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On December 16, 1997, "Dennou Senshi Porygon", an infamous episode of the popular anime, Pok<span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:18.200000762939453px;">é</span>mon aired in Japan. The episode was about Ash, Misty, and Brock trying to fix a nearby Pokemon Center's malfunctioning transfer system, which transports Pokemon from one Pokemon Center to another, and also save Professor Akihabara's prototype of the Pokemon, Porygon which was stolen by Team Rocket, with the help of another Porygon. While Ash and his friends were inside the system, Nurse Joy decided to send in an Anti-Virus to destroy the cause of the malfunction, which she thought was a computer virus, not knowing that it really was Team Rocket causing the malfunction, and there was some Pokemon battles occuring inside between Ash & Co. and Team Rocket. In one scene of the episode, the Anti-Virus fires missiles at them while they are attempting to escape. In response to one of these missiles, Pikachu shocks it, which blew it up, and triggered a flashing scene so irritating to the eyes that it caused over 700 japanese children to have epileptic seizures and motion sickness. Pok<span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:18.200000762939453px;">é</span>mon was taken off of the air for four months so the Japanese Government could investigate, and officially banned "Dennou Senshi Porygon" from airing .
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|title=<center>"Pokémon! I Choose You!" (1997 airing)</center>
|image=Pokemon I choose you jpn.JPG
|imagecaption=Screenshot of the original 1997 airing.
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|datefound=02 May 2015
|foundby=[https://www.facebook.com/PokemonPE/?ref=page_internal Pokémon Peru]
}}
When ''Pokémon'' finally went back on air in April 1998, four months after the infamous "Electric Soldier Porygon" incident, OLM edited the previous 37 episodes, slowed down the flashing lights, and never aired the original versions again despite no previous reports of the episodes causing seizures for anyone.<ref>[https://www.ranker.com/list/pokemon-episode-that-caused-seizures/anna-lindwasser Ranker article on the "Electric Soldier Porygon" incident.] Retrieved 16 Feb '20</ref>


Once the show finally came back to the air in April of 1998, OLM edited the previous 37 Pok<span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:18.200000762939453px;">é</span>mon episodes and slowed down the flashing lights, despite no reports of the episode causing anyone harm. The original cuts were never aired again and were a mystery for years. Eventually, the episodes from their original airings were shown on Hulu in Japan, which were taken by a subbing group #pokemon-originals on April 2, 2013. Since then, the sub group seems to have disbanded. Episode 1 was not uploaded because Hulu replaced the original version with the new one to include advertisements for the Wii U before the episodes were put on the #pokemon-originals website.</span>
Eventually, the episodes from their original airings were available on Hulu Japan, which was ripped by subbing group #pokemon-originals on April 2nd, 2013. Even then, however, '''episode one's original cut was not uploaded''' because Hulu replaced it with a new version that included advertisements for the Wii U before the episodes were put on the #pokemon-originals website. Because of that, the episode was still missing until May 2nd, 2015 when a fan group called Pokémon Peru once again uploaded the original cut in two parts.
<span style="line-height:18.200000762939453px;">As a result, several people are still looking for a copy of Episode 1 from its original airing, before the flashing lights were edited. </span><span style="line-height:18.200000762939453px;">There is some information about the original cuts, however, since a remastered version of Episode 1 containing some of the special effects from the original airing was aired on the anime's 15th anniversary. Also, a scene from Episodes 2 and 4 recapping Episode 1 shows a scene from late within it. How flashy the part is can be seen in the Hulu version.</span>


==Gallery==
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  |description1 =The original airing of "Pokémon! I Choose You!".
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==See Also==
*[[Pokémon "Computer Warrior Porygon" (lost unaired English dub of anime episode; 1998)]]
*[[Pokémon "The Legend of Dratini" (non-existent unaired English dub of anime episode; 1997)]]
*[[Pokémon "Battle Aboard the St. Anne" (found first American broadcast version of anime episode; 1998)]]
*[[Pokémon "Battle of the Quaking Island! Barboach VS Whiscash!!" (partially found unaired episode of anime; 2004)]]
*[[Pokémon "Cream of the Croagunk Crop" (found original "Hiroki version" of anime episode; 2008)]]
*[[Pokémon "Rocket-dan VS Plasma-dan!" (partially found unaired two-part episode of anime; 2011)]]
*[[Pokémon 3: The Movie (lost first draft of script of anime film; late 1990s)]]
*[[Pokémon 3D Adventure: Mew o Sagase! (lost 3D short of anime; 2005)]]
*[[Pokémon 4D: Pikachu's Ocean Adventure (partially found 4D short of anime; 2006)]]
*[[Pokémon "It's New Year's Eve! Pocket Monsters Encore" (lost unaired special of anime series; 1997)]]
*[[Pokémon "Pocket Monsters, Fall Special!" (found "clip show" episode of anime series; 1997)]]
*[[Pokémon "Pocket Monsters, Winter Special!" (lost unaired "clip show" episode of anime series; 1998)]]
*[[Pokémon Live! (partially found professional recording footage of musical; 2000-2001)]]


==External Links==
*[https://www.facebook.com/PokemonPE/videos/1063931976953662/ PokemonPE upload of the 1997 airing of "Pokémon! I Choose You!" (part 1/2).] Retrieved 03 May '15
*[https://www.facebook.com/PokemonPE/videos/1063951126951747/ PokemonPE upload of the 1997 airing of "Pokémon! I Choose You!" (part 2/2).] Retrieved 03 May '15


<span style="line-height:18.200000762939453px;">[[File:Flash comparison|thumb|right|335px|The first part of the video is from the edited Episode 1. The second part is from the recap in the original airing of Episode 2 (lacks audio).]]</span>
==Reference==
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Revision as of 12:28, 21 March 2020

Pokemon I choose you jpn.JPG

Screenshot of the original 1997 airing.

Status: Found

Date found: 02 May 2015

Found by: Pokémon Peru

When Pokémon finally went back on air in April 1998, four months after the infamous "Electric Soldier Porygon" incident, OLM edited the previous 37 episodes, slowed down the flashing lights, and never aired the original versions again despite no previous reports of the episodes causing seizures for anyone.[1]

Eventually, the episodes from their original airings were available on Hulu Japan, which was ripped by subbing group #pokemon-originals on April 2nd, 2013. Even then, however, episode one's original cut was not uploaded because Hulu replaced it with a new version that included advertisements for the Wii U before the episodes were put on the #pokemon-originals website. Because of that, the episode was still missing until May 2nd, 2015 when a fan group called Pokémon Peru once again uploaded the original cut in two parts.

Gallery

The original airing of "Pokémon! I Choose You!".

See Also

External Links

Reference