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(Japanese: '''でんのうせんしポリゴン''' ''Computer Warrior Porygon'', commonly ''Electric Soldier Porygon'') is an infamous episode of the [[Pokémon anime]] which, upon its single airing in Japan on December 16, 1997, resulted in over six hundred Japanese children suffering adverse health effects, including [[wp:Photosensitive epilepsy|epileptic seizures]], vomiting, irritated eyes and other related symptoms, due to use of a flashing strobe effect. After being [[Banned episodes|banned]] by the Japanese government, ''Electric Soldier Porygon'' was never commercially released or re-broadcast anywhere in the world. | (Japanese: '''でんのうせんしポリゴン''' ''Computer Warrior Porygon'', commonly ''Electric Soldier Porygon'') is an infamous episode of the [[Pokémon anime]] which, upon its single airing in Japan on December 16, 1997, resulted in over six hundred Japanese children suffering adverse health effects, including [[wp:Photosensitive epilepsy|epileptic seizures]], vomiting, irritated eyes and other related symptoms, due to use of a flashing strobe effect. After being [[Banned episodes|banned]] by the Japanese government, ''Electric Soldier Porygon'' was never commercially released or re-broadcast anywhere in the world. | ||
The frames which caused the seizures are a four-second section in which {{AP|Pikachu}} uses an {{t|Electric}} attack on a group of vaccine missiles. The explosion—which occupies a significant portion of the frame—flashes brightly and alternates rapidly between red and blue. The seizures caused by this episode resulted in [[OLM Incorporated|OLM]] dropping strobe effects from Pikachu's electric attacks. For years following the incident, a disclaimer was broadcast at the beginning of | The frames which caused the seizures are a four-second section in which {{AP|Pikachu}} uses an {{t|Electric}} attack on a group of vaccine missiles. The explosion—which occupies a significant portion of the frame—flashes brightly and alternates rapidly between red and blue. The seizures caused by this episode resulted in [[OLM Incorporated|OLM]] dropping strobe effects from Pikachu's electric attacks. For years following the incident, a disclaimer was broadcast at the beginning of all Japanese television shows, cautioning viewers not to sit too close to the television screen and to watch only in a brightly-lit room. (「テレビアニメを見るときには、部屋をあかるくして近づきすぎないようにしてみてくださいね。」) | ||
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