is an
animeis animation originating in Japan. The world outside Japan regards anime as "Japanese animation". Anime originated about 1917.Anime, like manga , has a large audience in Japan and high recognition throughout the world...
series that is adapted from the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. It was produced in
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
by
TMS Entertainment, formerly known as , is a Japanese animation studio, founded on October 1946. One of the oldest and most prominent anime studios in Japan, it has also produced numerous animated series airing in other countries such as France, the United States, and Italy...
with the partnership of
Sonic Teamis a Japanese computer and video game developer established in Ota, Tokyo, Japan in 1990, originally known as Sega AM8. The Japan-based division is also known as G.E. Department Global Entertainment...
. So far, these are the only TV appearances of
Amy Rose, known earlier as Rosy the Rascal, is a video game character who appears in most of the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games developed by Sega's Sonic Team. Amy Rose was created by Kazuyuki Hoshino and based on one of Kenji Terada's characters. She was redesigned by Yuji Uekawa for Sonic...
, Cream the Rabbit,
Shadow the Hedgehogis a fictional character from the Sonic the Hedgehog series; an artificial life form in the design of a male, black anthropomorphic hedgehog. He resembles Sonic in many ways, such as how his hover skates propel him at extreme speeds to rival those of Sonic; but he distinguishes himself with greater...
, and
Rouge the Batis a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series, who is a determined treasure hunter and part-time government agent who plans to make all the gems and treasures of the world hers. Her main jewel obsessions are the Master Emerald and Chaos Emeralds...
.
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 another dimension occupied by humans. While Sonic is exploring this new place, he gets into trouble with the local police, who send the S Team, led by Sam Speed, after him. The S Team fails at catching Sonic, but Sonic falls into a swimming pool. Luckily, he is 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. Eggman decides to make the new dimension the start of the Eggman Empire, and Sonic and Eggman battle to collect all seven Chaos Emeralds, which came to Earth with them; Sonic wants to use the Emeralds to return home, while Eggman wants to use them to take over the new world. At the end of the first season, Chaos Control occurs, but instead of sending Sonic and co. back home, parts of their world (like Angel Island) are sent to Earth instead.
At the end of the second season, it is discovered that the Earth and Sonic's world were once a single planet, but a cataclysmic event split it into two and sent them into different dimensions. The flow of time on Sonic's world is considerably slower, with a single month on Sonic's world equalling an entire year on Earth. Because Sonic and his friends were transported to Earth, the two worlds are beginning to merge into one yet again, which will cancel out their respective timelines and freeze time itself; thus, Sonic and co. have no choice but to go back.
At the beginning of the first season, when Sonic and his friends are transported to Chris's world and they get into trouble with the police they hide in Chris's house, where only Chris, his grandfather, and their maid, Ella, and their butler, Tanaka, 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 Adventureis a video game developed by Sonic Team and released on December 23, 1998 in Japan by Sega for the Sega Dreamcast and is the first game in the Sonic Adventure series. One of its development titles was Sonic RPG,...
,
Sonic Adventure 2Sonic Adventure 2 is a platform game developed by Sonic Team USA and published by Sega in as a part of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Sonic Adventure 2 is the sequel of Sonic Adventure....
, and
Sonic BattleSonic Battle is a fighting game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, developed by Sonic Team and published either by Sega or THQ for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance...
.
Series 2 (Season 3)
It has been 6 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 Hyper 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
cliffhangerA cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending is a plot device in fiction which features a main character in a precarious or difficult dilemma, or confronted with a shocking revelation...
s, such as the whereabouts of Chris and Shadow and what happened to the seed that Cosmo gave Tails.
Characters
Main
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Amy Rose
- Miles "Tails" Prower
- Knuckles the Echidna
- Cream the Rabbit & Cheese
- Shadow the Hedgehog
- Rouge the Bat
- Dr. Eggman
Minor
- Big the Cat
- E-102 Gamma
- Chaos
- Chaotix
- Emerl: Emerl is an ancient robot found by Eggman. He becomes close friends with Cream after she finds him. He can copy abilities displayed by others.
- Tikal the Echidna
- Vanilla the Rabbit
Exclusive characters
- Chris Thorndyke: Chris is a boy who becomes involved with Sonic and his companions. He is the son of Nelson Thorndyke, a CEO of a engineering corporation, and Lindsay Thorndyke, an actress, who do not spend much time with him. He is mainly raised by his grandfather, Chuck, and Ella. He lets Sonic and his companions stay at his mansion, and he helps them find the Chaos Emeralds. After they return back to their dimension, he spends six years working on a gate that will allow him to transport himself to Sonic's world. After he arrives, he reverts back to his twelve year old body, and helps fight against the Metarex.
