Pokémon in Brazil: Difference between revisions

The Pokémon franchise arrived in '''{{wp|Brazil}}''' on May 10, 1999, with the broadcast of ''[[EP001|Pokémon, Eu Escolho Você!]]'' during a morning TV program called ''{{tt|Eliana & Alegria|Eliana & Joyness}}'' in {{wp|Rede Record}}. [[Nintendo]] announced on {{n|Nintendo leaving Brazilian gaming market|January 10, 2015}} that they will cease distribution of all consoles and video games due to high tariffs.

All [[Pokémon games]] have been available to Brazilian customers in English. However, as of January 2015, Nintendo's licensed distributors had decided to officially cease trade in the Brazilian market due to the on-going significantly high taxation tariffs on imported electronic goods, especially as direct competition recently decided to open manufacturing plants within the country to lift some of these tariffs.

Pokémon started airing on {{wp|Rede Record}} on May 10, 1999. It aired daily in the morning. A few months later, it also began to air on {{wp|Cartoon Network (Latin America)|Cartoon Network Brazil}}. Both channels noticed the great success that they had in their hands, and after several reruns of the [[S01|first season]], the [[S02|second season]] began to air on both channels, first on Rede Record, and then on Cartoon Network starting the week after.

The second season had also high ratings, but was not as successful as the first. This was due to the broadcast of the ''{{wp|Digimon}}'' series on a rival channel of Record, {{wp|Rede Globo}}, in the same time slot. Eventually, Rede Record acquired seasons [[S03|three]] and [[S04|four]] as well. Around this time, in 2002, the success of Pokémon on Rede Record led another network, {{wp|Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão|SBT}}, to buy the rights to the first three movies in partnership with {{wp|Warner Bros.}}, making the films a well-known part of SBT's film rotation.

Since Rede Record had aired its episodes in a short period of time, it started to rerun episodes frequently, a fact which lowered its overall audience ratings. Because of this, Rede Globo purchased the rights to [[S05|season five]] in 2003. Pokémon was so successful in the mornings on Globo that it also acquired the [[S06|sixth]] and [[S07|seventh]] [[season]]s. When they too ran out of new episodes, Globo reran them a few times and eventually took the show out of its morning schedule.

In 2008, {{wp|RedeTV!}} needed a temporary cartoon to fill a space which would be taken by a new show, and acquired the first season to do so. However, Pokémon was so successful that RedeTV! acquired other seasons to air at night on the channel at 6pm. In 2009, RedeTV! was the first to air [[S11|season eleven]], even before Cartoon Network, which usually is the first to air new episodes. All subsequent seasons were premiered on Cartoon Network Brazil.

On January 1, 2010, the [[S01|first season]] debuted on {{wp|Tooncast}}, a sister network of Cartoon Network. Pokémon continues to air under its usual schedule on Cartoon Network.

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Starting with [[S19|XY & Z]] and ''[[M19|Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel]]'', ''Pokémon'' will be dubbed in Rio de Janeiro at '''MG Studios'''. The original actors from São Paulo were completely replaced, including those that have been dubbing the anime since the first season. ''Pokémon'' will be MG's first non-live action production. Part of the reason why the dubbing changed cities is because Fábio Lucindo, Ash's voice actor, moved to Portugal in 2015.<ref>http://anmtv.xpg.uol.com.br/pokemon-dublado-no-rio-de-janeiro/</ref> In January, Lucindo said that he and all the original actors would dub the movie at Centauro, likely due to the fact that ''[[M18|Hoopa and the Clash of Ages]]'' is part of [[S18|Kalos Quest]].

As of the {{series|BW}}, Lucindo, who continues to voice Ash, took the direction of the dub as {{an|Cilan}} is voiced by '''Alex Minei''', who previously voiced the [[Pokédex]] in Rede Globo's airing of ''[[S05|Pokémon: Master Quest]]'', [[Ben_(Ranger)#In_the_anime|Ben]], [[Buck]] and [[Roland]]. {{an|Iris}} is voiced by '''Agatha Paulita''', while [[Trip]] is voiced by '''Felipe Zilse''' (who had previously voiced [[Volkner]]).

In the {{series|XY}}, {{an|Serena}} is being voiced by '''Michelle Giudice''', {{an|Clemont|Clément}} is voiced by '''Bruno Mello''' and {{an|Bonnie}}'s voice actor is '''Jussara Marques'''.

