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  1. Hello everyone! This thread is for posting and discussing episodes of my new Sonic replay/rewatch/reread podcast, Deep Dive Zone! Youtube Twitter Old (outdated) concepts/ideas post:
  2. Japanese retailers have begun listing the fifth DVD release of Sonic X episodes, with brand new cover art to tease what's inside. As you can see here, Sonic X DVD Volume 5 in Japan features Tails, Amy and King Boom Boo on the cover. The Hi-Spec Edition of Volume 5 will cost ¥5,040 (if you're looking to import this, this doesn't include any shipping charges so bear that in mind), and is scheduled for a release on 21st November 2003. It includes four episodes, as well as bonuses such as Sonic Heroes and Sonic Battle game introductions, 'Sonic English' and more: Episode 18 : "The Great Duel in the Savannah!" Episode 19: "King Boo, the Ghost of the Ancient Castle" Episode 20: "Sortie! Egg Fort II" Episode 21: "Speed Battle! Sonic vs. Sam" You can order it here. Meanwhile, pre-orders are also going live for Sonic X Volume 3 DVD in Japan, via SEGA Direct's online shopping site. This one will release on 25th September and will cost ¥4,800 (excluding tax). See that one here.
  3. Ryan Drummond, Sonic the Hedgehog's video game voice actor since Sonic Adventure, has confirmed that he is not lending his talents to the English dub of Sonic X. On his official website, Drummond explains the reasons for this as a means to end any rumours about his involvement in the new show. It's a real shame, but not unexpected - voice files leaked ahead of the Episode 1 Fox Box premiere that suggested that Drummond was not the man behind Sonic this time around. It's now been fully confirmed that a new actor has taken his place. His full statement, found on his official website, can be found below.
  4. Previously, we reported that a number of DIC DVD releases for Super Mario and Legend of Zelda will include various bonus episodes from Sonic Underground. Today, we've learned that more home video releases will also feature bonus episodes from the musical-sibling cartoon. According to a post on Sonic HQ by Kanshisha, alongside Mario and Zelda there will be two Sonic-related DVD releases that will feature extra bonus episodes. One of them is actually a Super Mario episode within a Sonic Underground DVD release. Which is a bit confusing, but anyway. Here's the full list. Sonic Underground - Dr. Robotnik's Revenge Episodes: Beginnings Hedgehog's Home is Her Castle Mobodoon DVD Bonus: Super Mario Bros - Do You Princess Toadstool, Take This Koopa Sonic Christmas Blast Episodes: Sonic Xmas Blast Three Hedgehogs and a Baby Price of Freedom DVD Bonus: Sonic Underground - Mummy Dearest Super Mario Bros: DVD Bonus: Sonic Underground - Sonic Tonic The Legend of Zelda: DVD Bonus: Sonic Underground - Wedding Bell Blues / To Catch A Queen
  5. We have some more information on the supposed 'Sneak Peek' of Sonic X that we reported on earlier this week, and it's a very good surprise! Because the special preview on Fox Box airing on August 23 is in fact the entire first episode of the series! A synopsis of the first episode is below, courtesy of Animation Insider: Two other shows will be getting the same treatment on Fox Box; Funky Cops and Shaman King will all get similar Sneak Peeks throughout August. But it's Sonic X we all really care about, isn't it? Sonic X will start airing fully on Fox Box after the Sneak Peek from September 1.
  6. Fox Box has revealed that a special Sneak Peek of the US dub of Sonic X will air later this year, ahead of the Season Premiere of the series. The specific dates were published on the Fox Box website. The Sneak Peek will happen on August 23rd, and the Season Premiere will launch on Fox Box on September 6. Below is some detail from the site: Who's excited!?