- Charles "Chuck" Thorndyke: Chuck is the paternal grandfather of Chris Thorndyke. He is a scientist and inventor
An inventor is a person who creates or discovers a new method, form, device or other useful means. The word inventor comes form the latin verb invenire, invent-, to find...
, who bonds with Tails due to their shared interest of inventing.
- Ella: Ella is Chris's large and jolly maid. She befriends Amy and Cream after discovering their existence. She enjoys her job and she is very hotheaded.
- Edward Tanaka: Tanaka is Chris's butler
A butler is a servant in a large household. In the great houses of the past, the household was sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantries. Some also have charge of the entire parlour floor, and housekeepers caring for the entire house...
, who discovers that Cris is hiding the existence of Sonic and his companions. He is a skilled martial artist and he works with Topaz on occasions.
- Decoe and Bocoe: Decoe and Bocoe are Eggman's personal humanoid assistant robots. Decoe is a tall, slim and gold-colored, while Bocoe is short, stubby and silver. They are almost constantly seen with Eggman, helping him pilot his machinery among other things. They are somewhat clumsy and stupid, and they constantly reflect on their failures and insult Dr. Eggman behind his back.
- Bokkun: Bokkun is robot employed by Doctor Eggman to send messages to Sonic that come in a form of a TV that blows up in the recipient's face. Bokkun is constantly mistreated and abused by Eggman, though he still is very loyal to him. He enjoys using bombs to annoy people and he flies husing a jetpack.
- Cosmo: Cosmo is a young member of a plant-like alien
Extraterrestrial life is defined as life which does not originate from planet Earth. The existence of life outside the planet is theoretical and all assertions of such life remain disputed....
species, whose homeworld was destroyed by the villainous Metarex. She escapes to Sonic's homeworld after the attack and meets Sonic and his companions. She has the ability to empathize with plants, trees, or the planet and determine their state of life, while her skirt allows her to jump to high heights, and gently float down to the ground.
- Metarex: The Metarex are a group of five cyborgs, Pale Bay Leaf, Black Narcissus, Dark Oak, Yellow Zelkova, and Red Pine, who use a vast army of robots to steal worlds of their "Planet Eggs," the source of all life, leaving the worlds dying in their wake. They later reveal that they are the male members of Cosmo's species, who betrayed their own kind.
- Mr. Stewart is a government agent posing as a school teacher assigned to watch Sonic and his friends by the President. He is a fan of Chris' mother Linsey Flair. He always looks out for him and the kids in his class. He is voiced Andrew Rannells
Andrew "Andy" Rannells is an American voice actor, who has worked on the properties of 4Kids Entertainment and DiC. As of 2004, he left 4Kids Entertainment to play the role of Link Larkin in Hairspray on Broadway. He has a multi-voice talent, such as doing accents...
in the English dub.
- Scarlet Garcia is a reporter for SSTV news in Station Square. She is voiced by Megan Hollingshead
Megan T.D. Hollingshead is an American theatre and voice actress. She also sometimes goes by the name of Karen Thompson...
in English.
- Sam Speed: Sam is Chris's maternal uncle and the leader of the Speed Team, a special unit of the Station Square police force that uses high-performance Formula racing cars
Formula racing is a term that refers to various forms of open wheeled single seater motorsport. Its origin lies in the nomenclature that was adopted by the FIA for all of its post-World War II single seater regulations, or formulae. The best known of these formulae are Formula One, Formula Two, and...
. He forms a rivalry with Sonic.
- Topaz is a GUN agent and the human partner of Rouge the Bat
is a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series, who is a determined treasure hunter and part-time government agent who plans to make all the gems and treasures of the world hers. Her main jewel obsessions are the Master Emerald and Chaos Emeralds...
. She initially disapproves of Rouge, though they later become friends, and their main assignment is to retrieve the Chaos Emeralds from Eggman. She is voiced by Kayzie RogersKayzie Rogers is an American voice actress. She is best known for her work in animated television series....
in the English version.
