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Although it was proven that children can sit close to the tv, with little to no effect on their eyesight. However, flashing lights can, and normally will cause seizures for some people. Today's my birthday!

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Yeah, that's true. But this little paragraph ought to explain why the kids were even near the television:

In a country with more than 126 million people in an area the size of Montana and a population density of 865 per square mile, Japanese homes are typically quite small. Big-screen televisions are the norm, and most living rooms could aptly be described as small theaters. Many children sit very close to the television as well; one 14-year-old boy sitting three feet from his big-screen television was struck unconscious. (Radford, 2001)

With that in mind, the incident somehow lead anime shows to show warnings against being too close to the TV, such as School Rumble.

wow...I remember that, because my mom wouldn't buy me a game boy because of the seizures!

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About the Pokemon seizure incident of '97:

The clip that you watch on YouTube is already a toned-down and blurry version of the original scene that was played during that fateful night in 1997. In other words, it ain't as bright as it originally was on that night, so you should not be able to feel the seizure effect. I remember viewing a site that hosted a video clip of that scene, and it clearly stated there that it had already been toned down. And this was before YouTube was born.

Also, other factors played a role in the seizures, such as nearness to the video screen, the lighting in the room, and heredity traits (which you pointed out). There was also mass hysteria, which could have been triggered by the huge media coverage of the incident.

If you want, you can go to this site for more information:
http://www.csicop.org/si/2001-05/pokemon.html

I was LOLing the whole time reading these things.

hmmmm..... *thinks* hmmm... o sorry i feel a sleep think *thinks some more* .... yep its true!

Ah, I remember the suffocation incident. And saying that made me feel old.

Also: Pokemon possesses children? That explains so much...

I just found these funny.

If Pikachu's a servant of the devil, it makes me like it even more >8D

Jeez, why can't people protest something important. It's a cartoon.

It's like saying that an animal that bites a child should be killed; it just doesn't make sense.

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@Sangome: Hey, I call them as I see them and I thought Batou might like this so Cheers, Frasier and Monica to Batou!

Holy crap. What kind of loser parent lets their child suffocate from a Pokeball? >>:O Watch your 13 month-old, dangit!!