Something else I just found. After posting this I was determined to find out if a copy of this episode still exsisted, so I made a quick stop to eBay to try and find it. At first I tried "Electric Soldier Porygon" and found nothing, and then "Banned Pokemon Episodes" and still got nothing. Finally, I tried shortening it to "Banned Pokemon" and came up with something that really forced me attention! The banned "Trance" epsiode. The description read as follows:
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| This was put out by VSoM for a limited time several years ago. When this Japanese children's program was televised in mid-December, over 1000 kids were hospitalized and thousands more were apparently "put into a trance". Reportedly, this show used new subliminal techniques in animation which can cause nausea and hypnosis to the viewer. Also includes news broadcasts from Japan showing the mayhem it caused at the time. In japanese with no subtitles. Warning: do not watch alone. Do not show to children. |
This was just too much to process at first. I mean first the seizures and now a "trance" DVD? Pokemon seems to have a much darker side that I know I didn't know about!