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'''''Sonic X''''' is the newest Sonic the Hedgehog television series, based roughly on the storylines of the [[Sonic Adventure]] series. It was animated and produced in [[Japan]] by [[TMS Entertainment]] with the partnership of [[Sega]] and [[Sonic Team]]. 52 episodes were aired.
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'''''Sonic X''''' (ソニックX) is a animated television series based on the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise. It was animated and produced in [[sega:Japan|Japan]] by [[sega:TMS Entertainment|TMS Entertainment]] and TV Tokyo with the partnership of [[sega:Sega|Sega]] and [[sega:Sonic Team|Sonic Team]].
  
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In 2003, [[4Kids Entertainment]] licensed ''Sonic X'' for American television broadcasting, and it is currently airing on 4Kids TV (formerly the Fox Box). The U.S. licensing is a joint effort between 4Kids and ShoPro Entertainment. Despite the series doing less than stellar in Japan, the series gained popularity abroad. This prompted Sega to buy shares in TMS Entertainment, which was in danger of bankruptcy at the time. Soon, a second series of 26 additional episodes were produced and originally aired in France. Although these episodes were never shown in Japan, it is interesting to note that a full Japanese language track had been recorded for these episodes, as shown by the VCDs released in China.
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Season 1 comprised 52 episodes and has aired in Japan, the US, and Europe. Soon after season 1 ended, a second season of 26 additional episodes was produced and originally aired in France from March to April 2005. None of season 2's episodes ended up being aired in Japan, but it is interesting to note that a full Japanese language track ''had'' been recorded for them, as evidenced by its presence on the [[wikipedia:Video CD|VCD]]s released in Taiwan. The second season eventually made it to Japan through online distribution services starting with the Tokyo Movie Online (東京ムービーONLINE) rental service in 2009.
  
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==Story and Premise==
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In 2003, [[4Kids Entertainment]] licensed ''Sonic X'' for American television broadcasting, and it aired on FoxBox (later renamed to 4KidsTV) from August 2003 to May 2006. ShoPro Entertainment was also made a license holder in November 2003. Despite the series doing less than stellar in Japan, it gained popularity overseas. This prompted Sega to buy shares in TMS Entertainment, which was in danger of bankruptcy at the time.
  
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The first 26 episodes of ''Sonic X'' dealt primarily with Sonic and most of the main cast suddenly transporting on Earth during a Chaos Control incident at Eggman's base. On Earth, Sonic finds hospitality in a human boy named Chris, who provides Sonic and friends with shelter and support against Dr. Eggman's ambitions to conquer the current world. The next 12 episodes dealt primarily with the storylines of the [[Sonic Adventure]] series and roughly adapted them, most notably introducing Shadow (who does not appear again until the second series, which compose of episodes 53 to 78). As the series was drawing to a conclusion at the time, characters such as Vanilla, the Chaotix, and Sonic's animal buddies showed up briefly in cameo appearances, though the Chaotix became somewhat recurring characters in the second series.
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In June 2012, following 4Kids' bankruptcy due to a lawsuit on the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, the U.S. rights to ''Sonic X'' were sold to Kidsco Media Ventures, a subsidiary of Saban Brands. In 2015, Discotek Media took over the series' rights and released the entire English dubbed series on DVD in late 2016 and standard definition Blu-ray in 2019. In 2023 a Blu-ray was released of ''Sonic X'' in Japanese with English Subtitles, using the masters prepped from the Kids Station airing.  
  
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As Sonic and friends finally travel back to their homeworld by the end of episode 52, for the second series they travel into space in order to defeat an army known as the Metarex, bent on conquering the universe. Along with the main Sonic cast, Chris finally invents a device to take him to Sonic's world (as he designs it when he is an adult scientist, it has a side-effect of rendering him back as a child all over again) and a new plant-like girl by the name of Cosmo assists them in their journey.
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==Premise==
  
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==Production==
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The first 26 episodes of ''Sonic X'' dealt primarily with [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] and most of the main cast being suddenly transported to [[Earth]] during a [[Chaos Control]] incident at [[Dr. Eggman]]'s base. On Earth, Sonic finds hospitality with a human boy named [[Chris Thorndyke]], who provides Sonic and friends with shelter and support against Dr. Eggman's ambitions to conquer the world. Episodes 27 to 38 dealt primarily with the storylines of the ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'' series and roughly adapted them, most notably introducing [[Shadow the Hedgehog]], although the latter does not appear again until the second season. As the first season approached its conclusion, characters such as [[Vanilla the Rabbit]], the [[Chaotix (characters)|Chaotix]] crew, and Sonic's animal buddies showed up briefly in cameo appearances; the Chaotix went on to become recurring characters in the second series.
  
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Sonic X first entered production as early as 2001 when TMS Entertainment, Sega, and Sonic Team produced their first pilot for the series, which ran close to 4 minutes in length. The pilot did not have a name at the time and was simply called "Sonic". The overall presentation of the pilot was also vastly different than how the series would be produced. In the pilot, the series seems to take place in a fictional world, similar to that of [[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]] and [[SatAM]] (which interestingly enough, TMS Entertainment provided animation services to both), and had a futuristic look to it. Other than Dr. Eggman, there were no other Humans present in the pilot.
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Sonic and friends finally travel back to [[Sonic's world|their homeworld]] (which may, or may not, be equivalent to planet [[Mobius]]) by the end of episode 52. So, during the second series, they travel into space in order to defeat an army known as the Metarex, who are bent on conquering the universe. Along with the main Sonic cast, Chris finally invents a device to take him to Sonic's world – but although he designs it when he is an adult scientist, it has a side-effect of turning him back into a child again. Also, a new plant-like girl by the name of [[Cosmo]] assists them in their journey.
  
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Several noticable things about the pilot were that there were Crystals in similar appearance to the Master Emerald's Shards, rather than Chaos Emeralds and the fact that Cheese the Chao did not have a finalized name. Instead, the pilot simply calls him Chao. Another unusual thing is the pilot has an English narration, as opposed to a Japanese one. It is possible that time, the production team were looking at foreign markets to produce the animation, before making the decision to produce it for the Japanese Market.
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==History==
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===Development===
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''Sonic X'' first entered production as early as 2001, when TMS Entertainment, Sega, and Sonic Team produced their first pilot for the series. This episode was about 4 minutes in length and did not have a name at the time, being called simply "Sonic". The overall presentation of the pilot was also vastly different to how the series ended up. In the pilot, the series seems to take place in a fictional world, similar to that of ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' and ''[[SatAM]]'' (both of which, interestingly enough, TMS Entertainment has worked on to provide animation services) and had a futuristic look. Other than the obvious Dr. Eggman, there were no humans present in the pilot.
  
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However, despite the fact the pilot was never publically shown or announced, rumours began to circulate early 2002 of a new Sonic animation project in the works. It wasn't until later that Sonic X got an officially confirmination by a promotional flyer and a press release by the Japanese companies. The same year, TMS Entertainment produced another pilot for the series, which was much more closer in nature to the final version of the series. However, this pilot was shorter than the previous one and was also recorded in Japanese. Cheese was also officially named in this pilot as well. The pilot was later unvealed at World Hobby Fair and Tokyo Gaming Show.
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In the pilot, the power-ups that Sonic utilizes are crystals that have a similar appearance to the [[Master Emerald]]'s shards, rather than to [[ring]]s or [[Chaos Emeralds]]. [[Cheese]] did not have a finalized name; instead, the pilot simply calls him Chao. Another unusual thing is that the pilot has an English narration, as opposed to a Japanese one. It is possible that, at the time, the production team were looking at foreign markets to produce the animation, before making the decision to produce it for the Japanese market.
  
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On April 6, 2003, TV Tokyo began broadcasting Sonic X on it's Sunday morning timeslot, at 8:30AM. Not long after, Sonic X was announced to be licensed by 4Kids Entertainment in the United States, who secured rights to the series outside of Asia. However, Jetix of France secured the rights to their region before 4Kids licensing. As a result, France based their version on the Japanese version, rather than 4Kids version. In July, TF1 began broadcasting the series in France and on August 2003, 4Kids began officially broadcasting the series in the United States on FoxBox (now known as 4Kids.tv).  
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However, despite the fact that the pilot was never publicly revealed or announced, rumours began to circulate early in 2002 of a new ''Sonic'' animation project in the works. It wasn't until later that ''Sonic X'' was officially confirmed by a promotional flyer and a press release from the Japanese companies. The same year, TMS Entertainment produced another pilot for the series, which was much more closer in nature to the final version of the series; this pilot was shorter than the previous one, was recorded in Japanese, and gave an official name to Cheese. It was later broadcast at World Hobby Fair and Tokyo Gaming Show. Both the first and second pilots were eventually released on Hi-Spec editions of the Japanese DVD volumes 1 and 6, respectively.
  
