Pokémon (franchise)
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Pokémon is a multimedia franchise which has taken the form of a series of video games and several television series and films, among other media.
Crossover
The franchise crossed over with the Doctor Who universe in an untitled promotional video [+]Loading...["Untitled (November 2024 TV story)","untitled promotional video"] released by the BBC, which features an appearance by a Pokémon TV series[which?], alongside Doctor Who.
References to Pokémon in the DWU
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Production connections
Cast and crew connections
- Billie Piper recorded a song for the western release of Pokémon: The First Movie, "Makin' My Way (Any Way That I Can)". Though the song was not used in the movie itself, it appeared on its official soundtrack album. Britney Spears, who appeared as herself in Looking for Pudsey, also contributed the song, "Soda Pop", to the soundtrack.
- A live-action Pokémon film, titled Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, was released in 2019. The film featured Bill Nighy, Josette Simon, and Max Fincham.
Publishers
The Pokémon Trading Card Game was, until 2003, originally published outside of Asia by Wizards of the Coast.
Fathom Events handled the international theatre distributions of the twentieth and twenty-first anime films, Pokémon The Movie: I Choose You! and Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us.
Television channels
In the UK, ITV and its family of channels was the initial terrestrial television home of the Pokémon anime series, beginning from its premiere in the late 90s and until the late 2010s, at which point the rights were handed over to the BBC: the series currently broadcasts on CBBC and BBC iPlayer, and have also been broadcast as part of Saturday Mash-Up!
The anime has also been broadcast on Cartoon Network and Disney XD in various regions.
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