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It’s weird how Kadabra got banned from the TCG and the anime, but Porygon only got banned from the anime!
Twylis
Perhaps not so relevant to TCG, but the impact of Porygon on the animation industry due to its association with the seizure incident in Japan is fascinating. It’s especially apparent in anime fight scenes when everything suddenly gets way darker, but apparently it even affected western animation. Example given by Maxwell Atoms detailing a post-processing system dubbed “The Machine”:
https://at.tumblr.com/maxwellatoms/why-did-mandys-color-palette-become-paler-towards/wvf7kv2yytiw
As for Japan, it’s addressed in TV Tokyo’s guidelines, and I assume the animation of most other networks and countries are beholden to similar rules:
https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/main/yoriyoi/eizoukouka.html
“1. Avoid displaying more than one flash of light per one-third of a second (8 frames on film, 10 frames on TV).
2. Since abrupt scene changes and rapid motion produce the same effects [as in (1.)], avoid using these techniques more than once per one-third of a second.
3. Flashes of light and scene changes mostly or entirely in red are dangerous. Scenes of equal brightness using colors other than red are acceptable.
4. Patterns with regions of differing brightness (e.g. stripes, spirals) should, in general, be avoided.”
I get the impression they also have a version of “The Machine” for post-processing. Hence DVD releases often not having the darkening effects.