4Kids Entertainment, Inc. was an American licensing company. The company was previously also a film and television production company that produced English-dubbed Japanese anime through its subsidiary 4Kids Productions between 1992 and 2012; it specialized in the acquisition, production and licensing of children's entertainment around the United States. The first anime that 4Kids Productions dubbed was the first eight seasons of Pokémon that originally began airing in first run syndication, and then it later moved to exclusively air on Kids' WB! in the United States. The company is most well-known for its range of television licenses, which has included the multibillion-dollar Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! Japanese anime franchises. They also ran two program blocks: Toonzai on The CW, and 4Kids TV on Fox, both aimed at children. The 4KidsTV block ended on December 27, 2008, while its Toonzai block ended on August 18, 2012, which was replaced by Saban's Vortexx, which in itself was succeeded by the One Magnificent Morning block by Litton Entertainment in 2014.
Kathleen Charlotte McInerney, also known by her stage name Veronica Taylor, is an American voice actress known for her dubbing work in English-language adaptations of Japanese anime, in particular for voicing Ash Ketchum and his mother Delia in the Pokémon anime for its first eight seasons. Other voices she has done include Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun from Slayers, Sailor Pluto from Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon Crystal, Nico Robin in the 4Kids dub of One Piece, April O'Neil in the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series and has voiced video game characters like Cosmos from Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, Dissidia Final Fantasy, and Dissidia Final Fantasy NT. Additionally, using her real name, she is a narrator for various audio books, such as the Omen of the Stars arc from the Warriors series.
Lisa Ortiz is an American voice actress and voice director. She is best known for her roles in English anime adaptations, such as Lina Inverse in Slayers and Amy Rose in Sonic X. She voiced the latter character in the mainline and spin-off Sonic the Hedgehog video games from 2005 to 2010. She has served as the voice director for the English dub of the Pokémon anime since 2016, in addition to performing various roles since the first season. In 2021, she reprised Tao Jun in the Netflix anime Shaman King. She also voices Serenity Wheeler in Yu-Gi-Oh duel monsters and Mindy in Yu-Gi-Oh GX.
Megan Hollingshead, also known as Karen Thompson or Kelli Kassidi is an American voice actress, best known for her roles as Nurse Joy in Pokémon, Mai Valentine in Yu-Gi-Oh!, Shizune in Naruto, Caster in Fate/stay night, Rangiku Matsumoto in Bleach, and Re-l Mayer in Ergo Proxy.
Tara Sands is an American voice actress and co-host of Cartoon Network's Fridays from 2005 to 2007. Sands has voiced in anime dubs and cartoons, including Bulbasaur in the Pokémon anime series, Spyler in I Spy, Kari Kamiya in Digimon Adventure tri., Anna Kyoyama in Shaman King, Mokuba Kaiba in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, as well as Chase on Fighting Foodons and Filia Ul Copt in Slayers. She also provides narration on audio books.
Madeleine Joan Blaustein, also known as Kendra Bancroft, was an American voice actress and comic writer who was known for her voice acting work for 4Kids Entertainment, DuArt Film and Video and NYAV Post, for her reprising role as the character Meowth from the Pokémon anime series and for comics written for Milestone Comics, in which she introduced one of superhero comics' first transgender female characters. She was the first intersex and transgender voice artist for many of her respective agencies.
Wendee Lee is an American voice actress, writer, and director.
James Hadley Snyder, known professionally as Dan Green, is an American voice actor, voice director and screenwriter. He is best known for being the voice of Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi for the English dub of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, the anime series version of Yu-Gi-Oh!, as well as all of the character's U.S. series appearances.
Edmund Paul Lewis, better known as Ted Lewis, is an American voice actor who does work for 4K Media Inc, Central Park Media, TAJ Productions, DuArt Film and Video and NYAV Post. He primarily works as an anime dub voice actor, and is best known as the voices of King Dedede and Escargoon from Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, Ryo Bakura from Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, and Jack Atlas from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. In 2018, Lewis won two Behind the Voice Actors Awards, both for 'Best Vocal Ensemble in an Anime Feature Film/Special', though one was a People's Choice award.
Eric Stuart is an American voice actor and musician who worked for 4Kids Entertainment, NYAV Post, and Central Park Media.
Jason Adam Griffith is an American actor. Best known for his voice acting work, he portrayed Sonic the Hedgehog and Shadow the Hedgehog for the 4Kids Entertainment English dub of the anime Sonic X, and reprised both roles for Sonic the Hedgehog video games from 2005 to 2010.
Amy Birnbaum is an American voice actress, who works on the properties of 4Kids Entertainment.
Jonathan Todd Ross is an American voice actor and writer. He is known for providing voices on properties for 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, Media Blasters, as well as audiobooks. He is also credited as Todd Garbeil. Ross is best known as the voice of Marik Ishtar and Yami Marik in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime. He also voiced Slade Princeton in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.
Suzanne Goldish, sometimes credited as Suzy Goldish, is an American ADR voice director, audio engineer, photographer and voice actress.
Konami Cross Media NY, Inc. is an American production company owned by Konami.
Wendy Powell is an American voice actress and agent, best known for her work in anime dubs. Some of her notable roles include Envy from Fullmetal Alchemist, Miss Merry Christmas from One Piece, and Mukuro from YuYu Hakusho. She was married on March 19, 2011.
David Benjamin Moo is an American former voice actor. He worked on projects for 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, NYAV Post, and TAJ Productions. Moo is best known for voicing Sanji in the 4Kids English language dub of One Piece, Xellos in Slayers, and Faraji Ngala in several episodes of the 2003–2009 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series.
Karen Strassman is an American actress who has provided English language voices for Japanese anime shows, animation, and video games. Some of her major roles are Kallen Stadtfeld in the Code Geass series, Miyuki Takara in Lucky Star, Nina Fortner in Monster, Rider in Studio Deen's Fate/stay night, Suigintou the first Rozen Maiden doll in Rozen Maiden, Sawako Yamanaka in K-On!, Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri in Fate/Zero, Momo Hinamori and Soi Fon in Bleach, as well as Sky in the Shantae series and Rouge the Bat in the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
Erica Schroeder, sometimes credited as Bella Hudson, is an American voice actress, best known for voicing Lyserg Diethel in both anime adaptations of Shaman King, Devos in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, Emma Frost in Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men, Ilvira in Secret Magic Control Agency, and Cheese and Cat in Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese.
Yu-Gi-Oh!, known in Japan as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters and alternatively subtitled Rulers of the Duel in the United States and Canada, is a Japanese anime series animated by Studio Gallop based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga series written by Kazuki Takahashi. It is the second anime adaptation of the manga following the 1998 anime television series produced by Toei Animation. The series revolves around a young high school boy named Yugi Muto who battles opponents in the Duel Monsters card game. The series begins from chapter 60 in volume 7 before loosely adapting the remaining chapters of the original manga by making story changes that conflict with the events of the manga canon.
