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Shock
The Pokémon Shock prompted
TV-Tokyo to put Pocket Monsters
on hiatus while they worked to figure out the root cause
of the phenomenon that sent over 700 children to the hospital. The
staff's feelings about the incident are pretty well documented, but
what about the fans? How did the anime fans who watched the
episode but didn't suffer any adverse effects respond to the show
getting taken off the air so suddenly, with no sign of when (or even
if) it will return?
Luckily, the letters section of the anime magazines released at the time can help provide us a glimpse of what fans were feeling back in late 1997 / early 1998. I've been lucky enough to track down some of these old magazines so I'll be going through the magazines I have and translating what the fans who wrote in to them had to say.
Click on a magazine cover to see what's inside.
Luckily, the letters section of the anime magazines released at the time can help provide us a glimpse of what fans were feeling back in late 1997 / early 1998. I've been lucky enough to track down some of these old magazines so I'll be going through the magazines I have and translating what the fans who wrote in to them had to say.
Click on a magazine cover to see what's inside.
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