  7. Mario and Sonic? Together at last? Well, sort of. In a strange turn of events, it has been discovered that a couple of episodes of DiC's "Sonic Underground" have been included as bonuses in Nintendo cartoon DVDs - namely those for Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda. The discovery comes from 'Jason Hill' on Sonic HQ, who reported that the "Mario DVD" contains the episode, 'Sonic Tonic' and the "Zelda DVD" contains both 'To Catch a Queen' and 'Wedding Bell Blues'. It was not specified which particular DVD releases these episodes are included on, but apparently the quality of the Sonic Underground episodes were not exactly top notch. "I've seen these episodes and they did a quick transfer to the point [where] they didn't fix the problems with the episodes... but [they're] still watchable," Hill wrote. There's probably a reason for the episodes' seemingly-random inclusion: there's apparently a new Sonic Underground DVD coming out soon, as it is mentioned "on the back of both [Mario and Zelda] DVDs." No other information is available on this upcoming release, except the title: "Sonic Underground: Dr. Robotnik's Revenge".
  8. Netflix debuted a new trailer for what is, at the moment, the final batch of episodes of Sonic Prime (barring a renewal). In it, we get to see the results of Nine's betrayal, and where this whole thing is going: Green Hill is disintegrating, Nine is seeking to build a new world in The Grim, Sonic's trying to stabilize the shatter spaces, and there are new robot versions of some of Sonic's friends! Oh, and Shadow is there, since he has some how managed to get into the Grim himself. Check out screens from the trailer below: The trailer does have not have a release date beyond "coming soon," though it's probably safe to assume this thing isn't dropping in October. Check out the trailer here: Sonic News Tips Credit: ShinyGems Original Post Content: View full story
  9. Netflix debuted a new trailer for what is, at the moment, the final batch of episodes of Sonic Prime (barring a renewal). In it, we get to see the results of Nine's betrayal, and where this whole thing is going: Green Hill is disintegrating, Nine is seeking to build a new world in The Grim, Sonic's trying to stabilize the shatter spaces, and there are new robot versions of some of Sonic's friends! Oh, and Shadow is there, since he has some how managed to get into the Grim himself. Check out screens from the trailer below: The trailer does have not have a release date beyond "coming soon," though it's probably safe to assume this thing isn't dropping in October. Check out the trailer here:
  10. Did you know that Netflix is hosting a special preview event tomorrow for its latest projects? Well, neither did we but we do now! At this upcoming showcase, called "Drop 01", the video company is planning to show off a sneak peek of some brand new episodes of Sonic Prime. Sonic Prime will be one of the animated shows that is being highlighted at the Netflix event, and chances are that whatever teasers they have planned will point to a new "third season" of the series. If so, it'll be a dramatically shorter wait for this compared to the seven-month drought we had to endure to catch the last season (if you recall, the first eight episodes of Prime launched in December 2022, with a further eight - "Season 2" - arriving in July 2023). You'll be able to watch the Netflix Drop 01 showcase on Wednesday 27 September from 9am PT / 5pm UK, on the Netflix YouTube channel. What are we hoping to see? Let us know in the comments section below - and remember to use spoiler tags, just in case your fellow Sonic fan (i.e. me) hasn't caught up yet! Original Post Content: View full story
  11. Did you know that Netflix is hosting a special preview event tomorrow for its latest projects? Well, neither did we but we do now! At this upcoming showcase, called "Drop 01", the video company is planning to show off a sneak peek of some brand new episodes of Sonic Prime. Sonic Prime will be one of the animated shows that is being highlighted at the Netflix event, and chances are that whatever teasers they have planned will point to a new "third season" of the series. If so, it'll be a dramatically shorter wait for this compared to the seven-month drought we had to endure to catch the last season (if you recall, the first eight episodes of Prime launched in December 2022, with a further eight - "Season 2" - arriving in July 2023). You'll be able to watch the Netflix Drop 01 showcase on Wednesday 27 September from 9am PT / 5pm UK, on the Netflix YouTube channel. What are we hoping to see? Let us know in the comments section below - and remember to use spoiler tags, just in case your fellow Sonic fan (i.e. me) hasn't caught up yet!
