Pokémon in Indonesia

Pokémon in Indonesia
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Language	Indonesian
Continent	Asia
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The Pokémon franchise was first introduced in Indonesia in June 2001 through the broadcast of the first first episode of the Pokémon anime around June 2001, along with the first game itself.

Pokémon video games

The first ever Pokémon games, Pokémon Red and Blue was released in Indonesia, despite the very limited distributions. The famous Pokémon game in Indonesia was Pokémon Yellow, which became the first well-known Pokémon games. So far, all Pokémon main games have been available in the Indonesia. Usually, these games are available within several months after their American releases.

Many pirated copies of hack games, as well as official games, are also sold in the Indonesia, especially for the infamous game ChaosBlack, which at the first, it was mistaken by people as official.

Spin-off Pokémon games that available in English language such as Pokémon Pinball, Ranger and Mystery Dungeon series, have been released in Indonesia as well.

Pokémon anime

The first episode of Pokémon anime was aired around June 2001 every Sunday by Surya Citra Televisi Indonesia, a commercial TV station owned by Bimantara Citra. The Indonesian dub was mainly based on Japanese version; however, with English version for Pokémon names. Most characters of the day are renamed in the dub, especially for main character Ash Ketchum, was given the dub name Ali. In short time, it became well-known amongst children and young people.

However, from the third season, the Pokémon anime lost its popularity. Soon after, the show was stopped indefinitely.

Pokémon manga

Indonesia is one of the countries that publishes a translation of Pokémon Pocket Monsters by Kosaku Anakubo. It is published by Elex Media Komputindo.

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