Pokémon in South Asia: Difference between revisions

On May 24, 2017, Prasad Barve announced that he will reprise his role as Ash for the tenth season.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/prasadbarveACTOR/posts/10156268944139465 Prasad Barve's return to Pokémon anime]</ref> Disney XD aired episodes from two new seasons, [[S09|Pokémon: Battle Frontier]] and [[S10|Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl]] starting from the same day, November 12, 2018. For unknown reasons, Disney XD wrapped up both the seasons together in just one week, skipping ''[[AG192|Home is Where the Start Is!]]'' which was aired later during reruns. The tenth season had a complete cast change comprising of CN dub voice actors in the Hindi version while the Tamil and Telugu versions continued using their Disney dub cast. Beginning on January 20, 2019, Disney XD was rebranded as Marvel HQ in India, although the channel continues to air the Pokémon anime. From May 13, 2019 to May 24, 2019, Marvel HQ aired episodes from the eleventh season [[S11|Pokémon DP: Battle Dimension]] until ''[[DP085|Fighting Fear with Fear]]'', with its Disney dub voice actors. Starting from this season, the channel stopped using the red logo for Pokémon and now uses the original yellow logo. The season re-aired on Hungama TV from August 10, 2019 and completed the season's first run till August 30, 2019, marking the return of the anime on the channel since 2016.

On July 8, 2019, the English dub of the twelfth season, [[S12|Pokémon DP: Galactic Battles]], started airing on {{wp|Disney International HD}}, while Hungama TV and Marvel HQ airs the Hindi, Tamil and Telugu dubs of the anime. The thirteenth season, [[S13|Pokémon DP: Sinnoh League Victors]], aired on Marvel HQ from September 2, 2019 and completed its first run on September 13, 2019, in all three regional dubs.