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During it's run on TV Tokyo, it ran for 52 episodes before getting replaced by ''Bijutsu wa Tanoshi''. However, despite recieving a full 52 episode run, the series ratings were under expectations. However, there is a chance this may have been influenced due to being put up against TV Asahi's Magical Girl timeslot, which ran ''Ashita no Nadja'', then ''Furati wa Pretty Cure'' during it's airing. Despite it's subpar ratings in Japan, the series gained more success in territories outside of Japan, especially throughout Europe.
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===Airings===
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On April 6, 2003, TV Tokyo began broadcasting ''Sonic X'' on its Sunday morning timeslot, at 8:30 AM. Not long after this, ''Sonic X'' was announced to be licensed by 4Kids Entertainment in North America and the series' US premiere occured in August 2003 on their FoxBox children's strand on Fox. In August 2003, Fox Kids Europe, later named Jetix Europe, secured all non-Asian and North American rights to the series and began a worldwide premiere in 2004 in preparation for Fox Kids' rebranding as Jetix. Despite being licensed from TMS instead of 4Kids, Jetix Europe dubbed over the English version for consistency other than the change of theme tune to an instrumental track. However, in France, the dub was not based on the 4Kids version, but rather the original Japanese. In July, TF1 began broadcasting the series in France;
  
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On June 2004, it was officially announced that additional episodes would be produced, though it was generally though at the time that 4Kids Entertainment secured additional episode from TMS Entertainment. It wasn't until several monthes later, production scripts, storyboards, layout designs, and character designs for these episodes began to show up on Yahoo! Auctions Japan. At first, it was generally though to be a hoax, since neither TMS Entertainment nor Sega had officially announced these episodes. It wasn't until France confirmed additional episodes would begin broadcast in March 2005 that people began to believe this information. Thailand began to broadcast the new episodes in February 2005, but it wasn't noticed until several episodes in that the broadcast station was airing them and was the first physical evidence of the new episodes.
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During its run on TV Tokyo, ''Sonic X'' lasted for 52 episodes before being replaced by ''Bijutsu wa Tanoshi!''. However, despite receiving a full 52 episode run, the series ratings did not meet expectations. However, there is a chance this may have been due to being put up against TV Asahi's Magical Girl timeslot, which ran ''Ashita no Nadja'', then ''Futari wa Pretty Cure'', during its airing. Despite its subpar ratings in Japan, the series gained more success in territories elsewhere, especially throughout Europe.
  
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On June 2004, it was officially announced that additional episodes would be produced, though it was generally thought at the time that 4Kids Entertainment secured additional episode from TMS Entertainment. It wasn't until several months later when production scripts, storyboards, layout designs, and character designs for these episodes began to show up on Yahoo! Auctions Japan. At first, it was thought to be a hoax, since neither TMS Entertainment nor Sega had officially announced these episodes. It wasn't until France confirmed additional episodes to begin broadcast in March 2005 that people started to believe this information. The first physical evidence of the new episodes was revealed in Thailand, which began to broadcast the new episodes in February 2005, but they weren't noticed until several episodes in that the broadcast station was airing them.
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After ''Sonic X'' was broadcast in France on TF1, [[wikipedia:Déclic Images|Déclic Images]], a subsidiary of the French company Manga Distribution, secured home video rights from Jetix Europe, and released the episodes on DVD - selling them in three different ways:
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*A box containing 6 DVDs with 18 episodes (a total of four boxes)
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*The sale of a DVD every month at every newsagent
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*Online sale. To register, costumers had to buy the first DVD, which included a registration coupon. However, this subscription forced costumers to buy the ''Shaman King'' series DVDs (which had received the same promotional offer) at the same time. To compensate for this "inconvenience", Déclic Images decided to offer a poster with each DVD. Alternately, the poster could be from the ''Sonic X'' series or the ''Shaman King'' series.
  
 
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*[[Bokkun]] - A hyperactive, childish robot who acts as Eggman's messenger. He loves setting off explosives in messages that he sends to Sonic and friends, and occasionally to Eggman as well.
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*[[Bokkun]] – A hyperactive, childish robot who acts as Eggman's messenger. He loves setting off explosives in messages that he sends to Sonic and friends, and occasionally to Eggman as well.
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*[[Chris Thorndyke]] - A well-off boy who helps out Sonic from the very beginning. Due to past loneliness and emotional distance from his family, Chris becomes strongly attached to Sonic.
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*[[Chris Thorndyke]] – A well-off boy who helps out Sonic from the very beginning. Due to past loneliness and emotional distance from his family, Chris becomes strongly attached to Sonic.
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*[[Chuck Thorndyke]] - Chris' grandfather, a mechanic and inventor of sorts. He and Tails often work together on a number of machines, including the X-Tornado, an upgrade to the Tornado 2.
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*[[Chuck Thorndyke]] – Chris' grandfather, a mechanic and inventor of sorts. He and Tails often work together on a number of machines, including the X-Tornado, an upgrade to the Tornado 2.
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*Danny, Frances, and Helen - Chris' friends who occasionally lingered with the Sonic cast during the early episodes.
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*Danny, Frances, and Helen – Chris' friends who occasionally lingered with the Sonic cast during the early episodes.
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*[[Decoe and Bocoe]] - Two comical robots that are constantly by Dr. Eggman's side, working at his every command while making side comments about their job. They play minor roles in virtually every episode they appear in except for episode 48.
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*[[Decoe and Bocoe]] – Two comical robots that are constantly by Dr. Eggman's side, working at his every command while making side comments about their job. They play minor roles in virtually every episode they appear in except for episode 48.
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*E-Series - Other than the ones established in the games, most E-series robots are ''Sonic X''-exclusive and, for the most part of series 1, act as the generic monsters-of-the-week. See below for a list of them.
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*E-Series – Other than the ones established in the games, most E-series robots are ''Sonic X''-exclusive and, for the most part of series 1, act as the generic monsters-of-the-week. See below for a list of them.
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*[[Ella]] and Tanaka - The Thorndykes' maid and butler respectively.
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*[[Ella]] and Tanaka – The Thorndykes' maid and butler respectively.
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*Jerome Wise - A man who used to work under the President. At first Jerome tries to prevent the President's reputation from being ruined by Sonic. He gets fired when it was found out that he made a deal with Dr. Eggman, and he ends up homeless on the streets.
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*Jerome Wise – A man who used to work under the President. At first Jerome tries to prevent the President's reputation from being ruined by Sonic. He gets fired when it was found out that he made a deal with Dr. Eggman, and he ends up homeless on the streets.
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*Nelson Thorndyke and Lindsay Fay - Chris' parents who are often away working, resulting in a great deal of emotional distance between themselves and their son.
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*Nelson Thorndyke and Lindsay Fay – Chris' parents who are often away working, resulting in a great deal of emotional distance between themselves and their son.
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*Sam Speed - Leader of the S-Team and Chris' uncle. Sam attempts to capture Sonic on the highways, but he is effortlessly outraced. Since then, he has always deemed himself as Sonic's rival. He bestows upon himself many nicknames in the Japanese version.
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*[[Sam Speed]] – Leader of the S-Team and Chris' uncle. Sam attempts to capture Sonic on the highways, but he is effortlessly outraced. Since then, he has always deemed himself as Sonic's rival. He bestows upon himself many nicknames in the Japanese version.
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*[[Topaz]] - A female GUN agent who often worked alongside Rouge on missions issued by the President.
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*[[Topaz]] – A female GUN agent who often worked alongside Rouge on missions issued by the President.
 
