http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-11-10/4kids-to-terminate-fox-programming-block-in-december
Looks like 4Kids can't save Foxkids/Foxbox anymore. If they terminate WBkids programming too then I will really laugh.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-11-10/4kids-to-terminate-fox-programming-block-in-december
Looks like 4Kids can't save Foxkids/Foxbox anymore. If they terminate WBkids programming too then I will really laugh.
I wouldn't call this a crash nor an end. They are still airing on the CW, and they only recently started airing on two networks. They've aired on one for all these years.
Their new CW block is why they're terminating the old Fox one.
Did you honestly think they planned to keep two competing Saturday morning blocks going at the same time.
I made a little mistake on the title. It should be "4Kids Fox Programming block comes to an end" so here the one I typed is a litle misleading and like I said, if they are terminating CWkids block in the future then I'll really call this an end.
Eh, the Fox-4Kids block was crap anyway; nothing worth watching on it for me (besides watching new Chaotic eps once in a blue moon).
Hopefully Fox'll get something good to replace it; maybe not right away, but eventually.
like spiderman, maybe crosses fingers
I really couldn't care less about Fox Network.
Back in the days I watched Saturday Morning cartoons, they would always cut into the cartoons to show sports or some junk. The block was obviously a very low broadcasting priority.
like spiderman, maybe crosses fingers
90's Spiderman? If so, I concur with a HELL YES added in. Doubly so if they dust off the old X-men series as well.
Y'know, Fox had some damn good cartoons running back in the day, and I bet if they brought several of the classics back, they'd get some good ratings. I mean, Fox had on Saturdays/Weekday mornings:
Bobby's World
Batman: TAS
Eek the Cat
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Pirates of Dark Water
Dog City
Magic School Bus
The Tick
Spiderman
X-men
Digimon
Woody Woodpecker
A bunch of other stuff
I know bringing back some of these shows would be hard, but even a few would be a great lineup (I know I'd watch). They could call it the 'Saturday Kick Back' or something catchier.
I hope both blocks go down… 4kids must be destroyed.
Fox used to be the king of Saturday morning cartoons. Now look where they are.
I have no love of 4Kids. None. I watch their slow destruction with relish.
90's Spiderman? If so, I concur with a HELL YES added in. Doubly so if they dust off the old X-men series as well.
Y'know, Fox had some damn good cartoons running back in the day, and I bet if they brought several of the classics back, they'd get some good ratings. I mean, Fox had on Saturdays/Weekday mornings:
Bobby's World
Batman: TAS
Eek the Cat
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Pirates of Dark Water
Dog City
Magic School Bus
The Tick
Spiderman
X-men
Digimon
Woody Woodpecker
A bunch of other stuffI know bringing back some of these shows would be hard, but even a few would be a great lineup (I know I'd watch). They could call it the 'Saturday Kick Back' or something catchier.
I wouldn't say anything if most of those shows weren't in syndication.
I knew it, I just couldn't believe that 4Kids bought out Kids WB because of better ratings. Their Fox programming sucked. I mean seriously, they're still playing Sonic X? That show ended years ago, and it's the only thing they can rely on.
actually, i meant the new spiderman cartoon, but never said I wouldn't watch the 90's one either. :) Nostalga!! whoo!
I knew it, I just couldn't believe that 4Kids bought out Kids WB because of better ratings. Their Fox programming sucked. I mean seriously, they're still playing Sonic X? That show ended years ago, and it's the only thing they can rely on.
It wasn't as bad as them still showing Yu-Gi-Oh which they have until 2015:getlost:.
@Sandai:
It wasn't as bad as them still showing Yu-Gi-Oh which they have until 2015:getlost:.
Touche.
(20 stuffz)
Sandai Mera: Now see, I didn't know that some of those were syndicated; must be on channels I don't get. D:
And 2015? So we'll be stuck with at least 2 more YGO series done by 4Kids after the current one. Yay.
Captain Usopp: Ah, 'Spectacular Spiderman'. I do catch an episode once in a while; It's not bad. But 90's Spidey is still the best one in my eyes (at least before they got into the Ultimate stuff.)
I used to love the 90's spidey, and when spectacular came out, I was skeptical of the art style. Spectacular has a Really Really good story though. And I love the character development. Plus it always sort of bothered me that 90's spidey was so buff. he's supposed to be a scrawny geek.
Isn't Spectacular Spiderman written (or co-written) by the guy who did Gargoyles?
Really!!! <3<3<3<3
There hasn't been any good boy-oriented, marketable anime in several years. I've been watching new shows every season from almost every channel since '06, I should know - it's a slow time for everything right now.
Heck, I'm not even certain if the old way of television, toys and collectibles is even feasible anymore. Pokemon happened before the internet age and YGO in its infancy. The worst we've seen thus far is Naruto and I'd hardly call that on the level of money making Pokemon was. Back when people had less control over what they watched, it seems like they liked what was there a lot more.
At the same time, I've got to say that anime/manga companies are REALLY stupid right now. FUNimation, for example, recently licensed an anime that was widely regarded to be terrible, nobody fansubs it and it was likely expensive because they licensed it from one of the most arrogant Japanese companies on the other side of the pond (Gainax). There are other, much more popular shows people LIKE and actually want to BUY that aren't getting licensed and people who don't care if it's licensed or not, since everyone's already seen them.
I don't get why companies aren't looking beyond the numbers and actually picking shows THEY like, rather than what looks cheap. That's 4Kids problem too, they look for only shows that seem "marketable" or "profitable". If they want that, they need to look to the past like with GaoGaiGar 'cause there isn't anything new like that coming out.
Except shoujo titles, but advertisers don't care about girls. :O
What do boys like these days? Texas hold 'em and mixed martial arts. Why not market that?
Also, here's my usual punt of VIZ Media/Bandai USA being manga/anime butchers who should go bankrupt for low quality editing and cultural sugar-coating approaching the level of 4Kids.
That is all.
Bout time. 4Kids TV/Fox Box was a steaming sack of crap, nothing like the children's programming Fox Kids was back in the '90s.
So are some of the 4Kids TV shows coming to their CW block?
When i first read the title of this i thought that it was the end of 4Kids XD. Then i decided to read a little more..
When i first saw that 4Kids had bought CW's kid programming block. I mean two blocks running at the same time??? So yea it makes sense that they would end their run on fox…this brings up something else though...whats gonna fox gonna show in the morning now?? XD