Pokémon in Brazil

Pokémon in Brazil
Flag of Brazil
Language	Brazilian Portuguese
Continent	South America
Original anime airdates
EP001	May 10, 1999
AG001	January 21, 2004
DP001	February 9, 2008
BW001	March 17, 2012
XY001	March 2, 2015
SM001	June 5, 2017
JN001	October 5, 2020
HZ001	March 7, 2024

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The Pokémon franchise arrived in Brazil on May 10, 1999, with the broadcast of Pokémon, Eu Escolho Você! during a morning TV program called Eliana & Alegria on Rede Record.

In terms of gameplay, the Pokémon games have been officially released and distributed in English for Brazil and other nations of South America and Latin America. Packages, game manuals and cart designs of several Generation I and Generation II games (e.g. Pokémon Red and Blue Versions and Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions) have been properly localized by Nintendo's official distributor at the time Gradiente, but the ROM image itself remains available exclusively in English. Only more recently have there been Pokémon games in Portuguese, the official and national language of Brazil.

"Agarre todos... se puder!" was the Brazilian slogan used during the release of the Generation I games. When the first two Generation II games debuted in that region, the tagline was changed to "Pegue todos... se puder!" and was later changed to "Temos que pegar!" (which was previously used on marketing, merchandising and other media, including the animated series in that region) starting with the release of Pokémon Crystal.

Currently, the Pokémon animated series debuts on Netflix, Pokémon Adventures is published by Panini Comics, and the Pokémon Trading Card Game is released by Copag.

Pokémon games

All Pokémon games have been available to Brazilian customers in English. Some have had a Brazilian localization attempt of any sort, others would later translate the games themselves. In 2001, the country's advisory rating system began rating video games. By that time, Nintendo's distributor was Gradiente. In 2003, Gradiente and Nintendo parted ways and as a result, games were imported straight from the US with the ESRB rating intact. However, from January 2015 to May 2017, Nintendo's officially licensed distributors ceased trade in the Brazilian market due to the ongoing, significantly high taxation tariffs on imported electronic goods, especially as direct competition recently decided to open manufacturing plants within the country to lift some of these tariffs. In May 2017, NC Games became the new licensed distributor of Nintendo products, until that company closed in 2019. The games have been digitally distributed through the Brazilian version of Nintendo eShop, also known as Loja Nintendo ("Nintendo Shop") ever since. Since then, Nintendo was officially re-launched in Brazil on September 18, 2020 with products being distributed through Ingram Micro.

Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, Pokémon GO, Pokémon TCG Card Dex, Pokémon UNITE, and Pokémon Trading Card Game Live are the only Pokémon games to have had had the gameplay itself translated into Brazilian Portuguese. In the past, Gradiente managed the packaging and cart appearance and production of earlier Pokémon games. Today, this is managed by Nintendo Brasil, but some fans have expressed their interest in more games being translated into Brazilian Portuguese; a movement called Queremos Nintendo.

Distribution events

There have been official events for Pokémon distribution in some Brazilian cities for Jirachi in 2010, Celebi in 2011, Keldeo in 2012, Meloetta and the Shiny Pokémon of Myth in 2013 and a Shiny Gengar and Diancie in 2014. From January 2015 to September 2023, it was uncertain if any other official events would be distributed in Brazil, since Nintendo had cut ties with its main distributor in the country. In October 2023, ten years after the previous event to be held in Brazil, Trixie's Mimikyu was distributed to players who attended the Brasil Game Show convention of that year, from October 11 to October 15 in the city of São Paulo.

Pokémon animation

Pokémon started airing on Rede Record on May 10, 1999. It aired daily in the morning. A few months later, it also began to air on Cartoon Network. Both channels noticed the great success that they had in their hands, and after several reruns of the first season, the second season began to air on both channels, first on RecordTV, and then on Cartoon Network starting the week after.

The second season had also high ratings, but was not as successful as the first. This was due to the broadcast of the Digimon series on a rival channel of Record, Rede Globo, in the same time slot. Eventually, Record acquired seasons three and four as well. Around this time, in 2002, the success of Pokémon on Record led another network, SBT, to buy the rights to the first three movies in partnership with Warner Bros. International Television, making the films a well-known part of SBT's film rotation.

Since Record had aired its episodes in a short period of time, it started to rerun episodes frequently, a fact which lowered its overall audience ratings. Because of this, Globo purchased the rights to season five in 2003. Pokémon was so successful in the mornings on Globo that it also acquired the sixth and seventh seasons. When they too ran out of new episodes, Globo reran them a few times and eventually took the show out of its morning schedule.

In 2008, RedeTV! needed a temporary cartoon to fill a space which would be taken by a new show, and acquired the first season to do so. However, Pokémon was so successful that RedeTV! acquired other seasons to air at night on the channel at 6pm.

Starting on January 1, 2010, previous seasons of the animated series debuted on Tooncast, a sister network of Cartoon Network. The channel aired the first 17 seasons in sequence, and then started airing reruns of Aventuras em Unova e Mais Além and XY. Some movies have also aired on this channel.

From the third season to the eighteenth, the animated series premiered on Cartoon Network. Starting with the eighteenth season, new episodes premiered in blocks of usually four or eight episodes every one or two months, from Monday to Thursday at 4 p.m. BRT. On May 12, 2016, the nineteenth season premiered on Pokémon TV. The first 28 episodes debuted on the service, but the last 20 debuted on Cartoon Network.

Pokémon Gerações premiered on February 10, 2017 on The Pokémon Company International's Portuguese YouTube channel in Brazilian Portuguese. The final episode of the series was made available on June 20, 2017.

On June 5, 2017, the twentieth season premiered on Cartoon Network. The season ended with a special marathon on Pokémon Day 2018.

