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Article: Anime makes licensing show splash.(Anime)
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- June 20, 2004
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One Piece and Tokyo Mew Mew may sound like names of snacks, but they're not. These are but the hottest anime properties that have been licensed for TV broadcast and home video distribution by the likes of 4Kids Entertainment, Crash Media Group and Tokyopop.
Japanese pop culture continued its dominance on American shores at the recent Licensing International 2004 in New York with announcements from Crash Media Group, Tokyopop, Geneon Entertainment and 4Kids Entertainment, the marketing geniuses behind the Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokemon franchises that have brought anime's awareness to new heights.
For the 2003 fiscal year, 4Kids Entertainment net revenue increased ...