Pokémon in Ukraine

The Pokémon franchise first reached  with the first broadcast of Покемон, я обираю тебе! in 2000. In Cyrillic script, Pokémon is written as Покемон and its plural is Покемони Pokemony and is fully inflected.

Pokémon video games
The Pokémon video games are released in Ukraine in English. From 2014 it was possible to purchase games digitally through Yandex.Money, which is the official distributor of Nintendo, but then Yandex was banned in Ukraine. Information about physical distribution are little known.

Pokémon anime
The first four seasons of the Pokémon anime aired on television on the Ukrainian TV channel beginning in 2000. This intros were left in English, though were shown with Ukrainian subtitles and were dubbed as a voice-over.

aired Pokémon DP: Galactic Battles in 2010. The English dub was initially shown before switching to the n dub. Nothing else is currently known.

Pokémon movies
The fourth movie was released under the title .

A Ukrainian dubbed version of  was also shown in cinemas on May 9, 2019.

Cast and crew
Pilot Studio is responsible for producing the anime in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Ash Ketchum was voiced by Anna Leshchenko (Анна Лещенко). Tetyana Zinovenko (Тетяна Зіновенко) dubbed both and Jessie. Anatoliy Zinovenko (Анатолій Зіновенко) was the voice actor for James,, , and the narrator. Dmytro Zavadsʹkyy (Дмитро Завадський) dubbed Gary Oak,, , and.

Pokémon Trading Card Game
English language cards has been available in various McDonald's Happy Meals.

Pokémon merchandise
Pokémon figurines has been available in various McDonald's Happy Meals.

Trivia

 * Pilot Studio also dubbed the Pokémon anime in with the same voice actors for the first 105 episodes.

Related articles

 * List of Ukrainian Pokémon themes