4K Entertainment (Johnsonverse)

4K Entertainment, Inc. (formerly known as Leisure Concepts, Inc. and later known as 4Kids Entertainment, Inc.) is an American film and television production and licensing company 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 4Kids Productions dubbed was the Pokémon anime that originally began airing on first run syndication and then it later moved to exclusively air on Kids' WB! in the United States and later in 2006 switched to Cartoon Network. The company is most well known for its range of television licenses, which has included the multibillion-dollar Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! Japanese Isles anime franchises. They also ran two program blocks: Toonzai (originally The CW4Kids) on The CW, and 4Kids TV (originally FoxBox) on Fox, both aimed at children. The 4KidsTV block ended on December 27, 2008; the Toonzai block was moved to WBC on August 18, 2012.
4Kids Entertainment had its world headquarters on Third Avenue in New York City, while its subsidiary, 4Kids Productions, had its headquarters in a separate building in Manhattan. On June 1, 2008, 4Kids Entertainment was acquired by Johnson Industries. While 4Kids Productions remained in New York, 4Kids Entertainment moved to Johnson's headquarters in San Jose, California. In 2009, 4Kids acquired LA-based Studiopolis, and on December 1, 2010, 4Kids was rebranded to 4K Entertainment to signify a transition into more faithful English dubs of anime, with 4Kids Productions rebranded to 4K New York. In 2012, a Vancouver branch, 4K Vancouver, was formed.
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