TITLE
TV Cartoon’s Flashes Send 700 Japanese Into Seizures
AUTHOR
Sheryl Wudunn
PUBLICATION
The New York Times
YEAR
1997
ARTICLE TYPE
Article
FROM THE ARTICLE
One moment they were happily munching on their dinner and watching their favorite cartoon show on television. The next moment, hundreds of children across the country were shaking and convulsing and being rushed to hospitals.In a bizarre illustration of the medical effects that television can have on viewers, more than 700 people were taken to hospitals after having been affected by flashing lights on an animated television show broadcast Tuesday night.
GAMES MENTIONED
Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow
PRINT AVAILABILITY
December 18, 1997