Related Party Transactions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]	Note 17 — Related Party Transactions In November 2014, the Company entered into a joint venture with Meisheng Cultural & Creative Corp., Ltd., (“MC&C”) for the purpose of providing certain JAKKS licensed and non-licensed toys and consumer products to agreed-upon territories of the People’s Republic of China. The joint venture includes a subsidiary in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone that sells, distributes and markets these products, which include dolls, plush, role play products, action figures, costumes, seasonal items, technology and app-enhanced toys, based on top entertainment licenses and JAKKS’ own proprietary brands. The Company owns fifty-one percent of the joint venture and consolidates the joint venture since control rests with the Company. The non-controlling interest’s share of the income (loss) was ($0.1) million and $35,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. In October 2016, the Company entered into a joint venture with Hong Kong Meisheng Cultural Company Limited (“Meisheng”), a Hong Kong-based subsidiary of Meisheng Culture & Creative Corp, for the purpose of creating and developing original, multiplatform content for children including new short-form series and original shows. JAKKS and Meisheng each own fifty percent of the joint venture and will jointly own the content. JAKKS will retain merchandising rights for kids’ consumer products in all markets except China, which Meisheng Culture & Creative Corp. will oversee through the Company’s existing distribution joint venture. The results of operations of the joint venture are consolidated with the Company’s results. The non-controlling interest’s share of the income (loss) from the joint venture for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 was nil. MC&C is an affiliate of Meisheng and Meisheng holds shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock. In March 2017, the Company entered into an equity purchase agreement with Meisheng which provided, among other things, that as long as Meisheng and its affiliates hold 10% or more of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company, Meisheng shall have the right from time to time to designate a nominee (who currently is Mr. Xiaoqiang Zhao) for election to the Company’s board of directors. Meisheng also serves as a significant manufacturer of the Company. For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company made inventory-related payments to Meisheng of approximately $15.5 million and $7.5 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, amounts due to Meisheng for inventory received by the Company, but not paid totaled $15.5 million and $15.9 million, respectively. A director of the Company is a portfolio manager at Oasis Management. (see Note 5 - Debt) A director of the Company is a director at Benefit Street Partners. As of March 31, 2022, Benefit Street Partners held $98.3 million in principal amount of the 2021 BSP Term Loan. (see Note 5 - Debt)

Related Party Transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Note 17 — Related Party Transactions

In November 2014, the Company entered into a joint venture with Meisheng Cultural & Creative Corp., Ltd., (“MC&C”) for the purpose of providing certain JAKKS licensed and non-licensed toys and consumer products to agreed-upon territories of the People’s Republic of China. The joint venture includes a subsidiary in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone that sells, distributes and markets these products, which include dolls, plush, role play products, action figures, costumes, seasonal items, technology and app-enhanced toys, based on top entertainment licenses and JAKKS’ own proprietary brands. The Company owns fifty-one percent of the joint venture and consolidates the joint venture since control rests with the Company. The non-controlling interest’s share of the income (loss) was ($0.1) million and $35,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

In October 2016, the Company entered into a joint venture with Hong Kong Meisheng Cultural Company Limited (“Meisheng”), a Hong Kong-based subsidiary of Meisheng Culture & Creative Corp, for the purpose of creating and developing original, multiplatform content for children including new short-form series and original shows. JAKKS and Meisheng each own fifty percent of the joint venture and will jointly own the content. JAKKS will retain merchandising rights for kids’ consumer products in all markets except China, which Meisheng Culture & Creative Corp. will oversee through the Company’s existing distribution joint venture. The results of operations of the joint venture are consolidated with the Company’s results. The non-controlling interest’s share of the income (loss) from the joint venture for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 was nil. MC&C is an affiliate of Meisheng and Meisheng holds shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock.

In March 2017, the Company entered into an equity purchase agreement with Meisheng which provided, among other things, that as long as Meisheng and its affiliates hold 10% or more of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company, Meisheng shall have the right from time to time to designate a nominee (who currently is Mr. Xiaoqiang Zhao) for election to the Company’s board of directors.

Meisheng also serves as a significant manufacturer of the Company. For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company made inventory-related payments to Meisheng of approximately $15.5 million and $7.5 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, amounts due to Meisheng for inventory received by the Company, but not paid totaled $15.5 million and $15.9 million, respectively.

A director of the Company is a portfolio manager at Oasis Management. (see Note 5 - Debt)

A director of the Company is a director at Benefit Street Partners. As of March 31, 2022, Benefit Street Partners held $98.3 million in principal amount of the 2021 BSP Term Loan. (see Note 5 - Debt)