Pokémon in India
Pokémon is a popular Japanese video game series and television anime series. In India, the anime is relatively popular, while the video games are less well-known. Pokémon (anime) came to Indian Television in 2003, first airing on Cartoon Network. Later, it was also show on Pogo. In 2014, Pokémon was show on Hungama TV and then shifted to Disney XD which later was rebranded to Marvel HQ. The Pokémon anime dubbed is dubbed is three languages: Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. In 2014, the Pokémon anime had an Indian audience of 100.8 million viewers and dubbed was dubbed on Hindi, Tamil and Telugu on Hungama TV. Pokémon anime is also show on Disney International HD in English.
History[edit]
It first aired on Cartoon Network with its first season being Pokémon: Indigo League 12 May 2003, with the original English audio in Hindi dubbed in house of Crest Animation Studio up to Season 1 to Season 4. After that, Sound and Vision got rights from Cartoon Network to dub the anime. While Cartoon Network was aiairing Pokémon Episodes from Season 5 to Season 9, the channel introduced two new languages: Tamil and Telugu dubbed by the Vision and Sound Company in Mumbai. Starting with Diamond and Pearl series, The Pokémon anime shifted to Pogo. Pogo aired Season 10 to Season 13 in the original English audio with a Hindi dub. It shifted back to Cartoon Network with Season 14. Season 14 was not dubbed in Tamil and Telugu, but available only in English audio and had a Hindi dub by Sound and Vision India. Cartoon Network also aired Pokémon Chronicles on 11 June 2009, It is a Spin-off series of Pokémon. In 2014, Disney India brought the rights of Pokémon. But, Disney India did not get the rights for the previous Hindi, Tamil and Telugu dubs. So, the anime was re-dubbed by Disney India Studios. It first aired on Hungama TV, Hungama TV aired Season 1 to Season 7 and Season 17. After airing Pokémon shifted to Disney XD. In 2018, Disney XD aired Season 8 to Season 10. In 2019, the anime shifted again to Marvel HQ. In 2019, Marvel HQ aired Season 11 and Season 13. Pokémon is also aired on Disney International HD from 8 July 2019, Disney International HD aired Season 12 only in English dub. From 10 August 2019, Hungama TV Started to Re-aired Pokémon. In 2019 Hungama TV aired Season 11 and Season 12. Now Pokémon is show on Hungama TV and Marvel HQ.
Television Series[edit]
| # | Season Name | Turner India Dub | Disney India Dub | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Channel | Premiere Date | Channel | Premiere Date | ||
| 1 | Pokémon: Indigo League | Cartoon Network | 12 May 2003 | Hungama TV | 13 May 2014 |
| 2 | Pokémon: Adventures on the Orange Islands | Cartoon Network | 14 September 2003 | Hungama TV | 11 September 2014 |
| 3 | Pokémon: The Johto Journeys | Cartoon Network | 7 July 2004 | Hungama TV | 30 October 2014 |
| 4 | Pokémon: Johto League Champions | Cartoon Network | 25 December 2004 | Hungama TV | 2 January 2015 |
| 5 | Pokémon: Master Quest | Cartoon Netwrok | 18 May 2005 | Hungama TV | 31 March 2015 |
| 6 | Pokémon: Advanced | Cartoon Network | 9 May 2006 | Hungama TV | 31 August 2015 |
| 7 | Pokémon: Advanced Challenge | Cartoon Network | 6 November 2006 | Hungama TV | 15 November 2015 |
| 8 | Pokémon: Advanced Battle | Cartoon Network | 14 April 2008 | Disney XD | 7 May 2018 |
| 9 | Pokémon: Battle Frontier | Cartoon Network | 12 October 2008 | Disney XD | 12 November 2018 |
| 10 | Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl | Pogo | 9 November 2009 | Disney XD | 12 November 2018 |
| 11 | Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl: Battle Dimension | Pogo | 18 August 2010 | Marvel HQ / Hungama TV (Re-aired) |
13 May 2019 / 10 August 2019 |
| 12 | Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl: Galactic Battles | Pogo | 1 August 2011 | Disney International HD / Hungama TV (Re-aired) |
8 July 2019 / 30 November 2019 |
| 13 | Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl: Sinnoh League Victors | Pogo | 3 October 2011 | Marvel HQ | 2 September 2019 |
| 14 | Pokémon: Black & White | Cartoon Network | 30 June 2014 | Marvel HQ | 3 July 2021 |
| 17 | Pokémon: XY | Hungama TV | 9 May 2015 | ||
Films[edit]
Turner India[edit]
The Pokémon films first time dubbed by Turner India were premiered on Cartoon Network and Pogo. The list of Pokémon movies in India are as follow in the time table.
- Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns
- Pokémon The Movie 2000
- Pokémon 3: The Movie
- Pokémon 4Ever
- Pokémon Heroes
- Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker
- Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys
- Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (2009)
- Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (2010)
- Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai (14 September 2014)
Disney India[edit]
Disney India had premiers of all its Pokémon movie on Hungama TV. The movie after premiere on Hungama TV are then repeated on Marvel HQ (previous Disney XD). Disney India alway aired it's all Movie in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu feed. Disney India had skipped the movie Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea for unknown reasons.
| No | Title In Japan | Title In India | Channel | Release Date (Japan) | Premiere/Release Date(India) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pokémon: The First Movie | Pokémon Movie: Mewtwo ka Badla | Hungama TV | July 18, 1998 | April 18, 2015 |
| 2 | Pokémon The Movie 2000 | Pokémon Movie: Ash, Pikachu aur Lugia in Danger | Hungama TV | July 17, 1999 | August 22, 2015 |
| 3 | Pokémon 3: The Movie | Pokémon Movie: Unown ka Tahelka | Hungama TV | July 8, 2000 | April 16, 2016 |
| 4 | Pokémon 4Ever | Pokémon Movie: Khatre ka Jungle | Hungama TV | July 7, 2001 | May 28, 2016 |
| 5 | Pokémon Heroes | Pokémon Movie: Soul Dew ka Raaz: Latias aur Latios | Hungama TV | July 13, 2002 | June 25, 2016 |
| 6 | Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker | Pokémon Movie: Jirachi ka Wonder | Hungama TV | July 19, 2003 | November 6, 2016 |
| 7 | Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys | Pokémon Movie: Deoxy aur Tory ki Story | Hungama TV | July 17, 2004 | January 22, 2017 |
| 8 | Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew | Pokémon Movie: Lucario ki Toofani Shakti | Hungama TV | July 16, 2005 | July 9, 2017 |
| 9 | Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea | N/A | N/A | July 15, 2005 | N/A |
| 10 | Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai | Pokémon Movie: Darkrai Dost ya Dushman | Hungama TV | July 14, 2007 | September 29, 2017 |
| 11 | Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior | Pokémon Movie: Giratina aur ek Maha Yoddha | Hungama TV | June 19, 2008 | December 23, 2018 |
| 12 | Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life | Pokémon Movie: Arceus aur Jeevan ka Jewel[1] | Hungama TV | July 18, 2009 | November 17, 2019 |
| 13 | Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions | Pokemon Movie: Zoroark Mayajaal ka Ustaad | Hungama TV | July 10, 2010 | January 25, 2020 |
| 14 | Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram | Pokemon Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram | Hungama TV | June 16, 2011 | June 20, 2020 |
| 15 | Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice | Pokemon movie: Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice | Hungama TV | July 14, 2012 | June 27, 2020 |
OTT/Theatrical Release[edit]
Pokemon movie Detective Pikachu was the first Pokemon movie to release in India theatre's on May 10, 2019.[2] This movie had released in Hindi and English feed.[3]
Pokemon Movie Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution was first Pokemon to ne released on an OTT platform on Netflix on February 27, 2020.[4] This movie is availablein Hindi, English, and Japanese feed.[5] In Hindi dubbing of this movie Disney India Hindi Dubbing Pcast was used.[6]
This is list of movie have that theatrical/OTT release in India
| No | Title In Japan | Release (Japan) | Title in India | Release Date (India) | Platform | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pokémon : Great Detective Pikachu | May 3, 2019 | Pokémon Detective Pikachu | May 10, 2019 | Theatrical Release | [2] |
| 2 | Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution | July 4, 2019 | Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution | February 27, 2020 | Netflix (OTT Release) | [4] |
Video Game / Manga[edit]
Pokémon video game and Pokémon manga available on Amazon app.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Hungama TV's festive offer at Re 1 per month". Indian Television Dot Com. 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "All You Need to Know About Pokemon: Detective Pikachu". NDTV Gadgets 360. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
- ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/in/movie/pok%C3%A9mon-detective-pikachu/id1460331265?mt=6&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Altered Carbon, Narcos: Mexico, and More on Netflix in February". NDTV Gadgets 360. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
- ↑ https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81223075?preventIntent=true
- ↑ "Pokémon Resource". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
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