Sonic X (Japanese: ???? X , Hepburn: < i> Sonikku Ekkusu ) is a Japanese anime television series created by TMS Entertainment and based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series published by Sega. Sonic X originally runs for fifty-two episodes, aired on TV Tokyo from April 6, 2003 to March 28, 2004. The other 26 were aired in regions such as the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. from 2005 to 2006. The American localization and broadcasting event is handled by 4Kids Entertainment which edits it and creates new music until 2012, when Saban Brands gets the rights to the series, and in 2015 by Discotek Media.
The series follows a group of anthropomorphic animals who accidentally moved from their home planet to Earth after trying to rescue one of their friends from enemy Doctor Eggman. Separately, Sonic the Hedgehog was rescued from a boy named Chris Thorndyke who helped him find his friends while repeatedly disputing with Doctor Eggman and his robot over the control of Chaos Power, and becoming a celebrity. Arc's last story sees friends returning with Chris to their world, where they enter space with a new creature that resembles a plant called Cosmo and against a troop of creatures called Metarex.
Sonic X received mixed reviews. Generally, the authors criticized the American localization and some of the characters, but praised his story and aesthetics. The series is popular in the United States, though less so in its original Japanese. The merchandise of the event includes an edutainment video game for Leapster, a trade card game, a comic book series featuring original storylines, and a variety of toys and other items. The phrase "must be fast", the title of the North American theme song of the show, persisted as the slogan of Sonic for over a decade after the initial release of the event.
Video Sonic X
Plot
Seri 1 (Musim 1 dan 2)
Musim 1
Sonic, Tails, and Amy Rose try to save Cream the Rabbit and Chao Cheese from Doctor Eggman, who has taken seven Chaos Zamrud. While attempting to destroy his base, one of Eggman's robots accidentally fired a machine containing the Emerald, which activated the "Chaos Control" technique. These teleports are Sonic, Eggman (and robots), Tails, Amy, Cream, and Cheese, and Big the Cat (with Froggy's frog), Rouge the Bat, Knuckles the Echidna, and Chaotix (detectives comprising Espio Chameleon, Vector Crocodile, and Charmy Bees) to Earth, the parallel universe version of their world with humans. Sonic was chased by police, fled to the pool mansion, and rescued by a twelve-year-old boy named Chris Thorndyke, who lives there with his film star mother Lindsey, Nelson's corporate executive father Chuck, grandfather and grandfather of chef scientists Ella, and Tanaka's butler. Chris tried to hide his anthropomorphic friends from his family until Cream accidentally revealed it, but they all built good relationships with Chris's family and with friends Chris Danny, Francis, and Helen.
Sonic and his friends still want to go home, so they repeatedly fight for Emerald with Doctor Eggman, his robotic assistant - the hyperactive Bokkun, looking for attention and the awkward Boco and Decoe - and his larger and armed robot. Eggman plans to take over the world, attracting the attention of the President of an unnamed country, so Knuckles, Rouge, and Topaz's federal agents work to stop him. Other anthropomorphic populations soon joined the crusade and, when Eggman was defeated, they were all hailed as heroes.
Season 2
However, the unaffected Eggman evokes a creature named Chaos from a huge gem called the Master Emerald. The fighting animals were defeated to take the Emerald until Chaos absorbed the seventh and became a giant, but an echidna girl named Tikal, who buried himself and Chaos in the Emerald Master thousands of years ago, appeared to help calm him down. After Sonic uses Chaos Zamrud to become Super Sonic, he defeats Chaos, who returns to Master Emerald with Tikal.