American version
In 2003,
4Kids Entertainment4Kids Entertainment is a Worldwide International American film and television production company and it was claimed to be one of the world's largest distributors in children's television. It is known for dubbing anime, specializing in the acquisition, production and licensing of children's...
and
VIZ MediaViz Media, LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, is an anime, manga and Japanese entertainment company founded in 1986 as Viz, LLC. In 2005, the Viz, LLC...
co-licensed
Sonic X for the United States, with the series being distributed and licensed on DVD by FUNimation,
Alliance FilmsAlliance Films , also known as Alliance VivaFilm in Quebec, is a major Canadian motion picture distribution/production company, which serves Canada, the United Kingdom, and Spain...
(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. 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 PollockMichael B. "Mike" Pollock , sometimes credited as Herb Lawrence, is an American voice actor, famous for playing characters in anime dubs by 4Kids Entertainment. He has appeared as the narrator for 4Kids shows like Pokémon and some promos on the original Fox Box and 4Kids TV. He is also well-known...
, 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. The original 4Kids cast included Jason Griffith (as Sonic and Shadow),
Lisa OrtizLisa Ortiz is an American theatre and voice actress, best known for her roles in English anime adaptations. She is perhaps best known for the roles of the high-elf Deedlit in Record of Lodoss War, Lina Inverse in Slayers, and Tony Tony Chopper in One Piece...
(as Amy),
Amy PalantAmy Palant is an American voice actress and singer. Her most famous role is that of Miles "Tails" Prower in the English version of Sonic X and, from 2005, the video games of the franchise....
(as Tails),
Dan GreenDaniel Green may refer to:* Dan Green , American voice actor* Dan Green , American comic book illustrator* Danny Green, Australian boxer* Danny Green , American baseball player...
(as Knuckles),
Rebecca HandlerRebecca Handler is an Japanese American voice actress, who works on the properties of 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media & FUNimation.-Anime Roles:...
(as Cream), and
Mike PollockMichael B. "Mike" Pollock , sometimes credited as Herb Lawrence, is an American voice actor, famous for playing characters in anime dubs by 4Kids Entertainment. He has appeared as the narrator for 4Kids shows like Pokémon and some promos on the original Fox Box and 4Kids TV. He is also well-known...
(as Dr. Eggman).
Many people panned the American version for being poorly dubbed while some criticized it for editing the dialogue and changing the music to be more "suitable for kids". In episode 52 (A New Start), when characters Amy and Sonic reunite, the dialogue was changed in a way that removed any signs of them being more than friends, along with removing the sign that stated "Home of Amy Rose". Because of these and many other edits, the Sonic X fanbase have said that the original Japanese version is far superior to the English version. Some people have criticized the show for bringing in human characters.
The cast of the 4Kids production eventually became the official cast for Sega's Sonic titles, starting from
Shadow the HedgehogShadow the Hedgehog is a 2005 video game developed by Sega Studio USA, the former United States division of Sega's Sonic Team. Featuring the titular fictional character Shadow the Hedgehog from Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series, the game was revealed at the March 2005 Walk of Game inauguration of...
in 2005.
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."
As of October 2009, 4Kids Entertainment still owns the North American rights to Sonic X. The edited dub airs on
The CW4KidsThe CW4Kids is a Saturday morning cartoon block on The CW that premiered on Saturday, May 24, 2008, replacing Kids' WB . The block is programmed by 4Kids Entertainment, which programmed the competing 4Kids TV block...
in reruns, and the entire series can be viewed online at 4KidsTV.com, as well as the first 26 episodes on
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Shows. However, in July 2009, 4Kids uploaded a preview for a subtitled episode of the Japanese version of
Sonic X.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCWWiWOQxCo A representative on 4Kids' YouTube Channel says more episodes are coming, including the complete first season.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=4KidsTV&view=comments.
Theme songs
For the
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,
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,
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,
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, much of
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, and
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, 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.
- "Gotta Go Fast" by Norman J. Grossfeld, Joseph Garrity, and Russell Velázquez
- "Gotta Go Fast" (shortened version) by Norman J. Grossfeld, Joseph Garrity, and Russell Velázquez
Japan
- "SONIC DRIVE" by Hironobu Kageyama
is a Japanese musical artist prominent in the soundtracks for anime, video game, and tokusatsu productions. He is sometimes called Kami by his fans. Kageyama got his big break at age 16, as lead singer of the pop group Lazy. By the early '80s, the band split and Kageyama went solo...
