It seems that people in the United States might soon not be able to watch their favorite show about a certain trading card game. Most of you might have grown up with the kids series Yu-Gi-Oh, an shonen anime that is based on the popular real life trading card game. Since it came to western shores, it has always been dubbed by the New-York based company, 4-Kids Entertainment, but it seem that could no longer be the case.
The original creators (TV Tokyo and Nihon Ad Systems) of the anime has sued 4-Kids, as they claimed that 4-Kids have been making secret agreements with TV networks and distributing companies and been paying TV Tokyo and NAS fewer shares than they should. Worse of, the two companies have terminated their licensing deal with 4-Kids.
Currently, 4-Kids have filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, meaning they are in a "Stay of Execution" and are still doing their work, so there is no way of knowing if 4-Kids is still dubbing Yu-Gi-Oh or they will soon lose the license completely and soon enough be actually bankrupted.
On one hand, I am excited of this news, since now 4-Kids won't soil the anime with their bowdlerizing and ridiculous lines. On the other hand, the voice actors might be out of a job and their is no telling which company will want to dub it now.
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