Pokémon in Denmark
| Pokémon in Denmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Language | Danish | |||
| Continent | Europe | |||
| Original anime airdates | ||||
| EP001 | ||||
| AG001 | ||||
| DP001 | ||||
| BW001 | ||||
| XY001 | ||||
| SM001 | ||||
| JN001 | ||||
| HZ001 | ||||
The Pokémon franchise first reached Denmark in 2000, with the first broadcast of Pokémon - Jeg vælger dig! in Danish. In Denmark, Bergsala A/S owns the franchise.
Pokémon video games
The Danish version of the Pokémon games are not translated to Danish, for the reason of that it would not gain money enough then it is worth. The games releases 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 then Jetix, and TV2 in Denmark. The season Pokémon: Battle Frontier was not sent after the Pokémon: Advanced Battle season, but was just skipped and went directly to Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl. After they had sent in Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl, they sent Battle Frontier.
In Denmark they deleted Who's That Pokémon? in Season 1 and 2, because of a hidden commercial. This meant that one had to buy the games to know the names of the Pokémon. Who's That Pokémon? did appear in the VHS tapes that were released in Denmark.
Movies
The first 3 movies came in the teatres, and then onto DVD. Pokémon 4ever got strihgt to the DVD release, and then two and a half year later the 5th, 6th and 7th got released on DVD. Then the 14th of February 2009 The Rise of Darkrai had it's TV premiere, on Jetix Scandinavia. Then the 9th of May 2009 Jatix Scandinavia had theire premiere of Giratina and the Sky Warrior. These two movies was released on Danish DVD, but not for sale. Thay was for a contest, and there were made about 10 copys of both movies. It is yet unknown about if they are going to be released in Danish DVD's. Pokemon Arceus and the Juwel of life had the TV Premiere on Disney XD the 26th of June 2010. Pokémon Lucario and the Mystery of Mew and Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea have never been dubbed in Danish.
Cast and crew
The Danish version is dubbed by Dubberman AS. Ii is unknown who translates the anime, but it was revealed that Pokémon Heroes was translated by Dorte Langberg, and Jirachi: Wish Maker and Destiny Deoxys was translated by Thomas Maintz.
Mathias Klenske is a Danish dubber, and is most known for his role as Ash Ketchum, but has dubbed other roles in Pokémon too, like Lance and Paul in DP001. Misty was dubbed by Lulu Jacobsen in the first two seasons, Simone Drechsler in season 7 and Annevig Schelde Ebbe in season 6 and 8. Annevig Schelde Ebbe is they voice of both May and Dawn in the Danish dub. Brock was dubbed by Peter Holst-Beck, who also voiced Arceus. Max was dubbed by Mikkel Følsgaard, who is also the voice of Gary in season 1-2 and 6, Drew in season 6 and Ritchie.
Music
Two Pokémon soundtrack albums were released on CD in Denmark. 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, likely because most of the songs are also available on the movie 3 soundtrack.
Pokémon Trading Card Game
In Denmark, the Pokémon Trading Card Game is distributed by Bergsala Enigma.
Pokémon manga
No Pokémon manga have been officially released in Denmark.
The Officially Pokémon Magazine
Denmark have its own Pokemon magazine named Pokémon Officielt Magasin, and have so far over 40 issues. The Magazine was first released the 5th of February 2007, and is released montly.
Pokémon merchandise
Community
PokeTeam is a Danish website with a focus on finding Pokémon related news items and translating them into Danish. After the official Danish Pokémon forum closed, many fans turned to PokeTeam as the best substitute for the forum.
Trivia
- In 2009, like Germany, Italy 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 showing of the Danish dub of The Rise of Darkrai, and try out Pokémon Platinum. It is unlikely that another Pokémon Day will happen in Denmark.