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*[[Cosmo]] - A girl from another planet that first shows up in episode 53. She journeys to Sonic's planet in hopes of finding him, since it is believed that his usage of the Chaos Emeralds can help save the galaxy from the Metarex.
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*[[Cosmo]] – A girl from another planet that first shows up in episode 53. She journeys to Sonic's planet in hopes of finding him, since it is believed that his usage of the Chaos Emeralds can help save the galaxy from the Metarex.
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*[[Dark Oak]] - The leader of the Metarex in episodes 53-78 and the primary villain of series 2. As Sonic was unable to defeat him originally even in his super state, he transports the emeralds to distant corners of the galaxy, preventing Dark Oak from obtaining them.
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*[[Dark Oak]] – The leader of the Metarex in episodes 53-78 and the primary villain of series 2. As Sonic was unable to defeat him originally even in his super state, he transports the emeralds to distant corners of the galaxy, preventing Dark Oak from obtaining them.
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*[[Dark Super Sonic]] – Not so much a new character as a new form of Sonic, his only appearance was in one episode of Sonic X. He is created by fake Chaos Emeralds empowered by his own anger. Eggman calms him down, stopping the new form, which is never seen again.
  
 
===E-Series Robots===
 
===E-Series Robots===
 
Note: Some of the E-Series have no codenames stated in the Japanese version of ''Sonic X''. The names given to E-11, E-14, E-23, E-43, E-47, and E-90 in the American dub by 4Kids are the closest one can get for a name until the official source for the Japanese codenames reveals the original names.
 
Note: Some of the E-Series have no codenames stated in the Japanese version of ''Sonic X''. The names given to E-11, E-14, E-23, E-43, E-47, and E-90 in the American dub by 4Kids are the closest one can get for a name until the official source for the Japanese codenames reveals the original names.
  
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*'''E-11 Beacon''': (episodes 4 and 12) Dr. Eggman summons this robot to accompany him to where a Chaos Emerald has been found. Although it held Sonic at bay by bouncing him around in the air, it was quickly defeated when Sonic obtained a ring. It is later again seen during the attack on Eggman's base.
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*'''E-11 Beacon''' (episodes 4 and 12) – Dr. Eggman summons this robot to accompany him to where a Chaos Emerald has been found. Although it held Sonic at bay by bouncing him around in the air, it was quickly defeated when Sonic obtained a ring. It is later again seen during the attack on Eggman's base.
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*'''E-12''': (episode 28) It attacks Sonic and Tails while Tails was having a dream.
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*'''E-12''' (episode 28) – It attacks Sonic and Tails while Tails was having a dream.
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*'''E-13''': (episodes 1, 11, 12, and 13). Minor guard robots which have no plot centered around them. All they apparently do is attack intruders.
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*'''E-13''' (episodes 1, 11, 12, and 13) – Minor guard robots which have no plot centered around them. All they apparently do is attack intruders.
 
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*'''E-14 Sneezer''': (episodes 1, 11, 12, and 13). Much like the E-13 above, their only function is to pursue intruders.
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*'''E-14 Sneezer''' (episodes 1, 11, 12, and 13) – Much like the E-13 above, their only function is to pursue intruders.
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*'''E-18 Guerra-Hard''': (episode 13) Sonic confronts this powerful, gigantic robot inside Dr. Eggman's base.
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*'''E-18 Guerra-Hard''' (episode 13) – Sonic confronts this powerful, gigantic robot inside Dr. Eggman's base.
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*'''E-21 Ballios''': (episode 10) These baseball-playing robots make up Dr. Eggman's "Eggs Team" when a Chaos Emerald is discovered at the Diamond Stadium.
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*'''E-21 Ballios''' (episode 10) – These baseball-playing robots make up Dr. Eggman's "Eggs Team" when a Chaos Emerald is discovered at the Diamond Stadium.
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*'''E-23 Missile Wrist''': (episodes 3, 11, and 39 (flashback, dub only)) This is Eggman's first robot used to terrorize Station Square when he announces to take over the human world. It later appears when GUN sneaks into Eggman's base as an empty, nonfunctional shell, and it is brought back to the government base for an analysis.
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*'''E-23 Missile Wrist''' (episodes 3, 11, and 39 (flashback, dub only) – This is Eggman's first robot used to terrorize [[Station Square]] when he announces his intention to take over the human world. It later appears when [[G.U.N.]] sneaks into Eggman's base, this time as an empty, nonfunctional shell; later, it is brought back to the base of said shady government agency for analysis.
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*'''E-35 Funfun''': (episodes 12 and 13) While Dr. Eggman was away from his base tracking down the most recently discovered Chaos Emerald, he brought along this robot. Funfun has a powerful fan installed in him that is capable of blowing his opponents away, which Tails was barely able to hold off in his X-Cyclone, although Sonic managed to defeat it easily.
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*'''E-35 Funfun''' (episodes 12 and 13) – While Dr. Eggman was away from his base tracking down the most recently discovered Chaos Emerald, he brought along this robot. Funfun has a powerful fan installed in him that is capable of blowing his opponents away and that [[Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]] was barely able to hold off in his X-Cyclone, although Sonic managed to defeat it easily.
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*'''E-38 Octoron''': (episode 9) This robot causes havok at Emerald Coast.
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*'''E-38 Octoron''' (episode 9) – This robot causes havok at [[Emerald Coast.]]
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*'''E-39 Quizon''': (episode 9) These robots construct a theme park called "Eggman's Sea Park" ("Eggman's Scream Park" in the English version) in place of Hotel de Blanc at Emerald Coast. After Sonic destroys Octoron, they combine themselves into one gigantic robot (referred to as "Serpenter" in the dub). Although Sonic step up to fight it off, Amy was the one to defeat it using her trademark hammer.
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*'''E-39 Quizon''' (episode 9) – These robots construct a theme park called "Eggman's Sea Park" ("Eggman's Scream Park" in the English version) in place of Hotel de Blanc at Emerald Coast. After Sonic destroys Octoron, they combine themselves into one gigantic robot (referred to as "Serpenter" in the dub). Although Sonic step up to fight it off, [[Amy Rose]] was the one to defeat it, using her trademark hammer.
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*'''E-42 Torole''': (episode 15) These robots show up to wreak everything in sight once Dr. Eggman's recently launched Egg Fort arrives at the mall.
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*'''E-42 Torole''' (episode 15) – These robots show up to wreck everything in sight once Dr. Eggman's recently launched Egg Fort arrives at the mall.
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*'''E-43 Falcon''': (episode 15) These robots appear and attack Sonic when he shows up to stop the Egg Fort for the first time.
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*'''E-43 Falcon''' (episode 15) – These robots appear and attack Sonic when he shows up to stop the Egg Fort for the first time.
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*'''E-45 Sumo-Man''': (episode 21) He basically acts as a road block during a race between Sonic and Sam Speed. They both manage to get pass him, however, apparently without much notice towards him.
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*'''E-45 Sumo-Man''' (episode 21) – He basically acts as a road block during a race between Sonic and Sam Speed. They both manage to get pass him, but apparently without paying much notice towards him.
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*'''E-47 Pumpty''': (episode 5) This robot has a clear-glass container used to capture Sonic's friends while Sonic is out fighting Knuckles. Although Amy severely damages its main generator, Knuckles ultimately is the one to defeat it.
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*'''E-47 Pumpty''' (episode 5) – This robot has a clear-glass container, which it uses to capture Sonic's friends while Sonic is out fighting [[Knuckles the Echidna]]. Although Amy severely damages its main generator, Knuckles ultimately is the one to defeat it.
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*'''E-51 Intelligente''' (pronounced ''In-tella-hen-tay''): (episode 6) A schoolteacher robot that takes over Chris's class as as the new teacher, to which the children respond positively. He refuses to follow Dr. Eggman's orders until Eggman shows up in person, threatening to dismantle him. Sonic defeats him after E-51 selfishly goes back to being a mindless servant.
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*'''E-51 Intelligente''' (pronounced ''In-tella-hen-tay'') (episode 6) – A schoolteacher robot that takes over Chris' class as its new teacher, to which the children respond positively. He refuses to follow Dr. Eggman's orders until Eggman shows up in person, threatening to dismantle him. Sonic defeats him after E-51 selfishly goes back to being a mindless servant.
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*'''E-57 Clurken''': (episode 16) Attacks Sonic and friends when a Chaos Emerald has been found under the ocean.
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*'''E-57 Clurken''' (episode 16) – Attacks Sonic and friends when a Chaos Emerald has been found under the ocean.
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*'''E-65 Gorru-Gaooh''': (episode 18) Attacks Sonic while he is in Africa with Chris and Tails.
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*'''E-65 Gorru-Gaooh''' (episode 18) – Attacks Sonic while he is in Africa with Chris and Tails.
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*'''E-66 Da-Dai-Oh''': (episode 22) Attacks Sonic's friends at a Chao colony, tracking mud into the river in the process.
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*'''E-66 Da-Dai-Oh''' (episode 22) – Attacks Sonic's friends at a Chao colony, tracking mud into the river in the process.
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*'''E-70 Noizi''': (episode 11) Guards the Chaos Emerald Dr. Eggman stole at Diamond Stadium. It is capable of making loud deafening noises.
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*'''E-70 Noizi''' (episode 11) – Guards the Chaos Emerald that Dr. Eggman stole at Diamond Stadium. It is capable of making painfully loud noises.
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*'''E-74 Weazo''': (episode 23) Attacks Sonic and friends in a movie studio where yet another Chaos Emerald has been found.
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*'''E-74 Weazo''' (episode 23) – Attacks Sonic and friends in a movie studio where yet another Chaos Emerald has been found.
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*'''E-77 Lucky''': (episodes 25, 26, 45, and 46) Dr. Eggman sends out this petite, bell-shaped robot to look for the final Chaos Emerald. He is made out of lucky charms, but this appears to be merely dumb luck. Lucky has an apparent desire to be praised, as he willingly offers Sonic the Chaos Emerald upon complimenting him. Although his immediate fate was unknown at the time, Lucky is last seen fighting in a martial arts tournament held by the President.
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*'''E-77 Lucky''' (episodes 25, 26, 45, and 46) – Dr. Eggman sends out this petite, bell-shaped robot to look for the final Chaos Emerald. He is made out of lucky charms, but this appears to be merely dumb luck. Lucky has an apparent desire to be praised, as he willingly offers Sonic the Chaos Emerald after Sonic compliments him. Although his immediate fate was unknown at the time, Lucky is later and last seen fighting in a martial arts tournament held by the President.
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*'''E-88 Lightning Bird''': (episode 24) A huge robot that acts very much like a chicken, it attacks Sonic at a farm. A piece of loose machinery falls into Sonic's ear, eventually causing him to run uncontrollably for nearly the entire episode.
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*'''E-88 Lightning Bird''' (episode 24) – A huge robot that acts very much like a chicken and attacks Sonic at a farm. A piece of loose machinery from the robot falls into Sonic's ear, eventually causing him to run uncontrollably for nearly the entire episode.
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*'''E-90 Super Sweeper''': (episode 8) This robot sucks up all the satellites in space so Dr. Eggman can launch his television channel.
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*'''E-90 Super Sweeper''' (episode 8) – This robot is deployed to suck up all the satellites in space so that Dr. Eggman can launch his own television channel.
−
*'''E-91 Ku-no-i-chi''': (episode 17) The only female E-Series robot, and is modeled after a ninja. Quoted from Dr. Eggman in the Japanese version: "Sometimes she's a driver, sometimes she's a female guard, and sometimes she's a sexy dancer... but her true identity is E-91, Ku-no-i-chi!" E-91's codename roughly translates to "Lady Ninja".
+
*'''E-91 Ku-no-i-chi''' (episode 17) – The only female E-Series robot, modeled after a ninja (its codename translates to "Female Ninja"). Quoted from Dr. Eggman in the Japanese version: "Sometimes she's a driver, sometimes she's a female guard, and sometimes she's a sexy dancer... but her true identity is E-91, Ku-no-i-chi!"
−
*'''E-99 Egg Emperor''': (episode 26) A highly massive E-Series robot that is a reformation of the Egg Fort 2. Using the power of the Chaos Emeralds, he is able to move faster than Sonic himself, appearing to him as a mere blur. Although Eggman enjoyed playing around with Sonic at first, E-99 eventually went out of his control and started pummeling Sonic with full force. Because of this, Sonic was completely unable to fight him and was rendered severely injured. After E-99 seemingly kills Sonic by throwing him into the ocean, Chris (who was being held ransom by Eggman) breaks out of his restraints and accidentally drops the Chaos Emeralds into the ocean. Ultimately, E-99 is destroyed by Super Sonic, although it has proved to be one of the most fierce of Eggman's creations in the series. (Note: In the English version, E-99's codename is "Eggsterminator". Its Japanese name is shared with that of the normal final boss in ''Sonic Heroes'', although it is unknown if this was the reason for 4Kids altering it.)
+
*'''E-99 Egg Emperor''' (episode 26) – A massive E-Series robot that is a reformation of the Egg Fort 2. Using the power of the Chaos Emeralds, he is able to move faster than Sonic himself, appearing to him as a mere blur. Although Eggman enjoyed playing around with Sonic at first, E-99 eventually went out of his control and started pummeling Sonic with full force. Because of this, Sonic was completely unable to fight him and was rendered severely injured. After E-99 seemingly kills Sonic by throwing him into the ocean, Chris (who was being held ransom by Eggman) breaks out of his restraints and accidentally drops the Chaos Emeralds into the ocean. Ultimately, E-99 is destroyed by Super Sonic, although it has proved to be one of the most fierce of Eggman's creations in the series. (Note: In the English version, E-99's codename is "Eggsterminator". Its Japanese name is shared with that of the normal final boss in ''Sonic Heroes'', although it is unknown if this was the reason for 4Kids altering it.)
  
