The Pokémon Company International: Difference between revisions

The first president of Pokémon USA was [[Tatsumi Kimishima]].{{fact}} In 2002, he was replaced by [[Akira Chiba]], when Kimishima was promoted to President of [[Nintendo]] of America following Minoru Arakawa's retirement.{{fact}}

In 2003, the distribution agreement with [[Wizards of the Coast]] for the Pokémon trading cards ended. After this, Pokémon USA took over as the manufacturer and distributor of the {{pkmn|Trading Card Game}}.{{fact}}

In January 2006, the licensing and merchandising agreement between [[4Kids Entertainment]] and Pokémon USA expired.{{fact}} This agreement included the [[dub]]bing of the {{pkmn|anime}} so Pokémon USA switched to producing the English dub in association with [[TAJ Productions]] which had worked with 4Kids on [[season]]s [[S01|one]] through [[S05|five]].{{fact}} The recasting of the main characters created [[Pokémon USA recasting controversy|a large controversy]]. In May of the same year, {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!}} announced that it would be dropping all anime from its autumn lineup in its move to {{wp|The CW}}, which included the Pokémon anime.{{fact}} Pokémon USA went into negotiations with {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Cartoon Network}} to air past and future episodes of Pokémon, which turned out successful.{{fact}} In June, a ''Master Toy'' licensing agreement was signed with {{wp|Jakks Pacific}}.{{fact}}

In 2007, [[Kenji Okubo]] became the President when Akira Chiba stepped down.{{fact}} In 2008, the production of the dub moved to [[DuArt Film & Video]].{{fact}} Red Central was commissioned by Pokémon UK to create a {{wp|marketing}} style guide for Europe.{{fact}}

In 2008, a partnership with {{wp|Network Distributing|Network}} was announced.{{fact}} Network will distribute the [[Pokémon movie]]s and {{DL|List of anime episodes|anime episodes}} on {{wp|DVD-Video|DVD}}.{{fact}} It was also announced {{wp|Jetix#Jetix Europe|Jetix Europe}} (now {{wp|Disney XD Europe}}) would air the next [[season]] of the [[Pokémon anime]].{{fact}}<ref>http://www.jetixeurope.com/site/press_office/press_releases/pokemon.html</ref>

In February 2009, PUSA announced a deal with {{wp|Toys "R" Us}} in which stores would have a dedicated ''Pokémon Boutique''.{{fact}} A deal was also announced with [[Universal Studios Home Entertainment]], in which the company will be distributing the [[Pokémon movie]]s on {{wp|DVD-Video|DVD}}.{{fact}}

In January 2005, an issue of the science magazine ''{{wp|Nature (journal)|Nature}}'' featured an article in which a group of researchers named a newly discovered {{wp|Zbtb7|cancer-causing gene}} "Pokémon".´{{fact}} Later that year, Pokémon USA had promised to take legal action, causing the gene to be renamed.{{fact}}