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A viral U.S. Department of Homeland Security post featuring ICE raids set to the original Pokémon theme sparked swift backlash — and a rare public rebuke from the Japanese entertainment giant. By ...

The Pokémon Company does not want its beloved brand associated with ICE. The company issued a rare public statement denouncing the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) recent use of the Pokémon ...

Rumors that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a video using imagery and music from the popular media franchise "Pokémon," co-owned by video game publisher Nintendo and game ...

Dalton Cooper is the Managing Editor of GameRant. Dalton has been writing about video games professionally since 2011. Having written thousands of game reviews and articles over the course of his ...

The Pokémon Company has formally pushed back on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security‘s use of footage and music from its animated series in a recent video promoting the Trump administration’s ...

The Pokémon Company International has confirmed it was not involved in the Department of Homeland Security’s ICE raid video that uses the “Pokémon” anime’s theme song and footage. “We are aware of a ...

The Pokémon Company has distanced itself from a controversial U.S. Department of Homeland Security video that repurposed the franchise's iconic anime theme song to promote an ICE raid. The Department ...