Lost Media: Pokémon Electric Soldier Porygon Rare Tape 1997 Commercial Breaks and Behind The Scenes

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Here’s what seems to be the original airing or some rare tape of the infamous Pokémon episode Electric Soldier Porygon. This was found by archive.org user Windsinger in July 11, 2020 the description of the post says “Looks like a collection of shows from a Japanese TV station. Includes a cool Nintendo 64 Yoshi's Story Commercial.” So yeah props to this person that found this tape that contains one of the most controversial media in animation and television history. So yeah this tape contains the episode, commercials, and what appears to be behind the scenes footage or a news report of the episode. Unfortunately due to copyright I can’t post the full episode because ShoPro so here’s some snippets of the airing of the episode but if you would like to see this in it’s uncut glory just go to the account that I already mentioned and you should find it just fine.

After the airing of "Dennō Senshi Porygon", the Pokémon anime went into a four-month hiatus. Its time slot was taken over by Class King Yamazaki [ja] (学級王ヤマザキ). All 37 episodes of Pokémon: Indigo League were rerun on Kids Station in Tokyo leading up to the show's return on April 16, 1998, with airing of "Forest of Pikachu" ("Pikachu's Goodbye") and "The Four Eevee Brothers" ("The Battling Eevee Brothers"). After the hiatus, the time slot changed from Tuesday to Thursday. Several episodes (including the opening, credits, and "Dare da?" segments) were heavily edited to reduce flashing lights (with special emphasis on lightning that consumes the screen).[citation needed] Before broadcasting resumed, the special program "Problem Inspection Report on the Pocket Monsters Anime" (アニメ ポケットモンスター問題検証報告, Anime Poketto Monsutā Mondai Kenshō Hōkoku) was shown. Broadcast in Japan on April 16, 1998, host Miyuki Yadama went over the circumstances of the program format and the on-screen advisories at the beginning of animated programs, as well as showing letters and fan drawings sent in by viewers, most of whom were concerned that the incident would lead to the anime being cancelled.

Many Japanese television broadcasters and medical officials (along with the United Kingdom's Independent Television Commission came together to find ways to make sure the incident was not repeated. They established a series of guidelines for future animated programs, including that flashing images, especially those with red, should not flicker faster than three times per second; if the image does not have red, it still should not flicker faster than five times per second; flashing images should not be displayed for a total duration of more than two seconds; and stripes, whirls and concentric circles should not take up a large part of the television screen. The Harding test for content that now airs on Japanese TV and streaming sites ensures no more than one flashing light occurs every 10 frames, reproduced at 29.97 FPS, where "flashing lights" are classified as extreme changes in colors from one frame to the next. Footage may either clear or fail checks, or "pass with a warning" in which case the video's luminance is automatically adjusted to mitigate potential effects.

The episode "Rougela's Christmas" ("Holiday Hi-Jynx"), which would have aired the following week, December 23, 1997, was pulled following the incident, and would not air until October 5, 1998. Airing out of order caused confusion to viewers because Ash still had a Charmander instead of Charizard, and Misty did not have Togepi yet, but Starmie and Horsea. Also, a New Year special that would have aired on December 30, 1997, was pulled and never resurfaced.

To prevent any similar incidents from occurring, the episode was pulled from rotation, and it has not aired since in any country. After the incident, TV broadcasters voluntarily added on-screen warnings to shows targeted at young children encouraging viewers to watch anime in a well-lit room and to sit far away from the television set. The anime has not featured Porygon or its evolutions, Porygon2 and Porygon-Z, in any subsequent episodes outside of brief cameos, despite Pikachu being the one to cause the seizure-inducing strobe effect.

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