& Hideaki Takatori
-
-
- Intro Version 1 (eps. 1-26)
- Intro Version 2 (eps. 27-78)
- "Mi-Ra-I" by:RUN&GUN
Run&Gun is a four-member J-pop group which has released numerous singles, albums and DVDs and have performed some live concerts. Run&Gun started their career in 2001, with their first single "Lay up", written by Daisuke Asakura. Asakura continued to write songs for the group until 2002...
(English translation: "Future") (eps. 1–13)
- "Hikaru Michi" by Aya Hiroshige (English translation: "The Shining Road") (eps. 14–39 and 53–78)
- "T.O.P" by KP & URU (eps. 40–52)
- "Kotoba ni Dekinai" by OFF COURSE
Off Course was one of Japan's most influential "folk" bands. It was formed in early 1969 by Kazumasa Oda and Yasuhiro Suzuki. They broke up in 1989 after their February 26 farewell performance at Tokyo Dome....
(Episode 26) (TV-Tokyo Broadcast Only)
- "Live & Learn" by Crush 40
Crush 40 is a Japanese American rock band that was made to create music for the Sega arcade racing game NASCAR Arcade . The core of the group is the hard rock guitarist and video game composer Jun Senoue and vocalist Johnny Gioeli, who is also the vocalist for the bands Hardline and Axel Rudi Pell...
(Episode 38) (From Sonic Adventure 2Sonic Adventure 2 is a platform game developed by Sonic Team USA and published by Sega in as a part of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Sonic Adventure 2 is the sequel of Sonic Adventure....
)
- "Natsu no Hi" by OFF COURSE (Episode 52) (International and TV-Tokyo Broadcast Only)
- "Midori no Hibi" by OFF COURSE (Episode 52) (TV-Tokyo Broadcast Only)
- "Event: The Last Scene" by Fumie Kumatani (Episode 52) (From Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Adventure 2 is a platform game developed by Sonic Team USA and published by Sega in as a part of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Sonic Adventure 2 is the sequel of Sonic Adventure....
) (Japanese DVD and International Broadcasts Only)
- "Fakery Way...for Twinkle Park" by Jun Senoue (Episode 68, 76) (From Sonic Adventure
is a video game developed by Sonic Team and released on December 23, 1998 in Japan by Sega for the Sega Dreamcast and is the first game in the Sonic Adventure series. One of its development titles was Sonic RPG,...
)
- "Event : Defeat of the Ultimate Lifeform" by Jun Senoue and Fumie Kumatani (Episode 68) (From Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Adventure 2 is a platform game developed by Sonic Team USA and published by Sega in as a part of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Sonic Adventure 2 is the sequel of Sonic Adventure....
)
- "Event : Keeping my promises" (Episode 68) (From Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Adventure 2 is a platform game developed by Sonic Team USA and published by Sega in as a part of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Sonic Adventure 2 is the sequel of Sonic Adventure....
)
- "Vengeance is Mine...for Radical Highway" by Jun Senoue (Episode 72) (From Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Adventure 2 is a platform game developed by Sonic Team USA and published by Sega in as a part of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Sonic Adventure 2 is the sequel of Sonic Adventure....
)
- "3 Black Noises" by Jun Senoue (Episode 68, 72) (From Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Adventure 2 is a platform game developed by Sonic Team USA and published by Sega in as a part of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Sonic Adventure 2 is the sequel of Sonic Adventure....
)
- "Boss : Chaos ver.0, 2, 4" by Jun Senoue (Episode 73) (From Sonic Adventure
is a video game developed by Sonic Team and released on December 23, 1998 in Japan by Sega for the Sega Dreamcast and is the first game in the Sonic Adventure series. One of its development titles was Sonic RPG,...
)
- "SONIC DRIVE" by Hironobu Kageyama & Hideaki Takatori (Episodes 1, 42, 48, 52 [Hironobu Kageyama only/instrumental], 72)
Europe/Australia/New Zealand
- "Sonic X" by Jetix
- "Gotta Go Fast" (shortened version) by Norman J. Grossfeld, Joseph Garrity, and Russell Velázquez
France
- "SONIC DRIVE" by Hironobu Kageyama
is a Japanese musical artist prominent in the soundtracks for anime, video game, and tokusatsu productions. He is sometimes called Kami by his fans. Kageyama got his big break at age 16, as lead singer of the pop group Lazy. By the early '80s, the band split and Kageyama went solo...
