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All [[Pokémon games]] sold in Poland are in English. Poland, from the 1990s, was in the distribution network of the Austrian company Stadlbauer. In 1999, Lukas Toys became the general distributor. On October 15, 1999, Stadlbauer also signed an agreement with Optimus.<ref>https://www.computerworld.pl/news/Optimus-podpisal-umowe-o-dystrybucji-produktow-Nintendo,5249.html</ref> The company decided to use the popularity of anime to advertise games in Poland.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJD6U01q-vU "Momencik, zaraz wracam" - kultowa reklama gier Pokemon (Polsat, 2000 r.)]</ref> In 2001, Optimus gave up the sale of Nintendo products, and in 2007, Lukas Toys has been replaced by Stadlbauer Poland.<ref>https://www.pcworld.pl/news/Ruszyla-polska-strona-Nintendo,119853.html</ref> After {{game|Black and White|s}}, Stadlbauer ended cooperation with Nintendo. Since March 2014, ConQuest Entertainment is the Polish distributor.

Jetix started to air brand-new ''[[S10|Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl]]'' episodes on December 1, 2008. This season infamously recast the entire series with completely new voice actors. Airing of this season ended in January 2009 and there have been no reruns since.

In February 2009, Jetix aired the first 26 episodes of ''[[S11|Battle Dimension]]'', with most of the original cast restored. The next 13 episodes aired in April. The last 13 episodes were at first planned for May, later moved to August, but ultimately did not air until November 2009 on Disney XD. ''[[M11|Giratina and the Sky Warrior]]'' also premiered in November.

''[[S12|Galactic Battles]]'' debuted on {{wp|Disney XD (Polish TV channel)|Disney XD}} on July 3, 2010. ''[[M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]'' aired first time on October 2, 2010. On March 7, 2011, the first episode of ''[[S13|Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Sinnoh League Victors]]'' aired on Disney XD; this season is the first to have episode title card in Polish rather than English (previously the Polish version was only spoken), this also applies to "To Be Continued" text. Also, the English season logo has the Polish season name under the logo as a subtitle. It's also the first one with credits showing staff and voice actors responsible for dubbing. ''[[M13|Zoroark: Master of Illusions]]'' premiered on August 27, 2011.

''[[S14|Black & White]]'' debuted on Disney XD on January 2, 2012, while ''[[S15|Rival Destinies]]'' started on November 4, 2012. The fifteenth season is the first to have season logo fully in Polish rather than English. Reshiram version of [[M14|fourteenth movie]] aired on May 27, 2012, while the Zekrom version debuted in DVD format on October 25, 2012. ''[[M15|Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice]]'' aired on June 23, 2013. The first episode of ''[[S16|Pokémon Black & White: Adventures in Unova]]'' aired on October 7, 2013. ''[[M16|Genesect and the Legend Awakened]]'' aired on September 7, 2014.

In September 2014, Disney XD aired the first 16 episodes of ''[[Pokémon the Series: XY]]''. After two months on November 3, 2014, Disney XD started airing the next 16 episodes (without [[XY024]]). In January 2015, the last 16 episodes of ''Pokémon the Series: XY'' were aired. The ''[[M17|Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction]]'' aired on October 3, 2015. Two days after, 5 October 2015, Disney XD began to air first 24 episodes of ''[[S18|XY: Kalos Quest]]''. On February 18, 2016, Disney XD began airing the last 21 episodes of ''XY: Kalos Quest''.

In Poland, the anime is available on [[Netflix]], but only it was with Polish subtitles. However, on September 13, 2016, the dubbed version of ''[[M18|Hoopa and the Clash of Ages]]'' was added alongside with dubbed version of ''XY'', ''XY: Kalos Quest'', and ''Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction''. Before March 31, 2020, despite having the first season dubbed, Indigo League was only available with Polish subtitles.

On January 16, 2017, Disney XD began airing the first 20 episodes of ''[[S19|XYZ]]''. On April 1, 2017, Netflix uploaded the full season of ''XYZ'', including the episodes that didn't air on Disney XD. On January 1, 2018, Netflix released ''[[M19|Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel]]''.

In March 2018, Disney XD began airing the first ten episodes of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon]]''. However, on April 1, 2018, Netflix released the full season of ''Sun & Moon''. On January 1, 2019, Netflix released ''[[M20|I Choose You]]''. On April 1, 2019, Netflix released the full season of ''[[S21|Sun & Moon: Ultra Adventures]]''. ''[[M21|The Power of Us]]'' was released on Netflix, January 1, 2020. ''[[M22|Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution]]'' was released on Netflix on February 27, 2020. The Polish dub of Indigo League was released on Netflix on March 31, 2020, four years after being only available with subtitles. This season retains the original dub, however some episodes have recorded a few new lines and ''[[EP034|The Kangaskhan Kid]]'' was fully redubbed. The first 27 episodes of ''[[S22|Sun & Moon: Ultra Legends]]'' were released on Netflix, April 1, 2020. The second half of Ultra Legends was released on July 2, 2020.