  12. We may not have a trailer yet, but we do have yet another tiny teaser for Sonic Prime! This one confirms Big the Cat, and also gives us a taste of his voice. Check out the footage below! Unfortunately, no date was revealed. The hosts did state that the show would focus on Sonic rescuing his friends, and that he may be taking them for granted at the start of the series.
  13. Sonic fans are having a great year for content: we're less than two weeks away from the release of Sonic Frontiers and less than two months away from Netflix's Sonic Prime. The new animated series just dropped a one-minute trailer during Netflix's animation Twitch stream. The trailer highlights the action in the series along with the main plot. Sonic, having smashed the "Paradox Prism" is transported to a new dimension with his friends including Tails, Amy, Knuckles, and Rouge. The series also received an official release date: December 15. Check out the link below to see the full trailer.
  14. With Sonic Prime approaching quickly (a week from now, if you're counting), Netflix After School has shared another clip of Sonic's alternate reality adventures, this time focusing on a Tails that never knew Sonic. Featuring sprite art flashbacks and striking consistency with the new cutscenes features in Sonic Origins, the "Eggman Council" universe twists Tails' backstory. Without Sonic protecting and inspiring him as a child, he used his technical skills to shelter himself away and defend himself from bullies, leading him to develop his mecha-kitsune spider legs. The first part of Sonic Prime premieres Dec. 15 on Netflix, with a special preview this Saturday within Roblox' Sonic Speed Simulator.
  15. Sonic Prime’s road to release has been excessively weird for me to experience as a Sonic Stadium writer, with an exceptionally strange advertising campaign. Yet I never for a moment thought that this show would make me watch its first episode inside a semi-official Sonic game built within a game making app. But it did, so I might as well talk about it! And my verdict on that episode? It’s good! The first episode, titled “Shattered,” sets up a character-driven adventure, that’s full of extremely well-animated action and is easily the most game-accurate version of the blue blur’s world ever put to screen. The writing, which is handled by Man of Action Studios, has plenty of heart, and while the humor isn’t usually laugh out loud funny, it’s also never painful. There’s solid drama and character moments to be had here, giving even non-Sonic fans something to get invested in. Ultimately, Sonic Prime reminds me of some of MoA’s better shows, more along the lines of Ben 10: Alien Force then Ultimate Spider-man. What I find most interesting about the episode is that it pretty explicitly sets up an arc for Sonic. Here, Sonic is arrogant and cocky, and clearly takes his friends for granted. In essence, Sonic has notable character flaws now! I’m sure some Sonic fans will take issue with this change, especially given that this is supposed to be canon to the games, but if Sonic Prime is going to work as a story focused on drama and character, it needs a way for its main character to develop! Prime gives this version of Sonic a way to positively grow and change as a person, without changing him so fundamentally that he doesn’t feel like Sonic anymore. And really, he does still feel like Sonic. Plenty of media in both the west and Japan has portrayed Sonic with a cocky attitude, but even now he is still incredibly confident in his abilities. Prime Sonic also still loves his friends and adventure, and has a great time kicking Eggman’s butt. Prime Sonic is still Sonic, just maybe…a little less mature. Or maybe he’s grown overconfident after years of effortlessly besting Eggman. I don’t know, my personal head canon doesn’t have much issue linking Sonic Prime with the existing games & comics canon. This doesn’t feel like whole new version of Sonic, but more like a version of game/IDW Sonic who is in a different place in his life. Aside from Sonic himself, Tails is the clear focus of Shattered, and he is great. In fact, this is probably my favorite version of Tails ever put to screen. Prime Tails feels absolutely dead-on to his game counterpart, a fine mix of brother-in-arms and boy genius sidekick. Once we get to the dystopian universe, Tails’ counterpart “Nine” takes center stage, giving us a look at a tragic version of the character who didn’t have Sonic around to help him growing up. The juxtaposition between Tails and Nine is interesting to see, and the revelation of what happened to Nine without Sonic, and Sonic’s reaction to it, is truly heartbreaking. Tails and Sonic’s brotherly bond is the heart of this episode, and if this is how Sonic Prime will be treating Sonic’s