10 Banned Pokemon Episodes From Around The World (And Why)
6. Shaking Island Battle! Barboach VS Whiscash!!
Pokémon: Advanced Battle - Episode 9 (SKIPPED)
Plot:
Between their travels from Mossdeep City and Sootoplois City, Ash and co. stop off at Jojo Island . However, the Island residents are being terrorised by a gang of Wishcash (a ground/water-type Pokémon) who cause earthquakes. The gang team up with Island trainer Chota and his Barboach to combat the Wishcash.
Call For Cancellation:
The episode was set to be aired on 4th November 2004. However, the real world Chūetsu earthquakes on 23rd October 2004, which resulted in 68 deaths and 4,795 injuries, necessitated that the episode be pulled and skipped over. Rather than a temporary delay, the episode has never been aired anywhere else in the world.
As a further precaution, the moves Earthquake, Fissure and Magnitude have never been visually depicted in the anime, due to their close relation to earthquakes. Whether or not this is an over reaction is for each person's conscience to decide, however, you can't blame the team behind the Pokémon anime for deciding to cut these minor pieces of the rich Pokémon lore, in order to ensure that their hard work makes it to screens and to the show's devoted fans.