Contrary to popular belief the Pokemon TV series isn't how the craze started.It was actually started with the Game Boy game called Pocket Monsters in Japan 1995.It was a instant hit and it eventually got it's own TV series of the same name in April of 1997.The TV series itself was a huge hit in Japan at least....until the infamous December 16 1997.The incident which left about 700 some people sick and forcing the cancellation of the series until the following April of 1998.It has continued onward with a name change.They wanted to call it Pokemon."