 
==4Kids English Version==
 
==4Kids English Version==
  
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Common with all of their licenses, 4Kids edited the show to keep up with broadcasting guidelines. This version of ''Sonic X'' has been criticized by some for editing out whole portions, changing the soundtrack, and re-wording certain phrases to make it more kid friendly, which is why many ''Sonic X'' fans prefer the original Japanese version. However, in comparison with some other 4Kids titles, the English version of ''Sonic X'' had remained relatively faithful to the original in terms of overall script and episode count.
+
As with all of their licenses, 4Kids edited the show to satisfy broadcasting guidelines. This version of ''Sonic X'' has been criticized by some for editing out whole portions, changing the soundtrack, and re-wording certain phrases to make it more kid friendly. The quality of the New York-based voice acting was criticised as well. Reasons such as these are why many ''Sonic X'' fans prefer the original Japanese version. However, in comparison with some other 4Kids titles, the English version of ''Sonic X'' was relatively faithful to the original in terms of its overall script and episode count.
  
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==Cast List==
+
==Episodes==
 +
{{mainArticle|Sonic X Episodes}}
  
 +
==Voice actors==
 
===Main/Recurring Characters===
 
===Main/Recurring Characters===
−
 
+
Instead of casting the voice actors from the games, 4Kids cast their own actors as the Sonic characters. These actors would replace the actors from the games in 2005 until 2010.
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{| rules="all" cellpadding="3" class="prettytable"
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{| rules="all" cellpadding="3" class="prettytable sortable"
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Character
 
! Character
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|-
 
|-
 
| [[Chris Thorndyke]]
 
| [[Chris Thorndyke]]
−
| Sanae Kobayashi
+
| [[Sanae Kobayashi]]
−
| Suzanne Goldish
+
| [[Suzanne Goldish]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Miles "Tails" Prower]]
 
| [[Miles "Tails" Prower]]
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|-
 
|-
 
| [[Knuckles the Echidna]]
 
| [[Knuckles the Echidna]]
−
| [[Nobutoshi Kanna]]
+
| [[Nobutoshi Kanna|Nobutoshi Canna]]
 
| [[Dan Green]]
 
| [[Dan Green]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Cream the Rabbit]]
 
| [[Cream the Rabbit]]
 
| [[Sayaka Aoki]]
 
| [[Sayaka Aoki]]
−
| Rebecca Handler
+
| [[Rebecca Honig]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Chuck Thorndyke]]
 
| [[Chuck Thorndyke]]
−
| Bin Shimada
+
| [[Bin Shimada]]
−
| Jerry Lobozzo
+
| [[Jerry Lobozzo|Jack Quevas]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Dr. Eggman]]
 
| [[Dr. Eggman]]
−
| [[Chikao Otsuka]]
+
| [[Chikao Ōtsuka|Chikao Ohtsuka]]
 
| [[Mike Pollock]]
 
| [[Mike Pollock]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Shadow the Hedgehog]]
 
| [[Shadow the Hedgehog]]
−
| [[Koji Yusa]]
+
| [[Koji Yusa|Kōji Yusa]]
−
| Jason Griffith
+
| [[Jason Griffith]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Rouge the Bat]]
 
| [[Rouge the Bat]]
 
| [[Rumi Ochiai]]
 
| [[Rumi Ochiai]]
−
| [[Kathleen Delaney]]
+
| [[Kathleen Delaney|Kathleen Delaney]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Cosmo]]
 
| [[Cosmo]]
−
| Etsuko Kozakura
+
| [[Etsuko Kozakura]]
−
| Amy Birnbaum
+
| [[Amy Birnbaum]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Dark Oak]]
+
| [[Dark Oak]]/Lucas
−
| Jouji Nakata
+
| [[Jōji Nakata]]/[[Katsuyuki Konishi]]
−
| Jonathan Todd Ross
+
| [[Matt Hoverman]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Black Narcissus
+
| [[Black Narcissus]]
−
| Ken Narita
+
| [[Ken Narita]]
−
| Sean Schemmel
+
| [[Sean Schemmel]]
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===Supporting/Minor Characters===
 
