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The rights to the series were purchased in early 2000 and episodes began to appear by December of the same year. The Russian translation of the anime, which was conducted by the {{wp|Kiev|Kievan}} Pilot Studio, is based on the English dub. The Russian version of the anime retains all of the English character names to match the Pokémon TCG cards that had been already released. | The rights to the series were purchased in early 2000 and episodes began to appear by December of the same year. The Russian translation of the anime, which was conducted by the {{wp|Kiev|Kievan}} Pilot Studio, is based on the English dub. The Russian version of the anime retains all of the English character names to match the Pokémon TCG cards that had been already released. | ||
While the translation quality of the Russian dub is considered to be high by most fans, a few changes had been made. For example, some locations had slightly different names, such as [[Dark City]] being retitled {{tt|Мрачный Город|Gloomy City}}. However, the lyrics to Pokémon Theme were later retranslated and used in the last episodes of ''[[S01|Indigo League]]''. Any episodes of the anime which were banned in the United States were also [[Banned episodes|banned]] in Russia. | While the translation quality of the Russian dub is considered to be high by most fans, a few changes had been made. For example, some locations had slightly different names, such as [[Dark City]] being retitled {{tt|Мрачный Город|"Mrachnyi Gorod" Gloomy City}}. However, the lyrics to Pokémon Theme were later retranslated and used in the last episodes of ''[[S01|Indigo League]]''. Any episodes of the anime which were banned in the United States were also [[Banned episodes|banned]] in Russia. | ||
In an interview with Afisha magazine, the management director of children's programming on ORT, {{wp|Sergey Suponev}}, assured viewers in the harmlessness of Pokémon: | In an interview with Afisha magazine, the management director of children's programming on ORT, {{wp|Sergey Suponev}}, assured viewers in the harmlessness of Pokémon: | ||