On January 26, 2018, the sixth season was made available on Prime Video, being the first Pokémon season available on the service. Pokémon, a série: Ouro e Prata, Rubi e Safira, Diamante e Pérola, Preto e Branco, and XY have been also available on the service in the following years, although only two series at a time.

Originally planned for January 2018, RedeTV! started re-airing the first season of the animated series on March 19, 2018, during the program "Turma da Pakaraka". This marked the first time the animated series was aired on the channel since 2012. It aired from Monday to Friday at the same time as it aired in previous years, at 6 p.m. BRT, with two episodes per day, and also another episode at 9 a.m. BRT. They also aired the first two movies.

The twenty-first season premiered on Cartoon Network on June 4, 2018, following the same schedule as previous seasons.

To celebrate the release of Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Cartoon Network held a seven-episode marathon on November 18, 2018, most of them featuring Pikachu or Eevee. The following episodes were aired: A Caverna dos Espelhos!, Luzes! Câmera! Pikachu!, Festa Dançante!, Classe Mestra reunida!, Chamando atenção e treinando muito!, A jovem chama volta a atacar!, and Capturando a Vitória!. Another marathon was held for the release of POKÉMON Detetive Pikachu in May 2019.

The twenty-second season premiered on Cartoon Network on June 3, 2019 and was the last season to follow the schedule started on season 18.

From December 2 to 6, 2019, Cartoon Network did a special week to promote the release of the TCG expansion Cosmic Eclipse, airing the original series episodes Quem Vai Ficar com Togepi?, Duelando pelo Totodile, Entrega Especial Houndoom, Vamos Cantar, Pessoal, and Um Desejo sob as Estrelas. The twelfth movie also aired on Friday.

On February 27, 2020, the twenty-second movie premiered exclusively on Netflix, being the first movie not available on Cartoon Network since the seventh.

Due to the delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the twenty-third season premiered on Cartoon Network on October 5, 2020, on the new 7:25 a.m. timeslot every Monday, but after the exhibition of Acertando as contas! started to air at 8:30 a.m. This is the first season to air with localized logo, episode title, Who's That Pokémon? segment, and credits on a TV channel, although the past eight seasons had already been localized for Pokémon TV. Starting on May 3, 2021, after airing 30 episodes, Cartoon Network started its first rerun of the season, with the debuts for the following episodes scheduled to start on Tuesday, June 1, replacing their reruns of the twenty-second season.

Alike the previous movie, Secrets of the Jungle was released only on Netflix on October 8, 2021.

The 12 first episodes of the twenty-fourth season were released exclusively on Netflix on Janurary 28, 2022.

Season	Original broadcaster	Debut episode	Final episode	Episodes
Pokémon: Liga Índigo	RecordTV	Pokémon, Eu Escolho Você! May 10, 1999	O Segredo do Centro de Criação July 20, 1999	52
Pokémon: Aventuras nas Ilhas Laranja	RecordTV	Princesa Contra Princesa February 7, 2000	Fica Frio, Charizard June 6, 2000	52
Pokémon: A Jornada Johto	Cartoon Network	A Guerra de Água Pokémon January 1, 2001	Escrito nas Estrelas July 10, 2001	52
Pokémon: Campeões da Liga Johto	Cartoon Network	Uma Oportunidade Dourada! January 1, 2002	A Grande Batalha! December 30, 2002	52
Pokémon: Master Quest	Cartoon Network	Enrolados nos Redemoinhos! January 1, 2003	Você é um Astro, Larvitar! August 4, 2003	52
Pokémon: Avançado	Cartoon Network	Quem é esse Unown?! January 5, 2004	Com Carga Total December 6, 2004	52
Pokémon: Desafio Avançado	Cartoon Network	Você Colhe o que Semeia January 22, 2005	Dia Do Julgamento! September 19, 2005	52
Pokémon: Batalha Avançada	Cartoon Network	Clamperl da Sabedoria August 8, 2006	Pasta la Vista! October 18, 2006	52
Pokémon: Batalha da Fronteira	Cartoon Network	O Fator Do Falso Medo March 3, 2007	O Lar é o Início de Tudo! February 2, 2008	47
Pokémon: Diamante e Pérola	Cartoon Network	Seguindo na Viagem de Estréia! February 9, 2008	Tem Jeito de Espírito de Equipe! September 8, 2008	51
Pokémon DP: Batalha Dimensional	Cartoon Network	Lágrimas de Chimchar! January 5, 2009	Epidemia de Pesadelos! December 28, 2009	52
Pokémon DP: Batalhas Galácticas	Cartoon Network	Ligue o Seu Rotom! January 13, 2010	Peguei um Gible! December 29, 2010	52
Pokémon DP: Vencedores da Liga Sinnoh	Cartoon Network	Ganhando Outra Vez a Vantagem em Casa! April 2, 2011	Lembranças São Feitas de Alegrias! November 26, 2011	34
Pokémon: Preto e Branco	Cartoon Network	Na Sombra do Zekrom! March 17, 2012	Batalha no Metrô! February 8, 2013	48
Pokémon Preto e Branco: Destinos Rivais	Cartoon Network	Elesa, a Eletrizante Líder de Ginásio! April 19, 2013	A Maior Crise de Unova! November 15, 2013	49
Pokémon Preto e Branco: Aventuras em Unova e Mais Além	Cartoon Network	Batalhando por Orgulho e Prestígio! February 3, 2014	O Sonho Continua! April 4, 2014	45
Pokémon, a Série: XY	Cartoon Network	Kalos, Onde Sonhos e Aventuras Começam! March 2, 2015	Bonnie para a Defesa! May 6, 2015	48
Pokémon, a série: XY - Desafio em Kalos	Cartoon Network	Caminhos para a Parceria de Apresentação! August 3, 2015	Todos Olhando para o Futuro! May 31, 2016	45
Pokémon, a Série: XYZ	TV Pokémon Cartoon Network	Do A ao Z! May 12, 2016	A lenda de X, Y e Z! May 18, 2017	48
Pokémon, a série: Sol e Lua	Cartoon Network	Alola às novas aventuras! June 5, 2017	Quando regiões se enfrentam! February 27, 2018	43
Pokémon, a série: Sol e Lua – Ultra-aventuras	Cartoon Network Netflix	Um encontro dos sonhos! June 4, 2018	Um encontro real! June 1, 2019	48
Pokémon, a série: Sol e Lua – Ultralendas	Cartoon Network	Lílianete e o bastão! June 3, 2019	Obrigado, Alola. E a jornada continua! May 21, 2020	54
Jornadas Pokémon	Cartoon Network	A chegada de Pikachu! October 5, 2020	São iguais... praticamente! June 30, 2021	48
Jornadas de Mestre Pokémon	Netflix	Treinar ou não treinar! September 10, 2021* January 28, 2022*	A Batalha nos Portais de Distorção! May 26, 2022* July 8, 2022*	42
Jornadas Supremas Pokémon	Netflix	O expresso espectral! October 21, 2022* January 6, 2023*	Céu azul distante September 8, 2023	54

