رحلة البوكيمون: المسلسل is the Arabic dub of ポケットモンスター. It premiered on Netflix on July 1, 2021.
This dub is considered a revival for the Pokémon franchise in the Arab world, since after the sixth season's last broadcast in 2007, none of seasons 7-22 were dubbed. Only a few Pokémon movies would randomly air, subtitled on MBC 3, as well as illegal airings of a few seasons solely in English on local TV channels. In 2021, Netflix became the official audiovisual distributor of the Pokémon franchise in the Middle East, and decided to produce a new Arabic dub for the all the newer Pokémon media aired on its platform. Even though Netflix didn't have an official dubbing partner in Lebanon, they still decided to produce the new dub in that country, as it was the last country to be involved in the dubbing of the original series, and that many voice actors that previously worked on it were still very active. Continuity was therefore the most important element for that decision. The dub was produced by Image Production House, in partnership with Iyuno Media Group, the studio that produced most of the international dubs for this series.
Season 23 was added to the platform on July 1, 2021, while season 24 was added on September 2, 2022. The 25th season came out dubbed on the platform on November 24, 2023, making the dub complete.
Cast[]
| Character | Actor | ||
|---|---|---|---|
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Ash
|
Rana Al-Rifai رنا الرفاعي | |
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Goh
|
Lama Marashly لمى مرعشلي | |
|
Chloe
|
Ghadeer Bazzi غدير بزي | |
|
Professor Cerise
|
Fadi Al-Rifai فادي الرفاعي | |
|
Jessie
|
Asmahan Bitar أسمهان بيطار | |
|
Cynthia
| ||
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James
|
Abdo Hakim عبدو حكيم | |
|
Meowth
|
Hasan Hamdan حسن حمدان | |
| Nurse Joy | Jihan Malla جيهان الملا | ||
| Officer Jenny | Iman Bitar إيمان بيطار | ||
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Delia Ketchum
|
Suhair Nasser Al-Din سهير نصر الدين | |
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Chryssa
|
Leila Al-Shammas ليلى شمّاس | |
Narrator
|
Raymond Francis ريمون فرانسيس | ||
Additional voices
|
Ziad Mounzer زياد منذر | ||
| Ghassan Haddad غسان حداد | |||
| Joseph Akiki جوزيف عقيقي | |||
| Youmna Bou Hanna يمنى بو حنا | |||
| Christian Zoghbi كريستيان الزغبي | |||
| Nada Nasr ندى نصر | |||
| Ibrahim Madi ابراهيم ماضي | |||
| Mirna Husseini ميرنا الحسيني | |||
| Charbel Ayoub شربل أيوب | |||
| Sam Ghosn سام غصن | |||
| Alaa Zaaour علاء زعور | |||
| Technical staff | |||
Translators
|
Marie Thérèse Ghia ماري تيريز غيّا | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Jihan Malla جيهان ملا | |||
Dubbing director
|
Alaa Bitar علاء بيطار | ||
Notes[]
- The Series aired on e-Junior in the UAE, premiering on February 27, 2021, to celebrate the franchise's 25th anniversary.
- Out of all the voice actors present in this dub, seven of them originally worked on the dub of the original series, and five of them reprise their roles, notably Abdo Hakim as James, Hassan Hamdan as Meowth, Jihan Malla as Nurse Joy, Iman Bitar as Officer Jenny, and Joumana Zonji as Misty. Fadi Al-Rifai, who was the narrator in the sixth season, now voices Professor Cerise, and Asmahan Bitar who provided voices for minor characters, now voices Jessie.
- Additionally, Jihan Malla now also serves as one of the translators for the show.
- Due to a mix-up in Netflix's audio tracks, the Arabic audio for the final episode, "The rainbow and the Pokemon master!" was mistakenly replaced with Turkish. As a result, The Arabic dub of this episode has never been released. As of March 2025 this issue has not yet been fixed.