Partner up with a legend POKMON DetectivePikachu hits cinemas May 10. Kids' WB! is no more, but without it, and their extensive airing and marketing of the anime, Pokemon wouldn't quite be the same Pop Culture icon it is today. POKMON Detective Pikachu Behind the Scenes Featurette - Warner Bros. Pokemon lasted for 7 years on Kids' WB! until 2006, when 4kids dropped its license, resulting in The Pokemon Company taking over localization duties, and the series being shown first run exclusively on then corporate sibling, Cartoon Network. With the newfound success, parent company Warner Bros., decided to assist 4Kids in dubbing and distributing the Pokemon movies that had already released in Japan to US theaters. Reruns, Marathons, themed events, Kids' WB! pimped Pokemon any chance they could. Pokemon was already successful, but Kids' WB!'s broadcast of the anime helped the brand surge in popularity, and perhaps aside from Yu-Gi-Oh! (another 4kids production) was the network's signature show for years. Once they began airing it in 1999 though, it became a monster. In 1998, Kids' WB!, the children's counterpart to The former WB network, picked up 4kids Entertainment's production of the Pokemon anime series after it bombed in syndication, for its 98-99 season.

See, WB had been involved in Pokemon for years prior to this, and honestly without them, Pokemon wouldn't be where it is today.

But this isn't the first time, the names Pokemon and Warner Bros. The new live-action Pokemon spin-off film, Detective Pikachu is set to be distributed in theaters by Warner Bros.

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