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Porygon Was Innocent: An epileptic perspective on the infamous Pokémon episode

As an Epileptic, I’ve been very outspoken about my opinions on the increased use of strobe lighting effects in American cartoons. Yet people have accused me of being a hypocrite: why do I continue to love Pokémon? My response often surprises people. That, in my personal opinion, morally speaking, the animators were not responsible for what happened. That Porygon was, in fact, innocent.

The government directly flew in neurology expert Graham Harding, a research professor at Aster University, Birmingham, England, to help give them advice on the situation going forward and provide needed insight into what happened. In saying this, these fans claim that disabled people do not have a right to feel safe when watching their favorite series, and that their wellbeing doesn’t matter in comparison to a few brighter shots of teenagers using their magic powers to punch each other. Having seen that companies like MAPPA were opting for dimming and ghosting effects to let them pass the Harding Test, and then just removing them later for BluRay release (because apparently photosensitive folk don’t like owning shows on disc and only want to watch them on TV), Ufotable decided that they would not compromise their original vision at all.

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