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==Pokémon anime== | ==Pokémon anime== | ||
[[File:Italia 1 logo.png|thumb|left|150px|Italia 1 logo]]On January | [[File:Italia 1 logo.png|thumb|left|150px|Italia 1 logo]]On January 10, 2000, '''Italia 1''' ('''Italia Uno'''), a commercial Italian TV channel owned by {{wp|Mediaset}}, started airing the [[Pokémon anime]] from Mondays to Fridays every afternoon, around 5 P.M. The series that year was successful in Italy and it was also broadcast at prime time on Saturdays. From the [[Pokémon: Johto League Champions|fourth season]] on, however, Pokémon lost more and more Italian fans. On Christmas 2001 it was even suspended for one year, possibly for dub problems, and when in the end of 2002 it started again, its popularity was even lower. | ||
In 2003, ''[[Pokémon: Master Quest]]'' began around 4 P.M. With this fifth series, Italia 1 chose to divide the episodes into two halves for the premiere, creating, in this way, two 10-minutes episodes broadcast from Monday through Friday. However, when the episodes were re-aired, they were transmitted fully. Nevertheless, Pokémon started being broadcast later and later ([[Pokémon: Advanced]] at 4:30 P.M., [[Pokémon: Advanced Challenge]] at 5 P.M.) until the [[Pokémon: Advanced Battle|eighth season]] started to be broadcast at 6 P.M., always for ten minutes on February 2006. After a few months, Pokémon was moved to Saturdays and Sundays, imitating the TV schedule of [[Kids' WB!]]. The main problem facing this was that Italian children attend school on Saturdays. Due to this choice, some Italian Pokémon sites chose to make together a petition against Italia 1. Perhaps because of this petition or maybe due to the lower audience, Pokémon returned in the afternoon at 5:15 P.M. | In 2003, ''[[Pokémon: Master Quest]]'' began around 4 P.M. With this fifth series, Italia 1 chose to divide the episodes into two halves for the premiere, creating, in this way, two 10-minutes episodes broadcast from Monday through Friday. However, when the episodes were re-aired, they were transmitted fully. Nevertheless, Pokémon started being broadcast later and later ([[Pokémon: Advanced]] at 4:30 P.M., [[Pokémon: Advanced Challenge]] at 5 P.M.) until the [[Pokémon: Advanced Battle|eighth season]] started to be broadcast at 6 P.M., always for ten minutes on February 2006. After a few months, Pokémon was moved to Saturdays and Sundays, imitating the TV schedule of [[Kids' WB!]]. The main problem facing this was that Italian children attend school on Saturdays. Due to this choice, some Italian Pokémon sites chose to make together a petition against Italia 1. Perhaps because of this petition or maybe due to the lower audience, Pokémon returned in the afternoon at 5:15 P.M. | ||
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Traditionally, Mediaset, since its origins, has always created openings for cartoons and anime, some independent from the Japanese and North American opening themes. For Pokémon, nine themes have been made (for the first ten seasons and for Pokémon Chronicles). For [[Pokémon: Advanced]] & [[Pokémon: Advanced Challenge]], and for [[Pokémon: Advanced Battle]] & [[Pokémon: Battle Frontier]], the same opening themes have been used. This makes Italy one of only three known countries outside of Japan and the United States to create original music for the Pokémon anime, the other two being China and Korea. | Traditionally, Mediaset, since its origins, has always created openings for cartoons and anime, some independent from the Japanese and North American opening themes. For Pokémon, nine themes have been made (for the first ten seasons and for Pokémon Chronicles). For [[Pokémon: Advanced]] & [[Pokémon: Advanced Challenge]], and for [[Pokémon: Advanced Battle]] & [[Pokémon: Battle Frontier]], the same opening themes have been used. This makes Italy one of only three known countries outside of Japan and the United States to create original music for the Pokémon anime, the other two being China and Korea. | ||
Although the Italian dub has its own music, | Although the Italian dub has its own music, an Italian-language translation of the ''[[Pokémon 2.B.A. Master]]'' soundtrack was also released, entitled ''{{tt|Pokémon: Le Canzoni Autentiche Della Serie TV|Pokémon: The Authentic Songs From The TV Series}}'', including the [[Gotta Catch 'em All! (song)|first Italian opening]] as a bonus track. | ||
===Cast and crew=== | ===Cast and crew=== | ||
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===Airing schedule=== | ===Airing schedule=== | ||
The Pokémon schedule as of December | The Pokémon schedule as of December 19, 2011, is: | ||
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{{OBP|Pokémon Day|Italy}} has been celebrated in Italy every year since 2005. [[Pokémon Camp]], a tour organized by Nintendo, was held in 2011. | {{OBP|Pokémon Day|Italy}} has been celebrated in Italy every year since 2005. [[Pokémon Camp]], a tour organized by Nintendo, was held in 2011. | ||
== Trivia == | ==Trivia== | ||
* Although Italy is one of the only three countries other than Japan and the United States that has original opening themes, it is also one of the few Western European countries that does not have original names for any Pokémon. | * Although Italy is one of the only three countries other than Japan and the United States that has original opening themes, it is also one of the few Western European countries that does not have original names for any Pokémon. | ||
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