Pokémon in Thailand

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Pokémon in Thailand
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Flag of Thailand
Language Thai
Continent Asia
Original anime airdates
EP001
AG001
DP001
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XY001
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The Pokémon franchise was first introduced in Thailand around 2007. The series is popular among kids and adults equally. The Pokémon are usually referred by their Japanese or English name among fans.

Pokémon video games

In Thailand, the main series video games are very popular as side-series games are rare to find. The video games are sent to Thailand in their in Japanese version. Afterwards, the English version will become available. However, the English versions are more popular than Japanese version. As with the anime, there are many illegal copies sold in Thailand.

Pokémon anime

The anime was introduced in Thailand on Modern Nine TV about 2008. After 2012 it has disappeared from Nine Tv.Three years later it had appeared again in September 2015.Then it stopped again.However it appeared again between 4 April to 3 October 2010. 

Today the anime can also be found in the form of bootleg DVDs.

Pokémon manga

The most well known Pokémon manga in Thailand is โปเกมอนสเปเชียล (Pokémon Adventures). It is published by เนชั่น เอ็ดดูเทนเมนท์ (Nation Edutainment). It sold in most comic stores along with some illegal Pokémon comics. Also, some Pokémon movies are found in comic form. It was translated by Hidenori Kusaka and pictured by Satoshi Yamamoto. All of character and Pokémon names were as same as in the Japanese version, but move names were translated into Thai.


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