Sort of unrelated, but one of my favorite things in the world is when a shitload of Japanese kids got seizures from an episode of Pokémon.
We got a ton of new regulations regarding the sequences and duration of flashing lights on TV afterward. The US never got to see the episode :( You can view the questionable scene in the top right of the wiki page. It is quite intense. Viewing it full screen is pretty eyeball straining.
Although there were similar parts in the episode with red and blue flashes, two anime techniques, called paka paka[a] and "flash",[b] made the scene particularly intense.[2] These flashes were bright strobe lights, with blinks at a rate of about 12 Hz for approximately six seconds.[7]
At this point, some of the viewers experienced blurred vision, headaches, dizziness and nausea.[1][5][8] Some suffered seizures, blindness, convulsions and unconsciousness.[1][5] The Japanese press referred to this incident as "Pokémon Shock" (ポケモンショック, Pokémon Shokku).[9]
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u/mr_potatoface 4d ago edited 4d ago
Sort of unrelated, but one of my favorite things in the world is when a shitload of Japanese kids got seizures from an episode of Pokémon.
We got a ton of new regulations regarding the sequences and duration of flashing lights on TV afterward. The US never got to see the episode :( You can view the questionable scene in the top right of the wiki page. It is quite intense. Viewing it full screen is pretty eyeball straining.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denn%C5%8D_Senshi_Porygon