4K Entertainment (Quantumverse)

4K Entertainment (previously known as Leisure Concepts, Inc. and 4Kids Entertainment) is an American film and television production and licensing company owned by MTV Networks (Paramount Global) that produces English-dubbed anime through its subsidiaries 4K New York, 4K Studiopolis, and 4K Vancouver; it specializes in the acquisition, production and licensing of children's entertainment around the mainland United States. The first anime that 4K dubbed was the first eight seasons of Pokémon that aired on first-run syndication and on Fox Kids in the United States and then it later moved to exclusively air on WB Kids 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. However, Pokémon was moved from 4K Entertainment to Funimation (which is owned by Warner Bros. MGM). They also ran two program blocks: Toonzai (originally The CW4Kids) on The WB, and 4Kids TV on Fox Kids, both aimed at children. They also ran the program block 4KTV on Nickelodeon and Boomerang, aimed at children. The 4KidsTV block ended on December 27, 2008; the Toonzai block was moved to NickToons on August 18, 2012, when all the now-re-dubbed 4K programs were moved to Adult Swim through its Toonami block and MTV through its AniPix block. 
4K Entertainment has its world headquarters on Third Avenue in New York City, The New York Stock Exchange 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, Paramount Global announced that it had saved the company from bankruptcy and rebranded as 4K Entertainment in order to produce newer, more accurate dubs, so long as their anime dubs are more faithful to the originals and not Macekre, especially their One Piece dub. The new company was relisted (NYSE: 4KE) on December 20, and the deal was finalized the next day. 4K Entertainment moved to San Francisco, CA. In 2012, 4K Entertainment signified a transition into more faithful English dubs of anime, with 4Kids Productions rebranded to 4K New York and opening a new studio called 4K Media. And 4Kids acquired the office spaces of LA-based Studiopolis, and on December 1, 2015, a Vancouver branch, 4K Vancouver, was formed. 
==History==
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===1970–1990: Early beginnings===
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===2010–2012: Decline and bankruptcy===
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===2012-present: The Paramount Global era and resurgence===
The buyout of 4Kids Entertainment was welcomed with open arms, as Jennifer Salke promised to rebrand and make more accurate dubs by regaining the rights to anime they dubbed before, as well as anime they had never dubbed as 4Kids.
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