Shortly afterwards, Eggman found his grandfather's journal Gerald Robotnik and Gerald's shadow project at a military base. Once released by Eggman, Shadow broke into the museum to steal the Emerald, which made Sonic arrested. Amy rescues her, but the fleeing Shadow, Eggman, and Rouge escapes into ARK space, where Eggman threatens to use a weapon called Eclipse Cannon to destroy Earth if Earth is not subject to its government; he blew half of the Moon to prove his strength. Eggman collects Emeralds to power Cannon, but this triggers the program Gerald formed a few decades ago, which will lead to colonies of ARK spaces dashing to Earth, destroying the planet in less than half an hour. Gerald does this to take revenge on mankind, which he blames for the death of his Maria's grandson after she was killed in a government offensive against the space colonies, ARK. Everyone joins and works together to shut it down except Shadow, who is unsympathetic and believes he has fulfilled his purpose for revenge. Chris faces the Shadow, reminding her of Mary's last hope for the Shadow to be a protector of humanity; to guide and assist them. Move to tears and with a new sense of purpose, Shadow teams up with Sonic and both ride using Emerald and teleport ARK away from Earth, even though Shadow looks killed in the process. Sonic, his friends, and Eggman reflect the Shadow's sacrifice and return to Earth.
Eggman rebuilds the Moon, apparently out of regret, but his position shifts, creating a solar eclipse, so he produces and sells a "Sunbeam" to mimic sunlight. Sonic saw through his greedy motivation, and Eggman was arrested for fraud. Bokkun activates a robot named Emerl, who quickly ally with anthropomorphic people, and Eggman escapes imprisonment. Emerl won the Emerald in a martial arts tournament involving many hero characters and villains, but he rages and starts destroying the city, forcing the Cream and Cheese to destroy it.
Then, two government physicists show up at Chris's big house to announce that the world and Earth Sonic once became a world divided by catastrophes, but rejoined, which will stop time by non-refundable, and the only way to stop it is to sending anthropomorphic people back home. Tails and Chuck started building gates to teleport Sonic and the company back into their own world with Chaos Control, but Chris did not want them to leave. When it's finished and all their friends but Sonic has left, Chris suddenly closes the engine and sounds Sonic into the woods to hide for fear his parents will return to never go home after Sonic leaves. Sonic is understanding, but teaches Chris that as fellow people can not force others to feel a certain way and that their friendship is free will. Chris with tears admits that he tied up the freedom of Sonic today and stopped his friend from coming home and apologetically apologized while Sonic told him that he would be able to be strong even without him being there. Chris's parents found him and promised to spend more time with him. Chris after learning and growing as people go for one end with Sonic before they separate and Sonic returns to his own planet, stopping the merging of the world. However, Chris swears that one day, he will see Sonic again.
Series 2 (Season 3)
Six months later, the evil robot race is known as Metarex's attempt to steal the Emerald from Sonic, but he scatters them all over the galaxy. Meanwhile, on Earth, where six years have passed and Chris is now eighteen years old, Chris builds another device to return to the world of his friends; he was twelve when he arrived. A girl like a sick plant called Cosmo landed on their planet and they took care of her back to health, so she joined them, and they all climbed into the new Tail Tail space shuttle Blue Typhoon. In the Typhoon, they explore the galaxy for emeralds and "Planet Eggs" (objects that allow life to evolve on the planets, which Metarex has stolen to curate the galaxy) and fight Metarex at every turn. Along the way, Tails and Cosmo are slowly falling in love with each other. Rouge finds Shadow alive in the capsule on the ship of Eggman and he is later released (though he has lost his memory.) At first, he and Rouge help Eggman (even rescued Chris on one occasion) but after the Shadow witnessed the death of the resistance fighters who reminded him of Mary, he and Rouge go alone to fight Metered independently. Eggman eventually joined Metarex even though it was a ruse to gather more information. After discovering the origin, method, and purpose of Metarex, the Shadow reappears and tries to kill Cosmo, much to Tail's anger. The leader of Metarex, Dark Oak, appears and reveals that Metarex and Cosmo are the same species and that they secretly implanted tracking devices in their brain while extinguishing the rest of their species; he has been an accidental spy ever since. For this reason Shadow wants Cosmo to die. Chris, Knuckles, and Tails noticed that removing the device would likely destroy his eyesight and hear forever. Knuckles pushed for it to be removed anyway (In the Japanese version he emphasized to find a way to remove it without destroying it), but Tails can not make any decisions at this point so surgery is canceled and the battle against Metarex continues.