Pokémon movies

Movie	Date
Pokémon O Filme: Mewtwo Contra-Ataca	January 7, 2000
Pokémon 2000 O Filme: O Poder de Um	July 21, 2000
Pokémon 3 - O Feitiço dos Unown	July 6, 2001
Pokémon 4: Viajantes do Tempo - Celebi, a Voz da Floresta	July 8, 2005
Heróis Pokémon	January 14, 2006
Pokémon 6: Jirachi - Realizador de Desejos	October 4, 2006 (original dub) July 11, 2022 (redub)
Pokémon 7: Alma Gêmea	February 6, 2008 (original dub) May 16, 2021 (redub)
Lucario e o Mistério de Mew	February 23, 2008
Pokémon Ranger e o Lendário Templo do Mar	January 16, 2009
O Pesadelo de Darkrai	February 18, 2010
Giratina e o Cavaleiro do Céu	April 9, 2010
Arceus e a Joia da Vida	November 21, 2010
Zoroark - Mestre das Ilusões	March 10, 2012
Pokémon O Filme: Preto - Victini e Reshiram	November 29, 2012
Pokémon O Filme: Branco - Victini e Zekrom	June 11, 2013
Pokémon, o Filme: Kyurem contra a Espada da Justiça	November 1, 2013
Pokémon o Filme: Genesect e a Lenda Revelada	May 30, 2014
Pokémon o Filme: Diancie e o Casulo da Destruição	August 2, 2015
Pokémon o Filme: Hoopa e o Duelo Lendário	August 11, 2016
Pokémon o Filme: Volcanion e a Maravilha Mecânica	June 16, 2017 (iTunes) August 10, 2017 (Cartoon Network)
Pokémon, o filme: Eu escolho você!	November 5, 2017 (theatrical release) December 8, 2017 (Cartoon Network)
Pokémon, o filme: O poder de todos	January 11, 2019
Pokémon, o filme: Mewtwo contra-ataca - Evolução	February 27, 2020
Pokémon, o filme: Segredos da selva	October 8, 2021

