Porygon Was Innocent: An epileptic perspective on Pokémon's “Electric Soldier Porygon” - Anime Feminist
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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.
  • zabadoh@ani.socialEnglish
    1·
    32 minutes ago

    What a great article!

    I always thought the annoying dimming was some kind of copy protection scheme, like the old Macrovision from back in the days of VHS.

  • Chronographs@lemmy.zipEnglish
    3·
    7 hours ago

    I wish streaming services would have the dimming as an accessibility option like captions or audio description; you could even have it on by default and have the uncensored version be opt-in