interactions with his other friends, we are in for some truly great stuff once the full show launches tomorrow. We don’t see much of Sonic’s other friends and enemies, but they also seem to be pretty accurate to their game counterparts, though Knuckles’ guardianship of the Master Emerald is left ambiguous. The show treats Knuckles just like Sonic’s other friends: a protector of Green Hill. Hopefully, his lore won’t be ignored once the show turns its focus to him. Dr. Eggman’s great, and anyone who was disappointed by how much more subdued he was in Frontiers will love how consistently over-the-top he is in Prime. Shattered’s got peak mad scientist Eggman, complete with his usual “messing with powers he does not understand” schtick. And “The Council” of Eggmen we get in the dystopian universe, while not especially interesting as foils to Eggman, is at least fun. Amy and Rouge are also solid, though aside from the superb performances from their voice actors, we don’t get much. Speaking of voice acting, this may very well be the most consistent cast we’ve ever gotten in a Sonic property since at least the days of Sonic SatAM. Devin Mack is an excellent Sonic, practically a middle ground between Roger Craig Smith and Ben Schwarz. He’s got great emotive range, which is key to some of the best moments in this show. Really, in terms of the quality of their performances, this goes for just about everybody. Ashleigh Ball’s Tails and Shannon Chan-Kent’s Amy Rose are both great, and Kazumi Evan’s Rouge may very well be the best the character has ever sounded. Vincent Tong’s Knuckles is solid, though his voice does sound a little…too deep, though I suspect I’ll get used to it as the show goes on. Top all this off with Brian Drummond’s wonderfully bombastic performance, and Sonic Prime truly feels like it has an all-star cast. Finally…we have the animation. Wildbrain has bragged about using Sonic Prime to refine their CG animation to movie quality and…yeah, I can tell. Even through Roblox’s weird compression and color issues, this show looks great. It is a genuine shame I had to experience it for the first time this way, because a Sonic show has never looked this good before. The models are gorgeous, and the sheer fluidity of the movement of everything in this is simply superb. The body language, the expressions, the action, it all animates so beautifully in a way that we rarely see in CG animation made for TV. While it is possible that the other episodes won’t look this good, Shattered leaves a heck of a first impression. So, I’ve had a lot of positive things to say about Sonic Prime’s first episode so far…but I do have some issues. In addition to the humor not always landing, the story makes one very odd choice: it chooses to center everything around Green Hill. Sonic doesn’t protect the world, he protects Green Hill. Eggman isn’t seeking to conquer the world, but transform Green Hill into a technological dystopia. Sonic opens the show talking about how great Green Hill is. When Sonic is transported to the dystopian universe, he realizes this by recognizing multiple Green Hill locations. Green Hill is pretty clearly the primary location where all these characters operate, which is strange considering even in the first game Sonic traveled across an entire island of locations, of which Green Hill was just one. It seems pretty clear that Sonic Prime is trying to simplify aspects of the lore to ease in non-Sonic fans, much like the first Sonic movie did. Even so, obsessing over Green Hill as the location simply feels like an odd choice. It seems the show is trying to utilize Sonic’s emotional investment in the location to more effectively invest viewers, but that simply doesn’t seem necessary when Sonic’s friends being changed and transported into a dystopia is enough on its own. Ultimately though, this one complaint of mine isn’t likely to ruin the show, especially given that we will still be seeing loads of different locations, pirate universe included. Honestly, it’s genuinely nice seeing Green Hill in a Sonic cartoon for the first time, and even though the lore feels simplified, this still manages to feel like an adventure straight out of the games, which is something I’ve never been able to say about a Sonic show before! On the whole, Sonic Prime has left a very good first impression on me. I’ve watched every Sonic show to ever release since I was a kid in the 90s, but I’ve only ever enjoyed two of them: Sonic SatAM & Sonic Boom. Sonic Prime not only seems set to join that shortlist, it at least feels like it has the potential to be at the top of it. I eagerly await the first batch of episodes! Sonic Prime’s first 8 episodes will release tomorrow, on December 15. We will have a proper review of all 8 episodes at a later date.
