Pokémon controversy - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopediaThere have been numerous controversies regarding the Pokémon franchise in its various forms and media. Pokémon Shock incident An episode of the Pokémon anime broadcast in December 1997 on Japanese television induced photosensitive epileptic seizures in a substantial number of Japanese viewers, many of which required medical assistance. As a result, the episode was not broadcast overseas and never
