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But As of May 2009, 4Kids Entertainment still owns the North American rights to the Sonic Series.
But As of May 2009, 4Kids Entertainment still owns the North American rights to the Sonic Series.


Also, in some Japan episodes, somebody says "Shit!" because "Shit" isn't a bad word in Japan, and the anime was made for teens in Japan. In America, it is edited.
== Theme songs ==
== Theme songs ==
For the [[United Kingdom]], [[Australia]], [[Latin America]], much of [[Europe]], and [[Brazil]], the opening song was performed by a female singer repeating the show's title numerous times, the U.S. ending theme was kept, however, and all of the inserts were edited out of the English version.
For the [[United Kingdom]], [[Australia]], [[Latin America]], much of [[Europe]], and [[Brazil]], the opening song was performed by a female singer repeating the show's title numerous times, the U.S. ending theme was kept, however, and all of the inserts were edited out of the English version.

Revision as of 17:49, 4 June 2009

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Sonic X
File:Sx-index.jpg
The main characters of Sonic X.
ソニックX
(Sonikku Ekkusu)
GenreAction Adventure, Science fiction
Anime
Directed byHajime Kamegaki
StudioJapan Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Released April 6, 2003 – May 6, 2006 2009 - Present

Sonic X (ソニックX, Sonikku Ekkusu) is an anime series that is adapted from the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. It was produced in Japan by TMS Entertainment with the partnership of Sonic Team. So far, this is the only TV appearance of Amy Rose, Cream the Rabbit, Shadow the Hedgehog, and Rouge the Bat.

Plot synopsis

Series 1 (Seasons 1-2)

During a mission to rescue Cream the Rabbit and Cheese the Chao from Dr. Eggman's headquarters, Sonic and his friends are caught in an explosion that transports them to what seems to be another dimension. While Sonic is exploring this new place, he meets with a man named Sam Speed. Sam and his team, called The S Team, chase after Sonic because he looks so strange. While being chased, Sonic jumps onto one of The S Teams' F1 race cars and says, "Kids, don't use formula one race cars to chase hedgehogs." The S Team fails at catching Sonic, but Sonic runs into trouble when he falls into a swimming pool. Luckily, Sonic's life is eventually saved from drowning by a twelve year old boy named Christopher Thorndyke. Chris lives in a mansion owned by his two celebrity parents with his inventor grandfather. Chris aids Sonic in locating his friends, and it is not long before Dr. Eggman reappears. Sonic and Eggman race to collect all the Chaos Emeralds in the first 26 episodes and eventually, all of the Chaos Emeralds are retrieved and Chaos Control warped parts of their home to Earth (like Angel Island). In the end, Chris' grandfather invents a portal to send Sonic and everything else from his world back to where they came from. Before he leaves, Chris shuts down the portal leading to Sonic's world because he does not want Sonic to abandon him like his parents did. Eventually, Chris comes to terms with his feelings and Sonic returns to his own dimension.

At the beginning of the first season, when Sonic and co. are transported to Chris's world, Sonic's group gets into trouble with the police and are hiding out in Chris's house, where only Chris, his grandfather, and their maid and butler know of their existence. Eventually, however, they are accepted as heroes and celebrities, with the entire city knowing about them. The second season features plots based on Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, and Sonic Battle.

Series 2 (Season 3)

File:Season3pan.jpg
Left to right: Tails, Amy, Knuckles, Sonic, Cosmo, Cream and Cheese.

It has been years since Sonic and friends returned to their dimension. Chris is now eighteen and has been working on repairing his grandfather's dimensional portal. A plant being named Cosmo arrives on Sonic's planet, looking for the one who can wield the powers of the Chaos Emeralds. Sonic, having been nearly defeated by a new enemy called Dark Oak, scatters the Chaos Emeralds across the galaxy to prevent Dark Oak from using their power. When Chris uses the portal, he suddenly finds himself in Sonic's world. His age has reversed back to the age when he met Sonic. However, Chris still has all his memories of the years since. To Sonic, only six months had passed. During their reunion, Dark Oak and his Metarex army (similar to the Black Arms from the Sonic games) attacks and steal the "Planet Egg" from Sonic's planet. Without the Egg, all the plants on the planet wither. Once again, Sonic and friends venture into space to retrieve the Chaos Emeralds. After many run-ins with Dr. Eggman and the pursuing Metarex, Cosmo is eventually unveiled as an unwilling spy for the Metarex, who are part of the same race of anthropomorphic plants that Cosmo from. When the Metarex enact a plan that could destroy the universe, Cosmo sacrifices herself with the help of Super Sonic and Super Shadow, and her essence is manifested in the form of a seed. With Metarex destroyed, Eggman helps Chris to be sent back home. Soon thereafter, Dr. Eggman revives his previous rivalry with Sonic, albeit a light-hearted one. The series ends with numerous cliffhangers, such as the whereabouts of Chris and Shadow and what happened to the seed that Cosmo gave Tails.

