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* ''Electric Soldier Porygon'' is the most commonly used translation: no known official English title exists for this episode.}} | * ''Electric Soldier Porygon'' is the most commonly used translation: no known official English title exists for this episode.}} | ||
(Japanese: '''でんのうせんしポリゴン''' '' | (Japanese: '''でんのうせんしポリゴン''' ''A.I. 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 seven hundred Japanese people (ranging from 3-58 years old<ref>http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9712/17/japan.cartoon/</ref>) 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. Because of that, this episode was [[Banned episodes|never commercially released or re-broadcast]] anywhere in the world, and the show went on hiatus for four months. | ||
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。」) | 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。」) | ||