The heroes, along with Chaotix and Shadow, head to the center of the universe, where Metarex controls a planet made of water and contains Planet Eggs. After Sonic nearly drowned inside, the planet began to turn into a giant seed; Metarex reveals that, as they lose the battle, they will destroy galaxies with the planet. The Metarex then proceeded to join together, forming a plant-like dragon monster attached to a giant seed. Sonic and Shadow use emerald chaos to become Super Sonic and Super Shadow but still can not beat the unified Metarex. Cosmo sees a vision of his mother Earthia telling him that he has to sacrifice himself to save the others. He fuses with giant seeds and instructs the Tails to use a Blue Torn gun to fire Super Sonic and Super Shadow at him and his seed. The tail hesitated, split between rescuing galaxies and killing Cosmo, but eventually finding inner strength and exterminating Metarex along with Cosmo, whose seeds spread throughout the galaxy along with Planet Eggs stolen by Metarex that returned to its original planet. Dark Oak had a moment of repentance before dying when a vision was greeted by Earthia when he died. The shadow then seemed to sacrifice himself to withstand the explosion that occurred. After the battle, Sonic reappears and solemnly tells the heartbroken Tail that he can not save Cosmo and hand over one of his seeds. Back to Planet Sonic, Eggman built the device for Chris to return home, then claimed that this was done to reduce the strength of the Sonic Team. The series ends with Chris returning home and business as usual to Sonic and his friends as they happily prepare to once again stop the Eggman scheme. The last shot shows Shadow shadows on a foreign planet (implies he survived) and the Cosmo seed grew up in the Tails workshop.
Maps Sonic X
History
Creation and development
This event was created by TMS Entertainment; an animated subsidiary of SEGA Holdings Co., Ltd. It was the first anime series based on nature Sonic . It was mainly influenced by other anime rather than working from the West, and was created for the Japanese audience. Yuji Naka, then head of Team Sonic, is filled as executive producer, and Satoshi Hirayama designs all the original characters, basing the design on Yuji Uekawa's original concept. Most of the series consist of original content that features new and established characters, but the second season is mostly based on Sonic Adventure plot, Sonic Adventure 2, and Sonic Battle . While traditionally animated, it includes CGI elements not outlined for things like Sonic homing attacks.
Two trailers for the series were produced. The first developed before Cheese was named in Sonic Advance 2 (2002); it's called Cheese just as "Chao". It consists mostly of recordings that will later appear in the intro series, but also unused scenes featuring unique anthropomorphic people. Sega showed off a second one, narrated in Japanese, at a booth at the World Hobby Fair video game event in February 2003. It consisted mostly of scenes from the first few episodes, followed by introductions to the main characters. However, it also shows the still frame of the silver anthropomorphic hedgehog (not identified as Silver the Hedgehog) that never appears in the series; Years later in April 2015, Sonic Team's current producer, Takashi Iizuka responded to fans' questions through Facebook, revealing that it was only Super Sonic in its initial contour.
Some Japanese players have voiced their character in the game, but they are also given a lot of information about the role of their characters in the anime. Chris' voice actress Sanae Kobayashi is not sure she will be able to effectively communicate Chris's growth as someone because of Sonic's presence, but finds that a worthwhile goal. Chikao? Tsuka, who voiced Eggman, found him a difficult character to play because of the tension in his voice and? Tsuka's desire to have children watching the show recognizes the character as a villain but does not hate him.
Sonic Team Leader Takashi Iizuka believes that Sonic X and his merchandise, along with Sonic Heroes games, have helped expose the Sonic franchise to the new. generation of potential gamers in 2003, and he was dubbed the "Sonic Year" as a result. Bolder, Naka hopes that just Sonic X will cause the popularity of the Sonic series to skyrocket, as did the Poké series after the first anime adaptation times released.
