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-===Dubbing===
+The [[Pokémon anime]] was originally [[dub]]bed to Arabic by '''Venus Company''' ('''مركز الزهرة''' '' Markaz Az-Zuhra''), but they stopped due to the controversy in 2001. After that '''Super M Productions''' continued dubbing the anime. In the first year the anime was aired exclusively on '''{{wp|Middle East Broadcasting Center|Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC)}}''', a Saudi-run channel broadcasting from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, but after the end of [[Pokémon: Indigo League|the first season]], it spread rapidly to other channels. It was aired mainly in MBC, '''{{wp|Spacetoon}}''' (also broadcasted from Dubai), '''{{wp|ERTT|Tunisian Radio and Television (TRT)}}''', and '''{{wp|Al Jadeed|New TV}}''' (broadcasting from Lebanon). The total number of Arabic episodes so far is [[EP366|366]] episodes.
-The [[Pokémon anime]] was originally [[dub]]bed to Arabic by '''Venus Company''' ('''مركز الزهرة''' '' Markaz Az-Zuhra''), but they stopped due to the controversy in 2001.After that '''Super M Productions''' continued dubbing the anime. The anime was aired exclusively in the MBC Channel in the first year, but after the end of [[Pokémon: Indigo League|the first season]], it spread rapidly in many channels. It was aired mainly in MBC, Spacetoon, TRT and New TV. The total number of Arabic episodes so far is [[EP366|366]] episodes.
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 ==Pokémon merchandise==
-After the Pokemon anime started airing in Arabic, it became the most popular anime series in the Arab world. Therefore, the demand for Pokémon-related merchandise among Arabian children was high. Thus, most of the game centers began to sell many of the Pokémon merchandise, and making huge profits. Also, many restaurants offered promotional toys with their meals, such as Burger King in [[2000 Burger King Promotional Pokémon toys|2000]]. But it did not stay for a long time, alot of the merchandises was confiscated from the main centers due to the controversy in 2001.
+After the Pokemon anime started airing in Arabic, it became the most popular anime series in the Arab world. Therefore, the demand for Pokémon-related merchandise among Arabian children was high. Thus, most of the game centers began to sell many of the Pokémon merchandise, and making huge profits. Also, many restaurants offered promotional toys with their meals, such as Burger King in [[2000 Burger King Promotional Pokémon toys|2000]]. Due to the controversy in 2001, however, a lot of the merchandises was confiscated from the main centers. After some time, when the controversy subsided, the game stores started selling Pokémon goods again without any problem.
-This controversy began disappearing gradually in several months, and people revealed that the controversy was nothing but a rumor was propagated by haters of this Anime. And now, the game stores sell those goods without any problem, despite that there are a few people are still affected by that rumor untill now.