Pokémon in South Korea: Difference between revisions

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The Pokémon franchise in South Korea is a mix of those released in Japan and North America, and is also is uniquely Korean.

Currently, the Pokémon franchise in Korea tends to mirror that of Japan, in the same way the Pokémon franchise in Europe mirrors that of North America. Some Korean names of Pokémon and NPCs are translations or transliterations of their Japanese names; {{p|Sylveon}}'s Korean name 님피아 ''Nimpia'' is based the Japanese ニンフィア ''Nymphia'' rather than its Western name. Furthermore, event Pokémon distributions in Korea are more based on similar events in Japan versus the West; the Japanese [[List of local Japanese event Pokémon distributions in Generation V#Year of the Dragon Eggs|Year of the Dragon]] event was also [[List of Wi-Fi Korean event Pokémon distributions in Generation V#Year of the Dragon Pokémon|available in Korea]], but it was never released in the West.

[[File:Korean Pokemon TCG Logo.png|thumb|right|Korean logo for the Pokémon TCG; it is similar to the North American logo]]Other times, what is used in North America is used in Korea; for example, both the front and back card design for the Pokémon TCG in Korea is based on the North American version of the game. Also, when Ruby and Sapphire was released, the Korean version (as depicted in [[Pokémon Adventures]]) tended to use English names for Pokémon. For example, {{p|Taillow}} and {{p|Swellow}}'s Korean names are transliterated from English (테일로 ''Teillo'' and 스왈로 ''Seuwallo'', respectively), as was {{p|Delcatty}} (델케티 ''Delketi'').

Due to the South Korean government's ban on Japanese cultural items, none of the [[Generation I|first generation]] games saw an official release in Korea. Once the ban was slightly lifted in 1998, a Korean-language version of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}} (포켓몬스터 금·은 ''Pocket Monsters Geum·Eun'') would be released in 2002. Unlike previous localizations of Pokémon Gold and Silver, these versions are not playable on the original [[Game Boy]] at all, and display an incompatibility message if inserted into an original Game Boy, like {{game|Crystal}}. <ref>[http://mgaver.tistory.com/122 Hangeru Team (Korean Pokémon blog)]</ref> For unknown reasons, Pokémon Crystal was never released in the Korean language, although it may be of note that the Game Boy Color's lifespan overseas was almost finished. Likewise, none of the [[Generation III|third generation]] would see a South Korean release either.

<!--The Korean dub of the [[Pokémon anime]] is recorded and produced by ''' '''.-->The Korean dub of the Pokémon anime was first aired in July 1999, and is mainly based on the original Japanese version. Most characters are renamed in the dub; for example, [[Ash Ketchum]] is 한지우 ''Han Ji-u'', [[Misty (anime)|Misty]] is 최이슬 ''Choi I-seul'' and [[Brock (anime)|Brock]] is 웅 ''Ung''.

Unlike the other dubs, the Korean dub has banned 20 episodes so far, including the ones banned in Japan. These banned episodes usually included overt references to Japan and Japanese culture, such as ''[[EP004|Challenge of the Samurai]]'' and ''[[EP032|The Ninja Poké-Showdown]]''. However, most of these episodes were from the {{series|original}}, with the last unaired episodes (not counting clip shows like [[AG120]] and [[DP120]] or episodes banned in Japan) being from {{series|Advanced Generation}}: [[AG055]] and [[AG056]]. However, that may have been an oversight, as many of the unaired episodes were released on DVD.

Much like the English dub, the Korean dub of the [[Pokémon anime]] features different openings and endings from that in Japanese. However, the songs are directly based on their respective Japanese counterparts, using similar lyrics, style and beat along with sharing the same running time (1 minute and 30 seconds) and debuting episodes.

* '''최덕희''' ''Choi Deok-hyi'' for the [[Original series]], ''[[M01]]'' and ''[[M02]]'',

* '''안현서''' ''An Hyeon-seo'' for ''[[M03]]'', ''[[M04]]'', and ''[[M05]]'',

* '''이선호''' ''Lee Seon-ho'' for {{series2|Advanced Generation}}, {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}, [[Best Wishes series]], and [[XY series]], as well as the movies in the respective series.

* '''구자형''' ''Koo Ja-hyeong'' for the original series and all the movies until ''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea: Manaphy]]'',

* '''변영희''' ''Byeon Young-hyi'' for the {{series2|Advanced Generation}} and {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}

관철 ''Gwan-cheol'' ([[Tracey Sketchit]]) was voiced by '''이영주''' ''Lee Young-joo''.

봄이 ''Bom'i'' ({{an|May}}) was voiced by:

* '''서혜정''' ''Seo Hye-jeong'' for the {{series2|Advanced Generation}},

* '''지미애''' ''Ji Mi-ae'' for the movies except for ''[[M07]]'',

* '''김현지''' ''Kim Hyeon-ji'' for ''[[M07]]''

정인 ''Jeong-in'' ([[Max]]) was voiced by '''김서영''' ''Kim Seo-yeong''.

빛나 ''Bit-na'' ({{an|Dawn}}) was voiced by '''정미숙''' ''Jeong Mi-suk''.

아이리스 ''Iris'' ({{an|Iris}}) was voiced by '''장경희''' ''Jang Gyeong-hui''.

덴트 ''Dent'' ({{an|Cilan}}) was voiced by '''남도형''' ''Nam Do-hyeong''.

세레나 ''Serena'' ({{an|Serena}}) is voiced by '''김현지''' ''Kim Hyun-Ji''