===Supporting/Minor Characters===
  
−
{| rules="all" cellpadding="3" class="prettytable"
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{| rules="all" cellpadding="3" class="prettytable sortable"
 
|-
 
|-
 
! Character
 
! Character
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|-
 
|-
 
| [[Decoe]]
 
| [[Decoe]]
−
| Ken Yamaguchi
+
| [[Ken Yamaguchi]]
−
| Andrew Rannells
+
| [[Andrew Rannells]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Bocoe]]
 
| [[Bocoe]]
 
| Bin Shimada
 
| Bin Shimada
−
| Darren Dunstan
+
| [[Darren Dunstan]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Bokkun]]
 
| [[Bokkun]]
−
| Yumiko Kobayashi
+
| [[Yumiko Kobayashi]]
 
| Andrew Rannells
 
| Andrew Rannells
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Cheese the Chao]]
+
| [[Cheese]]
−
| ''Unknown''
+
| Ryo Hirohashi
−
| Jack Quevas
+
| Rebecca Honig
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Ella]]
 
| [[Ella]]
−
| Kujira
+
| [[Kujira]]
 
| Mike Pollock
 
| Mike Pollock
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Tanaka]]
+
| [[Mr. Tanaka|Edward Tanaka]]
−
| ''Unknown''
+
| [[Naoki Imamura]]
−
| [[Darren Dunstan]]
+
| Darren Dunstan
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Sam Speed
+
| [[Sam Speed]]
−
| Souichirou Tanaka
+
| [[Souichirou Tanaka]]
−
| Frank Frankson
+
| [[Gregory Abbey|Frank Frankson]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Danny
+
| [[Danny]]
−
| Naomi Shindoh
+
| [[Naomi Shindoh]]
−
| Tara Jayne
+
| [[Rachael Lillis]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Frances
+
| [[Frances]]
−
| ''Unknown''
+
| Yuka Shioyama
−
| Kerry Williams
+
| [[Kerry Williams]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Helen
+
| [[Helen]]
−
| Noriko Hidaka
+
| [[Noriko Hidaka]]
−
| Amy Birnbaum
+
| [[Amy Birnbaum]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Nelson Thorndyke
+
| [[Nelson Thorndyke]]
−
|''Unknown''
+
| Ken Yamaguchi
−
| Ted Lewis
+
| [[Ted Lewis]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Lindsay Thorndyke
+
| [[Lindsey Thorndyke]]
 
| Naomi Shindoh
 
| Naomi Shindoh
−
| Jennifer Blood
+
| [[Jennifer Johnson]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Stewart
+
| [[Mr. Stewart]]
−
| ''Unknown''
+
| [[Michio Nakao]]
−
| Andrew Rannells
+
| [[Andrew Rannells]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Topaz]]
 
| [[Topaz]]
−
| ''Unknown''
+
| Yukari Hikida
−
| Kayzie Rogers
+
| [[Kayzie Rogers]]
 +
|-
 +
| The President (Michael K.)
 +
| [[Tomohisa Asō]]
 +
| [[Ted Lewis|Ed Paul]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| The President
+
| [[Jerome Wise]]
 
| ''Unknown''
 
| ''Unknown''
−
| Ed Paul
+
| [[David Wills]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Secretary
+
| [[Christina Cooper]]
−
| ''Unknown''
+
| [[Kumiko Izumi]]
 
| Lisa Ortiz
 
| Lisa Ortiz
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Scarlet Garcia
+
| [[Scarlet Garcia]]
−
| ''Unknown''
+
| [[Yuka Shioyama]]
 
| [[Megan Hollingshead]]
 
| [[Megan Hollingshead]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Vanilla the Rabbit]]
 
| [[Vanilla the Rabbit]]
 
| Sayaka Aoki
 
| Sayaka Aoki
−
| Rebecca Handler
+
| Rebecca Honig
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Tikal]]
 
| [[Tikal]]
−
| Kaori Asou
+
| [[Kaori Asō]]
−
| ''Unknown''
+
| [[Karen Neill]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[E-102 Gamma]]
 
| [[E-102 Gamma]]
−
| Taiten Kusunoki
+
| Naoki Imamura
−
| ''Unknown''
+
| Andrew Rannells
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Big the Cat]]
 
| [[Big the Cat]]
−
| Takashi Nagasako
+
| [[Takashi Nagasako]]
−
|''Unknown''
+
| [[Pete Zarustica]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Gerald Robotnik]]
 
| [[Gerald Robotnik]]
−
| ''Unknown''
+
| Chikao Ohtsuka
 
| Mike Pollock
 
| Mike Pollock
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Maria]]
 
| [[Maria]]
−
| Yuri Shiratori
+
| [[Yuri Shiratori]]
−
| Bella Hudson
+
| Rebecca Honig
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Vector the Crocodile]]
 
| [[Vector the Crocodile]]
−
| Kenta Miyake
+
| [[Kenta Miyake]]
−
| Jimmy Zoppi
+
| [[Jimmy Zoppi]]/[[Carter Cathcart]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Espio the Chameleon]]
 
| [[Espio the Chameleon]]
−
| Yuuki Masuda
+
| [[Yuuki Masuda]]
 
| David Wills
 
| David Wills
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Charmy Bee]]
 
| [[Charmy Bee]]
−
| Yoko Teppouzuka
+
| [[Yoko Teppouzuka]]
 
| Amy Birnbaum
 
| Amy Birnbaum
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Chris (Adult)
 
| Chris (Adult)
−
| Masakazu Morita
+
| [[Masakazu Morita]]
−
| [[Pete Capella]]
+
| [[Michael Sinterniklaas]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Galaxina
+
| [[Galaxina]]
 
| ''Unknown''
 
| ''Unknown''
−
| Veronica Taylor
+
| [[Veronica Taylor]]
 +
|-
 +
| [[Molly]]
 +
| Sachiko Kojima
 +
| Bella Hudson
 +
|-
 +
| [[Leon (Sonic X)|Leon]]
 +
| [[Yuuki Tai]]
 +
| Frank Frankson
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Yellow Zelkova
+
| [[Pale Bay Leaf]]
−
| Takeshi Watabe
+
| Jurouta Kosugi
−
| Ted Lewis
+
| [[Jim Napalitano]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Leon
+
| [[Red Pine]]
−
| Yuuki Tai
+
| [[Houchu Ootsuka|Hōchū Ōtsuka]]
−
| ''Unknown''
+
| [[Jonathan Todd Ross]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Pale Bay Leaf
+
| [[Yellow Zelkova]]
−
| ''Unknown''
+
| [[Takeshi Watabe]]
−
| Jim Napalitano
+
| Ted Lewis
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Scarship
+
| Hellship
−
| ''Unknown''
+
| Takashi Nagasako
 
| Jimmy Zoppi
 
| Jimmy Zoppi
−
|-
 
−
| Red Pine
 
−
| ''Unknown''
 
−
| Jonathan Todd Ross
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
−
==Episodes==
+
==Syndication==
−
===Season 1===
+
{|
−
{| class="prettytable"
+
!Country
−
! № || Title || JP Airdate || US Airdate || Character Cards
+
!Television channels
−
|-
 
