Pokémon in Spain

The Pokémon franchise first reached in 1999 when the was dubbed into .
==Pokémon video games==
Spanish-language versions of were sold in Spain on October 5, 1999. Subsequent Pokémon games have been available since then. Telson Servicios Audiovisuales S.L.U., the studio behind the Iberian Spanish Pokémon animated series dub for awhile, was where the Spanish dub of Pokémon Channel was recorded. Meanwhile, all the Spanish Pokémon-related voices in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U were recorded in , while Pokémon Battle Revolution's Spanish announcer lines were done in .
==Pokémon animation==
===Spanish dub===
The Iberian Spanish dub of the Pokémon animated series is recorded and produced in and was first licensed by entertainment company .BRB News (September 1999) The series has been dubbed at five different dubbing studios. Originally, the series was dubbed at Telson, which dubbed the series from the first season until the eighth season and movies 4 and 5. After this, Telson went out of business, so the series was moved to Arait Multimedia, which recorded the ninth season and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!. Starting from the tenth season, the series moved to 103 Todd-AO, which dubbed the series until the sixteenth season, when the series was moved to Tecnison, S.A. until season seventeen. SDI Media Poland had been producing the dub as early as the fourteenth season, and the actual dubbing of the series moved to SDI Media Spain by season 18.
Movies 1-3 and Mewtwo Returns were dubbed at Tecnison, S.A. and directed by José Luis Angulo. Dubbing of the Pokémon movies ceased for a while, but started again with Lucario and the Mystery of Mew and Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, which were dubbed at Soundub. The dubs of movies 10-23 were produced by SDI Media Poland (first known as Sun Studio Poland, merged with Iyuno in 2021); movies 10-14 were dubbed at 103 Todd-AO, movies 15-17 were dubbed at Tecnison, S.A., and movies 18-23 were dubbed at SDI Media Spain (merged with Iyuno in 2021).
The Iberian Spanish dub is based on the English dubs by 4Kids Entertainment and Pokémon USA, Inc., retaining their character names (Some exceptions are Gym Leaders, Frontier Brains, and game characters like in the games in this language). The animated series has aired on both nationally-owned channels such as , , all regional channels and on the Spanish branch of Jetix (now ).
In Spain, the animated series currently airs on .
Recent and library content are available on Netflix, Movistar+, and Pokémon TV.
====Seasons====
Season 	Date
Pokémon: ¡Hazte con Todos! 	December 20, 1999
Pokémon: Las Islas Naranja 	September 16, 2000
Pokémon: The Johto Journeys 	April 29, 2001
Pokémon: The Johto League Champions 	May 18, 2002
Pokémon: Master Quest 	May 26, 2003
Pokémon: Advanced 	April 5, 2004
Pokémon: Advanced Challenge 	May 7, 2005
Pokémon: Advanced Battle 	April 1, 2006
Pokémon: Battle Frontier 	May 5, 2007
Pokémon: Diamante y Perla 	February 23, 2008
Pokémon DP: Battle Dimension 	April 4, 2009
Pokémon DP: Combates Galácticos 	May 9, 2010
Pokémon DP: Los Vencedores de la Liga de Sinnoh 	February 1, 2011
Pokémon: Negro y Blanco 	July 29, 2011
Pokémon Negro y Blanco: Destinos Rivales 	October 5, 2012
Pokémon Negro y Blanco: Aventuras en Teselia (y Más Allá)	September 15, 2013
Serie Pokémon XY 	April 27, 2014
Serie Pokémon XY - Expediciones en Kalos 	September 15, 2015
Serie Pokémon XYZ 	May 2, 2016
Pokémon: Serie Sol y Luna 	November 26, 2016
La serie Pokémon Sol y Luna - Ultraaventuras 	August 4, 2018
La serie Pokémon Sol y Luna - Ultraleyendas 	May 18, 2019
La serie Viajes Pokémon 	October 19, 2020
La serie Viajes Maestros Pokémon 	October 13, 2021
====Pokémon movies====
Movie 	Date
Pokémon, la película: Mewtwo vs. Mew 	April 14, 2000
Pokémon 2: El poder de uno 	November 24, 2000
Pokémon 3: El hechizo de los Unown 	July 20, 2001
Pokémon 4Ever 	October 15, 2003
Héroes Pokémon 	May 12, 2004
Lucario y el misterio de Mew 	June 16, 2007
Pokémon Ranger y el templo del mar 	December 1, 2007
El desafío de Darkrai 	September 6, 2008
Giratina y el defensor de los cielos 	May 1, 2009
Arceus y la joya de la vida 	April 4, 2010
Zoroark: El maestro de ilusiones 	February 26, 2011
La película Pokémon: Negro - Victini y ReshiramLa película Pokémon: Blanco - Victini y Zekrom	April 28, 2012May 28, 2012
La película Pokémon: Kyurem vs. el espadachín místico 	September 14, 2013
La película Pokémon: Genesect y el despertar de una leyenda 	October 19, 2013
La película Pokémon: Diancie y la crisálida de la destrucción 	September 14, 2015
La película Pokémon: Hoopa y un duelo histórico 	January 19, 2016
La película Pokémon: Volcanion y la maravilla mecánica 	November 26, 2016
La película Pokémon: ¡Te elijo a ti! 	November 5, 2017
La película Pokémon: El poder de todos 	December 15, 2018
Pokémon: Mewtwo contraataca — Evolución 	February 27, 2020
La película Pokémon: Los secretos de la selva 	October 8, 2021
 	May 10, 2019
====Music====
As with the dub, all of the animated series openings are translated versions of the English songs used by 4Kids Entertainment and Pokémon USA, Inc.. Two Spanish-language soundtracks were released: a translation of Pokémon 2.B.A. Master entitled and a translation of Totally Pokémon entitled Pokémon Total.
