4Kids Entertainment has acquired broadcast rights for Dragon Ball Z Kai, and will air the show on its CW 4Kids Saturday morning block beginning this fall.  Sneak peaks will begin airing this summer, and episodes will also be available on 4Kids Websites. 

Cable rights have been sold to Nicktoons, which will begin airing the show next month (see “DBZK on Nicktoons”). 

The addition of Dragon Ball Z Kai is part of 4Kids’ stragegy of expanding its anime programming (see “Kahn Promises More Anime”).  4Kids told Mediaweek that it planned to bring “edgier” anime titles into the line-up for the CW 4Kids block, and will tentatively brand the block “Toonzai.”