How Pokemon almost became a part of Wizard.
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How ironic is this-
In a recent article dealing with the upcoming IFL, created by Wizard Owner, Gareb Shamus, He stated something about the franchise:
When Pokemon came to the US, I knew as clear as day it was going to be huge. It had all the attributes of something that could be successful here, and it was already a mega hit in Japan... [but] at the time I just had three magazines and did not have the conventions and the leveage that I have now. It was going to take a lot of dollars, and would have risk a lot of what we do...
So, he backed out- 4Kids basicly came in...the rest is history.
Until resently, when Ninty pretty much told 4Kids to **** off after 8 years. This Month, there will be new USA only episode of pokemon, with new Voice Actors for the franchise (as a test run) the last known episode with the 4Kids VA's (They will continue from may)- will be late summer, early fall.
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