Masuda, Junichi.«No. 233».gamefreak.co.jp,21 gener 2013. Arxivat de l'original el 23 març 2020.«Pokémon X and Pokémon Y–the evolved sixth generation of Pokémon.»
Liu, Caitlin«Pokemon Is One Powerful Drawing Card».Los Angeles Times,10-05-1999.«Parents said that, although some Pokemon charters [sic] are violent, the depiction of blood and gore that comes into family rooms every night is far worse.»
Mallory, Michael«Kids' Anime Hits Critical Mass».Los Angeles Times,12 octubre 2001,p.F18.«[The anime] managed to crack a perennial kids' TV nut: how to present action without violence. It's the stylized, whimsical little monsters that do all the fighting, not the humans.»
Graeber, Laurel«Masters of the Universe, Youth Division».The New York Times,29-08-1999,p.4.«But on the other hand, I don't worry about it as much as, say, 'Beast Wars', 'Batman' or 'X-Men'", all animated series that she said emphasized violence.»
Plotz, David.«Pokémon. Little. Yellow. Different. Better.».Slate,12-11-1999. Arxivat de l'original el 16 March 2003.«Pokémon softens its violence with sweetness. Like Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers, Pokémon is packed with battle scenes. But it is far gentler. Pokémon never die, they only "faint".»
Burkeman, Oliver«Pokémon power».The Guardian,20 abril 2000,p.A2.«It's certainly hard to make charges of violence stick: Pokémon fights are ceremonial and impeccably polite in a uniquely Japanese way, and the monsters never die anyway – they just faint before rejuvenating themselves at special Pokémon hospitals.»
Time Asia.«Pokémania»(en anglès). Arxivat de l'original el 2001-02-20.[Consulta: 21 agost 2008].
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Chua-Eoan, Howard; Larimer, Tim (22 novembre 1999). «Beware of the Poke Mania». Time154 (21): 80–86. Arxivat de l'original el 8 June 2023. «Pokemon do not die. When they lose battles, they faint. And if that happens to your Pokemon, you can take it to the local Pokemon Center, a high-tech spa where it can be restored to "fighting fit".»
Chua-Eoan, Howard; Larimer, Tim (22 novembre 1999). «Beware of the Poke Mania». Time154 (21): 80–86. Arxivat de l'original el 8 June 2023. «Pokemon do not die. When they lose battles, they faint. And if that happens to your Pokemon, you can take it to the local Pokemon Center, a high-tech spa where it can be restored to "fighting fit".»
Plotz, David.«Pokémon. Little. Yellow. Different. Better.».Slate,12-11-1999. Arxivat de l'original el 16 March 2003.«Pokémon softens its violence with sweetness. Like Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers, Pokémon is packed with battle scenes. But it is far gentler. Pokémon never die, they only "faint".»
Masuda, Junichi.«No. 233».gamefreak.co.jp,21 gener 2013. Arxivat de l'original el 23 març 2020.«Pokémon X and Pokémon Y–the evolved sixth generation of Pokémon.»