−
| 1 || [[Enter the Supersonic Hedgehog!]] || 06/04/2003 || 23/08/2003 || [[Sonic]] / [[Sam Speed]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| 2 || [[Infiltrate! Area 99]] || 13/04/2003 || 13/09/2003 || [[Cream]] / [[Cheese]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| 3 || [[Dr. Eggman's Ambition]] || 20/04/2003 || 20/09/2003 || [[Knuckles]] / [[Amy Rose]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| 4 || [[Get the Chaos Emerald!]] || 27/04/2003 || 27/09/2003 || [[Dr. Eggman]] / [[Chuck Thorndyke]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| 5 || [[Clash!! Sonic vs Knuckles]] || 04/05/2003 || 04/10/2003 || [[Chris Thorndyke]] / [[Tails]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| 6 || [[Fierce Battle! School Wars]] || 11/05/2003 || 11/10/2003 || [[Decoe]] / [[Bocoe]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| 7 || [[Giant Free For All! Chris' House Party]] || 18/05/2003 || 18/10/2003 || [[Ella]] / [[Mr. Tanaka]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| 8 || [[Emergency Launch! X Tornado]] || 25/05/2003 || 25/10/2003 || Tornado 2 / [[X Tornado]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 9 || [[Amy on the Beach]] || 01/06/2003 || 01/11/2003 || E-38 Octoron / E-39 Quizon
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|JP}} Japan
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:TV Tokyo|TV Tokyo]] (2003-04-06 — 2004-03-28)
 +
*[[wikipedia:Kids Station|Kids Station]] (2004–2005, 2020)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 10 || [[Fierce Fight! Sonic Baseball Team]] || 08/06/2003 || 08/11/2003 || [[Bokkun]] / E-21 Ballios
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|US}} United States
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]] (FoxBox/4K!DSTV) (2003-08-23 — 2006-05-06, reruns: 2007-05-05 — 2008-12-27)
 +
*[[wikipedia:The CW|The CW]] (The CW4Kids/Toonzai/Vortexx) (2009-01-03 — 2014-09-27)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 11 || [[The Beautiful, Mysterious Thief Rouge Arrives]] || 15/06/2003 || 15/11/2003 || [[Rouge]] / E-70 Noizi
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|UK}} United Kingdom
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:CITV|CITV]] (only the first 39 episodes)
 +
*[[wikipedia:Jetix|Jetix]] (xxxx)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 12 || [[Before the Attack on Eggman's Base]] || 22/06/2003 || 22/11/2003 || X Cyclone / E-35 Fanfan
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|IE}} Ireland
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:RTÉ2|RTÉ2]] (xxxx)
 +
*[[wikipedia:Jetix|Jetix]] (xxxx)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 13 || [[After the Attack on Eggman's Base]] || 29/06/2003 || 29/11/2003 || [[Danny]] / E-18 Guerra-Hard
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|FR}} France
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:Jetix|Jetix]] (xxxx)
 +
*[[wikipedia:TF1|TF1]] (2003-11-19)
 +
*[[wikipedia:Fox Kids|Fox Kids]] (2003-11-22)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 14 || [[Chase After the Hero Sonic!]] || 06/07/2003 || 06/12/2003 || [[Helen]] / [[Frances]]
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|CA}} Canada
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:YTV (TV channel)|YTV]] (xxxx)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 15 || [[The Mobile Fortress Attacks]] || 13/07/2003 || 13/12/2003 || Eggfort / E-42 Torole
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|ES}} Spain
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:Boing (Spain)|Boing (Spain)]] (xxxx)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 16 || [[On Sight! The Sunken Ship in Southern Sea]] || 20/07/2003 || 17/01/2004 || Crab / E-57 Clurken
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|PT}} Portugal
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:Sociedade Independente de Comunicação|SIC]] (xxxx)
 +
*[[wikipedia:Biggs (TV channel)|Biggs]] (2016-01-04, Monday to Friday 7 am / 9:30 pm){{ref|http://dreamia.pt/homepage/noticias/sonic,-o-ouri%C3%A7o-azul-acelera-no-biggs}}{{ref|http://biggs.pt/programas/sonic-x/}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 17 || [[Knuckles! Clenched Fists of Anger]] || 27/07/2003 || 24/01/2004 || [[Hawk]] / E-91 Kunoichi
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|IT}} Italy
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:Jetix|Jetix]] (2004-10-4)
 +
*[[wikipedia:Italia 1|Italia 1]] (2005-08-29)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 18 || [[Huge Shoot-out on the Savannah]] || 03/08/2003 || 31/01/2004 || Cheetah / E-65 Gorru-Gaooh
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|GR}} Greece
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:Jetix|Jetix]] (xxxx)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 19 || [[The Ghost of King Boom Boo in the Old Castle]] || 10/08/2003 || 07/02/2004 || Boom / King Boom Boo
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|TR}} Turkey
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:Jetix|Jetix]] (xxxx)
 +
*[[wikipedia:CNBC-e|CNBC-e]] (xxxx)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 20 || [[Departure! Egg Fort II]] || 17/08/2003 || 14/02/2004 || BaBang / BaBaBang
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|IL}} Israel
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:Jetix|Jetix]] (xxxx)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 21 || [[Speed Match! Sonic vs Sam]] || 24/08/2003 || 21/02/2004 || Rocket Car / E-45 Sumo-Man
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|PL}} Poland
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:Fox Kids|Fox Kids]]/[[wikipedia:Jetix|Jetix]] (2004-09-04 — 2006-11-26)
 +
*[[wikipedia:Polsat|Polsat]] (2006-01-07 — 2008-05-31)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 22 || [[Summer Vacation Chao Observation Diary]] || 31/08/2003 || 28/02/2004 || E-66 Dadaioh / [[Chao]]
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|RU}} Russia
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:Disney Channel (Russia)|Jetix Russia]] (xxxx)
 +
*[[wikipedia:Spacetoon|Spacetoon]] (xxxx)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 23 || [[Mayhem! 6 Chaos Emeralds]] || 07/09/2003 || 06/03/2004 || Bang / E-74 Weazo
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|RO}} Romania
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:Prima TV|Prima TV]] (2006–2007)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 24 || [[Wild Sonic! Strategic Capture Operation]] || 14/09/2003 || 13/03/2004 || E-88 Lightning Bird / Eggfort II
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|BG}} Bulgaria
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:Jetix|Jetix]] (xxxx)
 +
*[[wikipedia:Nova television (Bulgaria)|Nova television]] (xxxx)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 25 || [[The Last Chaos Emerald]] || 21/09/2003 || 20/03/2004 || E-77 Lucky / [[Topaz]]
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|NL}} Netherlands
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:Jetix|Jetix]] (2004-06-03 — 2005-12-23, 2008)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 26 || [[The Birth of Super Sonic]] || 28/09/2003 || 27/03/2004 || E-99 Egg Emperor
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|DK}} Denmark
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:Disney XD (Scandinavia)|Jetix Scandinavia]] (xxxx)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 27 || [[The Beginning of the Disaster]] || 05/10/2003 || 18/09/2004 || [[Big]] / [[Chaos]]
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|NO}} Norway
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:Disney XD (Scandinavia)|Jetix Scandinavia]] (xxxx)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 28 || [[The Puzzle of the Liquid Life Form, Chaos]] || 12/10/2003 || 25/09/2004 || [[Egg Hornet]] / Chaos 4
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|FI}} Finland
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:Disney XD (Scandinavia)|Jetix Scandinavia]] (xxxx)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 29 || [[Amy the Captive]] || 19/10/2003 || 02/10/2004 || [[E-102 Gamma]] / [[Froggy]]
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|SE}} Sweden
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:Disney XD (Scandinavia)|Jetix Scandinavia]] (xxxx)
 +
*[[wikipedia:SVT Barnkanalen|SVT Barnkanalen]] (xxxx)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 30 || [[Egg Carrier Battle]] || 26/10/2003 || 09/10/2004 || [[Egg Carrier]] / Chaos 6
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|IS}} Iceland
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:Jetix|Jetix]] (xxxx)
 +
*[[wikipedia:RÚV (chaîne de télévision)|RÚV]] (xxxx)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 31 || [[Gamma the Wanderer]] || 02/11/2003 || 16/10/2004 || [[Lily]] / [[E-101 Beta|E-101 Kai]]
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|MX}} Mexico
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:Jetix|Jetix]] (xxxx)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 32 || [[The Scream of Perfect Chaos]] || 09/11/2003 || 23/10/2004 || [[Tikal]] / Perfect Chaos
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|BR}} Brazil
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:Jetix|Jetix]] (xxxx)
 +
*[[wikipedia:TV Globinho|TV Globinho]] (xxxx)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 33 || [[The Puzzle of Project Shadow]] || 16/11/2003 || 30/10/2004 || [[Egg Mobile]] / [[Gerald Robotnik]]
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|AR}} Argentina
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:Jetix|Jetix]] (xxxx)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 34 || [[Sonic the Fugitive]] || 23/11/2003 || 06/11/2004 || Big Foot / Hot Shot
+
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|SA}} Saudi Arabia
 +
|
 +
*[[wikipedia:MBC 3|MBC 3]] (xxxx)
 +
*Ajial (xxxx)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 35 || [[Escape From Prison Island]] || 30/11/2003 || 13/11/2004 || Laser Hunter / Flying Dog
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*[[wikipedia:Qatar Television|Qatar Tv]] (xxxx)
 
