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4Kids Entertainment published their third quarter results this week. Net revenues for the period increased 109% over last year while profit rose 46%.
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4Kids Entertainment shows continued increase of revenue from last year. 4Kids on Friday announced net revenues for the third quarter climbed 109% to $25.3 million from $12.1 million in the same period last year. Actual profit for the quarter was $2.9 million, compared to net income of $2.0 million, an increase of 46%.
For the first nine months of 2003 net revenues rose 156% to $69.7 million from $27.2 million in the same period last year. Actual profit for the nine-month period was $9.5 million, or $0.68 per diluted share, compared to net income of $4.7 million, in the same period a year earlier, an increase of 100%.
Al Kahn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 4Kids Entertainment, said, "Third quarter results reflect the continued success of our strategy to create many different revenue streams based upon a diversified property portfolio. Yu-Gi-Oh!(TM) and Pokemon(R) continue to be among the top ranked children's programs on the Kids' WB! network. Strong retail sales of Yu-Gi-Oh! related products and licensed merchandise were one of the primary drivers of revenues for our licensing division. 4Kids Home Video shipped its two-millionth Yu-Gi-Oh! title in September."
Mr Kahn also had this to say about Fox Box, 4Kids' four hours of programming on Saturday mornings on the Fox Network, Kahn said, "We launched the 2003-2004 Fox Box season on September 6 with exciting new shows, including Shaman King and Sonic X(TM) as well as new episodes of returning shows Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Kirby: Right Back At Ya!(TM) and Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy(TM). Season to date, this new line-up is rating higher than the comparable period last season."
"With Fox Box as our content distribution platform, 4Kids is well positioned to launch new properties. We also have the financial strength to support new and existing licensing programs," concluded Kahn.
Before you whine why I didn't put this in the Animation News folder, I want to ask something very disturbing.
Is 4Kids doing something right with their policies of edits, rewrites, name changes, and the like? Do they really know what the kids want? The faithful adaptations (.hack) are shunned and the edited CRAP is embraced. Is this the start of a new and very disturbing trend in the animation industry? _________________ Sometimes I miss my sanity- Wedge Antilles
Sun Nov 16, 2003 9:51 pm
Beefy
Joined: Nov 13, 2002
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I know nothing about 4Kids DVDs.
Do they release an edited and an uncut version like FUNi does, or is it edited only? _________________ "Robots don't say 'ye'."
"I'll show ye!"
Sun Nov 16, 2003 10:26 pm
Nobuyuki
Joined: Nov 07, 2002
Post subject: Re: Edits=Profits?!
Edited-only so far, to the best of my knowledge. It's 4Kids' choice. Lance Heiskell at FUNimation (4Kids' distributor) has said they'd love to distribute unedited DVD's for them, but 4Kids' isn't playing.
Beatdiggga wrote:
Is this the start of a new and very disturbing trend in the animation industry?
There's nothing new about it. _________________ "When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."- C.S. Lewis
"Superman can't be emo. He can't cut himself."-CP
Sun Nov 16, 2003 10:59 pm
Spookmonkey
Joined: Nov 07, 2002
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*grumbles something about animation news*
...fuck it. _________________ "Veni. Vedi. Spooki." - Julius Caesar
I came. I saw. I spooked.
what the hell?... spooky?... where'd you go?... hey, did anyone see spooky? he was just here a second ago...
_________________ "The principles you live by create the world you live in; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world." -Blaine Lee
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Mon Nov 17, 2003 3:31 am
counterparadox
Joined: Nov 07, 2002
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American audiences, even little kids, are different htan Japanese audiences. 4-Kids does what it needs to. _________________ anime is teh s uck
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Mon Nov 17, 2003 7:31 pm
wildarmsheero
Joined: Jun 27, 2003
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I think this panel from Real Life should reflect my feelings on this issue.
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what the hell?... spooky?... where'd you go?... hey, did anyone see spooky? he was just here a second ago...
