Pokémon in Finland

Pokémon in Finland
Flag of Finland
Language	Finnish
Continent	Europe
Original anime airdates
EP001	November 11, 1999
AG001	September 5, 2004
DP001	September 26, 2008
BW001
XY001
SM001
JN001
HZ001

The Pokémon franchise first reached Finland on October 21, 1999 in the form of the first English Pokémon games, Pokémon Red and Blue Versions. The Pokémon anime followed shortly after with the first broadcast of EP001 in Finnish on MTV3 on November 11, 1999.

Pokémon anime

The current logo of the TV channel MTV3

Originally, the Pokémon anime episodes aired at Saturday and Sunday mornings on MTV3, a Finnish commercial TV channel, though currently as the show is on hiatus, new episodes are mostly aired on another TV channel such as Sub Juniori which is showing 10th season repeats.

Also the Finnish dubbed 11th season has aired in Jetix. When the channel were replaced by Disney XD, Pokémon has showed 11th season repeats.

12th season and the movie "Arceus and the Jewel of Life" are currently being translated into Finnish and they will likely begin airing in spring 2010. There's still no information, which channel continues showing the series.

The current logo of the TV channel Sub Juniori

Many episodes were not shown in Finland for unknown reasons. The entire second season was skipped and only about a half of the Johto Journeys, Johto League Champions and the last 12 episodes of Master Quest were showed. This happaned also to Pokémon Advanced, as only the first 26 episodes were showed. This changed during Advanced Challenge season, as it was the first ever season to show completely. Also Pokémon Advanced Battle, Battle Frontier, Diamond&Pearl and Battle Dimension are showed completely.

Dubbing

Most of the aired episodes are dubbed in Finnish by PVP-Voice Oy, a dubbing company known of its numerous dubbings on different cartoons, though some episodes are dubbed by Dubberman. Also, Suomi Sun Studio dubbed the Pokémon: Battle Frontier, Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl and Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension seasons.

In the Finnish dub, several different voice actors have appeared. Sari Moilanen was the original voice actor for Ash Ketchum, though now he is voiced by Hanna Leino. Kiti Kokkonen is the current voice of Misty and Jessie, though both of these characters have had a few other VAs in some point: Misty has also been voiced by Outi Alanen, Marjut Heikkinen and Pauliina Virta, while Jessie has been voiced previously by Mari Laari and Karolina Blom. Kiti Kokkonen has, though, also been the first of Misty's voice actors.

Veli-Matti Ranta is the current voice of James. He was also James's original voice actor. Other voice actors for James are Anssi Känsälä, Antti Jaakkola, Peter Philström and Saku Mäkynen. Meowth has been voiced by Pauli Virta and Arto Nieminen.

May has been voiced by Aksa Korttila, while Elise Langenoja has voiced Max. Mirjami Heikkinen is the current voice actor for Dawn. Gary Oak has been voiced by Pasi Ruohonen, among other voice actors. For some time at the beginning of the series, Gary shared the same voice actor with his grandfather Professor Oak.

Also, the Eleven to Fourteen bracket winner in Pokémon Trading Card Game 2006 World Championships, Miska Saari, has voiced Shane, the character of the day in the episode That's Just Swellow.^[1]

Pokémon movies

The first seven movies, the anime special Mewtwo Returns as well as the movies The Rise of Darkrai and Giratina and the Sky Warrior have been dubbed in Finnish.

Pokémon games

All internationally released main series games have been available in Finland, the first ones being Pokémon Red and Blue Versions, which arrived at the stores on October 21, 1999. Shortly after, Pokémon Yellow Version was released on July 7, 2000. Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions followed and were released on April 6, 2001, with Pokémon Crystal Version being released within the same year.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Versions were released on July 25, 2003. Next year, the first Pokémon game remakes, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions came out. In 2005, Pokémon Emerald Version was released. Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions were released on July 27, 2008, and the latest main series game, Pokémon Platinum Version, arrived in stores on May 22, 2009.

Most spin-off games have been released in Finland as well, with Pokémon Trozei! renamed as Pokémon Link!.

Unlike the anime, all Pokémon games sold in Finland are in British English. The first games had the instruction booklet translated, though this is no longer the case, as Pokémon Platinum Version ships with English instruction booklets.

Pokémon Trading Card Game

Many card sets of Pokémon Trading Card Game, starting with Base Set, have been sold in Finland in many different kiosks and convenience stores. Lehtipiste stores, the most common being R-Kioski, are known as one of the most reliable places to find Pokémon trading cards. Some Theme Decks have also been sold in Finland at times.

The cards sold in Finland are in English, and the price of one booster pack is typically around five and six Euros.

A few current sets are usually on sale. As of December 9, 2009, the latest released set is Platinum: Arceus.

References

See also

• The official Finnish website

This article is part of Project Globe, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon franchise around the world.