  16. We might not be seeing any new SatAM DVD releases anytime soon, but there is some Sonic the Hedgehog-shaped light on the cartoon horizon, as DiC has apparently confirmed that it will be looking to releasing DVDs of Sonic Underground in its place. Community SatAM advocate "Sonique" has been in touch with the animation company and shared an email she received about the situation on Ken Penders' message board: Last time we reported on this, it was said that SEGA blocked the release of any SatAM DVDs. That could still be the case, as the email mentioned "third party rights", but the fact remains that until the disputes with these third parties are resolved, we won't be seeing any more SatAM. Still, at least we can catch up on Sonic Underground. Source: Sonique (via Sonic HQ)
  17. It was all going so well. After releasing a couple of box sets in the US, DIC Entertainment has apparently told the SatAM fanbase that it is unable to release any more DVDs due to a refusal by SEGA to continue working with the license. The news comes from prominent SatAM community members Sonique of Fans United for SatAM and Kanshisha of the SatAM Network, who have been in communication with DIC since the DVDs were first announced. "DiC Entertainment has been informed by Sega that they refuse to allow the release of another Sat-AM DVD. This is a shock as UAV Entertainment Corp was near completing the DVD along with Super Mario Bros and Legend of Zelda," Kanshisha wrote on Sonic HQ. Sonique had a few more choice words to say. "Time to protest! ... I'm angry now, but I promise you all as the lead person of the SatAM world, we will get this DVD out. I don't know how, but we will." Maybe there's just been a bit of a communications snafu? Hopefully we can get this resolved soon and more Sonic DVDs can be released.
  18. Anyone thinking that the new Sonic X cartoon will have a link to the video games will be disappointed, as Sonic Team head Yuji Naka confirmed that the show will be unrelated to the antics of the blue blur on consoles. "There are no ties to the game [in Sonic X]," Naka said at a press conference hosted by SEGA and TV Tokyo. "I am a fan of the games, and we created this show with the games in mind, but outside of that is a completely new world. "By using an alternative dimension, it gives the writers a chance to do some really interesting things using a 'different Sonic'," the developer added, referring specifically to the use of the 'X' in the show's title. The music of Sonic X was also discussed at the press conference. The opening theme was reportedly done by Hironobu Kageyama and Hideaki Takatori. SEGA also announced that the animation is "very important" to the company, and are looking into requests from North America, Europe and Asia to air the show in those markets. Source: ZDNet Japan (via The GHZ)
  19. Still feeling super-nostalgic for the 1993 Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon series? Well get ready, because it sounds like DiC is not quite done re-releasing the animation on DVD, with more box sets apparently on the way before the end of the year. SatAM fansite 'Fans United for SatAM' recently wrote a letter to DiC Entertainment asking whether there will be more DVD releases of the show coming. Company rep Don Gold confirmed with FUS' Sonique Hedgehog with the reply below. "Hi. Yes, there will be more Sonic DVDs coming. Hopefully by the end of the year." Sonique followed up by asking for clarification on which series the DVDs will be based on - Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (AoStH), Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM's official title) or Sonic Underground - and Gold responded with "from Sonic the Hedgehog". That's all we got so far. No further details were revealed, including which episodes will be on these new DVD releases. Actually, we don't even know if these are heading to the UK at all or if it's just US (although there are hints that some DVD sets are coming to the UK soon). As soon as we hear more, we'll let you guys know. Source: FUS (via Sonic HQ)
  20. Canadian fans might want to keep an eye on their television sets this week, because it looks like everyone's favourite sibling cartoon adventure Sonic Underground has returned for a daily re-run. According to 'Ronic Warihog' on Sonic HQ, episodes of Sonic Underground have been airing on the TELETOON channel at 7:00am Eastern Time, Monday - Friday. No clue if this will be a permanent fixture, and with DVDs for these shows incredibly hard to come by this might be the perfect chance for anyone who missed out to catch up on Sonic's quest to find his royal mother. Source: Sonic HQ