====Cast and crew====
Many different voice actors have worked on the dubbing of Pokémon in Spain.
Adolfo Moreno has provided the voice of Ash Ketchum in the entire series, with the only two exceptions being Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown: Entei'' and the special episode Mewtwo Returns, in which Ash is voiced by Rafael Alfonso Naranjo.
Ash's mother, Delia, is voiced by Cecilia Santiago in the very two first episodes, Marisa Marco until Pokémon the Series: Black & White, Ana Jiménez (M02), Marta García (M03) and Ana Richart since Pokémon the Series: XY.
Miriam Valencia provided the voice for from original series to Pokémon the Series: Black & White; has been voiced by Javier Balas in the entire series; Valencia also voices later as Jupiter, Aldith and Sophie's second voice and Balas in Pokémon the Series: XY had voiced Nico, Nihei and Jimmy; he returns to the main cast in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon as ; Valencia is replaced by Sandra Villa as Misty since Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon and M22, she previously voiced Nina and Verity.
Ricardo Escobar provides the voice of Tracey Sketchit, his first role in the series was Bill and later as Aaron, and Xerosic.
 (Aura) has been voiced for the entire series by Cristina Yuste who previously voiced Whitney, Duplica (EP174), Janina and Macey, and later as Zorua, Normajean, Christie, Shannon (known as Sara), Lyn, Diancie, Mairin and in Pokémon The Series XYZ. May's younger brother, Max, is voiced by Beatriz Berciano who also voiced Andreas, (AG134), Caroline (AG189), , , Unova/Decolore Islands Officer Jenny and Oleana.
 (Maya) has been voiced for the entire series by Mar Bordallo who was also the voice of and DJ Mary
 is voiced by Belén Rodriguez who also provides the voice for Solana (except in the 2 part Deoxys episodes) and Salvia. (Millo) is voiced by Fernando Cabrera who also voices Harley in Pokémon Battle Frontier and Khoury.
 is voiced by Isatxa Mengíbar who previously voiced Nurse Joy (EP002-EP014), (seasons 3-5), , Officer Jenny (seasons 6-13) and Flannery. (Lem) is voiced by Miguel Antelo, his younger sister, (Clem) is voiced by Blanca Hualde who also voiced Shaymin and Candice (DP155).
 (Nereida) is voiced by Ana de Castro who also voiced since Kalos Quest. is voiced by Javier Lorca who previously voiced Kendall, Brycen and Sanpei. (Lylia) was voiced by Ainhoa Martín in the first 2 episodes of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon, who also voiced Malin and Roxie in Rival Destinies; later is replaced by Laura Pastor who also voiced Korrina. (Chris) was voiced by Chelo Molina until SM059 who previously voiced Forrest (HS01) and Angie and replaced since SM060 by Chelo Vivares who also voiced Mikey, Ritchie, Sam, (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness), Kenny, Cameron and Confined Hoopa. (Lulú) is voiced by Carmen López Pascual. 
Goh is voiced by Jon Samaniego who previously voiced Corey in M22 and Tim Goodman in .
For most of the series, James has been voiced by Iván Jara. Jessie has been voiced for the entire series by Amparo Valencia (who is also the dubbing director and script adapter of the show, except in the first three movies, Mewtwo Returns and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!). José Escobosa has provided the voice of in the entire series.
Eduardo del Hoyo voices as the narrator (except in M19 who is voiced by Nacho Aramburú) and additional voices.
Gary Oak is voiced by Jesús Pinillos. His grandfather, Professor Oak, is voiced by Roberto Encinas. Another one of Ash's rivals, Paul, is voiced by Pablo Sevilla. Pilar Martín, Sara Heras, Desirée Álvarez and Sara Polo as Nurse Joy. Valle Acebrón and Silvia Sarmentera as Officer Jenny.
The third movie and Mewtwo Returns had a different crew. Ash is voiced by Rafael Alonso Naranjo Jr., Misty is voiced by Pilar Aguado. Brock is voiced by Sergio Sánchez Sánchez. James is voiced by Luis Manuel Martín Díaz. Jessie is voiced by Ana Jiménez. Meowth is voiced by Mario Arenas. However, Luis Bajo, Ricardo Escobar, and Roberto Encinas reprised their roles as Mewtwo, Tracey, and Professor Oak, respectively.