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| 36 || [[Threat From Outer Space]] || 07/12/2003 || 20/11/2004 || [[Space Colony ARK]] / Egg Golem
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*[[wikipedia:Spacetoon English|Spacetoon English]] (2007-01-30)
 
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| 37 || [[Space Colony ARK Battle]] || 14/12/2003 || 27/11/2004 || [[Shadow]] / [[Maria]]
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*[[wikipedia:Network Ten|Network Ten]] (Season 1 only, 4Kids version)
 
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| 38 || [[Maria's Request, Everyone's Request]] || 21/12/2003 || 04/12/2004 || [[Biolizard]] / Final Lizard
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*[[wikipedia:NTV7|NTV7]] (xxxx)
 
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| 39 || [[The Chaotix Detective Agency]] || 28/12/2003 || 11/12/2004 || [[Vector]] / [[Espio]] / [[Charmy]]
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*[[wikipedia:Indosiar|Indosiar]] (xxxx)
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*[[wikipedia:Spacetoon|Spacetoon Indonesia]] (xxxx)
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*[[wikipedia:YTV|YTV]] (xxxx)
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*[[wikipedia:Toonami (Southeast Asia)|Toonami Southeast Asia]] (xxxx)
 
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| 40 || [[Eggman Corporation]] || 04/01/2004 || 18/12/2004 || [[Vanilla]] / [[Scarlet Garcia]]
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|PH}} Philippines
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*[[wikipedia:GMA Network|GMA Network]] (xxxx)
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*[[wikipedia:Jetix|Jetix]] (xxxx)
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*[[wikipedia:Toonami (Southeast Asia)|Toonami Southeast Asia]] (xxxx)
 
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| 41 || [[We Can See the Light!]] || 11/01/2004 || 22/01/2005 || [[Jerome Wise]] / [[Christina Cooper]]
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*[[wikipedia:Toonami (Southeast Asia)|Toonami Southeast Asia]] (xxxx)
 
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| 42 || [[Amy, Love's Escape Journey?!]] || 18/01/2004 || 29/01/2005 || [[Emerl]] / Bomb Tank
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|TH}} Thailand
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*[[wikipedia:Toonami (Southeast Asia)|Toonami Southeast Asia]] (xxxx)
 
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| 43 || [[Huge Home Electronics Panic!]] || 25/01/2004 || 06/02/2005 || [[Miranda Curtis]] / Gatyamecha
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{flag|LK}} Sri Lanka
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*[[wikipedia:Toonami (Southeast Asia)|Toonami Southeast Asia]] (xxxx)
 
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| 44 || [[The Ridiculous Epic Spy Battle]] || 01/02/2004 || 12/02/2005 || Stewart's Car / Egg Spider
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*[[wikipedia:Toonami (Southeast Asia)|Toonami Southeast Asia]] (xxxx)
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*YOYO TV
 
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| 45 || [[Sonic Battle - Face Off!!]] || 08/02/2004 || 19/02/2005 || [[Emer Johnson]] / [[Next]]
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| 46 || [[Sonic Battle - Finale!!]] || 15/02/2004 || 26/02/2005 || Knuckles / Cream
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*[[wikipedia:Toonami (Southeast Asia)|Toonami Southeast Asia]] (xxxx)
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| 47 || [[Decisive Battle on the Equator!!]] || 22/02/2004 || 05/03/2005 || [[Dr. Atsumi]] / Egg Giant-Makan
 
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| 48 || [[Sonic vs Monster from the Underground]] || 29/02/2004 || 12/03/2005 || Mothmacin / Mongroun
 
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| 49 || [[The Day the Earth Stood Still]] || 07/03/2004 || 12/03/2005 || Tails / Dr. Eggman
 
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| 50 || [[Morning of Farewells]] || 14/03/2004 || 19/03/2005 || Amy Rose / Rouge
 
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| 51 || [[Chris' Long Journey]] || 21/03/2004 || 19/03/2005 || [[Nelson Thorndyke]] / [[Linsey Thorndyke]]
 
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| 52 || [[Memories of the Wind]] || 28/03/2004 || 26/03/2005 || none
 
 
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|}
  
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===Season 2===
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==Production credits==
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{| class="prettytable"
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*'''Original Concept:''' [[SEGA]], [[Sonic Team]]
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| 53 || [[A Messenger from Meteoric Shower]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
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*'''Planning:''' SONIC Project
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*'''Executive Producer:''' [[Yuji Naka]]
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| 54 || [[The Space Ship Blue Typhoon]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
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*'''Producer:''' Takeshi Sasamura (TV Tokyo), Tadahito Matsumoto (TMS Entertainment)
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*'''Animation Producer:''' Kenji Mizunuma
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| 55 || [[The Water Planet, Hydoo]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
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*'''Associate Producer:''' Emi Sasaki
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*'''Story Editor:''' Hiro Masaki (Episodes 1-52), Kiyoko Yoshimura (Episodes 53-78)
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| 56 || [[Dr. Eggman Appearance!]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
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*'''Supervisors:''' [[Akinori Nishiyama]], [[Takashi Iizuka]], [[Shiro Maekawa]]
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*'''Original Character Design:''' [[Yuji Uekawa]]
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| 57 || [[The Battle of Icepalace!]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
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*'''Character Design / Animation Director:''' Satoshi Hirayama
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*'''Mechnical Design:''' Yasuhiro Moriki
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| 58 || [[Young Girl's Jungle Trap]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
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*'''Mechnical Animation Director:''' Keisuke Watabe
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*'''Art Director:''' Yukiko Iijima
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| 59 || [[Chaotix Goes Into Space]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
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*'''Color Design:''' Mika Iwami
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*'''Background Art:''' Minoru Ōkōchi
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| 60 || [[Shadow's Rebirth]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
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*'''Sound Director:''' Keiichi Momose (Episodes 1-52), [[sega:Keiichirou Miyoshi|Keiichiro Miyoshi]] (Episodes 53-78)
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|-
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*'''Music:''' Yoshihiro Ike
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| 61 || [[The Metarex Battle Ship Attack!]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
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*'''Recording Engineer:''' Tadaharu Satō
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|-
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*'''Assistant Engineer:''' Mitsue Narahara
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| 62 || [[The Secret of the Underground Valley]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
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*'''Sound Production:''' MSI (Episodes 1-52), Tohokushinsha Film Corporation (Episodes 53-78)
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|-
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*'''Recording Studio:''' KSS Studio
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| 63 || [[The Space Stronghold, Metal Plant]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
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*'''Sound Effects:''' Toshio Takano
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*'''CG Director:''' Takeshi Nagata
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| 64 || [[Clash! Sonic vs Shadow]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
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*'''CG Production:''' ufotable
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|-
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*'''Director of Photography:''' Ayumu Hatori
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| 65 || [[The Chaotix Shocking Love Love Operation!]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
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*'''Editor:''' Hisako Hasegawa
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*'''Editing Cooperation:''' Okada Edit Room
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| 66 || [[Cross the Galaxy Pathway! ]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
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*'''Editing Studio:''' TMS Photo (T.D.B.)
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|-
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*'''Program Publicity:''' Nanae Sasahara (TV Tokyo), Yasushi Nagumo
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| 67 || [[The Black Trap]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
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*'''Assistant:''' Yoshie Maeda
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|-
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*'''Literary Manager:''' Kōji Miki
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| 68 || [[Downfall of the Crumbling Planet]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
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*'''Production Chief:''' Hideaki Miyamoto
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|-
+
*'''Animation Production:''' TMS Entertainment (credited as Tokyo Movie)
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| 69 || [[Please Marmolim!]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
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*'''Produced by:''' TV Tokyo, TMS Entertainment
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|-
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*'''Director:''' Hajime Kamegaki
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| 70 || [[Eggman Fleet's Reveal]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
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}}
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|-
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}}
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| 71 || [[Cafe Chaotix]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
 
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|-
 
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| 72 || [[The Truth of the Metarex]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
 
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|-
 
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| 73 || [[The Assassin, Shadow]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
 
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|-
 
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| 74 || [[The Lost Planet]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
 
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|-
 
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| 75 || [[The Day of Forestation]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
 
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|-
 
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| 76 || [[ Decisive Battle! Dark Oak]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
 
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|-
 
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| 77 || [[For Your Sake, I Can Do It]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
 
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|-
 
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| 78 || [[The Place Where the Planets Were Born]] || ??/??/200? || ??/?/200? || ???
 
