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==History== | ==History== | ||
4Kids had been in charge of dubbing the Pokémon anime for English language audiences from the first season until season nine. Despite their massive contributions to the anime and the Pokémon franchise as a whole, there have been many critics. Some fans felt some important information, facts, or emotions expressed in the original version had been lost in translation. Frequent move errors, type matchup errors, and most infamously poor quality in the Pokémon Trainer Choice segments have led fans to believe 4Kids had very little knowledge or interest in the Pokémon franchise. | |||
4Kids exclusive content includes the English theme songs (not the intro animations), songs that appeared in Pikachu's Jukebox and Pokémon Karaokemon, and the 2 B A Master Soundtrack. | |||
Starting with the TV special ''[[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]]'' and continuing through season 9 onward, Pokémon USA (now known as [[The Pokémon Company International]]), maintained the English-language version of the Pokémon anime. Beginning in May 2008, 4Kids took control of the {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!}} block. The block was relabelled as {{wp|The CW4Kids}}. 4Kids announced that in order to retain control of The CW4Kids, 4KidsTV will move online instead of being on FOX affiliates as of January 1, 2009. This block was later replaced with {{wp|Toonzai}}, which was also owned by 4Kids. In 2012, 4Kids also ended the Toonzai block. Saban Brands then created the block called {{wp|Vortexx}}, taking Toonzai's previous timeslot. This block was cancelled in 2014. As of 2015, many 4Kids television dubs no longer air on American Television (with the exception of the early seasons of Pokemon and the Pokemon Movies that they dubbed). | Starting with the TV special ''[[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]]'' and continuing through season 9 onward, Pokémon USA (now known as [[The Pokémon Company International]]), maintained the English-language version of the Pokémon anime. Beginning in May 2008, 4Kids took control of the {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!}} block. The block was relabelled as {{wp|The CW4Kids}}. 4Kids announced that in order to retain control of The CW4Kids, 4KidsTV will move online instead of being on FOX affiliates as of January 1, 2009. This block was later replaced with {{wp|Toonzai}}, which was also owned by 4Kids. In 2012, 4Kids also ended the Toonzai block. Saban Brands then created the block called {{wp|Vortexx}}, taking Toonzai's previous timeslot. This block was cancelled in 2014. As of 2015, many 4Kids television dubs no longer air on American Television (with the exception of the early seasons of Pokemon and the Pokemon Movies that they dubbed). | ||