4Licensing Corporation

4Kids Entertainment (commonly known as 4Kids) is an American film and television production company known for English-dubbing Japanese anime and specializing in the acquisition, production and licensing of children's entertainment around the United States. The company is most well known for its range of television licenses, which has included the multi-billion dollar Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! Japanese anime franchises. They also ran two program blocks: The CW4Kids on The CW and 4Kids TV stations, both aimed at children. As of December 27, 2008, the 4KidsTV block ended on Fox Network, leaving 4Kids to only broadcast The CW4Kids. As of December 21, 2012 4kids Entertainment is now known as 4Licensing Corporation.

4Kids acquired the rights to air Winx Club from Rainbow S.r.l. in 2004 and made an English dub of its own for the show that was aired on 4Kids TV, formerly known as the FoxBox, from May 22, 2004 to December 27, 2008, and on the CW4Kids from July 18, 2009 to July 17, 2010. This dub included many plot changes, such as Daphne no longer being Bloom's sister, as well as many name changes, such as Domino to Sparks, and Miele to Rose, thus creating another Winx Club continuity. This was part of the company's effort to adapt Winx Club to an American audience.

In 2007 the license for 4Kids Entertainment expired and was not renewed, and the final rerun of Winx Club ended on July 17, 2010 by the Season 3 finale being announced as the series finale for Winx Club. In 2010 it was announced that Nickelodeon had acquired the rights for Winx Club, and would be co-producing the fifth and sixth seasons along with Rainbow. 4kidstv_Gamestation.png 150px-Fox_Box_Logo_(2002-2004).jpg 150px-250px-4Kids_TV_logo.png 4kids_updated.png