''[[S23|Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]'' was released on Netflix on July 1, 2021. On October 8, 2021, Netflix released ''[[M23|Secrets of the Jungle]]''. ''[[S24|Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series]]'' was released on Netflix on September 2, 2022. ''[[Pokémon: The Arceus Chronicles]]'' was released on Netflix on September 23, 2022. The first 12 episodes of ''[[S25|Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series]]'' were released on Netflix on January 6, 2023. The next 15 episodes were released on June 30, 2023. On August 31, 2023, the first and second episode of ''[[Pokémon: Path to the Peak]]'' were released on the Polish Youtube channel,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkmWmO7lq0E Pokémon: Droga na szczyt | Ep. 1 - Rozgrywki lokalne]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz76bNJQoYM Pokémon: Droga na szczyt | Odc. 2 - Rozgrywki regionalne]</ref> marking the first time for a webshow being dubbed into Polish. The next day, September 1, 2023, the third and fourth episode were released. The last 15 episodes of ''Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series'' will be released on October 6, 2023.

In 2001, ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'' and ''[[M02|The Power of One]]'' premiered in Polish cinemas and later both movies were also released on VHS and DVD. In 2002 ''[[M03|Spell of the Unown: Entei]]'' and ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]'' were released directly to VHS and DVD. All movies were distributed by Warner Bros. Poland. All movies also later aired on HBO and HBO 2. The first movie also aired on Cinemax and Cinemax 2 in 2008 and 2009.

On May 31, 2019, ''{{mov|Detective Pikachu}}'' premiered in Polish cinemas. The film, like those in the franchise before it, was distributed by Warner Bros. Poland.

The first two movies were dubbed by Studio Sonica as well as Barbara Robaczewska. The [[M03|third movie]] and ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]'' were dubbed by Master Film. The cast was mostly the same as in the En-Be-Ef version, however unknown voice actor was replaced by '''Adam Bauman''' for the role of {{an|Giovanni}}, '''Anna Bielańska''' by '''Krystyna Kozanecka''' for the role of [[Delia Ketchum]] and, most notable, '''Wojciech Majchrzak''' by '''Jacek Kopczyński''' for the role of {{Tracey}} in the second movie, and '''Józef Mika''' in the third movie.

[[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}} were dubbed by '''Dorota Lanton''', '''Jarosław Budnik''', and '''Mirosław Wieprzewski''' respectively. Their boss {{an|Giovanni}} was dubbed by unknown voice actors in the first six-season and '''Adam Bauman''' in the dub of the first movie and ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]''. Voice of narrator was provided by '''Mikołaj Klimek'''.

From this season onwards most of the moves, locations and items names got consistent naming scheme. During Original Series and Advanced there was no proper terminology list used, as a result this created an enormous inconsistency of naming convention for the same move or location between episodes. During the time of Diamond and Pearl series, an official list was created and endorsed by [[TPCi]], that is still used to this day in the dub of the anime, some of it being used in the {{TCG|Diamond & Pearl|first}} {{TCG|Mysterious Treasures|two}} sets of Diamond and Pearl TCG, the magazine ''[[Pokémon Official Magazine|Pokémon. Trenuj ze mną!]]'', and in the Polish posts on the official [[Pokémon GO]] [https://pokemongolive.com/pl/ website] at some point (later returned to using English names instead).

Since season 12 and twelfth movie onwards, Sun Studio Polska, known now as SDI Media Polska, was brought back to dubbing. The voice cast in the twelfth season stayed almost identical to the past season. Except for Nurse Joy, Officer Jenny and Zoey, which were now dubbed again by voice actresses from the tenth season and Delia Ketchum was voiced by '''Katarzyna Pysiak'''. '''Waldemar Barwiński''', who voiced Brock in Season 10, returns as [[Looker]]. {{an|Barry}}, who was voiced by '''Jakub Szydłowski''' in season 11 (and later in season 13), was voiced by '''Artur Pontek''' (who also was the voice for [[Paul]] during that time). '''Grzegorz Drojewski''', who voiced Ash in Season 10, would return as [[Khoury]], [[Buck]] and many other minor characters in the series.

In the {{series|Sun and Moon}}, {{an|Kiawe}} is voiced by '''Mateusz Narloch''' (he also voiced few minor characters in older series), {{an|Lana}} is voiced by '''Zofia Modej''', {{an|Mallow}} is voiced by '''Aleksandra Kowalicka''', {{an|Sophocles}} is voiced by '''Antoni Scardina''' (who also voiced [[Alvin]]), {{an|Lillie}} is voiced by '''Zuzanna Jaźwińska''', {{an|Rotom Pokédex}} is voiced by '''Maksymilian Michasiów''' (who also voiced few roles during XY series) and {{an|Professor Kukui}} is voiced by '''Jan Staszczyk'''. Between the season 21 and 22, [[S01|Indigo League]] was rerelased on Netflix with some new voice lines recorded and ''[[EP034|The Kangaskhan Kid]]'' being fully redubbed. Some characters like Misty, Brock or Professor Oak were voiced again by respective voice actors (in case of Professor Oak, he was voiced by his first voice actor, '''Grzegorz Pawlak''' instead of the recent one, '''Janusz Wituch'''). With exception of Jessie, Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny, which were voiced by '''Izabela Dąbrowska''', '''Joanna Węgrzynowska''' and '''Katarzyna Owczarz''' (which came back after BW series) respectively. [[Seymour]]'s lines were redubbed by '''Jarosław Domin'''.

