Pokémon in the Netherlands: Difference between revisions

==Pokémon video games==

All of the [[core series]] and [[spin-off Pokémon games|spin-off]] [[Pokémon games]] have been released in English in the Netherlands, usually the same day as the release in the rest of Europe. An exception to this were {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}. Due to a major bug found in some releases of Pokémon HeartGold, which prevented saved games from being detected, the release was postponed from March 25th to April 2nd, 2010 in both the Netherlands and Flanders (Dutch-speaking part of Belgium).  

Episodes and movies in the Netherlands generally debut a few weeks after the first airing in the United States. A notable exception to this was ''[[SS020|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness]]'' which aired in Dutch ''before'' airing in English anywhere in the world. Which together with the [[SS019|first Pokémon Mystery Dungeon special]], three [[Pikachu short]]s ([[PK01]], [[PK04]] and [[PK07]]), [[The Uncut Story of Mewtwo's Origin]] (part of [[M01]]) [[SS026]] (part of [[M16]]), [[Mewtwo Returns]] and [[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]] were the only specials of the Pokémon anime to be released in the Netherlands.

 

The Dutch dub also airs in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of [[Pokémon in Belgium|Belgium]]. In both Belgium and the Netherlands the anime is available on [[Netflix]].

 

From 1999 until 2006, JPS Producties was the company responsible for producing the Dutch dub. From 2007 until 2008, it was Fred Butter Soundstudio; and starting in 2008, it was SDI Media (formerly Sun Studio).

===Pokémon movies===

The first four {{pkmn|movie}}s ([[M01]] Dutch premiere: 20 April 2000, more than 525,000 visitors in total; [[M02]] Dutch premiere: 12 October 2000, more than 356,000 visitors in total; [[M03]] Dutch premiere: 23 May 2001, more than 183,000 visitors in total; [[M04]] Dutch premiere: 3 July 2003, more than 18,500 visitors in total) saw a release in Dutch theaters. Later movies, as well the special episodes, are regularly broadcasted on Disney XD. The last Pokémon movie to be released in the Netherlands on VHS was [[M04]], the last release on DVD was [[M15]] and there have been no Blu-ray releases.

 

Beside the replaced voice actors, the dub was also not of high quality. The dialogue and title song were poorly translated, and at some scenes, the English dub voices could still be heard, or no voices would be present at all. The [[Pikachu short]] was also not included anymore.

 

From 2007 on, the movies did not premiere anymore on DVD, but rather on TV (Jetix and later Disney XD). This meant that the dubbing was once again of high quality and held the original cast.

 

[[M08]] premiered on November 11, 2007 at Jetix, [[M09]] on November 18, 2007 at Jetix and two movie posters were given away with Jetix Magazine of the movies. [[M12]] premiered on February 24, 2010 at Disney XD, [[M14|Black—Victini and Reshiram]] on May 20, 2012 at Disney XD, [[M14|White—Victini and Zekrom]] on 18:00 June 13, 2012 at the digital channel Disney XD 24 uur (the normal Disney XD airs until 18:00), [[M15]] on 09:00 April 7, 2013 at Disney XD.

 

On November 27, 2016, [[M19]] aired on Disney XD.

'''Marlies Somers''' (born January 16, 1973) gave her voice to {{an|Misty}}, while '''Fred Meijer''' is the voice of {{an|Brock}}, [[Gurkinn]], [[Butch]] (S02) as well as [[Giovanni]] in seasons 3-6.

In season 2, the role of [[Tracey Sketchit]] was voiced by '''Martin van den Ham''' (September 15, 1962 - March 9, 2001), an actor and comedian. After his sudden death of cardiac arrest at the age of 38, Tracey's recurring appearances were performed by '''Rolf Koster''' (born February 25, 1968). In [[M03]] Tracey was voiced by '''Tony Neef''' (born January 29, 1961).

In the {{series|XY}}, {{an|Serena}} is voiced by '''Tara Hetharia''', {{an|Clemont}} is voiced by '''Christian Nieuwenhuizen''', and {{an|Bonnie}} is voiced by '''Manou Jue Cardoso'''. [[Professor Sycamore]] is voiced by '''Rutger le Poole'''.  

[[Jessie]] is dubbed by '''Hilde de Mildt''' (born November 19, 1959), she has also dubbed [[Officer Jenny]] in one episode.<ref>http://pokechar.forum2go.nl/de-nederlandse-pokemon-stemmen-t2628.html</ref> [[James]] was originally dubbed by '''Bram Bart''' (April 32, 1962 - April 8, 2012), who also voiced [[Gary Oak]], but in season 8 the role was given to '''Paul Disbergen''', also the voice of [[Butch]] in season 8.  

{{MTR}} also had a change of voice actors at the same time, from '''Jan Nonhof''' (born December 9, 1947) to '''Bas Keijzer''' (born March 31, 1973) because of his disagreement with the change of the dub company.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuMeUoO6kjk</ref> In season 15, Bas Keijzer has been replaced with '''Fred Meijer''' who previously provided the voice of Brock and Giovanni.

{{an|Giovanni}} has had many voice actors. He was originally voiced by '''Just Meijer''' (born 1956), in season 2 '''Stan Limburg''' gave his voice. From season 3 to season 6 '''Fred Meijer''', who also did the voice of Brock, dubbed him and in the special [[Mewtwo Returns]], '''Sander de Heer''' did Giovanni's voice. From season 6 to 7 '''Just Meijer''' did Giovanni's voice again but he was replaced by '''Bas Keijzer''', who also did {{MTR}}'s voice. In season 14, '''Just Meijer''' returned once again and he is the current voice of Giovanni and also voiced [[Stephan]] in his debut episode.