TV networks and VOD services

Network/service	Seasons and movies
Record	Pokémon: Liga Índigo (1999) Pokémon: Aventuras nas Ilhas Laranja (2000) Pokémon: A Jornada Johto (2001) Pokémon: Campeões da Liga Johto (2002) Pokémon 4: Viajantes do Tempo - Celebi, a Voz da Floresta (2008)
Cartoon Network	Pokémon: Liga Índigo - Série Jornadas Pokémon (1999-2021) Pokémon O Filme: Mewtwo Contra-Ataca - Pokémon 3 - O Feitiço dos Unown (2000-2019) Lucario e o Mistério de Mew - O poder de todos (2008-2019) Pokémon Crônicas
SBT	Pokémon O Filme: Mewtwo Contra-Ataca (2002-2008) Pokémon 2000 O Filme: O Poder de Um (2002-2005) Pokémon 3 - O Feitiço dos Unown (2002-2005) Mewtwo Returns (2002-2005) Alma Gêmea (2011-2014)
TV Globo	Pokémon: Master Quest (2004) Pokémon: Avançado (2005) Pokémon: Desafio Avançado (2005)
RedeTV!	All original series seasons (2008-2012; 2018) Pokémon: Batalha Avançada (2008-2012) Pokémon: Batalha da Fronteira (2008-2012) Pokémon: Diamante e Pérola (2009-2012) Pokémon DP: Batalha Dimensional (2009-2012) Pokémon DP: Batalhas Galácticas (2010-2012) Pokémon Crônicas (2009-2012) Pokémon O Filme: Mewtwo Contra-Ataca (2018) Pokémon O Filme 2000 (2018) Lucario e o Mistério de Mew (2009-2010) Pokémon Ranger e o Lendário Templo do Mar (2010)
Tooncast	Access to Cartoon Network's content (2010-2021)
Netflix	Pokémon: Liga Índigo (2015-present) Pokémon: Aventuras nas Ilhas Laranja (2015-2016) All Pokémon the Series: Black & White seasons and movies (2014-2016) Pokémon: A Série XY (2016-2019) Pokémon, A Série XY: Desafio em Kalos (2016-2019) Pokémon, a Série XYZ (2017-2019) Pokémon, a Série: Sol e Lua (2018-2022) Pokémon, a Série: Sol e Lua – Ultra-aventuras (2019-2022) Pokémon, a Série: Sol e Lua – Ultralendas (2020-2022) Série Jornadas Pokémon (2021-present) Série Jornadas de Mestre Pokémon (2022-present) Pokémon: As Crônicas de Arceus (2022-present) Série Jornadas Supremas Pokémon (2023-present) Diancie e o Casulo da Destruição (2016-2019) Hoopa e o Duelo Lendário (2017-2019) Volcanion e a Maravilha Mecânica (2018-2019) Eu escolho você! (2019-2022) O poder de todos (2020-2022) Mewtwo contra-ataca - Evolução (2020-present) Segredos da selva (2021-present) A Concierge Pokémon (2023-present)
iTunes	Pokémon O Filme (2017-present) Pokémon 2000 O Filme (2017-present) Pokémon 3: O Feitiço dos Unown (2017-present) Pokémon 4: Viajantes do Tempo - Celebi, a Voz da Floresta (2023-present) Pokémon: Lucario e o Mistério de Mew (2017-present) Pokémon Ranger e o Lendário Templo do Mar (2017-present) All Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl movies (2017-present) All Pokémon the Series: Black & White movies (2017-present) All Pokémon the Series: XY movies (2017-present) Pokémon, o filme: Eu escolho você! (2017-present) Pokémon, o filme: O poder de todos (2019-present) Pokémon: Mewtwo Contra-ataca - Evolução (2020-present) Pokémon, o filme: Segredos da selva (2022-present) POKÉMON: Detetive Pikachu (2019-present)
Google Play
Prime Video	Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver - Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon (2018-present; in rotation) Diancie e o Casulo da Destruição (2021-2022) POKÉMON: Detetive Pikachu (2021-present)
TBS	Diancie e o Casulo da Destruição (2019) Hoopa e o Duelo Lendário (2020)
Kinopop	Pokémon 4: Viajantes do Tempo - Celebi, a Voz da Floresta (2019-2023) Pokémon 6: Jirachi - Realizador de Desejos (2019-2023)
Claro tv+	Pokémon, a Série: Sol e Lua - Ultralendas (2019-2020) Pokémon Jornadas (2020-2023) Pokémon: O Filme - Mewtwo Contra-Ataca (2020-2022) Pokémon: O Filme 2000 - O Poder de Um (2020-2022) Pokémon 3: O Feitiço dos Unown (2020-2022) Pokémon 4: Viajantes do Tempo - Celebi, a Voz da Floresta (2021-2023) Giratina e o Cavaleiro do Céu (2021-2023) Pokémon, o filme: Eu escolho você! (2020-2022) Pokémon, o filme: O Poder de Todos (2020-2022) POKÉMON: Detetive Pikachu (2021-present)
HBO	POKÉMON: Detetive Pikachu (2020-present)
Telecine	Pokémon O Filme (2020-2023) Pokémon 2000 O Filme (2020-2023) Pokémon 3: O Feitiço dos Unown (2020-2023) Pokémon: Lucario e o Mistério de Mew (2020-2023) Pokémon Ranger e o Lendário Templo do Mar (2020-2023) All Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl movies (2020-2023) All Pokémon the Series: Black & White movies (2020-2023) All Pokémon the Series: XY movies (2020-2023) POKÉMON: Detetive Pikachu (2021-2022)
Star Channel	Pokémon 7: Alma Gêmea (2021, redub)
HBO Max	POKÉMON: Detetive Pikachu (2022-present)
Cinecanal	Pokémon 6: Jirachi - Realizador de Desejos (2022-2023, redub) Pokémon 7: Alma Gêmea (2022-2023, redub)
Globoplay	Pokémon 6: Jirachi - Realizador de Desejos (2023-present, third dub) Pokémon 7: Alma Gêmea (2023-present, third dub) All Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon seasons (2024-present)
Gloob	All Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon seasons (2024-present)

Dubbing

The Brazilian dub is based on the English dubs by 4Kids Entertainment and The Pokémon Company International. Pokémon arrived in Brazil shortly after arriving in the United States.

Latin American distributor Televix Entertainment distributed the first twelve seasons of the series and movies 8-12 in Brazil with Swen Entertainment. The series was first dubbed by Master Sound Studios in São Paulo. After the animated series was shown to be successful in Brazil and around the world, the distributors brought the second season, this time dubbed by BKS, that changed the voices of the Narrator and Meowth. In addition, many voice actors in the series refused to dub at BKS and it took a lot of work to convince the original cast to come back.

The following year, Swen and Televix decided to change the dubbing studio again, especially after the controversy caused by BKS's dubbing of Sailor Moon R. The new studio that dubbed the third season of Pokémon was Parisi Video, also from São Paulo. Parisi Video went on to dub the fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons as well. Parisi brought the entire cast of the series back, but the company went bankrupt and was left unable to pay its employees. Thus, yet another dubbing studio had to be found.

Notably, the first three movies, as well as O Retorno de Mewtwo, were dubbed in Rio de Janeiro instead of São Paulo. Guilherme Briggs provided the voice of Mewtwo, while Márcio Simões temporarily replaced Meowth in movies 2 and 3 and Mewtwo Returns. Jirachi - Realizador de Desejos was almost dubbed in Rio at the Dublamix studio, with Gustavo Nader as Ash, but only Priscila Amorim as Jirachi and Felipe Grinnan as Butler recorded in Rio.

Centauro took over the animated series from the seventh to the eighteenth season. In the transition, they managed to bring the main voice cast back, but changed the voices of almost all the supporting cast and extras. Nonetheless, the dub was so well-received that they ended up winning the 2006 Prêmio Yamato for "Best Redub or Sequel". Centauro also dubbed the spin-off series Pokémon Crônicas, which changed the voices of all supporting characters again, and was the first studio to also dub the movies, starting with Lucario e o Mistério de Mew. It was also around this time that SDI Media Poland became involved with the dub, with them being credited as early as the fourteenth season.