  21. Sonic Prime’s road to release has been excessively weird for me to experience as a Sonic Stadium writer, with an exceptionally strange advertising campaign. Yet I never for a moment thought that this show would make me watch its first episode inside a semi-official Sonic game built within a game making app. But it did, so I might as well talk about it! And my verdict on that episode? It’s good! The first episode, titled “Shattered,” sets up a character-driven adventure, that’s full of extremely well-animated action and is easily the most game-accurate version of the blue blur’s world ever put to screen. The writing, which is handled by Man of Action Studios, has plenty of heart, and while the humor isn’t usually laugh out loud funny, it’s also never painful. There’s solid drama and character moments to be had here, giving even non-Sonic fans something to get invested in. Ultimately, Sonic Prime reminds me of some of MoA’s better shows, more along the lines of Ben 10: Alien Force then Ultimate Spider-man. What I find most interesting about the episode is that it pretty explicitly sets up an arc for Sonic. Here, Sonic is arrogant and cocky, and clearly takes his friends for granted. In essence, Sonic has notable character flaws now! I’m sure some Sonic fans will take issue with this change, especially given that this is supposed to be canon to the games, but if Sonic Prime is going to work as a story focused on drama and character, it needs a way for its main character to develop! Prime gives this version of Sonic a way to positively grow and change as a person, without changing him so fundamentally that he doesn’t feel like Sonic anymore. And really, he does still feel like Sonic. Plenty of media in both the west and Japan has portrayed Sonic with a cocky attitude, but even now he is still incredibly confident in his abilities. Prime Sonic also still loves his friends and adventure, and has a great time kicking Eggman’s butt. Prime Sonic is still Sonic, just maybe…a little less mature. Or maybe he’s grown overconfident after years of effortlessly besting Eggman. I don’t know, my personal head canon doesn’t have much issue linking Sonic Prime with the existing games & comics canon. This doesn’t feel like whole new version of Sonic, but more like a version of game/IDW Sonic who is in a different place in his life. Aside from Sonic himself, Tails is the clear focus of Shattered, and he is great. In fact, this is probably my favorite version of Tails ever put to screen. Prime Tails feels absolutely dead-on to his game counterpart, a fine mix of brother-in-arms and boy genius sidekick. Once we get to the dystopian universe, Tails’ counterpart “Nine” takes center stage, giving us a look at a tragic version of the character who didn’t have Sonic around to help him growing up. The juxtaposition between Tails and Nine is interesting to see, and the revelation of what happened to Nine without Sonic, and Sonic’s reaction to it, is truly heartbreaking. Tails and Sonic’s brotherly bond is the heart of this episode, and if this is how Sonic Prime will be treating Sonic’s interactions with his other friends, we are in for some truly great stuff once the full show launches tomorrow. We don’t see much of Sonic’s other friends and enemies, but they also seem to be pretty accurate to their game counterparts, though Knuckles’ guardianship of the Master Emerald is left ambiguous. The show treats Knuckles just like Sonic’s other friends: a protector of Green Hill. Hopefully, his lore won’t be ignored once the show turns its focus to him. Dr. Eggman’s great, and anyone who was disappointed by how much more subdued he was in Frontiers will love how consistently over-the-top he is in Prime. Shattered’s got peak mad scientist Eggman, complete with his usual “messing with powers he does not understand” schtick. And “The Council” of Eggmen we get in the dystopian universe, while not especially interesting as foils to Eggman, is at least fun. Amy and Rouge are also solid, though aside from the superb performances from their voice actors, we don’t get much. Speaking of voice acting, this may very well be the most consistent cast we’ve ever gotten in a Sonic property since at least the days of Sonic SatAM. Devin Mack is an excellent Sonic, practically a middle ground between Roger Craig Smith and Ben Schwarz. He’s got great emotive range, which is key to some of the best moments in this show. Really, in terms of the quality of their performances, this goes for just about everybody. Ashleigh Ball’s Tails and Shannon Chan-Kent’s Amy Rose are both great, and Kazumi Evan’s Rouge may very well be the best the character has ever sounded. Vincent Tong’s Knuckles is