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{{CountryInfobox|s|area=Latin America

|countries=Colombia, Chile, Panama, Peru, Venezuela, Argentina, Paraguay, Mexico, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Ecuador and Uruguay

|EP001=September 6, 1999

The [[Pokémon]] franchise first reached '''{{wp|Latin America}}''' in an article that was published and appeared on the cover of the October issue of the '''Club Nintendo''' magazine in 1998<ref>[http://www.clubnintendomx.com/principal/cn_historia/1998.html Portadas de Club Nintendo - 1998] (in Spanish)</ref> and with the release of [[Pokémon Red and Blue Versions]] in English and Spanish in the same month.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20000301213009/www.nintendo.com.mx/lanza/pokemonest/pokemonest.html Pokémon Azul/Pokémon Rojo] (in Spanish)</ref> The [[Pokémon anime]] followed after with the first broadcast of ''[[EP001|Pokémon, ¡Yo te elijo!]]'' in {{wp|American Spanish|Latin American Spanish}} on canal 5 with exclusive signal in Mexico in early 1999 and then {{wp|Cartoon Network (Latin America)|Cartoon Network Latinoamérica}}start broadcasting on September 6, 1999  

In the late 1990s, [[Nintendo]] aired many commercials in Latin America for video games such as {{smw|Mario (series)|Mario}} and Pokémon. These commercials are not unique to Latin America, they are simply Spanish-dubbed versions of the commercials aired in the United States. However, due to the rise of video game {{wp|copyright infringement|piracy}}, Nintendo has decided not to invest much money in promoting their franchises in Latin America. This may be a reason why few recent games receive Spanish releases in Latin America. Despite this, Spanish commercials for Pokémon games still appear on cable networks such as Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon.<ref>Commercials of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IzUsLkUtxw Pokémon Yellow], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HFRndmHzko Pokémon Stadium], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eciqyMWbOPE Pokémon Gold and Silver], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxOSJ4_pMf0 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team], {{game|Platinum}} ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spoIj9lBnpM first] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeO5aDqilW8 second]) and {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGQ7hJzHS0A first], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m65P_7Qy55o second] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPlZLHZ1ihU third] commercial) in Spanish</ref>

The Latin American dub of Pokémon airs or has aired in the following countries: {{wp|Argentina}}, {{wp|Chile}}, {{wp|Colombia}}, {{wp|Ecuador}}, {{wp|El Salvador}}, {{wp|Guatemala}}, {{wp|Mexico}}, {{wp|Panama}}, {{wp|Paraguay}}, {{wp|Peru}}, {{wp|Uruguay}}, {{wp|Dominican Republic}} and {{wp|Venezuela}}. The anime has aired on Mexico's Canal 5, with the Pokémon series premiering in early 1999 releasing only the first 52 chapters of the series then {{wp|Cartoon Network (Latin America)|'''Cartoon Network Latinoamérica'''}} since its debut in the rest of latin america countries. In addition to Cartoon Network, which serves many different countries, the anime is also aired on one or more local channels in most regions of Latin America.

 

Beginning on January 1, 2010, the [[Pokémon: Indigo League|first season]] began to air on {{wp|Tooncast}}, a sister network of Cartoon Network and {{wp|Boomerang (Latin American TV channel)|Boomerang Latin America}}.<ref>[http://www.anmtvla.com/2009/12/enero-en-tooncast-el-estreno-de-pokemon.html Enero en Tooncast: El estreno de Pokémon] (in Spanish)</ref>.

 

 

 

[[Pokémon: Black & White]] premiered on March 17, 2012 at 2pm and change your schedule on May 5, 2012 at 7am causing much criticism by fans, but the schedule was again changed to Friday at 12pm from January 4, 2013 and Finale in February 8, 2013, the movie ''[[M14|Black—Victini and Reshiram]]'' on November 29, 2012 at 12pm in Mexico and 2pm at rest in Latin America. Pokémon Rival Destinies is set to premiere on April 5, 2013 at 2pm in Mexico and 12pm in rest Latin America.

| rowspan=13 style="background: #fff;" align=center | Cartoon Network Latinoamérica<br>Tooncast

===On Cartoon Network===

On September 26, 2009, '''AF The Dubbing House''' confirmed on their [http://twitter.com/dubbinghouse Twitter] that they would start dubbing ''[[Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Galactic Battles]]'', indicating that they are now the current dubbing company for the series. This company changed the voices of several main characters and terminology used (attack names and city names from the {{pmin|Spain|Iberian Spanish}} translation), but was able to return Gabo Ramos to the role of Ash Ketchum, because this actor has spent a recurrence in Argentina. However Televix was unaware that Gabriel Ramos recorded from Argentina because they thought that Ramos was in Mexico and upon hearing this became angry with Dubbing House and Televix leave distribute the series.  

Since the thirteenth season, the series is being dubbed by '''SDI Media de Mexico''' as reported in November 2010 via Eduardo Garza's [http://twitter.com/LaloGarx Twitter], which reported that he would be the dubbing director and asked for help to the fans to return to each character's original voice except for Ash's, the thirteenth season had more errors than the previous season, due to the terminology used (attack names from the {{pmin|Spain|Iberian Spanish}} translation), but several of these errors were corrected in the fourteenth season.  

====Movies====

As the series, most of the films have been dubbed in Mexico, the films ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back ]]'', ''[[M02|The Power of One]]'' and ''[[M03|Spell of the Unown]]'' were dubbed by '''Audiomaster 3000''' under license and distribution of {{wp |Warner Brothers}}.

[http://pokeguia.com/Televix_Entertainment Televix Entertainment] was responsible for licensing and distributing in Latin America of ''[[M08|Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]'', ''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]'' and ''[[M10|The Rise of Darkrai]]'' by '''Candiani Studios''' and ''[[M11|Giratina and the Sky Warrior]]'' and ''[[M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]'' dubbed in '''AF The Dubbing House'''. All this was dubbed in Mexico.

He provides the voices for Team Rocket's {{MTR}}, the [[Narrator]], [[Koga]], {{OBP|Victor|Kanto}}, {{p|Slowking}} from ''[[M02|The Power of One]]'', and {{p|Chatot}} in [[AG184]]. He has worked on several other anime series, dubbing characters such as {{wp|Raye Penber}} in {{wp|Death Note}}, the Narrator in {{wp|One Piece}}, Roberto Hongo in {{wp|Captain Tsubasa}}, and other non-anime roles such as {{wp|Dr. Hibbert}}, {{wp|Seymour Skinner}}, {{wp|Barney Gumble}}, {{wp|Sideshow Mel}} and {{wp|Jimbo Jones}} in {{wp|The Simpsons}} (starting from the sixteenth season).