Broadcast and localization
4Kids Entertainment handles localized American performances. The episodes were heavily edited for content and length; 4Kids has been described by Destructoid as "famous" among anime fans for this over-zealous editing type. 4Kids removes alcohol consumption and abusive language, examples breaks the fourth wall, and many sexual scenes. Unlike some other series of 4Kids translated around the early to mid 2000s, such as Kirby: Right Back at Ya! , Sonic X did not have a full cut episode. Producer Michael Haigney personally does not like realistic violence in children's programs, but does not intend to make major changes on his own. Instead, he is bound by the strict guidelines of the Fox Broadcasting Company, which prohibits content such as smoking and strong violence. In 2006, towards the end of the American production show, Haigney stated in an interview that he had never played Sonic games, read comics, or watched one of the animated series Sonic .
4Kids invented new voice actors instead of using them from the game, with auditions beginning in early 2003. They invited Mike Pollock to audition for Eggman, after getting to know him from his work on Ultimate Muscle and Kirby: Come back to Yes! , and select him because his talent is shouting and oscillating; Pollock also voiced Ella. 4Kids allows Pollock to make minor changes to the dialog when the line "[does] work for several reasons". He remembers being given only a short sample of Eggman's voice from the game - he was not told specifically which game - and a brief description of his character's role. Starting with Shadow the Hedgehog , Sonic X players will take their respective voice roles in all Sonic games released between 2005 and 2010, where all roles are played back with Mike Pollock's exception as Eggman.
Sonic X aired in Japan at the time slot of 8:30 am Tokyo TV time from April 6, 2003 to March 28, 2004. It consists of three seasons, each of 26 episodes of half an hour. The series suffered bad ratings in Japan, so the third season was never aired on TV or released on DVD there, but was available through a leased streaming service. 4Kids licensed the series in North America early on; ShoPro Entertainment also created a license holder in November 2003. It aired in North America on the FoxBox Fox channel block. The series is also localized to other countries in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. In June 2012, the bankrupt 4kids sold its Sonic X license to Ventco Kidsco Media Ventures Saban Brands. In 2015, Discotek Media took over the series rights and released season 1 and 2 on DVD.
The series was released in DVD; in Japan, only seasons one and two were released, and 52 episodes spanned 13 discs. 4Kids released the DVD "Project Shadow" in North America, covering the first Shadow-focused arc (episode 33-38), on November 15, 2005 to join the game release of Shadow the Hedgehog. Discotek Media released an 8-disc DVD set, "Sonic X Collection 1" in North America, which includes the UK dubbed seasons 1 and 2 (episodes 1-52) on November 22, 2016. They then released a 4-disc DVD set, "Sonic X Collection 2 "in North America, which includes England dubbed season 3 (episode 53-78) on December 6, 2016.
Music
The Japanese version of Sonic X is printed by Yoshihiro Ike. The opening theme is "Sonic Drive", performed by Hironobu Kageyama and Hideaki Takatori. The series includes three closing themes: "Mi-ra-i" ( ????? , Future ) by Run & amp; Gun for episode 1-13, "Hikari Michi" ( ??? , Shining Road ) by Aya Hiroshige for 14-39 and again for 53-78, and "TOP" by KP for 40-52. 4Kids musicians John Angier, Craig Marks, Joel Douek, Louis Cortelezzi, Manny Corallo, Matt McGuire, and Ralph Schuckett compiled a new background score for the North American release "for artistic and commercial reasons". North America's opening and closing theme, titled "Gotta Go Fast", was composed by Norman J. Grossfeld and Russell Velazquez. A soundtrack titled Sonic X ~ Original Sound Tracks ~ was released in Japan on March 8, 2004, consisting of 40 original music songs from the first two seasons.
