$1 million general unsecured claim against the debtor. 2012–2016: Rebrand as 4Licensing Corporation A meeting was scheduled on December 13, 2012, to confirm 4Kids' plan to exit bankruptcy. The same day, the New York bankruptcy judge sent 4Kids Entertainment Inc. on its way out of Chapter 11 protection Thursday, overruling an objection by the American Kennel Club Inc. over a licensing agreement and approving its reorganization plan, which calls for the full payment of claims. On December 21, 2012, 4Kids Entertainment was renamed 4Licensing Corporation. 2016–2017: Second bankruptcy and closure On September 21, 2016, 4Licensing Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy; the bankruptcy plan became effective on February 7, 2017, and the company immediately ceased operations thereafter. Licenses and productions 4Kids Entertainment licensed a wide variety of media products, ranging from video games and television programs to toy lines featuring the Royal Air Force. 4Kids focused on licensing content for the children's market. including content for both boys and girls. Many of its licenses came from dubs of Japanese anime, including Fighting Foodons, and Shaman King, while others are Western animations or properties like Chaotic or Back to the Future: The Animated Series. Most programs were either licensed out to local stations, or broadcast on their dedicated programming block 4Kids TV. Typically, 4Kids would retain several properties on hiatus (such as Yu-Gi-Oh! GX), or in production to allow for turnover of their existing products. 4Kids also licensed, and merchandised, a number of non-animation based products, such as calendars like The Dog, and toys like Cabbage Patch Kids. Back catalogues FilmRise Shout! Factory RLJE Films The Pokémon Company Konami (Konami Cross Media NY) Discotek Media Hasbro (Entertainment One) Viz Media Media Blasters Crunchyroll (formerly Funimation) Executive management This is a list of Chief Executive Officers that ran 4Kids Entertainment. Chief executive officers June 1990–December 1990: Robert Kotick March 12, 1991 – January 11, 2011: Alfred R. Kahn January 11, 2011 – September 30, 2012: Michael Goldstein October 16, 2012 – February 29, 2016: Bruce R. Foster Criticism and controversy During its operation as 4Kids Entertainment, the company faced intense criticism from viewers over the company's extensive editing and localization of the anime and other non-American series they licensed. Practices like censorship, story editing, music editing, and their "Americanization" of Japanese culture references, which were changed to be more American. One example included characters eating rice balls commenting that they were eating