Pokémon in Denmark

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Pokémon in Denmark
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Language Danish
Continent Europe
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The Pokémon anime first reached Denmark in 2000, with the first broadcast of Pokémon - Jeg vælger dig!. In Denmark, Bergsala A/S owns the franchise.

Pokémon video games

Pokémon games sold in Denmark are in English, and are released at the same time as in the rest of Europe.

Events

Event Pokémon distributed in Denmark include Europe Movie 11 Shaymin in 2009 and Europe Michina Arceus in 2010.

Pokémon anime

The Pokémon anime is broadcasted on Disney XD (previously known as Fox Kids and later Jetix), and TV2, which is a publicly owned television station based in Odense.

Who's That Pokémon? was omitted in some airings of the first two seasons, but appeared on the VHS releases.

The entire Johto saga has never aired on Danish television, as TV2 did not air any episodes between Season 3 and Season 5. However, the last 16 episodes of Season 5 were released on DVD.

Skipping directly from Pokémon: Advanced Battle to Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl, Pokémon: Battle Frontier was not aired until after Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl.

Movies

The first, second, and third were released in theaters and on DVD.

The fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh were released on DVD only.

The eighth and ninth haven't been dubbed in Danish.

The tenth and eleventh premiered on Jetix Scandinavia, February 14th, 2009 and May 9th, 2009, respectively. These were later made available on DVD for a contest with about 10 copies of each.

The twelfth had its television premiere on Disney XD June 26th, 2010.

Cast and crew

The Danish version is dubbed by Dubberman AS. It is known that Pokémon Heroes was translated by Dorte Langberg, and that Jirachi: Wish Maker and Destiny Deoxys were translated by Thomas Maintz.

Mathias Klenske: Ash Ketchum, and other roles such as Lance.

Lulu Jacobsen: Misty in the first two seasons.

Peter Holst-Beck: Brock, also voiced Arceus.

Annevig Schelde Ebbe: May, Dawn, and Misty in seasons 5 and 8.

Malene Tabert: Iris.

Sonny Lahey: Cilan.

Christian Damsgaard: Gary.

Mikkel Følsgaard: Ritchie, and Drew in season 6.

Jan Tellefsen: Trip.

Music

Two Danish language Pokémon soundtrack albums were released on CD. The first, Pokémon, Du skal fange dem!, is a translation of Pokémon 2.B.A. Master. The second, Pokémon 3: Det Ultimative Soundtrack, is a translation of Pokémon 3: The Ultimate Soundtrack. A translation of Totally Pokémon has not been released.

Pokémon Trading Card Game

In Denmark, the Pokémon Trading Card Game is distributed by Bergsala Enigma.

Pokémon manga

No Pokémon manga has been released in Denmark.

Pokémon merchandise

The Official Pokémon Magazine

Denmark has its own Pokémon magazine named Pokémon Officielt Magasin, counting over 40 issues. The magazine was first released February 5th, 2007, is released monthly, and costs 35 Danish roner. The official abbreviation is POM. The magazine was renamed to Pokémon Det Officielle Magasin in the 49th issue.

Community

PokeTeam is a Danish website that finds Pokémon related news items and translate them into Danish. After the official Danish Pokémon forum closed, many fans have turned to PokeTeam.

In 2009, like Germany, Italy, Sweden and the Netherlands, Denmark held a Pokémon Day 2009. It was a small event which included a download of Shaymin, a drawing contest, and a screening of the Danish dub of The Rise of Darkrai.

Trivia

  • In the Danish versions of the opening themes prior to Unbeatable, all lyrics referencing the season titles are replaced.
  • Mathias Klenske, Ash's Danish voice actor, were only around 17 years old when he began dubbing him.

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