Japanese-speaking members, what does this say?

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Neon_Sonic

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This is shown at the beginning of every episode of Naruto. What exactly does it say?

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Neon_Sonic said:
This is shown at the beginning of every episode of Naruto. What exactly does it say?

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"When you're watching animation on TV, make sure that your room is bright, and don't sit too close."

Common warning before a lot of games and DVDs.
 
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I have some Naruto eps where that's translated in the subs.
 
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gmw said:
"When you're watching animation on TV, make sure that your room is bright, and don't sit too close."

Common warning before a lot of games and DVDs.
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Didn't you guys hear about the "Pokemon Seizure Incident" ? About seven years ago a certain episode of the Pokemon TV series had a brief segment with a strobe-light like effect, and when a certain percentage of the kids viewing the cartoon saw it, they went into seizures.

I swear to god I'm not making this up, I didn't believe it either when I first heard it.

I can't find an original article 'cause the Japan Times wasn't online back then, but I did find an article that mentions it:

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nb20010705a7.htm

Remember what they said about sitting too close to TV?

By JULIAN RYALL
Staff writer

A new Japanese device is likely to make the age-old demand of parents that their children sit back further from the TV "before they get square eyes" more enforceable.
The gadget, which is placed on top of the TV set, is able to determine how far away any viewer is sitting. If the person is closer than a predetermined distance from the screen, it emits a warning warble for three seconds -- and if the alarm is ignored and the viewer does not move farther away, it automatically cuts in and scrambles the television signal, leaving the screen blank or fuzzy.

The Hanarete Mite Ne (Let's Sit Back to Watch) is produced by Seitec Co., based in Kumayama, Okayama Prefecture, and retails for 6,800 yen.

"We first started marketing the Hanarete Mite Ne in March, and we are selling about 1,000 units a month," said Kazutaka Yoshiuki, manager of Seitec's Kanto region branch. "These are very good sales figures and we are pleased with the response."

The boxlike device, which measures 15 cm ﾞ 7 cm ﾞ 6 cm, uses sensors to determine how far back a viewer is sitting from the screen and the distance can be programmed to between 70 cm and 1.5 meters.

The company says it is simply plugged into the rear of the TV set and is compatible with the vast majority of makes.

"We wanted to make something that will keep children away from the screen because it is not good for their eyes for them to get too close," Yoshiuki said.

He confirmed that the firm came up with the idea for the device due to growing concerns about the effect of prolonged exposure to TV -- particularly among youngsters -- and after a serious health scare three years ago.

In December 1997, hundreds of people were rushed to hospitals across Japan after watching an episode of the hugely popular "Pokemon" cartoon series. The program featured a series of flashing lights in a brief animated sequence that caused people -- mostly youngsters or the elderly -- to suffer convulsions.

Most had never experienced similar symptoms previously, but many had been sitting close to the screen.

One 5-year-old girl was listed in serious condition but all 700 people affected eventually recovered.

Shozo Otani, chairman of Seitec, said there are no plans to market the Hanarete Mite Ne abroad "for the foreseeable future," but suggested that may well change in the future if the demand in Japan indicates it would be a viable product in overseas markets.


The Japan Times: July 5, 2001
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tsukaesugi said:
Didn't you guys hear about the "Pokemon Seizure Incident" ? About seven years ago a certain episode of the Pokemon TV series had a brief segment with a strobe-light like effect, and when a certain percentage of the kids viewing the cartoon saw it, they went into seizures.

I swear to god I'm not making this up, I didn't believe it either when I first heard it.
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I watched that episode, gladly nothing happened to me.
 
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tsukaesugi said:
Didn't you guys hear about the "Pokemon Seizure Incident" ? About seven years ago a certain episode of the Pokemon TV series had a brief segment with a strobe-light like effect, and when a certain percentage of the kids viewing the cartoon saw it, they went into seizures.

I swear to god I'm not making this up, I didn't believe it either when I first heard it.
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Unfortunately, we here in the U.S. missed out on this episode, as well as the beach episode and the episode where a guy pulls out a gun on Pikachu and Co. :(

The only surprising part is that it has been 7 years since that seizure episode aired. I can't believe people still play that damn Pokemon game. :eek:

But I thought the whole deal of sitting too close to the television being harmful to your eyes was an old wives' tale... Time to investigate.

Edit: A quick search on Google tells me that sitting too close to the TV does not harm your eyes unless you happen to have an old set emitting excessive X-rays. Now, I suppose the real question is whether or not a couple of feet more between you and the television will lower the risk of seizures significantly.
 
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Eric said:
A quick search on Google tells me that sitting too close to the TV does not harm your eyes unless you happen to have an old set emitting excessive X-rays.
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You mean I'm not supposed to sit 2 feet away from my black and white TV from the 1950's!! :eek:
 
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Lets Gekiga In said:
Which episode specifically is that?
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It was the one about Porigon.


Eric said:
Unfortunately, we here in the U.S. missed out on this episode, as well as the beach episode and the episode where a guy pulls out a gun on Pikachu and Co. :(
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I believe there was also an episode on which Kojiro had breasts for some reason, that episode did not get to America either.
 
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Mushiki said:
I believe there was also an episode on which Kojiro had breasts for some reason, that episode did not get to America either.
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He wanted to enter a bikini contest.

DUH.

:envy:

I also remember the seizure incident. IIRC, there was footage of busloads of sick Japanese kids? Or is this some twisted fantasy I keep having?
 
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tsukaesugi said:
Didn't you guys hear about the "Pokemon Seizure Incident" ? About seven years ago a certain episode of the Pokemon TV series had a brief segment with a strobe-light like effect, and when a certain percentage of the kids viewing the cartoon saw it, they went into seizures.

I swear to god I'm not making this up, I didn't believe it either when I first heard it.

I can't find an original article 'cause the Japan Times wasn't online back then, but I did find an article that mentions it:

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nb20010705a7.htm
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I remember hearing about that some time ago. Rapidly blinking red+blue picture.

I've noticed you see a lot less of those epileptic blinks both in video games and anime since. (certainly wouldn't be surprised if its'n to just coincidence)
 
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If I remember right, the episode of Pokemon in question was about them going inside a computer for some reason. I heard they fixed the seizure inducing part and it was shown in America, but I never saw it.
 
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Neon_Sonic said:
As in closed captioning?
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Yeah, that's what I meant. Most current Japanese TVs allow you to turn on "jimaku housou" for stations like TBS or NHK that provide them, to display text of spoken lines in the same way that CC works on US TVs.
 
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