In 2015, several early episodes had to be redubbed by Centauro, at the request of The Pokémon Company International, due to bad audio quality. These redubs have maintained most of the original cast intact and also didn't use the official translation glossary, with moves having the same name they had at the time, except Thunderbolt. These episodes include: Bulbasaur e a Vila Oculta, A Gangue das Bicicletas, Visita ao Vale do Sol, Bulbassauro... o Embaixador!, and Um Dilema Duplo. The fourth movie was also redubbed in 2015, but, unlike the episodes, both its opening and ending themes were played in English, instead of Brazilian Portuguese.

From the nineteenth to the twenty-second season, Pokémon was dubbed in Rio de Janeiro at MG Studios, which was also responsible for the dubbing of the online miniseries Pokémon Gerações. The dub was also now being produced by DuArt Media Services instead of SDI Media. The original actors from São Paulo were completely replaced, including those that have been working on the dubbed animated series since the first season (namely Fábio Lucindo as Ash, Isabel de Sá as Jessie, Márcio Araújo as James, and Armando Tiraboschi as Meowth). Part of the reason for this change was the fact that Fábio Lucindo moved to Portugal in 2015 to study in the University of Coimbra, and that DuArt had become the Latin American dubbing producer. Despite this, Hoopa e o Duelo Lendário was dubbed by Lucindo and all of the original voice actors, likely due to it being part of Desafio em Kalos.

DuArt departed the series after season 22, and SDI Media Poland once again took charge of the Brazilian dub. Iyuno later took control via its acquisition of SDI Media. The series was now being dubbed at Double Sound in Rio de Janeiro, a dubbing studio infamous for delaying payments or simply not paying its employees at all, which lead to many of the voice actors (such as the voices of Ash, Delia, the Team Rocket trio, Officer Jenny, Kiawe, Gladion, and Mewtwo) refusing to reprise their roles if that meant working for them. Since then, the voices of Nurse Joy (Luisa Palomanes), Leon (Clécio Souto), and Raihan (Renan Freitas) have abandoned the series by virtue of delayed salaries, with reports of some other voice actors not getting paid for over four months. Double Sound also dubbed Pokémon Evoluções.

In February 2021, the seventh movie was redubbed at Centauro in São Paulo for Star Channel, keeping most of the original cast, with the exception of Ash, who was voiced by his current voice actor, Matheus Perissé, a long-time Pokémon fan that had previously voiced Sawyer.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Brazilian dub stopped for over four months after Acertando as contas! had been dubbed, and after that time, some voice actors started voicing their characters remotely. For the first time since the original series, some episodes of season 23 were dubbed over the Japanese audio instead of English as a result of the pandemic.

On August 26, 2021, Pokémon Kids TV premiered on Pokémon TV, with their songs dubbed at Dubrasil in São Paulo. More songs were added to the service on October 15 of the same year.

Cast and crew

Despite having changed dubbing studios several times, the Brazilian dub of the Pokémon animated series has maintained a fairly consistent voice cast when it comes to the main characters until the end of S18. Starting from S19, the series was moved from São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro, and all the voice actors were replaced, similar to what happened in the English dub on S09. S25 marked the return of some actors from São Paulo, most notably Alfredo Rollo as Brock (for the first time in regular episodes since BW116) and Márcia Regina as Misty. The voice actors who have worked on the Brazilian dub of the main cast of the main series include:

Character	Voice actor/actress	First main series episode	Latest main series episode	Other works
Ash Ketchum	Fábio Lucindo	EP001 Pokémon, Eu Escolho Você! Pokémon - I Choose You!	XY093 Todos Olhando para o Futuro! All Eyes on the Future!	Mirror Ash
	Charles Emmanuel	XY094 Do A ao Z! From A to Z!	SM146 Obrigado, Alola. E a jornada continua! Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues!
	Matheus Perissé	JN001 A chegada de Pikachu! Enter Pikachu!	JNS05 Céu azul distante Distant Blue Sky!	Chester Sawyer (S19) Alternate World Ash
Misty	Márcia Regina	EP001 Pokémon, Eu Escolho Você! Pokémon - I Choose You!	BW116 Uma Reunião Acalorada! The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!	Professor Juniper
		JN138 Um confronto predestinado! A Fated Face-Off!	JN147 O arco-íris e o mestre Pokémon! The Rainbow and the Pokémon Master!
	Aline Guioli	SM042 Alola, Kanto! Alola, Kanto!	SM103 Coração de fogo, coração de pedra! Heart of Fire, Heart of Stone!	Wicke
Jessie	Isabel de Sá	EP002 Emergência Pokémon! Pokémon Emergency!	XY093 Todos Olhando para o Futuro! All Eyes on the Future!
	Flávia Saddy	XY093 Do A ao Z! From A to Z!	SM146 Obrigado, Alola. E a jornada continua! Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues!
	Evie Saide	JN003 A torre misteriosa de Ivysaur! Ivysaur's Mysterious Tower!	JNS05 Céu azul distante Distant Blue Sky!	Lillie
James	Márcio Araújo	EP002 Emergência Pokémon! Pokémon Emergency!	XY093 Todos Olhando para o Futuro! All Eyes on the Future!
	Thiago Fagundes	XY093 Do A ao Z! From A to Z!	SM146 Obrigado, Alola. E a jornada continua! Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues!
	José Leonardo	JN003 A torre misteriosa de Ivysaur! Ivysaur's Mysterious Tower!	JNS05 Céu azul distante Distant Blue Sky!
Meowth	Armando Tiraboschi	EP002 Emergência Pokémon! Pokémon Emergency!	EP051 O Jardim Misterioso de Bulbasaur Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden
		EP103 Misty Encontra um Par Misty Meets Her Match	XY093 Todos Olhando para o Futuro! All Eyes on the Future!
	Marcelo Pissardini	EP052 Princesa Contra Princesa Princess vs. Princess	EP102 A Ameaça Misteriosa The Mystery Menace	Emmet Lord Shabboneau
	Sérgio Stern	XY093 Do A ao Z! From A to Z!	SM146 Obrigado, Alola. E a Jornada Continua! Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues!
	Gustavo Berriel	JN003 A torre misteriosa de Ivysaur! Ivysaur's Mysterious Tower!	JNS05 Céu azul distante Distant Blue Sky!
Brock	Alfredo Rollo	EP005 Exibição na Cidade de Pewter Showdown at Pewter City	BW116 Uma Reunião Acalorada The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!
		JN139 Os heróis e a Bruxa da Floresta! Must Be Our Heroes and the Witch!	JN147 O arco-íris e o mestre Pokémon! The Rainbow and the Pokémon Master!
	Sérgio Cantú	SM042 Alola, Kanto! Alola, Kanto!	SM103 Coração de fogo, coração de pedra! Heart of Fire, Heart of Stone!
	Unknown	JN106 Entrando no ar! Estrelas travessas no embalo da rádio! Radio Lulled the Mischievous Stars!
Tracey Sketchit	Rogério Vieira	EP084 O Lapras Perdido The Lost Lapras	EP273 A Gente se Vê Depois Gotta Catch Ya Later!
		JN147 O arco-íris e o mestre Pokémon! The Rainbow and the Pokémon Master!
	Tatá Guarnieri	EP225 (original airing) Bulbassauro... o Embaixador! Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!		Ricard Nouveau Ghetsis
	Vágner Fagundes	AG133 O Lugar Certo e o Mime Certo The Right Place and the Right Mime		Drew (S06) Morrison*
	Dado Monteiro	AG192 O Lar é o Início de Tudo! Home is Where the Start Is!		Harley* Morrison* Tate
May	Tatiane Keplmair	AG001 Tudo Começa na Estrada! Get the Show on the Road!	DP079 Estratégia com Sorriso Strategy with a Smile!	Sakura* Autumn Narissa Fennel Skyla
Max	Thiago Keplmair	AG003 Não há Lugar como Hoenn There's no Place Like Hoenn	AG192 O Lar é o Início de Tudo! Home is Where the Start Is!	Glenn Kendrick
	Matheus Ferreira	AG068 (redub only) Um Dilema Duplo A Double Dilemma
Dawn	Fernanda Bullara	DP001 Seguindo na Viagem de Estréia! Following A Maiden's Voyage!	BW093 Adeus Copa Junior - Olá Aventura! Goodbye, Junior Cup—Hello, Adventure!	Sabrina Whitney Alanna Daniela
	Sofia Manso	JN074 Pesadelos ao anoitecer Nightfall? Nightmares!	JN132 Parceiros para sempre! Partners in Time!	Alternate World Dawn
Iris	Agatha Paulita	BW001 Na Sombra de Zekrom! In the Shadow of Zekrom!	BW141 Tudo de Bom, Até o Nosso Próximo Encontro! Best Wishes Until We Meet Again!	Monica
	Karina Fonseca	JN065 Embate de titãs! Thrash of the Titans!	JN118 Uma batalha dura como aço! Battling as Hard as Stone!	Concordia* Malva* Nurse Joy (S24 onwards) Visquez Liko
Cilan	Alex Minei	BW005 Três Líderes, Três Ameaças! Triple Leaders, Team Threats!	JN139 Os heróis e a Bruxa da Floresta! Must Be Our Heroes and the Witch!	Ben Buck Roland
Serena	Michelle Giudice	XY001 Kalos, Onde Sonhos e Aventuras Começam! Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!	XY093 Todos Olhando para o Futuro! All Eyes on the Future!	Kanto Fair host Mirror Serena
	Bruna Laynes	XY094 Do A ao Z! From A to Z!	XY140 Até nos competirmos de novo! Till We Compete Again!
	Loretta Martins	JN105 Reunidos pela primeira vez! Reuniting for the First Time!
Clément	Bruno Mello	XY001 Kalos, Onde Sonhos e Aventuras Começam! Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!	XY093 Todos Olhando para o Futuro! All Eyes on the Future!	Sean Keldeo Mirror Clemont
	Yan Gesteira	XY094 Do A ao Z! From A to Z!	XY140 Até nós competirmos de novo! Till We Compete Again!
	Filipe Gimenez	JN103 O futuro é agora, graças à estratégia! The Future is Now, Thanks to Strategy!	JN104 Dois é melhor do que um! Taking Two For The Team!
Bonnie	Jussara Marques	XY001 Kalos, Onde Sonhos e Aventuras Começam! Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!	XY093 Todos Olhando para o Futuro! All Eyes on the Future!	Kathryn* Shannon Mirror Bonnie
	Luiza Cesar	XY094 Do A ao Z! From A to Z!	JN104 Dois é melhor do que um! Taking Two For The Team!
Vitória	Taís Feijó	SM001 Alola às novas aventuras! Alola to New Adventure!	JN112 Ajudando o herói da vizinhança! Helping the Hometown Hero!
Lílian	Evie Saide	SM001 Alola às novas aventuras! Alola to New Adventure!	JN112 Ajudando o herói da vizinhança! Helping the Hometown Hero!	Jessie (S23–S25)
Lulú	Hannah Buttel	SM001 Alola às novas aventuras! Alola to New Adventure!	JN037 A minha antiga turma! That New Old Gang of Mine!	Miette (S19)
	Naiaama Belle	JN112 Ajudando o herói da vizinhança! Helping the Hometown Hero!		Elaine*
Chris	Rafael Mezadri	SM001 Alola às novas aventuras! Alola to New Adventure!	JN112 Ajudando o herói da vizinhança! Helping the Hometown Hero!
Kiawe	Marcos Souza	SM001 Alola às novas aventuras! Alola to New Adventure!	SM146 Obrigado, Alola. E a jornada continua! Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues!
	Kadu Rocha	JN037 A minha antiga turma! That New Old Gang of Mine!	JN112 Ajudando o herói da vizinhança! Helping the Hometown Hero!
Rotom Pokédex	Raphael Rossatto	SM003 Carregando o Dex! Loading the Dex!	JN037 A minha antiga turma! That New Old Gang of Mine!	Pokédex (S19) Ash's Rotom Phone
	Unknown	JN112 Ajudando o herói da vizinhança! Helping the Hometown Hero!
Goh	Renan Vidal	JN001 A chegada de Pikachu! Enter Pikachu!	JN136 Esse pode ser o começo de uma coisa maior! This Could be the Start of Something Big!	Laki
Liko	Karina Fonseca	HZ001 O pingente que iniciou tudo – Parte 1 The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One)	Ongoing	Concordia* Malva* Nurse Joy (S24 onwards) Iris (S24–S25) Visquez
Rain	Danilo Diniz	HZ003 Com certeza! Porque Sprigatito está comigo! For Sure! 'Cause Sprigatito's with Me!	Ongoing	Hop Ash (M06–M07 third dub)

