4Kids Goes Viral as Anime Fans Revisit the Company's Infamous Dubs
If you have been with the anime game for awhile, you may have heard of 4Kids Entertainment. The [...]
Raise Your Shields
prevnextI love and will defend the good 4kids did for anime in the west (and my humor) till the apocalypse https://t.co/Y7DBa4YLEu
— TAHK0 ☕️ (@TAHK0) March 25, 2021
Remember This?
prevnextSince 4Kids is trending, let’s re-question why they made these very pointless edits in Sonic X: pic.twitter.com/lkDcjDmdSp
— Vic (@vic_skyy) March 25, 2021
Rocking Out All Day
prevnextYes, the dubbing sucked. Yes, the censorship was off the charts. Yes, the plots were rewritten into unrecognizable bastardizations. But I want you to find me ONE 4Kids theme song that doesn't slap even the SLIGHTEST bit in some way https://t.co/PxDjnt1u7Y
— woomy on main (@spenshi) March 25, 2021
Make Anime Accessible
prevnextyou know what f-ck it, I'll defend 4kids. Regulations around what you can air in kids blocks on network TV are EXTREMELY strict and so in sanitizing their localizations these mfs gave the children of the early 2000s access to anime they wouldn't have had otherwise https://t.co/3fSbBBcJ05
— Minerva P Kelley (RWBY Spoilers) (@doubleca5t) March 25, 2021
Who Wins?
prevnext4kids vs Jetix Who’s taking the W pic.twitter.com/ZPFJu6ILUh
— MackyEnt (@_JustMacky) March 25, 2021
Never Forget
prevnextSo 4kids is trending I guess..I don’t see people talking about this jem
— Bobba🧋🧋 (@SoddyKanda) March 25, 2021
So back in 2003, 4kids was partnered with My Anti-Drug campaign to stop smoking marijuana and they had Yugi well...👩🏽🦲 #4kids #funniesttweets #video pic.twitter.com/m1pA87xJw4
A Very Unique First
prevThe censoring may have been silly, but we respect 4kids for doing what they had to do with anime in order to allow it to broadcast on an American kids television network, the likes of which most kids first experienced foreign media. https://t.co/IcsaUih8s1
— Best of Anime Dubs💫 (@BOAnimeDubs) March 25, 2021