Other media
Sonic X is widely transmitted in various forms of media and other products. Two Game Boy Advance Video episodes of the first season of Sonic X were released in May 2004. In October 2004, ShoPro granted licenses to four manufacturers to create Sonic X merchandise ; they range of manufactured items such as beds, beach towels, backpacks, stationery, and pajamas. Six novels Sonic X were published between 2005 and 2007: Aqua Planet , Dr. Eggman Goes to War, Icefield Battles, and Desperately Seeking Sonic by Charlotte Fullerton, Meteor Shower Messenger by Paul Ruditis, and Spaceship Blue Typhoon by Diana G. Gallagher. Comic series
Archie Comics, the main comic publisher Sonic the Hedgehog , started the series Sonic X in 2005. Initially it only ran for four problems, but extended to 40 problems due to high demand. The last edition was released on January 1, 2009, and leads to the first arc of the series Sonic Universe. The comic was written by Ian Flynn, who is also the author of the major comic series. Some issues are published in Jetix Magazine in the UK and Italy.
While comics are set during the Sonic X timeline, their plot is original. Eggman imprisons humans in robots and tries to use them to kill animals, but animals destroy robots. Eggman uses the evil Chao to destroy Station Square, but Tikal and Chaos come from the past, restore Chao to normal, and bring them back into the past. Soon, Sonic finds a machine in the desert and does not think anything about it, but after fighting with Eggman in Paris and the strange world created by doctors, Eggman reveals the desert machine is his and it begins to destroy Station Square. Sonic defeated him, but he was accused of working with Eggman, so he and Eggman were both locked up. Nelson redeemed Sonic out of jail, and he kept Cream and Chris from some ghosts.
Eggman imposed a more sinister scheme based on holidays such as Christmas, Valentine's Day, and St. John's Day. Patrick, Afterwards, he temporarily sacked Decoe and Bocoe and made substitutes, Dukow and Bukow, who kidnapped Sonic and gave it to an organization called S.O.N.I.C.X. Sonic escape with ease, but S.O.N.I.C.X. repeatedly trying to ruin his reputation. Meanwhile, animals take Eggman in various schemes - including being a wrestler and creating a circus - to keep the Emerald from him. In the final edition, the crossover with the continuity of the main comic series, that Metal Sonic continuity emerged and allies with Eggman to defeat Sonic, but the version of Shadow continuity stepped in and warps itself and Metal Sonic into another dimension, leading to the first issue event Sonic Universe .
Video game
In 2003, McDonald's packed five single console games with a different button, based mostly on a variety of sports, with Happy Meals to promote Sonic X: two featuring Sonic and one each for Tails, Knuckles , and Shadow. Another Happy Meal game based on Big the Cat fishing came the following year.
LeapFrog Enterprises released Sonic X educational game math for its Leapster gaming console; released in 2005 in North America and 2007 in Europe. The game stars Sonic and Chris, who had to rescue Tails, Amy, and Knuckles from Eggman. This is a fast action platform/action where Sonic runs and jumps through the levels and destroys Eggman robots along the way. Periodically, Sonic must answer the math question to proceed. The game has three levels, each with its own mathematical concepts: City Station square (sorting, gradual counting); Bidadari Island, home of the Master Emerald (additional); and Eggman base (subtraction). There are also math-based minigames that are not level-related to complement these skills.
Trading card game
Entertainment Score created the Sonic X game collection card for two players, released in 2005. Players battle for Chaos Zamrud; anyone who gets the first three wins. Each turn, both players pull out five cards face down and flip one by one; which card has a lower number value abolished. Eliminating other player cards and combining the special abilities of the card itself allows one to print the ring; any player who has the most rings at the end of the round wins the Emerald. Since the game does not emphasize the collection of rare cards, some booster packages are enough to build a competent deck. KidzWorld provides positive reviews, praises the ease of learning, low cost, and inherent strategies, but also notes that it feels more like a generic card game with Sonic characters than as the fully Sonic > based products.