===Catalan dub===
The Catalan dub of the animated series lasted for two seasons.
In this dub, Ash Ketchum was voiced by Marta Covas. The supporting cast included Carmen Ambrós as , Oscar Muñoz as Brock, Tracey, Gary Oak and Professor Oak; Azucena Díaz as Jessie, Joaquim Sota as Meowth and the narrator, Jordi Nogueras as James, and Teresa Soler as Officer Jenny.
A Catalan dubbed version of was also produced and shown in cinemas starting from May 10.https://llengua.gencat.cat/ca/detalls/noticia/Pokemon-detectiu-Pikachu-sestrena-en-catala-aquest-divendres
===Basque dub===
 aired a Basque dub of the first and fifth seasons of Pokémon, both seasons of which were produced/recorded at Mixer Servicios Audiovisuales studios in San Sebastián, Spain. The fifth season aired on around 2007 while the first season aired on around 2008. These seasons have not re-aired since. The intro for the first season was sung by Iker Bengoetxea. The intro for the fifth season had two versions, the first (original) version version had an error in the first part of the lyrics while the second (modified) version fixes said error. Both versions were sung by Peio Artetxe. None of the movies were ever dubbed.
The leading role of Ash Ketchum was voiced by Arantxa Moñux. Misty was voiced by Begoña Huegun and Brock by Xabier Alkiza. Other roles included Jessie, who was voiced by Dolores Diaz de Mendibil, James by Iñigo Puignau, Meowth by Josu Mitxelena, Oak by Martin Zabala, Gary Oak by Iker Bengoetxea (who also sung the Basque version of the Pokémon Theme), Delia Ketchum by Loinaz Jauregi, Nurse Joy by Miren Aranburu, Officer Jenny by Nagore Irizar, the narrator by Josu Mitxelena, and the Pokédex by Iñigo Elostegi﻿.
A Basque dubbed version of was also produced and shown in cinemas starting from May 10.
===Valencian dub ===
This dub premiered with the airing of Pokémon, et trie a tu! on (previously named Canal Nou) and , both of which produced and aired this dub as well as the first five seasons of said dub. Nothing beyond that has been dubbed.
In this version, the lead role of Ash Ketchum was given to Enric Puig, and the second main character, , was voiced by Nina Romero. was voiced by Benja Figueres while was voiced by Boris Sanz and Darío Torrent. Ash's rival, Gary Oak, was dubbed by Ignasi Díaz, and his grandfather, , was dubbed by Martí Pich. Other cast members include Marina Vinyals as Jessie, César Lechiguero as , Sílvia Cabrera as Officer Jenny, and Eva Bau as Nurse Joy.
This dub is often miscredited online as a Catalan dub.
==Pokémon manga==
On October 2015, Spanish publisher announced they would be publishing the entirety of the Pokémon Adventures manga. Due to the length of the series (52 volumes at the time of announcing the license) and due to different story arcs often starting and ending partway through volumes, Norma Editorial opted for an omnibus format, with 32 volumes realized so far and 16 mini-volumes having been translated. The volumes have double numbering to accommodate fans who may wish to begin reading from a particular story arc. For example, the , which was published over two volumes, was numbered as Yellow Volume 1 and Yellow Volume 2, and Volume 3 and Volume 4 of the series overall.
The first volume to be released was on October 29, 2015. From Volume 1 to Volume 6, Norma Editorial alternated between the and the .
When Norma Editorial started translating , they decided to translate the and following arcs in the Shogakukan mini-volume format, and have released them alongside the omnibus releases, until was completed, and now they're focusing on the mini-volumes. The latest Pokémon-related volume they've released has been .
Story arc	Collected in volume #s
 	1-2
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
==Pokémon Trading Card Game==
Spanish-language cards for the Pokémon Trading Card Game were first available in Spain starting in 1999 with the expansion set. They were sold by the Devir company until 2007, with several expansions missing. Only Base Set, , , and were released in Spain prior to the Diamond & Pearl Series.
Afterwards, sold the TCG cards starting with the expansion set, again with several expansions missing. The , and expansions were never released in Spain.
Currently, is selling the TCG since the expansion. Once again, Asmodee decided that some expansions were not worth releasing in Spain, with the , , , , , , , and being absent. However, despite physical cards from these expansions not being printed, all of them were translated and can be found in Spanish in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online app. From Roaring Skies on, all expansions have been released in Spain.
The most recent expansion set to be released in Spanish is on May 2024.
Spanish language cards are recognized as legal for Play! Pokémon official tournaments in the European Region, the Latin American Region and in the World Championships.
The , , and Picture Book Half Decks were released exclusively in Spain.
==External links==
*The official Spain Pokémon website (full website)
==References==
==Related articles==
*List of Spanish Pokémon names
*List of Spanish Pokémon Official Magazine issues
*List of European Spanish Pokémon themes
*List of Catalan Pokémon themes
*List of Valencian Pokémon themes
*List of Basque Pokémon themes
ja:スペインにおけるポケモン