[[Pokédex|Dexter]] and [[Professor Oak]] were voiced by '''Jon van Eerd''' (born September 5, 1960) up to season 7, at which point he was replaced by '''Tony Neef''' (born January 29, 1961), who also voiced [[Gary Oak]] ([[AG146]]-present), [[Harley]] (S08-09), [[Paul]] and [[Butch]] (S09-present). In season 11, Professor Oak's role was moved to '''Thijs van Aken''' (born May 5, 1969), while Dexter's role was moved to '''Hetty Heyting''' (born October 19, 1953), also the voice of [[Zoey]] (S10-13), [[Cassidy]] (S09-present), and [[Vivian Meridian]] (S08). In [[S17]] Professor Oak was voiced by '''Florus van Rooijen'''. In 2 episodes Dexter was voiced by '''Hilde de Mildt''' (born November 19, 1959). After that Dexter was voiced by '''Just Meijer''' and concurrently in Kalos by '''Edna Kalb'''.  

Other notable voice actors in the Dutch dub include '''Jeroen Keers''' as the [[narrator]], '''Mandy Huydts''' (born April 9, 1969) as [[Nurse Joy]] (S01-S13) and [[Cassidy]] (S1), '''Lizemijn Libgott''' (born May 24, 1980) as [[Nurse Joy]] (S14-present), [[Gardenia]] (S10), [[Sophie]] and [[Viola]], '''Edna Kalb''' (born October 11, 1959) as [[Officer Jenny]] (S01-S13) and [[Delia Ketchum]] in one episode, '''Saskia Maarleveld''' as [[Officer Jenny]] and [[Fennel]] (S14), '''Beatrijs Sluyter''' as [[Delia Ketchum]], [[J]] (S12), [[Lilian Meridian]], and [[Marian]], '''Edward Reekers''' (born May 24, 1957) and '''Pepijn Gunneweg''' (born May 18, 1976) as [[Todd Snap]], '''Niki Romijn''' as [[Ritchie]] and [[Casey]] (S03, S04 and S05), '''Sander van der Poel''' (born September 19, 1986) as [[Drew]], '''Huub Dikstaal''' (born January 6, 1968) as [[Drew]] (S07-09), [[Butch]] (S01), [[Kenny]] (S11-S12), [[Scott]] and [[Pierce]], '''Finn Poncin''' as [[Butch]] (S05), '''Lottie Hellingman''' (born August 7, 1977) as [[Cassidy]] (S03, S04 and S05), '''Marjolein Algera''' (born November 25, 1965) as [[Nurse Joy]] in [[M01]] and [[Vivian Meridian]] (S06 and S07), '''Lotte Horlings''' (born April 10, 1979) as [[J]] (S10 and S11), '''Frank Rigter''' (S11-S12) and '''Mitchell van den Dunge Bille''' (S12-S13) as {{an|Barry}}, [[Kenny]] (S10) and as [[Drew]] (S06), '''Thijs van Aken''' (born May 5, 1969) as [[Trip]] (S14), '''Fleur van de Water''' as {{an|Bianca}}, '''Eva Burmeister''' as [[Burgundy]], '''Natalie Hanenveld''' as [[Georgia]], '''Trevor Reekers''' (born June 21 1988) as [[Luke]], '''Levi van Kempen''' as [[Gary Oak]] (S09-11), '''Leon Wiedijk''' (S12), '''Jannemien Cnossen''' as [[Nurse Joy]] in [[M10]], '''Donna Vrijhof''' as [[Nurse Joy]] in two episodes, [[Matori]] and [[Grace (Kalos)|Grace]], '''Jeroen van Wijngaarden''' as [[Paul]] (S10-S13), '''Ruud Drupsteen''' as [[Kenny]] (S13), '''Frans Limburg''' as [[Stephan]] (S14), '''Nathalie Haneveld''' as [[Georgia]] (S14), '''Florus van Rooijen''' as [[Paul]] in one episode, '''Tineke Blok''' as [[Officer Jenny]] ([[S17]]), [[Alexa]] and [[Cosette]], '''Nicoline van Doorn''' as [[Korrina]] and [[Lyra]], [[Cynthia]] was voiced by '''Marieke de Kruijf''' in S10, '''Lotte Horlings''' in S11 and by '''Donna Vrijhof''' in S12, '''Ewout Eggink''' as [[Professor Birch]] (S06), '''Jann Cnossen''' as [[Matori]] (S14) and [[Professor Juniper]], '''Louis van Beek''' as [[Professor Birch]] (S07 and S08) and [[Professor Rowan]], and '''Paul Disbergen''' as [[Butch]] (S9), [[Gary Oak]] in one episode and [[Dr. Zager]].

[[File:PokemonMysteryDungeonGinjisReddingsteam.png|thumb|right|[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team]] in Dutch]]

English [[Pokémon Adventures]] volumes published by [[VIZ Media]] are imported and sold in the Netherlands by comic/manga stores. [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team]] was translated into Dutch and serialized in three parts alongside 2007 publications of Jetix Magazine.

* Like {{pmin|Germany}} and {{pmin|Italy}}, an annual event named [[Pokémon Day (the Netherlands)|Pokémon Day]] was held in 2006 (two times), 2008, 2009 and 2010 in the Netherlands by Nintendo at {{wp|Walibi World}}.

* [[List of Dutch Pokémon home video releases]]

 

 

* [http://www.pokemon.com/nl/ The official Dutch Pokémon website]

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