Productions deals primarily with television , film , home video , and music licenses , and manages the programming for 4Kids TV . Airing blocks . United States . On September 14 , 2002 , after Fox Kids was dissolved following the purchase of Fox Family Worldwide by Disney , 4Kids Entertainment introduced FoxBox . In January 2005 , the block was re - branded 4Kids TV . 4Kids Entertainment was wholly responsible for the content of the block and collected all advertising revenue from it , making it one of the main outlets in the United States for 4Kids licenses and properties . In September 2008 , 4Kids Entertainment bought a programming block on the CW , calling it the CW4kids . This block was run at the same time as 4KidsTV . All 5 seasons of " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " , as well as many " Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX " , " Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s " and " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL " episodes are available for viewing on their website . Many episodes of 5D ' s and ZEXAL are available in Japanese with English subtitles on their Toonzai website . Currently , 4Kids Entertainment broadcasts " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL " . Later , its 4Kids TV block on Fox ended , so 4Kids now only broadcasts on the CW . Many of the shows from its 4KidsTV were moved online to its website . On August 18 , 2012 at 11 : 30 AM EDT , the dub of Episode 25 of " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL " aired , marking 4Kids ' final broadcast on a Saturday morning block and the final episode of Yu - Gi - Oh ! to air on a 4Kids - produced network . On August 25 , 2012 , Vortexx premiered , a programming block which features " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL " . " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " rights . On March 30 , 2011 , TV Tokyo planned to terminate all rights to Yu - Gi - Oh ! from 4Kids and filed a lawsuit on " Illegal Transaction " . In June 2012 , 4Kids sold the rights to their current assets , including the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " anime franchise , in a joint agreement , to Konami and . Konami received the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " rights ; Saban received the rights to air what was previously the Toonzai Saturday morning block and all of the other programs associated with it , including " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL " . 4Kids Entertainment retained the rights to dub the series until Episode 41 ; later episodes were dubbed by Konami . Criticism . Fans have criticized 4Kids due to the changes they make to the dubbed version of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " series . 4Kids often completely change the musical score and sound effects ( with many of the 4Kids dub sound effects being made from or sounding like the original Japanese sound effects ) . In the 4Kids dub , the content is often censored and ' Americanized ' to suit a younger English - speaking American audience . Written language characters ( both Japanese and English ) are typically removed or replaced with unreadable content . Some scenes that are removed do not appear to be for censorship reasons at all ( an example would be the scene where Yugi ' s mother appears and speaks ) ; some fans speculate that this is due to time constraints or FCC regulations . Fans were particularly upset with the large numbers of episodes skipped from the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! GX " and " Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s " series , leaving many questions unanswered , especially the " 5D ' s " series .