Sonic R Sonic Channel Fails to Feel The Sunshine With Creepy Tails Doll Anniversary Art

[Dreadknux]

This month's commemorative art piece from Sonic Channel is appropriately spooky given the time of year it is, with a new drawing of the emotionless and haunting Tails Doll representing the 26th Anniversary of Sonic R.

The description on the official Sonic Channel social media account points out the Tails Doll's "adorable figure and jet black eyes"... I think what Sonic Team means to say here is "soul-piercing stare". At least we agree that the characters' look is quite 'captivating'... but no! That's how it gets you! Stay away!

While we try to not look directly at the Tails Doll picture above, let's celebrate the 26th Anniversary of Sega Saturn classic, Sonic R! A machine-translated version of the official Sonic post accompanying this artwork can be found below.

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This month's release commemorative illustration series
Delivering illustrations commemorating "Sonic R" released in 1997

A free racing game where characters and racing machines mix together

Tails doll that appears in this work
Her adorable figure and jet black eyes are the key points 
As I looked at it for a long time, I was gradually captivated by it...Would you like to come? 

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He has no mouth but will make you scream

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[castell-neath]

Ahh...Tails Doll. So cool he has a cameo in Superstars!

[Shiny Gems]

I loved Sonic R as a kid! It was short, but still a great game to me! I was not much into Tails Doll, though, but he was cool in a way.

[ShadowForever]

Pretty cute for Tails Doll, you know...

Edit: Wait, Tails Doll is "her"? Or it's just Google translate?

Edited November 2, 2023 by ShadowForever

[Salamander]

23 minutes ago, ShadowForever said:

Edit: Wait, Tails Doll is "her"? Or it's just Google translate?

I understand that Google Translate is notoriously error-prone when it comes to translating pronouns, so - probably.

[Kittea]

The art is pretty cute actually ^^ I have my fair share of soul staring plushies.

[Starry Skydancer]

Japanese does not have gendered second-person pronouns, in those cases the translator picks the pronoun that seems most probable.

I like the art style.

Edited November 3, 2023 by Starry Skydancer

[Shiny Gems]

1 hour ago, ShadowForever said:

Pretty cute for Tails Doll, you know...

Edit: Wait, Tails Doll is "her"? Or it's just Google translate?

I was confused about it too, actually. I ended up not thinking so, and Google Translate is flawed. There is also this thing Starry Skydancer said.

2 minutes ago, Starry Skydancer said:

Japanese does not have gendered second-person pronouns, in those cases the translator picks the pronoun that seems to fit.

I like the art style.