Pokémon in Iceland

The Pokémon franchise arrived in  in 2000, with the broadcast of EP001.

Pokémon anime
The Pokémon anime started airing in 2000, though only first 54 episodes of the first season aired in Iceland. This was largely due to the lack of popularity of the anime in Iceland and it is unknown if reruns of the aired episodes still happen in the country. This dub has been known as a "lost dub" because none of the episodes and almost none of the movies have been released outside of Iceland for unknown reasons.

In Iceland, the anime is available on Netflix.

Pokémon movies
The first five movies were also dubbed. M01 was released on July 21, 2000, under the title. M02 was released later that year on December 26, 2000, under the title. M03 was released on May 11, 2001 before being made available on DVD under the title. M04 was released on October 17, 2003; and M05 was released on September 24, 2004.

Cast and crew
The Icelandic dub of Pokémon is based on the English dubs by 4Kids Entertainment.

The dubbing of the fifth movie was made by Studio Syrland.

Music
The Pokémon Theme was sung by Vilhjalmur Godi Fridriksson as the lead and Pétur Örn Gudmundsson as backing vocals. The movie version of Pokémon Johto was sung by Kristján Gíslason and Eva Albertsdóttir, with Erna Þórarinsdóttir and Eva Albertsdóttir﻿ as backing vocals. The movie version of Believe in Me was sung by Sverrir Bergmann.

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