List of characters

Major

Minor

Exclusive characters

American version

Further information: 4Kids_Entertainment § Editorial_practices

In 2003, 4Kids Entertainment and VIZ Media co-licensed Sonic X for the United States, with the series being distributed and licensed on DVD by FUNimation, Alliance Films (Canada) and Paramount Home Entertainment (UK). The episodes were then localized for the intended demographic, including the complete replacement of the score, as well as removing suggestive content and changing the fate of several characters, as well as editing the story to be much lighter and younger in tone for US Release. For example, Maria Robotnik is originally killed aboard the Space Colony ARK, while in the edited version, she is merely captured.[1] Her death remains intact in the video games where the series was adapted from.[2] Other continuity errors include mislabelling "Chaos Control" as Doctor Eggman's base. While both English and Japanese characters were digitally removed or replaced with incoherent symbols, Chinese characters were unedited in The Adventures of Knuckles and Hawk, in coherence with the episode's setting.

4Kids did not cast the voice actors from the Sonic games and went with their in-house VAs. Mike Pollock, the current voice actor for Doctor Eggman, stated during an interview that he was provided samples of the game's voice overs as a reference.[3] The original 4Kids cast included Jason Griffith (as Sonic and Shadow), Lisa Ortiz (as Amy), Amy Palant (as Tails), Dan Green (as Knuckles), Rebecca Handler (as Cream), and Mike Pollock (as Dr. Eggman). When a producer for the series was asked about any prior experience with the Sonic franchise, he replied, "I've never played the game, seen the series or read the comics."[4]

But As of May 2009, 4Kids Entertainment still owns the North American rights to the Sonic Series.

Also, in some Japan episodes, somebody says "Shit!" because "Shit" isn't a bad word in Japan, and the anime was made for teens in Japan. In America, it is edited.

Theme songs

For the United Kingdom, Australia, Latin America, much of Europe, and Brazil, the opening song was performed by a female singer repeating the show's title numerous times, the U.S. ending theme was kept, however, and all of the inserts were edited out of the English version.

U.S.

  • Opening
  1. "Gotta Go Fast" by Norman J. Grossfeld, Joseph Garrity, and Russell Velázquez
  • Ending
  1. "Gotta Go Fast" (shortened version) by Norman J. Grossfeld, Joseph Garrity, and Russell Velázquez

Japan

  • Opening
  1. "SONIC DRIVE" by Hironobu Kageyama & Hideaki Takatori
  1. Intro Version 1 (eps. 1-26)
  2. Intro Version 2 (eps. 27-78)
  • Endings
  1. "Mi-Ra-I" by:RUN&GUN(English translation: "Future") (eps. 1–13)
  2. "Hikaru Michi" by Aya Hiroshige (English translation: "The Shining Road") (eps. 14–39 and 53–78)
  3. "T.O.P" by KP & URU (eps. 40–52)
  • Inserts
  1. "Kotoba ni Dekinai" by OFF COURSE (Episode 26) (TV-Tokyo Broadcast Only)
  2. "Live & Learn" by Crush 40 (Episode 38) (From Sonic Adventure 2)
  3. "Natsu no Hi" by OFF COURSE (Episode 52) (International and TV-Tokyo Broadcast Only)
  4. "Midori no Hibi" by OFF COURSE (Episode 52) (TV-Tokyo Broadcast Only)
  5. "Event: The Last Scene" by Fumie Kumatani (Episode 52) (From Sonic Adventure 2) (Japanese DVD and International Broadcasts Only)
  6. "Fakery Way...for Twinkle Park" by Jun Senoue (Episode 68, 76) (From Sonic Adventure)
  7. "Event : Defeat of the Ultimate Lifeform" by Jun Senoue and Fumie Kumatani (Episode 68) (From Sonic Adventure 2)
  8. "Event : Keeping my promises" (Episode 68) (From Sonic Adventure 2)
  9. "Vengeance is Mine...for Radical Highway" by Jun Senoue (Episode 72) (From Sonic Adventure 2)
  10. "3 Black Noises" by Jun Senoue (Episode 72) (From Sonic Adventure 2)
  11. "Boss : Chaos ver.0, 2, 4" by Jun Senoue (Episode 73) (From Sonic Adventure)
  12. "SONIC DRIVE" by Hironobu Kageyama & Hideaki Takatori (Episodes 1, 42, 48, 52 [Hironobu Kageyama only/instrumental], 72)

