Pokémon in the Netherlands

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Pokémon in the Netherlands
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Language Dutch
Continent Europe

The Pokémon franchise first arrived in the Netherlands around 1999, with the first broadcast of Pokémon, ik kies jou! in Dutch.

Pokémon anime

Pokémon was originally broadcasted in the Netherlands on Fox Kids. On February 23, 2005, the network was renamed Jetix NL and then again on January 1, 2010, as Disney XD. The first four movies] saw a release in Dutch theaters while the later movies, as well as the long specials are regularly broadcasted on Disney XD. Episodes and movies in the Netherlands generally debut a few weeks after the first airing in the United States. A notable exception to this was Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness which aired in Dutch before airing in English anywhere in the world. The Dutch dub also airs in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium.

Music

Some songs used in the Dutch dub are translated versions of the songs used in the English dub, while others air untranslated.

The soundtrack album Totally Pokémon was translated into Dutch under the title Pokémon - De Reis van Johto. Other CDs have been sold in English.

Cast and crew

The lead role of Ash Ketchum is performed by Christa Lips (born 1964), a Dutch actress and singer. Christa also voiced Cassidy for a few episodes. Marlies Somers (born January 16, 1973) gave her voice to Misty, while Fred Meijer is the voice of Brock, as well as Giovanni for several seasons.

Jessie is dubbed by Hilde de Mildt (born November 19, 1959). James was originally dubbed by Bram Bart (born April 32, 1962), who also voiced Gary Oak, but in season 8 the role was given to Paul Disbergen, also the voice of Paul and Butch. Meowth also had a change of voice actors at the same time, from Jan Nonhof (born December 9, 1947) to Bas Keijzer (born March 31, 1973), who is also the current voice of Giovanni.

In season 2, the role of Tracey Sketchit was voiced by Martin van den Ham (September 15, 1962 - March 9, 2001), an actor and comedian. After his sudden death of cardiac arrest at the age of 38, Tracey's recurring appearances were performed by Rolf Koster (born February 25, 1968).

In the Advanced Generation series, the new main characters May and Max were voiced by Nicoline van Doorn and Lot Lohr (born June 3, 1963), respectively. In the Diamond & Pearl series, Dawn's role was given to Meghna Kumar (born June 23, 1979).

Dexter and Professor Oak were voiced by Jon van Eerd (September 5, 1960) up to season 7, at which point he was replaced by Tony Neef (born January 29, 1961), who also voiced Gary Oak, Harley, and Butch. In season 11, Professor Oak's role was moved to Thijs van Aken (born May 5, 1969), while Dexter's role was moved to Hetty Heyting (born October 19, 1953), also the voice of Zoey, Cassidy, and Vivian Meridian.

Other notable voice actors in the Dutch dub include Jeroen Keers as the narrator, Mandy Huydts (born April 9, 1969) as Nurse Joy and Cassidy, Edna Kalb (born October 11, 1959) as Officer Jenny, Beatrijs Sluyter as Delia Ketchum, Lilian Meridian, and Marian, Edward Reekers (born May 24, 1957) and Pepijn Gunneweg (born May 18, 1976) as Todd Snap, Niki Romijn as Ritchie, Just Meijer, Stan Limburg (born April 20, 1961), and Sander de Heer (born September 17, 1958) as Giovanni, Sander van der Poel (born September 19, 1986) as Drew, Huub Dikstaal (born January 6, 1968) as Drew, Butch, and Scott, Finn Poncin as Butch, Lottie Hellingman (born August 7, 1977) as Cassidy, Marjolein Algera (born November 25, 1965) as Vivian Meridian, and Lotte Horlings (born April 10, 1979) as J.

Pokémon Trading Card Game

Boosters of the Pokémon TCG have been sold in the Netherlands since the beginning of the TCG. Prizes are generally around €4. Base Set and Jungle have been translated in Dutch, while later sets have been sold in English only. There are fifteen Pokémon Organized Play leagues in the Netherlands, which work the same way as leagues in other countries. Once every year, the leagues in the Netherlands and Belgium hold an international tournament called the Benelux Cup.

Pokémon Manga

English Pokémon Adventures volumes are brought out and sold in the Netherlands. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team was translated in Dutch and given away in three parts alongside 2007 publications of Jetix Magazine.


Trivia

  • Like Germany and Italy, an annual event named Pokémon Day is held every year in the Netherlands by Nintendo at Walibi World.
  • Due to the relatively small size and big population of the Netherlands, as well as good public transportation systems, real life meetups are extremely common in the Dutch fandom.


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