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Pokémon in Canada: Difference between revisions
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[[File:Canada French VHS volume 1.png|thumb|right|200px|Volume 1 of the Pokémon anime distributed in Canadian French by Imavision Distribution Inc]] | [[File:Canada French VHS volume 1.png|thumb|right|200px|Volume 1 of the Pokémon anime distributed in Canadian French by Imavision Distribution Inc]] | ||
The Quebec dub aired on {{wp|Télétoon}}, a French-language children's network based in {{wp|Montreal}}. Télétoon stopped airing Pokémon after the completion of [[S04|Pokémon: Johto League Champions]]. Following this, [[S05|Pokémon: Master Quest]] was partly aired on a different network, {{wp|Noovo|TQS}}. The Canadian French version of Pokémon was cancelled in 2004 for unknown reasons. The Quebec dub was released on VHS and DVD by Imavision Distribution Inc., but their license to distribute the series has expired and their Pokémon titles have gone out of print. | The Quebec dub aired on {{wp|Télétoon}}, a French-language children's network based in {{wp|Montreal}} and until 2023, the French counterpart of the Teletoon channel, since the channel was the first bilingual kids channel in Canada to begin with. Télétoon stopped airing Pokémon after the completion of [[S04|Pokémon: Johto League Champions]]. Following this, [[S05|Pokémon: Master Quest]] was partly aired on a different network, {{wp|Noovo|TQS}}. The Canadian French version of Pokémon was cancelled in 2004 for unknown reasons. The Quebec dub was released on VHS and DVD by Imavision Distribution Inc., but their license to distribute the series has expired and their Pokémon titles have gone out of print. | ||
Unlike the series, the [[Pokémon movie]]s were fully redubbed in Quebec with a local cast by the dubbing company '''Covitec'''. They were distributed on VHS and bilingual DVD (with both French and English audio tracks) by {{wp|Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Bros.}}, although no movies have been released to Canadians in French since [[VIZ Media]] took over the distribution of the films. | Unlike the series, the [[Pokémon movie]]s were fully redubbed in Quebec with a local cast by the dubbing company '''Covitec'''. They were distributed on VHS and bilingual DVD (with both French and English audio tracks) by {{wp|Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Bros.}}, although no movies have been released to Canadians in French since [[VIZ Media]] took over the distribution of the films. | ||