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[[Image:SIC_Portugal.png|thumb|left|SIC's most recent logo, used since 1997]]The television station that started broadcasting the Pokémon anime in Portugal is '''SIC''' ('''S'''ociedade '''I'''ndependente de '''C'''omunicação, in English: ''Independent Society of Comunication''), a station based in {{wp|Lisbon}} that is owned by Impresa and lead by Francisco Pinto Balsemão. It aired the seasons 1-10, save for the banned episodes, including ''[[Pokémon Chronicles]]'', having several breaks in the process. The show aired in an irregular pattern, shifting from 6 A.M. to 10 A.M., but always in the same programing block, named '''SIC Kids'''. The seasons 1-9 were dubbed in the '''Nacional Filmes''' studio, in Lisbon.

The ''[[Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl]]'' season was dubbed in the '''Dialectus''' studio, in Lisbon too. It premiered on SIC on January 31 2009, airing more or less consistently one new episode each Saturday, around 7 A.M. After ''[[DP037]]'' aired on October 4 2009, the show went on a hiatus. The 14 last episodes of the season aired from 6th February 2010 to 13 March 2010. These last episodes were sponsored by the {{pmin|Italy|Italian}} toy company Giochi Preziozi.

In fall 2010, the rights to the series was purchased by another Portuguese channel, '''Panda Biggs'''. The production was moved into the '''Cinemágica''' studio in Porto, which meant the entire voice cast was going to be replaced. The channel aired the 10th season from September 20 to October 25 2010, showing 2 episodes each day of the week and repeating the 10 episodes shown on workweek in the weekend. Notably, this version featured fixed mistakes in the dub, also replacing some speeches from the original production with ones of the new actors, which were presumed by the fans to be tests for the new voice cast. Midway through the airing of the 10th season, the channel started a promotion campaign of their new ownership of the series, conducting a contest in which 70 winners would win two tickets to a premiere of [[DP053]] and [[DP054]] in cinemas. There were two premieres: one in Lisbon (40 winners) and one in Porto (30 winners). Both premieres were held on October 23, 2010, with the winners notified two days earlier.

 

The ''[[Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension]]'' dub premiered oficially on October 26 2010. Unlike the previous season, Panda Biggs broadcast 1 new episode each day.

 

The [[M10|Rise of Darkrai]] movie is scheduled to air on 25th December 2010 in the channel, as part of the Christmas campaign.

Many main characters in the Portuguese dub of the Pokémon anime have switched voice actors several times.

 

[[Ash Ketchum]], for example, had no less than eight different voice actors over the years. The first voice actress to dub Ash was '''Maria João Luís''', who left the cast after ''[[EP031|Dig Those Diglett!]]'', but returned for the [[M01|first]] and the [[M02|second]] movies. In addition to Ash, she also dubbed [[Nastina]]. Starting from ''[[EP032|The Ninja Poké-Showdown]]'', '''Sandra Faleiro''' took over Ash's role, and stayed until ''[[EP094|Snack Attack]]''. Another role she had during that time was that of [[Jessiebelle]].

Sandra remained Ash's voice actress from [[EP095]] to [[EP131]], and again from [[EP158]] to [[EP209]], [[AG093]] to [[AG177]], and finally from [[DP001]] to [[DP052]]. Other voice actors to dub Ash during those breaks include '''Cristina Carvalhal''', '''Ana Madureira''', and '''Bárbara Lourenço''' (who also dubbed [[Jessie]], [[Nurse Joy]], [[Delia Ketchum]], and [[Hun]] in ''[[Pokémon Chronicles]]'').

For the first three seasons, [[Misty]] was voiced by '''Helena Montez''', who also voiced Nurse Joy and Delia Ketchum. After she left the cast, Misty was dubbed by '''Paula Pais''', in the [[Pokémon:_Johto_League_Champions|4th season]]. She was replaced again by an actress presumably named as '''Carla''', who dubbed her in the [[Pokémon:_Master_Quest|Master Quest season]] and her cameo appearance in the two-part arc in [[AG044]]-[[AG045]]. The last VA to give her the voice was '''Isabel Ribas''', in [[AG132]]-[[AG134]], who, like her predecessor, also voiced [[May_(anime)|May]] at the time.

Two other members of the original cast are brothers '''Rui Luís Brás''' as {{MTR}}, [[Professor Oak]], and [[Giovanni]], and '''Peter Michael''' as [[James]], [[Brock]], [[Gary Oak]], and, later, [[Tracey Sketchit]]. The brothers left the cast after the [[Pokémon: The Adventures in the Orange Islands|Orange Islands]], but returned for the [[M03|third]] and [[M04|fourth]] movies. To replace them, voice actors '''Rui Quintas''' and '''Pedro Carneiro''' were hired. Quintas dubbed James from [[EP094]] until [[DP052]], Brock from [[EP115]] until [[AG192]], and Professor Oak, while Carneiro dubbed Tracey and Meowth. Starting from ''[[Master Quest]]'', Quintas was the [[narrator]] until the ''[[Pokémon:_Diamond_and_Pearl|Diamond & Pearl]]'' season. In ''[[Pokémon Chronicles]]'' and the {{series|Advanced Generation}}, the roles of Meowth and Tracey, as well as [[Vincent]] and {{an|Silver}}, were given to '''Luís Barros'''. In the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}, Barros instead became the voice of Brock (taking the role from '''Rui Quintas''') and [[Professor Rowan]]. Other roles he had include [[Yuzo]] and [[Tyson's Meowth]].

{{an|May}}'s voice was '''Isabel Ribas''', who also had other roles in the series, including [[Neesha]], [[Officer Jenny]], [[Delia Ketchum]], and [[Cassidy]].  

[[Paul]]'s voice actor in the 10th season was '''Pedro Cardoso''', who also dubbed Giovanni and Professor Rowan's assistant at the time.