solid, though his voice does sound a little…too deep, though I suspect I’ll get used to it as the show goes on. Top all this off with Brian Drummond’s wonderfully bombastic performance, and Sonic Prime truly feels like it has an all-star cast. Finally…we have the animation. Wildbrain has bragged about using Sonic Prime to refine their CG animation to movie quality and…yeah, I can tell. Even through Roblox’s weird compression and color issues, this show looks great. It is a genuine shame I had to experience it for the first time this way, because a Sonic show has never looked this good before. The models are gorgeous, and the sheer fluidity of the movement of everything in this is simply superb. The body language, the expressions, the action, it all animates so beautifully in a way that we rarely see in CG animation made for TV. While it is possible that the other episodes won’t look this good, Shattered leaves a heck of a first impression. So, I’ve had a lot of positive things to say about Sonic Prime’s first episode so far…but I do have some issues. In addition to the humor not always landing, the story makes one very odd choice: it chooses to center everything around Green Hill. Sonic doesn’t protect the world, he protects Green Hill. Eggman isn’t seeking to conquer the world, but transform Green Hill into a technological dystopia. Sonic opens the show talking about how great Green Hill is. When Sonic is transported to the dystopian universe, he realizes this by recognizing multiple Green Hill locations. Green Hill is pretty clearly the primary location where all these characters operate, which is strange considering even in the first game Sonic traveled across an entire island of locations, of which Green Hill was just one. It seems pretty clear that Sonic Prime is trying to simplify aspects of the lore to ease in non-Sonic fans, much like the first Sonic movie did. Even so, obsessing over Green Hill as the location simply feels like an odd choice. It seems the show is trying to utilize Sonic’s emotional investment in the location to more effectively invest viewers, but that simply doesn’t seem necessary when Sonic’s friends being changed and transported into a dystopia is enough on its own. Ultimately though, this one complaint of mine isn’t likely to ruin the show, especially given that we will still be seeing loads of different locations, pirate universe included. Honestly, it’s genuinely nice seeing Green Hill in a Sonic cartoon for the first time, and even though the lore feels simplified, this still manages to feel like an adventure straight out of the games, which is something I’ve never been able to say about a Sonic show before! On the whole, Sonic Prime has left a very good first impression on me. I’ve watched every Sonic show to ever release since I was a kid in the 90s, but I’ve only ever enjoyed two of them: Sonic SatAM & Sonic Boom. Sonic Prime not only seems set to join that shortlist, it at least feels like it has the potential to be at the top of it. I eagerly await the first batch of episodes! Sonic Prime’s first 8 episodes will release tomorrow, on December 15. We will have a proper review of all 8 episodes at a later date. View full story
  22. With Sonic Prime approaching quickly (a week from now, if you're counting), Netflix After School has shared another clip of Sonic's alternate reality adventures, this time focusing on a Tails that never knew Sonic. Featuring sprite art flashbacks and striking consistency with the new cutscenes features in Sonic Origins, the "Eggman Council" universe twists Tails' backstory. Without Sonic protecting and inspiring him as a child, he used his technical skills to shelter himself away and defend himself from bullies, leading him to develop his mecha-kitsune spider legs. The first part of Sonic Prime premieres Dec. 15 on Netflix, with a special preview this Saturday within Roblox' Sonic Speed Simulator. View full story
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    Sonic Boom (TV Series)

    Summary coming soon.
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    Sonic X

    Summary coming soon.
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    Sonic Underground

    This cartoon is probably the most bittersweet of the lot. Despised by many Sonic fans for it's absolute zero loyalty to the games, this show goes even further than the Sonic Anime and places Sonic in a different role in a completely different universe whatsoever. Did I mention he has a brother and sister, is the son of the Queen, and plays music? This is probably the most... daring game to cartoon adaptations ever made.
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