The cards of [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] available in Polish stores were sold in English for ten years. However, on January 12, 2010, '''TM Toys''' began to distribute Polish-language versions of the {{TCG|Diamond & Pearl}} expansion, and beginning June 1, 2012, distribution of Polish language versions of the {{TCG|Mysterious Treasures}} expansion followed. '''TM Toys''' has stated they currently have no plans to release further Polish language expansions. Starting from May 18, 2017, cards in English language are being sold in Tesco stores. Even before the acquisition of the Polish branch of Tesco in June 2020, Pokémon cards were sold in Empik and Media Expert stores.{{fact}}

The [[Pokémon Adventures]] manga was released in Poland in 2001 by '''Japonica Polonica Fantastica'''. Unlike the anime, it was translated directly from the Japanese version. The complete [[Pokémon Adventures volume 1|first volume]] was released in the form of [[List of Pokémon Adventures monthly issues|four A4 comic books]]. However, due to the low sales figures of the series in Poland, a collected volume was never released and no subsequent volumes were translated.

On February 27, 2020, the publisher '''Blue Ocean Polska''' released the first Polish Pokémon magazine ''{{tt|Pokémon. Trenuj ze mną!|Pokémon. Train with me!}}'',<ref>https://blue-ocean-polska.pl/portfolio/pokemon/</ref> which is issued quarterly. This magazine is based on the [[Pokémon Official Magazine]], which focuses on Pokémon games, anime, and PTCG. Each issue includes a Fun Pack, which is a downsized PTCG Booster Pack, only containing three cards (no {{tcg|Energy card}}s).

On October 25, 2023, the publisher '''Egmont Polska''' will release [[Pokémon Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook]] under the Polish name ''{{tt|Pokémon Super Extra Deluxe Podręcznik Trenera|Pokémon Super Extra Deluxe Trainer Handbook}}''.

Four years later, in 2005, '''Pokémon Metal Tazo''' was released. These tazos were based off ''[[Pokémon Advanced]]''. This set consisted of 50 metal tazos (from #1 to #50), which could be now found only in Cheetos. There were also 10 Mega Metal Tazo released alongside it (from #51 to #60), which could be found only in bigger Cheetos bags. While the normal tazos featured various Pokémon from ''[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire]]'' with Type and Pokémon move on the sides. Unlike the plastic tazos, these featured Pokémon on both sides, mostly including its evolution on the back. The Mega Metal Tazos featured mostly artworks of human characters from the sixth anime season, even some of them being group artworks. Some of them included also some of the Hoenn badges. Alongside this set, a magnetic ball was available, that could be used to attract the metal tazo.

Year later, in 2006, a second set of 50 Metal Tazo and 10 Metal Tazo was released. This time being based off ''[[Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen]]''. The numeration continued from the previous series (from #61 to #120). This set features Pokémon from the first generation. Mega Tazo includes final stages of some Pokémon, while having a shadow of them with "defeats everything" flavor text on their backs. Similar to the previous set, a magnetic shield was included in this set.

'''Chipita''' released a set of 160 stickers, which included artworks of [[Generation I]] Pokémon and human characters from the ''[[Original series]]''. These stickers could be found in special edition of Chipita croissants. Alongside stickers, a stickerbook was available. Every Pokémon sticker had a Pokédex entry under the sticker spot. A second set of stickers was late released, although with the same Pokémon artworks, but with detailed backgrounds. '''Danone''' released limited edition of Danone yoghurt, which included one of 32 two-sided Pokémon-themed stickers. The front side featured a Pokémon and the back side had Pokémon logo with "collect them all" text. The company also released limited edition of covers with various Pokémon. '''Chupa Chups''' released set of 70 Pokémon stickers, based off the Kanto Pokémon and human characters from the anime. These characters were depicted on Pokéball-themed background. '''Boomer''' bubblegum had a set of 140 stickers, featuring the first 150 Pokémon on a white background. Some of them included whole evolutionary family. These stickers also included Pokémon names from other languages. Similar to Boomer, '''Dunkin''' released a set of 150 Pokémon stickers. Unlike Boomer, Pokémon were printed on colorful backgrounds instead. Various Pokémon-themed bottle caps and tops were available on '''Mirinda''' drinks.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-BQ1z6wDUI Reklama Mirindy - Pokemon (2001)]</ref> Alongside these, water bottles with Pokémon figurines were also available.

File:Pokémon Chipita Stickerbook 2 PL.png|Inside of stickerbook from Pokémon Chipita

File:Pokémon Boomer PL.png|Some sickers from Pokémon Boomer sticker set