[[Gary Oak]] was voiced by '''Rodrigo Andreatto''' during the entire [[original series]]. Starting from Pokémon Chronicles, he has had several different voice actors: such as '''Marcelo Campos''' ([[SS015]]), '''Gabriel Noya''' ([[AG192]]) and '''Raphael Ferreira''' ([[DP045]]). Gary's grandfather, [[Professor Oak]], was voiced by '''Wellington Lima''' until [[AG040]]. Starting from [[AG041]], he has been voiced by '''Dráusio de Oliveira''', who also provided his voice for ''Pokémon Chronicles''. Another one of Ash's rivals, [[Paul]], is voiced by '''Gabriel Noya'''.

[[Nurse Joy]] is voiced by '''Fátima Noya''', Gabriel Noya's mother. [[Officer Jenny]] was voiced for the entire [[original series]] and part of the {{series|AG}} by '''Raquel Marinho'''. '''Gilmara Sanches''' took over the role starting from the ''[[S08|eighth season]]'' and stayed until {{series|BW}}, when Marinho returned for the role. Gilmara also provided voices for {{an|Casey}} in ''Pokémon Chronicles'', [[Solidad]], and many minor appearances since season eight, as well as some Pokémon such as {{TP|May|Squirtle|Wartortle}} and {{TP|May|Eevee|Glaceon}} when their voices couln't be retained. She was also the dubbing director for the series from [[S07|season seven]] to ''BW''.

[[Tracey Sketchit]] is originally voiced by '''Rogério Vieira''', however, '''Vagner Fagundes''' took this role since the {{series|Advanced Generation}}, and also in ''Pokémon Chronicles''. '''Letícia Quinto''' has voiced characters such as [[J]], {{jo|Marina}}, [[Erika]] and [[Duplica]] (in her [[EP174|second appearance]]). '''Fábio Moura''' provides the voices for the [[Pokédex]] (Kanto and Johto only) and the [[narrator]]. '''Luciana Baroli''' voices [[Zoey]], and has been also the voice of {{an|Casey}} ([[Original series]] only) and [[Flannery]].

The [[M01|first]] [[M02|three]] [[M03|movies]], as well as ''[[Mewtwo Returns|O Retorno de Mewtwo]]'', were dubbed in Rio de Janeiro instead of São Paulo. '''Guilherme Briggs''' provided the voice of Mewtwo, while '''Márcio Simões''' temporarily replaced Meowth. Jirachi: Wishmaker was almost dubbed in Rio at the Dublamix studio, with '''Gustavo Nader''' as Ash, but only '''Priscila Amorim''' as Jirachi and '''Felipe Grinnan''' as Butler recorded in Rio.

After the dub moved completely to Rio de Janeiro, '''Charles Emmanuel''' began voicing Ash, '''Bruna Laynes''' landed the role of Serena, '''Yan Gesteira''' is providing the voice of Clemont while '''Luiza Cesar''' voices his little sister Bonnie. '''José Augusto Sendim''' and '''Raphael Rosatto''' are the new voices of the [[narrator]] and the [[Pokédex]], respectively. Jessie is now voiced by '''Flávia Saddy''', James by '''Thiago Fagundes''', and Meowth's new voice actor is '''Sérgio Stern'''. Other voices include '''Mariana Torres''' as [[Officer Jenny]], '''Ronaldo Julio''' as [[Giovanni (anime)|Giovanni]], '''Bruno Rocha''' as [[Lysandre]], '''Luisa Palomanes''' as Nurse Joy, '''Hannah Buttel''' as [[Miette]], and '''Matheus Perisse''' as [[Sawyer]]. In addition, '''Márcio Simões''', who voiced Meowth in the first few movies, came back as [[Squishy|Geleca]]. '''Mário Jorge Andrade''' (who voices [[Xerosic]]) directed the first few episodes before '''Felipe Drummond''' replaced him; '''Eduarda Ribeiro''' is the new translator.

Panini announced on March 2, 2016 they will publish both the {{chap2|Red, Green & Blue}} and the {{chap2|Yellow}} {{adv|chapter}}s of Pokémon Adventures. The {{vol|Pokémon Adventures|1|first volume}} of ''Red, Green & Blue'' was released on October 10, 2016.

*[http://www.pokemon.com/br/ The official Brazil Pokémon website] (minisite)

*[http://www.redetv.com.br/portal/pokemon/ Official Website of RedeTV!]

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