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Post: 79285989_1 created on Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:17:17 +0000
Posted: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:17:17 +0000

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-05-02/4kids-yu-gi-oh-sale-to-saban-affiliate-not-finalized

Oh wait, nope, still not finalized.

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May 1, 2012
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-05-01/4kids-sells-yu-gi-oh-assets-to-kidsco-for-us$10-million

Officially sold. Nope, not yet.
And 4Kids also picked up something called Beastkeeper.

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April 19, 2012
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-18/4kids-plans-sale-of-major-yu-gi-oh-assets-to-firm-tied-to-saban

I don't even know what's going on anymore with 4Kids.

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Post: 79285989_2 created on Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:24:17 +0000
Posted: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:24:17 +0000

>4Kids filed for bankruptcy last year shortly

4kids is already in ruins now. Now it will do anything to get rid of debts it has been lingering on to.

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Post: 79285989_3 created on Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:32:21 +0000
Posted: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:32:21 +0000

So I guess TV Tokyo would rather trust Saban over 4Kids with Yu-Gi-Oh!, just like Toei trusts them with Super Sentai.
But I wonder why Funi didn't go for the Yu-Gi-Oh! sale.

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Post: 79285989_4 created on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:07:25 +0000
Posted: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:07:25 +0000

Is Saban will release Japanese audio on its DVDs, I'm happy. If not, then eh, it's the same as before again.

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Post: 79285989_5 created on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:35:29 +0000
Posted: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:35:29 +0000

4kids doing something to make things worse for themselves? Sounds like just another Monday afternoon.
I look forward to seeing whether or not Saban will finish GX.

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Post: 79285989_6 created on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:38:03 +0000
Posted: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:38:03 +0000

lol

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Post: 79285989_7 created on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:21:07 +0000
Posted: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:21:07 +0000

Should have had Viz take over. Atleast they do a good job at anime. That and Funimation.

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Post: 79285989_8 created on Tue, 01 May 2012 23:57:09 +0000
Posted: Tue, 01 May 2012 23:57:09 +0000

Updated.

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Post: 79285989_9 created on Wed, 02 May 2012 00:03:55 +0000
Posted: Wed, 02 May 2012 00:03:55 +0000

Wasn't Yu-Gi-Oh originally supposed to center around Yo-yo battles, and not a card game? I think I remember my friend telling me that.

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Post: 79285989_10 created on Wed, 02 May 2012 00:04:27 +0000
Posted: Wed, 02 May 2012 00:04:27 +0000

welp, this is definitely interesting
and what is this beastkeeper thing omfg
we finally have yo-yos covered in the "cartoons about overpowered childhood toys" department
now where's my anime about pogs

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Post: 79285989_11 created on Wed, 02 May 2012 00:07:36 +0000
Posted: Wed, 02 May 2012 00:07:36 +0000

Gigadrax

Wasn't Yu-Gi-Oh originally supposed to center around Yo-yo battles, and not a card game? I think I remember my friend telling me that.

I don't know about the yo-yo, but the original YGO was very dark and didn't even have card games. It focused more on Yami Yugi being a d**k and punishing everybody.

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