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====Pikachu Shorts==== | ====Pikachu Shorts==== | ||
Cartoon Network India has aired several Pikachu Shorts but they did not air along with movies. The Pikachu Shorts [[PK02|Christmas Night]] and [[PK03|Kanga Games]] were aired together as [[Pikachu's Winter Vacations]]. The Shorts [[PK05|Winter Games]] and [[PK07|Pikachu & Pichu]] were aired together.<!-- | Cartoon Network India has aired several Pikachu Shorts but they did not air along with movies. The Pikachu Shorts [[PK02|Christmas Night]] and [[PK03|Kanga Games]] were aired together as [[Pikachu's Winter Vacations]]. The Shorts [[PK05|Winter Games]] and [[PK07|Pikachu & Pichu]] were aired together.<!-- | ||
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Pokémon has managed to rock the country's kids as schools are scurrying to ban them, and parents are trying to find a cheaper entertainment alternative for their children. Consistently ranking on top in its respective demographics, the show earned Rs 1.5 billion within the 10 months after launch. Eros Huang, managing director of Taiwan-based Top-Insight International, which holds the Asia license to distribute and market Pokemon merchandise. "The year 2004 will be big for Pokemon fans in India," he added, admitting that the company is gearing up to swamp the country's kids with spawned games, toys, comics and an array of other merchandise, including a Pokemon movie later in the year. | |||
However no step was taken by Parents and Schools to ban Pokémon but their Angriness showed everything, during that time the license of selling Pokemon tazos and trading cards was given to Cheetos, due to this a complaint was registered against Cheetos. | |||
Listen to the complaints of the mother of two school-going siblings aged nine and five: "My children insist on buying a particular brand of potato chips every day, not because the kids are particularly fond of the junk food, but for what they get along with them: Pokemon tazos [plastic collectible stamps] and trading cards." However on the other side some parents actually appreciate that Pokemon exists. They claim it gives their kids a hobby and that they can meet more people this way. It gives them something to do so that they are never bored; they start collections and even get a small financial benefit from trading and selling cards, they say.<ref>[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/FB25Df01.html Atimes]</ref>--> | |||
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With ''[[EP158|A Goldenrod Opportunity]]'', [[S04|Pokémon: Johto League Champions]] debuted on Hungama TV on January 2, 2015. A change of cast of the Narrator was introduced. Also, Hungama fully introduced Tamil and Telugu dubs from this season. All the previous seasons were also dubbed into Tamil and Telugu, and started airing in those languages during re-runs. From ''[[EP166|Two Hits and a Miss]]'', the channel also started skipping the parts of the episode before the title card, as they wanted to skip the theme song, but unlike previous seasons, there are some scenes before the theme song. Even the scenes of those episodes which had been aired fully (with the theme and the scenes before the theme) before were also skipped during reruns. This started causing confusions among the viewers. However, sometimes during reruns and in the late evening re airing time slot (before), the deleted opening scenes and the theme song were aired. For ''[[EP195|The Poké Spokesman]]'' and ''[[EP196|Control Freak]]'', those scenes along with the theme song were aired during the main time slot. The scenes and the theme songs were again restarted from ''[[EP203|The Secret Actor's Guilt]]''. From ''[[EP206|The Joy of Water Pokemon]]'', they again started skipping the theme song but this time the scenes before the theme were not skipped. With ''[[EP209|Machoke, Machoke Man]]'', Hungama completed the initial run of [[S04|Pokémon: Johto League Champions]] on March 26, 2015. | With ''[[EP158|A Goldenrod Opportunity]]'', [[S04|Pokémon: Johto League Champions]] debuted on Hungama TV on January 2, 2015. A change of cast of the Narrator was introduced. Also, Hungama fully introduced Tamil and Telugu dubs from this season. All the previous seasons were also dubbed into Tamil and Telugu, and started airing in those languages during re-runs. From ''[[EP166|Two Hits and a Miss]]'', the channel also started skipping the parts of the episode before the title card, as they wanted to skip the theme song, but unlike previous seasons, there are some scenes before the theme song. Even the scenes of those episodes which had been aired fully (with the theme and the scenes before the theme) before were also skipped during reruns. This started causing confusions among the viewers. However, sometimes during reruns and in the late evening re airing time slot (before), the deleted opening scenes and the theme song were aired. For ''[[EP195|The Poké Spokesman]]'' and ''[[EP196|Control Freak]]'', those scenes along with the theme song were aired during the main time slot. The scenes and the theme songs were again restarted from ''[[EP203|The Secret Actor's Guilt]]''. From ''[[EP206|The Joy of Water Pokemon]]'', they again started skipping the theme song but this time the scenes before the theme were not skipped. With ''[[EP209|Machoke, Machoke Man]]'', Hungama completed the initial run of [[S04|Pokémon: Johto League Champions]] on March 26, 2015. | ||
