Pokémon in Indonesia: Difference between revisions

The [[Pokémon]] franchise was first introduced in '''{{wp|Indonesia}}''' in March 2001 through the broadcast of the [[EP001|first episode]] of the [[Pokémon anime]] around March 2001, along with the first Pokémon games. Before another franchise {{pkmn|Trading Card Game}} was introduced officially, the Pokémon cards was introduced when they was imported by Sucianto, the founder of Planet Comics, the famous and the oldest Indonesian Comic Store.<ref> [http://martabakomikita.multiply.com/journal/item/142] </ref>

Many pirated copies of [[hack games]], as well as official games, are also sold in Indonesia, especially the infamous game ChaosBlack and Quartz, which at first was mistaken by people as official. Pirated copies of official games come in a variety of ways, such as the lack of license or the difference of game cartridges.

The Indonesian dub was mainly based on the Japanese version; however, proper names from the English version were used. Most [[character of the day|characters of the day]] are renamed in the dub, as well as [[main character]] [[Ash Ketchum]], who was given the dub name '''Ali'''. In a short period of time, Pokémon became well-known amongst children and young people. However, from the [[Pokémon: The Johto Journeys|third season]], the [[Pokémon anime]] lost its popularity. Soon after the [[Pokémon: The Adventures in the Orange Islands|Orange League saga]], the show was stopped indefinitely.  

The anime series did not continuously air until December on Sundays from 7.30 a.m - 8.00 a.m. (GMT +7).<ref> [http://www.indosiar.com/sinopsis/3039/pokemon] </ref> Unfortunately, the inconsistency began when Indosiar retained all Japanese names for main characters, towns, and items (eg. [[Poké Ball]] is referred as {{tt|Bola Monster|Monster Ball in Japan}}, while [[Pallet Town]] as {{tt|Kota Masara|Masara Town in Japan}}). The most controversial for the fans was the retaining of Pokémon name to Japanese. Despite the controversy, many fans still support this positive effort for retaining the main character's Japanese names.

In Indonesia, no [[Pokémon movie]]s have premiered in any theaters. Instead, several Pokémon movies were aired on TV. As SCTV era, only [[M01|the first Pokémon movie]] was aired. As Indosiar took over, they aired several movies from [[M02|Revelation of Lugia]] until [[M05|The Guardians of Altomare]] around June 2008. Finally, the two most recent movies in Indonesia, [[M06|Wishing Star of the Seven Nights: Jirachi]] and [[M07|Sky-Splitting Visitor: Deoxys]] premiered around November - December 2008.  

Unlike the other dubs, the Indonesian dub has not any banned episodes so far, other than the infamous [[EP038|episode]] that banned in worldwide.  

Several Pokémon episodes and movies are also sold in {{wp|DVD}}s and [[CD]]s on some regions of the Indonesia, although they are not exactly official or mostly being pirates. Most of them are dubbed in {{wp|English}} or {{wp|Mandarin}} and subtitled in Indonesian.

Indonesia is one of the countries that publishes a translation of [[Pokémon Pocket Monsters]] by [[Kosaku Anakubo]]. It is published by {{wp|Elex Media Komputindo}}. Like the anime, the main character [[Isamu Akai]] was given the same dubbed name for Ash, while {{TP|Isamu Akai|Clefairy}} was renamed as '''Kleferi''' (The Indonesian pronounce of {{p|Clefairy}}). This releases was stopped in April 21, 2003 when volume 12 was running in publish until 2010 (coincidentally, at the same date), where Elex Media Komputindo continued the next volume. However, like the anime incidence, the Pokémon names was completely retained to its Japanese name.

There is also a translation of [[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]], under the dubbed name "{{tt|Kisah Pikachu yang Menggetarkan|Shocking Tale of Pikachu}}".

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