• Alfredo Rollo returns to voicing Brock in Pokémon: As Crônicas de Arceus.
• Vágner Fagundes also voiced Tracey in Pokémon Crônicas.
• Marcos Souza also voiced Tracey in Pokémon - O Filme 2000: O Poder de Um.

Voice directors

Director	First main series episode	Latest main series episode	Other works
Gilmara Sanches	AG041 Você Colhe o que Semeia What You Seed is What You Get	BW036 Archeops no Mundo Moderno! Archeops In The Modern World!
Fábio Lucindo	BW037 Um Especialista em Pescaria em uma Competição de Pesca! A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!	BW048 Batalha no Metrô! Battle for the Underground!
Márcia Regina	BW049 Elesa, a Eletrizante Líder de Ginásio! Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader!	XY093 Todos Olhando para o Futuro! All Eyes on the Future!
Mário Jorge Andrade	XY094 Do A ao Z! From A to Z!	XY119 Batalha surpresa com força total! A Full-Strength Battle Surprise!
Felipe Drummond	XY120 Chegamos ao campo de gelo! All Hail the Ice Battlefield!	SM146 Obrigado, Alola. E a jornada continua! Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues!
Renan Vidal	JN001 A chegada de Pikachu! Enter Pikachu!	JN048 São iguais... praticamente! A Close Call... Practically!	Pokémon Concierge
Bia Barros	JN049 Treinar ou não treinar! To Train, or Not to Train!	JN056 A busca dos cavaleiros! Searching for Chivalry!
Karina Fonseca	JN057 Lembranças de uma bondade calorosa! Memories of a Warming Kindness!	JNS05 Céu azul distante Distant Blue Sky!

Dubbing studios

Studio	City / State	Distributor / Producer	Productions
Mastersound	São Paulo / SP	Televix / Swen	S01
Delart	Rio de Janeiro / RJ	Warner Bros.	M01-M03 Mewtwo Returns POKÉMON Detective Pikachu
BKS	São Paulo / SP	Televix / Swen	S02
Parisi Vídeo	São Paulo / SP		S03-S06
Álamo	São Paulo / SP	Unknown	M04-M05
Dublamix	Rio de Janeiro / RJ	Unknown	M06 (movie-exclusive characters)
Sigma	São Paulo / SP	Unknown	M06 (main characters), M07
Centauro Comunicaciones	São Paulo / SP	Televix / Swen (S07-S12, M08-M12) TPCi / SDI Media (S13-S18, M13-M18)	S07-S18 M08-M18 Pokémon Chronicles The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate! EP010, EP036, EP185, EP225, and AG068 redubs M04 redub
		Unknown	M06-M07 second dubs
MGE Studios	Rio de Janeiro / RJ	TPCi / DuArt	S19-S22 M19-M22
		TPCi	Pokémon Generations
		Netflix	Pokémon Concierge
Double Sound	Rio de Janeiro / RJ	TPCi SDI Media (2020-2021) Iyuno-SDI Group (2021-2022) Iyuno (2022-present)	S23-S25, M23 Pokémon Evolutions Pokémon: The Arceus Chronicles Pokémon: Path to the Peak Pokémon Horizons: The Series
DuBrasil	São Paulo / SP	TPCi	Pokémon Kids TV Pokémon: Paldean Winds
Maximal Studio	São Paulo / SP	TPCi	Pokémon UNITE
All Dubbing Group	Rio de Janeiro / RJ	TPCi	Pokétoon
Dubbing Company	Campinas / SP	TPCi	M06-M07 third dubs
Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Detective Pikachu & the Mystery of the Missing Flan Nintendo TV commercials Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: Greavard and Poltchageist ads Pokémon Trading Card Game trailers Learn to Play the Pokémon TCG Pokémon TCG: Raid Battle Pokémon TCG: PokéCatch Pokémon TCG: My First Battle Pokémon UNITE Championship Series commercials Challenge the World!

Music

Brazilian cover artwork for the Pokémon the Movie 2000 score

All of the Brazilian dub opening themes are translated versions of the North American ones. The first one was sung by Jana Bianchi and became a great success at the time of the "Pokémon boom".

Pokémon 2.B.A. Master was released in Brazil in two versions: the English-language 2.B.A. Master, and a Portuguese-language translation entitled Pokémon: Para Ser um Mestre. A Portuguese-language translation of Totally Pokémon was also released, entitled Totalmente Pokémon.

The Pokémon the First Movie and Pokémon the Movie 2000 soundtracks were released in Brazil as well. The soundtracks were identical to the English releases, but with the corresponding Portuguese-language movie opening theme added as a bonus track. The third movie soundtrack was also released in Brazil, featuring the Portuguese-language songs from Totalmente Pokémon in place of the English ones, as well as the Portuguese opening theme for the movie.