Europe/Australia

  • Opening
  1. "Sonic X" by Jetix
  • Ending
  1. "Gotta Go Fast" (shortened version) by Norman J. Grossfeld, Joseph Garrity, and Russell Velázquez

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France

  • Opening of TF1
  1. "SONIC DRIVE" by Hironobu Kageyama & Hideaki Takatori; sung in French by Claude Vallois (Lyrics completely modified but same music)
  • Intro Version 1 (eps. 1-26) First Season
  • Intro Version 2 only seen in episode 39, also eps. 67-74
  • Opening of Jetix
  1. "Sonic X" by Jetix
  • Endings
  1. "Mi-Ra-I" by:RUN&GUN (English translation: "Future") (eps. 1–13) instrumental version
  2. "Hikaru Michi" by Aya Hiroshige (English translation: "The Shining Road") (eps. 14–39 and 53–78) instrumental version
  3. "T.O.P" by KP & URU (eps. 40–52) instrumental version
  • Inserts
  1. "Live & Learn" by Crush 40 (Episode 38) (From Sonic Adventure 2)
  2. "Natsu no Hi" by OFF COURSE (Episode 52)
  3. "Event: The Last Scene" by Fumie Kumatani (Episode 52) (From Sonic Adventure 2)

Latin America

  • Opening
  1. "Sonic X" by Jetix (Seasons 1 and 2)
  2. "Gotta Go Fast" Spanish version by Jetix (Season 3, only on some episodes)
  • Ending
  1. "Gotta Go Fast" (shortened version) by Norman J. Grossfeld and Russell Velázquez (English and Spanish versions by Jetix. English version was shown on seasons 1 and 2, Spanish version on season 3)

DVD releases

See also: List of Sonic X episodes § DVD episodes list

All Season 1 episodes and nine Season 2 episodes were released in Australia.[5] It is currently unknown if any more episodes will be released. In 2005, four volumes were released in the UK by Warner Home Video, which featured two episodes per disc. Until, after complaints about confusion among which volumes were which 4kids intends on releasing seasons 1, 2, and 3 on 14 disc collectors edition box set by 20th Century Fox (Because of Jetix), Walt Disney & Contender Entertainment Group.

Tie-ins

Comic book series

In September 2005, Archie Comics, publisher of the North American Sonic the Hedgehog comics started a series based on Sonic X. Issue #40 was its finale, and March starts a new comic book entitled, Sonic Universe.

Toy line

McDonald's had released a set of Sonic X disk launchers one with Sonic, one with Tails and one with Knuckles on the launchers and the disk themselves, as well as McDonalds Sega sports play handhelds. The Leapster, from LeapFrog Enterprises, have released a Sonic X-themed math game intended for kindergarten and first grade students. They also made action figures in 2006 and 2007.

Trading card game

See also: Sonic X Trading Card Game

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Character Profile: Maria Robotnik". Absolute Anime. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
  2. ^ "Gerald's Bio". Shadows HQ. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
  3. ^ "Episode 42 - The Doctor Is In". Wha-CHOW!. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
  4. ^ Rasmussen, David (2006-02-12). "Mr. Michael Haigney Interview (4Kids)". Anime Boredom. Retrieved 2008-01-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "Search results for "sonic x"". EzyDVD. Retrieved 2008-02-25.

See also

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