Cyber Soldier Porygon was originally intended to be the 38th episode of the Pocket Monsters TV series. However, when it aired in Japan December 16, 1997, certain in-episode scenes featuring rapidly flashing red and blue light caused multiple young viewers to suffer from seizures, and the show was put on a temporary hold while this matter was being investigated. After the cause for the seizures had been discovered, the show was eventually put back on air, but this episode was permanently struck from official canon, and to date is not considered to exist by those involved with the show. Due to the aforementioned, we advise viewers to excise caution when watching this release. Various notes on the episode and cultural aspects related to it can be found at http://www.pocketmonsters.net/episodes/viewep/38/Notes Also note: When the show was put back on air April 16th, 1997, it re-premiered with a 1 hour special consisting of the episode "The Four Eievui Brothers ", which was originally intended to be episode 41, and "The Pikachu Forest", a previously unannounced episode. The episodes originally intended to air as episode 39 and 40, "Rougela's Christmas" and "An Iwark Bivouac" were temporarily skipped over, as they were Christmas/winter-themed episodes no longer considered seasonally appropriate. These episodes were eventually aired as episode 65 and 66. Two later episodes were also aired out of order due to them no longer being thematically fit for their shifted airdate. We will be subbing and releasing these affected episodes in the order they were originally intended to air in. The one-hour special from April 16th also included an introduction by TV host Miyuki Yadama, who gave a quick summary of the situation and offered some cautionary advice. A subtitled version of this introduction is included at the end of this release.