Reception
Critical reception
Conrad Zimmerman of Destructoid cites "terrible localization" as the main reason for negativity. Team Jones from THEIR Anime gave the show two stars out of five and criticized the British voice of acting: "It's really annoying how all the Sonic games have recently used these talented actors/actresses in their dubs, as they make the original sounds of the language England sounds like a winning player award. "Another comment about the aesthetics of the show was largely positive. Staff of GamesRadar acknowledged, "At least that song fits in. Can not imagine Sonic listening to the Underground light rattling Meat Loaf, but he will definitely jam for Sonic X . "Jones praised rock music from Sonic Adventure 1 and 2, as well as the" pretty piano "and" catchy "Japanese intro and outro themes. He also found the background "nice to look at" but did not like the use of CGI for the Sonic homing attacks.
Human characters and, to a lesser extent, animals are also criticized. Jones denounces Chris as "a boring, boring, uninspired character" and also describes Tanaka and Ella as stereotypical "bland" Japanese and African-Americans, respectively. Jones also criticized the presence of Amy and Big, but took a special issue on the description of the Sonic show, which he summarized as: " 'I'll be walking around downtown until something interesting happens and using the Smell of Beep to defeat my enemy ' ". GamesRadar laments both the "Piss-Poor Adventure characters and original human characters. In contrast, Gaz Plant writer from NintendoLife believes that "one of the key to success" of this series is the incorporation of various characters from the game, including less-used ones such as Big and Chaotix. Fans divided on the good Thorndykes.
The show was well received as it followed the game format faithfully. Famitsu offered a uniformly positive review before the first episode aired in 2003, praising the advanced transition from game speed and style to animation, and expects this series to continue to be more interesting. Plant stated that "where Sonic X really works is in retelling the iconic stories". Regardless of the characters involved, GamesRadar appreciates the idea of ​​following the "Sonic core concept." The original storyline is also well received. Amid his criticism of most performances, Jones praised the first episode in general, especially his humor. Plant recognizes the development of characters built on topics from the original game, especially Sonic and Amy's relationship as well as Chaotix's new abilities as a comedy device. Simultaneously, he found the show "surprisingly touching", especially in the final "emotional" climax, and favorable than the space exploration of the three seasons to Star Trek. Famitsu ' first preview is called an in-depth story ( ?? , j? k? ) .
Common Sense Media gives it three stars out of five and, although it does not comment further on its quality, states that it's appropriate for elementary school kids but some violent scenes are not recommended for younger viewers. The second review of Famitsu from then in 2003 called the anime a tremendous success and encouraged the reader to hear it.
Popularity and cultural influences
The show is quite popular in the United States and France, consistently reaching number one position in its timeslot in both countries. In 2007, it was the TMS best-selling anime in the non-Japanese market, although the third season never aired in Japan, and it inspired TMS to focus on properties that would sell outside of Japan. In April 2009, a six-year-old Norwegian boy named Christer pressed his parents to send a letter to King Harald V of Norway to approve his name changed to "Sonic X". They allowed Christer to write it himself but did not send it until he urged them further, and the king replied that he could not approve the change because Christer was not eighteen years old. Expanding over a decade before the initial release of the event, the phrase "must go fast" has been used in the title of a video game periodic article to represent the Sonic series and other fast video games.
See also
- Sonic the Hedgehog (OVA)
- Sonic Boom
- F-Zero: Legend GP
- Opera room
- Kirby Right Back at Yes!
References
External links
- The official Sonic Team website (in Japanese)
- Official Website of TMS Entertainment (in Japanese)
- Official Tokyo TV website (in Japanese)
- The Official Website of TMS Entertainment (in English)
- Sonic X (anime) in the Anime News Network encyclopedia
- Sonic X in Absolute Anime
- Sonic X on IMDb
- Sonic X Card Games on BoardGameGeek
- Official Discotheque Media Sites
Source of the article : Wikipedia
0 Comments