Pokémon in Portugal: Difference between revisions

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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.

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.

All themes used in the Portuguese dub are translated versions of the themes used in the English dub.

A Portuguese translation of the ''[[Pokémon 2.B.A. Master]]'' soundtrack was released, entitled ''{{tt|Pokémon: Vamos Apanhá-Los!|Pokémon Let's Catch Them!}}''. This soundtrack included a video of the English version of the [[Kanto Pokérap|Pokérap]] that could be played on a computer.

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.