& 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
- "Sonic X" by Jetix
- "Mi-Ra-I" by:RUN&GUN
Run&Gun is a four-member J-pop group which has released numerous singles, albums and DVDs and have performed some live concerts. Run&Gun started their career in 2001, with their first single "Lay up", written by Daisuke Asakura. Asakura continued to write songs for the group until 2002...
(English translation: "Future") (eps. 1–13) instrumental version
- "Hikaru Michi" by Aya Hiroshige (English translation: "The Shining Road") (eps. 14–39 and 53–78) instrumental version
- "T.O.P" by KP & URU (eps. 40–52) instrumental version
- "Live & Learn" by Crush 40
Crush 40 is a Japanese American rock band that was made to create music for the Sega arcade racing game NASCAR Arcade . The core of the group is the hard rock guitarist and video game composer Jun Senoue and vocalist Johnny Gioeli, who is also the vocalist for the bands Hardline and Axel Rudi Pell...
(Episode 38) (From Sonic Adventure 2Sonic Adventure 2 is a platform game developed by Sonic Team USA and published by Sega in as a part of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Sonic Adventure 2 is the sequel of Sonic Adventure....
)
- "Natsu no Hi" by OFF COURSE (Episode 52)
- "Event: The Last Scene" by Fumie Kumatani (Episode 52) (From Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Adventure 2 is a platform game developed by Sonic Team USA and published by Sega in as a part of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Sonic Adventure 2 is the sequel of Sonic Adventure....
)
Latin America
- "Sonic X" by Jetix (Seasons 1 and 2)
- "Gotta Go Fast" Spanish version by Jetix (Season 3, only on some episodes)
- "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
All Season 1 episodes and nine Season 2 episodes were released in Australia. It is currently unknown if any more episodes will be released. In 2005, four volumes were released in the UK by
Warner Home VideoWarner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., itself part of Time Warner. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video . It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980...
, which featured two episodes per disc. In America, after complaints about confusion among which episodes were on which volumes, 4Kids released all three seasons on 13 episode collection box sets by
Universal Studios Home EntertainmentUniversal Studios Home Entertainment is a home video company founded in 1978 as MCA DiscoVision...
(Because of
JetixJetix is a Worldwide children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The Jetix brand is used for blocks and channels featuring action-related and adventure-related live-action and animated programming....
),
Walt Disney Home EntertainmentWalt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is the home video distribution division of The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment also operates as Buena Vista Home Entertainment...
& Contender Entertainment Group.
Comic book series
In September 2005,
Archie ComicsArchie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenage Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Forsythe "Jughead" Jones characters were created by...
, publisher of the North American
Sonic the Hedgehog comics started a
seriesSonic X was an ongoing comic book series published by Archie Comics, based on the English dub of the Japanese anime of the same name. Like Archie's other title, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic X features SEGA's mascot video game character Sonic. It began in September 2005 and was originally meant to be a...
based on
Sonic X. Issue #40 was its finale, and in March a new comic book series started entitled,
Sonic UniverseSonic Universe is a new comic book set within Archie Comics's Sonic the Hedgehog continuity, designed to expand the horizon of that fictional universe. Sonic Universe will deal with various characters throughout the fictional universe, including Shadow the Hedgehog, Knuckles the Echidna and many...
.
Toy line
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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. The
LeapsterThe Leapster Learning Game System is an educational handheld game console aimed at 4 to 10 year olds , made by LeapFrog Enterprises. Its games teach the alphabet, phonics, basic math , and art and animal facts to players...
, from
LeapFrog EnterprisesLeapFrog Enterprises Inc is an educational toy company based in Emeryville, California. LeapFrog designs, develops and markets technology-based learning products and related content for the education of infant through grade school children at home and in schools internationally.- History :The...
, released a
Sonic X-themed math game intended for kindergarten and first grade students. Toy Island also made action figures in 2006 and 2007, some of which were 2 slightly altered re-releases of figures from a
Sonic Adventureis a video game developed by Sonic Team and released on December 23, 1998 in Japan by Sega for the Sega Dreamcast and is the first game in the Sonic Adventure series. One of its development titles was Sonic RPG,...
line and larger molds of part of a series of
Gashaponor , also referred to as "capsule toy", is a Japanese onomatopoeia, made up of two sounds: "gacha" for the turning of a crank on a toy vending machine, and "pon" for the sound of the toy capsule dropping into the receptacle...
figurines.
See also
External links