[[S05|Pokémon: Master Quest]] debuted on Hungama TV on March 31, 2015, with ''[[EP210|Around the Whirlpool]]''. The episode ''[[EP214|Mantine Overboard]]'' was skipped by the channel. It was later aired during reruns. The [[EP250|Episode 250]] was also skipped by the channel as it is banned. For currently unknown reasons, Hungama TV did not air the episodes ''[[EP254|Better Eight Than Never]]'' and ''[[EP255|Why? Wynaut!]]'' during the weekday afternoon timeslot. Instead these were aired during evening re-run slots on the same day, while there were no episodes during the afternoon slot. | [[S05|Pokémon: Master Quest]] debuted on Hungama TV on March 31, 2015, with ''[[EP210|Around the Whirlpool]]''. The episode ''[[EP214|Mantine Overboard]]'' was skipped by the channel. It was later aired during reruns. The [[EP250|Episode 250]] was also skipped by the channel as it is banned. For currently unknown reasons, Hungama TV did not air the episodes ''[[EP254|Better Eight Than Never]]'' and ''[[EP255|Why? Wynaut!]]'' during the weekday afternoon timeslot. Instead these were aired during evening re-run slots on the same day, while there were no episodes during the afternoon slot. After [[EP262|You're a Star, Larvitar!]], Hungama TV stopped airing new episodes. The reasons for stopping after You're a Star, Larvitar is that starting from [[EP263|Address Unown]], [[S06|Pokémon: Advanced]] starts for the Television airings. | ||
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[[File:Pokemon XY logo India.png|200px|thumb|Pokémon XY logo used currently in India]] | [[File:Pokemon XY logo India.png|200px|thumb|Pokémon XY logo used currently in India]] | ||
{{bulbanews|'Pokémon the Series: XY' debuts in India}} | {{bulbanews|'Pokémon the Series: XY' debuts in India}} | ||
The {{series|XY}} debuted on Hungama TV on May 9, 2015 with the first two episodes of [[S17|Pokémon the Series: XY]], ''[[XY001|Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin]]'' and ''[[XY002|Lumoise City Pursuit]]''. These episodes were aired without any promo on a weekend time-slot, even though the {{series2|Advanced Generation}}, {{series2|Diamond & Pearl}} and {{series2|Best Wishes}} series hadn't aired on the channel. Hungama TV later announced that more episodes of this season would air during the weekend time slot, with regular episodes continuing during the weekday time-slot. From the start of the season, Hungama TV started skipping the title card of the episodes. The channel started using [[a:File:Pokemon XY logo India.png|a new logo]] for the series, replacing [[a:File:Pokémon the Series XY logo.png|the original one]]. Similar to the other seasons, inconsistencies in the airing order were again noticed by viewers. Hungama TV skipped the episode ''[[XY017|A Rush of Ninja Wisdom]]'' for unknown reasons. | The {{series|XY}} debuted on Hungama TV on May 9, 2015 with the first two episodes of [[S17|Pokémon the Series: XY]], ''[[XY001|Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin]]'' and ''[[XY002|Lumoise City Pursuit]]''. According to Nichiket Dighe (Hungama dub voice actor for [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]]), the episodes were aired as Hungama got the highest TRP (Television Rating Points) among all cartoon channels. These episodes were aired without any promo on a weekend time-slot, even though the {{series2|Advanced Generation}}, {{series2|Diamond & Pearl}} and {{series2|Best Wishes}} series hadn't aired on the channel. Hungama TV later announced that more episodes of this season would air during the weekend time slot, with regular episodes continuing during the weekday time-slot. From the start of the season, Hungama TV started skipping the title card of the episodes. The channel started using [[a:File:Pokemon XY logo India.png|a new logo]] for the series, replacing [[a:File:Pokémon the Series XY logo.png|the original one]]. Similar to the other seasons, inconsistencies in the airing order were again noticed by viewers. Hungama TV skipped the episode ''[[XY017|A Rush of Ninja Wisdom]]'' for unknown reasons. | ||
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[[File:Mewtwo Ka Badla.png|200px|thumb|The logo for the movie made by the channel]] | [[File:Mewtwo Ka Badla.png|200px|thumb|The logo for the movie made by the channel]] | ||
The very first movie, ''[[M01|Pokémon The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'' premiered on the channel on April 18, 2015, as ''Pokémon The Movie - {{tt|Mewtwo Ka Badla|Mewtwo's Revenge}}'' (Hindi: ''Mewtwo का बदला''). The channel also made [[a:File:Mewtwo Ka Badla.png|a new logo]] for the movie. A lot of scenes from the movie were skipped, including the opening and ending themes. Even though Hungama TV airs the English dubbed version of the anime, this movie was aired based on the original Japanese version. | The very first movie, ''[[M01|Pokémon The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'' premiered on the channel on April 18, 2015, as ''Pokémon The Movie - {{tt|Mewtwo Ka Badla|Mewtwo's Revenge}}'' (Hindi: ''Mewtwo का बदला''). The channel also made [[a:File:Mewtwo Ka Badla.png|a new logo]] for the movie. A lot of scenes from the movie were skipped, including the opening and ending themes. Even though Hungama TV airs the English dubbed version of the anime, this movie was aired based on the original Japanese version. | ||
The second movie ''[[M02|Pokémon The Movie 2000 - The Power of One]]'' is coming soon this year on the channel as ''Pokémon The Movie - {{tt|Ek ki Taaqat|The Power of One}}'' (Hindi: ''एक की ताकत'') according to Hungama | The second movie ''[[M02|Pokémon The Movie 2000 - The Power of One]]'' is coming soon this year on the channel as ''Pokémon The Movie - {{tt|Ek ki Taaqat|The Power of One}}'' (Hindi: ''एक की ताकत'') according to Nichiket Dighe (Hungama dub voice actor for [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]]). | ||
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| ''[[M01|Pokémon the First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'' | | ''[[M01|Pokémon the First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'' | ||
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| 2015 (Upcoming) | | 2015 (Upcoming) | ||
| ''[[M02|Pokémon the Movie 2000 - The Power of One]]'' | | ''[[M02|Pokémon the Movie 2000 - The Power of One]]'' | ||
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