The score for the second movie was sold in Brazil as well.

Pokémon manga

Volume one of Pokémon Adventures in Brazilian Portuguese

The Electric Tale of Pikachu was the first Pokémon manga to be translated and released in Brazil. The first four monthly issues (that were just the first volume divided in four separated ones) were published by Conrad Editora based on VIZ Media's English translation and included the edits that removed sexual content from the manga.

On May 3, 2014, Panini Comics announced they would publish the Black & White arc of Pokémon Adventures, beginning with Volume 43, released on September 22, 2014. The arc's final volume was released on December 18, 2015.

The publication of the Red, Green & Blue and Yellow arcs was teased on February 29, 2016 and fully announced on March 2, 2016. The seven volumes were published from October 10, 2016 to October 30, 2017.

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc's publication was announced on November 7, 2017, with its seven volumes published from February 15, 2018 to January 14, 2019. The publication of the Ruby & Sapphire arc was announced on December 17, 2018, with its eight volumes published from April 25, 2019 to August 28, 2020.

After months without any news from Panini, FireRed & LeafGreen arc's publication was announced on February 27, 2021. Emerald arc's publication was soon announced on April 30, 2021. FireRed & LeafGreen arc's three volumes were released from July 23, 2021 to November 26, 2021, while the Emerald arc had Volume 26 and Volume 27 merged, finishing with three volumes published from December 24, 2021 to May 13, 2022.

The publication of the Diamond & Pearl arc was announced on June 6, 2022. It began on August 19, 2022 and finished on December 22, 2023 with eight volumes. Platinum arc's publication was announced on September 29, 2023, with a planned release of its two volumes for February 9, 2024. HeartGold & SoulSilver arc's publication was announced on December 28, 2023.

Pokémon Trading Card Game

The Brazilian Portuguese logo of Pokémon TCG

Both English- and Portuguese-language cards for the Pokémon Trading Card Game are sold in Latin America and Brazil. Portuguese-language cards have been sold in Brazil as the Base Set through Fossil, Mysterious Treasures, Secret Wonders and HeartGold & SoulSilver expansion onwards and are recognized as tournament legal for Play! Pokémon.

Pokémon Club magazine

Main article: Pokémon Club

From 1999 to 2003, the Pokémon Club magazine was released with several kinds of information about the Pokémon world, including the Pokémon species, human characters, games, animation, Trading Card Game, and merchandise. The Brazilian Portuguese version of the Pocket Monsters Film Comic was published in this magazine as well.

Pokémon merchandise

Guaraná Antarctica Caçulinha

Arisco dominoes

The Brazilian company Arisco released a collection of Pokémon dominoes in noodle packages in 2001.

Elma Chips collectibles

The Brazilian snack company Elma Chips released some Pokémon collectibles: Supercard (Portuguese: Supercarta) in 1999, Tazo / Evolutazo in 2000, and Jo-Kén-Pokémon in 2001.

Guaraná Antarctica Caçulinha

In 2000, the Brazilian soda company Guaraná Antarctica released the Caçulinha Pokémon collectibles. They were small Pokémon figures, each found inside a Poké Ball at the top of a Caçulinha-size (200 ml) bottle of Guaraná Antarctica.

This kind of Poké Ball had a modified design with a hole at the middle to fit at the top of the bottle. The word "Caçulinha" (Little Youngest Child) has been used as a brand name for this small size of Guaraná Antarctica bottle.

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Trivia

• Charles Emmanuel, who voiced Ash Ketchum starting with Pokémon the Series: XYZ until Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon – Ultra Legends, had previously voiced Ash in Cartoon Network's Mad, in the 2013 sketch "Pokémonsters, Inc."
• Sometimes, mainly in earlier seasons, the English voices of some Pokémon couldn't be preserved, so their lines were rerecorded: Michel Di Fiori did the voices of Gastly and Mr. Mime, while Úrsula Bezerra took over as Totodile, and Gilmara Sanches provided voices for Pokémon such as Squirtle and Eevee in the Battle Frontier saga
• Occasionally during the Black & White series (such as in Lost at the Stamp Rally! and in Cameron's Secret Weapon!), Alex Minei (Cilan's VA) would voice Ash Ketchum for a few lines. The reason for this is currently unknown.
• As a general rule regarding the distribution of Pokémon products in Brazil, Pokémon species to be featured in otherwise localized adaptations do not have their names translated from English. However, there have been some exceptions, mainly originating in the earlier seasons of the animated series:
  • Bulbasaur, Ivysaur and Venusaur are referred to as Bulbasauro, Ivysauro and Venusauro respectively, which sound closer to -sauro, Portuguese's translation of the suffix -saur.
  • Meowth is simply referred to as Miau, the Portuguese transliteration for the cat vocalization.
  • Magikarp is referred to as Magicarpa, carpa being the Portuguese translation for carp.

External links

• The official Brazil Pokémon website (partial website)
  • Pokémon Brazil on Instagram
  • Official Pokémon YouTube channel in Portuguese (has some videos specifically for Brazil)
• Pokémon GO website (Brazilian Portguese)
  • Pokémon GO Brazil on Twitter
  • Pokémon GO Brazil on YouTube
• Nintendo's official website in Brazil
  • Nintendo Brazil on Facebook (not accessible by default outside Brazil - may required region switching via PC browser)
  • Nintendo Brazil on Instagram
  • Nintendo Brazil on Twitter
• Official Website of NC Games (Nintendo's Brazilian distributor from 2017 until 2019 - now defunct)
• Official Website of Cartoon Network Brazil (inaccessible outside of Brazil, redirects to your current country's website)
• Official Website of Panini Comics Brazil
• Official Website of Copag
  • Copag Pokémon on Twitter

Related articles

• List of Brazilian Portuguese Pokémon themes
• List of Brazilian Portuguese Pokémon names

References

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