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|}
 
  
 
==Music==
 
==Music==
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===Openings===
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===Opening===
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*OP (Episodes 1-78): "SONIC DRIVE" by Hironobu Kageyama and Hideaki Takatori
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*OP (Episodes 1-78): "[[SONIC DRIVE]]" by Hironobu Kageyama and Hideaki Takatori
  
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===Endings===
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===Ending===
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*ED1 (Episodes 1-13): "Mi-Ra-I" (''"Future"'') by RUN&GUN
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*ED1 (Episodes 1-13): "[[Mi-Ra-I]]" (''"Future"'') by [[wikipedia:Run&Gun|RUN&GUN]]
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*ED2 (Episodes 14-39, 53-78): "Hikaru Michi" (''"The Shining Road"'') by Aya Hiroshige
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*ED2 (Episodes 14-39, 53-78): "Hikaru Michi" (''"[[The Shining Road]]"'') by Aya Hiroshige
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*ED3 (Episodes 40-52): "T.O.P" by K.P.
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*ED3 (Episodes 40-52): "[[T.O.P]]" by KP
  
 
===Inserts===
 
===Inserts===
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*INS1 (Episode 26): "Kotoba ni Dekinai" (''"Words Cannot Describe"'') by OFF COURSE
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*INS1 (Episode 26): "Kotoba ni Dekinai" (''"Words Cannot Describe"'') by OFF COURSE (TV Broadcast Only)
 
*INS2 (Episode 38): "Live & Learn" by [[Crush 40]]
 
*INS2 (Episode 38): "Live & Learn" by [[Crush 40]]
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*INS3 (Episode 52): "Natsu no Hi" (''"Summer Days"'') by OFF COURSE
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*INS3 (Episode 52): "Natsu no Hi" (''"Summer Day"'') by OFF COURSE (TV Broadcast Only)
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*INS4 (Episode 52): "Midori no Hibi" (''"Green Days"'') by OFF COURSE
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*INS4 (Episode 52): "Midori no Hibi" (''"Green Days"'') by OFF COURSE (TV Broadcast Only)
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4Kids produced their own opening vocal theme to replace the Japanese theme songs, simply known as "Sonic X Theme" (popularly yet unofficially referred to as "[[Gotta Go Fast]]" by fans). It was written by Russel Velazquez, Joseph Garrity, and Norman Grossfield, and it appeared on the compilation soundtrack ''[[True Blue]]'' (strangely in place of "SONIC DRIVE").
 
  
−
In 2004, an [[Sonic_X_Original_Soundtrack|original soundtrack]] was released by Wave Master, featuring select BGM, four versions of "SONIC DRIVE" (including the full version), and "Mi-Ra-I."
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===Notes===
  
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==[[Game Boy Advance|Gameboy Advance]] Video==
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*4Kids produced their own opening vocal theme to replace the Japanese theme songs, simply known as "''Sonic X'' Theme" (and popularly yet unofficially referred to as "[[Gotta Go Fast]]" by fans). It was written by Russel Velazquez, Joseph Garrity, and Norman Grossfield, and it appeared on the compilation soundtrack ''[[True Blue]]'' (strangely in place of "SONIC DRIVE"). The entire Japanese soundtrack had been removed from the 4Kids version of Sonic X.
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Two Game Boy Advance Videos (''[[Sonic X: Game Boy Advance Video Volume 1|GBA Video Volume 1]]'' and ''[[Sonic X: Game Boy Advance Video Volume 2|GBA Video Volume 2]]'') with the first four episodes of Sonic X were produced.
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*Jetix used their own opening theme of Sonic X for PAL broadcasts. The song is sung by a female singer repeating the show's title numerous times.
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*In 2004, an [[Sonic X Original Soundtrack|original soundtrack to the series]] was released by Wave Master, featuring select BGM, four versions of "SONIC DRIVE" (including the full version), and "Mi-Ra-I."
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*Several music tracks from [[Sonic Adventure]] and [[Sonic Adventure 2]] appear as BGM in certain episodes.
  
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==Merchandise==
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{{mainArticle|Sonic X/Merchandise}}
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*In September 2005, [[Archie Comics]] started [[Sonic X (Archie comics)|an ongoing series based upon, and named after, ''Sonic X'']]. It ended at Issue #40, after which it was replaced by ''[[Sonic Universe]]''.
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*The Leapster, from LeapFrog Enterprises, has released a [[Sonic X (Leapster game)|''Sonic X''-themed math game]] intended for kindergarten and first grade students.
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*''Sonic X'' toys and action figures were released by Toy Island. The first line was a re-release of their earlier ''Sonic Adventure'' line, only with a redesigned box and less accessories. The line includes Sonic, Tails, Big, Knuckles, and Eggman.
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* The Blue Bunny ice cream company released a [[Sonic the Hedgehog (ice cream bar)|''Sonic X''-themed ice cream bar]].
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* Other merchandise includes bedsheets, plush toys, posters, backpacks, and children's clothing.
  
 +
===Game Boy Advance Video===
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A [[sega:Game Boy Advance|Game Boy Advance]] Video with two episodes, entitled ''[[Sonic X: A Super Sonic Hero]]'', was released. A second volume called ''[[Sonic X: Chaos Emerald Chaos]]'' went unreleased.
  
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===VideoNow===
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A disc for VideoNow released as ''4Kids Entertainment Mix'' including ''Sonic X'', ''Kirby: Right Back at Ya!'', ''The Cramp Twins'' and ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)''.
  
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== Merchandise ==
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===Juice Box===
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==Home releases==
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{{mainArticle|Sonic X/Home releases}}
  
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*In September 2005, Archie Comics started an ongoing series based on Sonic X. Issue #40 will be its finale, starting a new comic book entitled Sonic Universe.
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==Artwork==
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*The Leapster, from LeapFrog Enterprises, has released a Sonic X-themed math game intended for kindergarten and first grade students.
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20031204014133/http://www.tms-e.com/on_air/sonic/index.html Official website on TMS Entertainment] (archive)
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090410083613/http://www.tms-e.com/search/index.php?pdt_no=121 Official website on TMS Entertainment (later)] (archive)
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030811071831/http://www.sonicteam.com/sonicx/ Official website on SonicTeam.com] (archive)
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050915072615/http://4kids.tv/sonicx/ ''{{PAGENAME}}'' on 4Kids.tv] (archive)
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* [https://www.kids-station.com/programs/KS00094127 ''{{PAGENAME}}'' on Kids Station website]
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* ''{{PAGENAME}}'' on Amazon: [https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Control-Freaks/dp/B07HKS8PHG/ US (1-26)], [https://www.amazon.com/Sunblock-Solution/dp/B07T2MPQ13/ US (27-52)], [https://www.amazon.com/A-Chilling-Discovery/dp/B07SG7PNT8/ US (53-78)], [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cracking-Knuckles/dp/B07K7ZZD67/ UK (1-26)], [https://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Chaotic-Day/dp/B07T6Y53GP/ UK (27-52)], [https://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Fearless-Friend/dp/B07SKCXSH4/ UK (53-78)]
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* [https://www.b-ch.com/titles/6455/ ''{{PAGENAME}}'' on Bandai Channel]
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* [https://www.netflix.com/title/81172267 ''{{PAGENAME}}'' on Netflix]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090925063709/http://www.moviesquare.jp/tmo/catalog.aspx?c=sonic&pos=sonic_6031010001#sonic_6031010001 ''{{PAGENAME}}'' on Tokyo Movie Online] (archive)
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041208123514/http://www.declic-images.com:80/declic/index.php?script=actu&id_actu=64&statut=1 Announcement dated 17 November 2004 of Déclic Image's acquisition of the ''Sonic X'' license on their website] (archive)
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071022122311/http://www.manga-distribution.fr/md/index.php?script=fiche_serie&id_serie=700 ''Sonic X'' DVD collection (Vol. 1, 2, 3 and 4) on Manga Distribution online catalogue] (archive)
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20061123185024/http://www.declic-collection.fr/declic_collection/index.php?script=desc_abonnement&id_collection=12 ''Sonic X''/''Shaman King'' Collection on Déclic Collection] (archive)
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20031211231020/http://www.runandgun.jp/ RUN&GUN official website] (archive)
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kpXbNEitNE&list=PL40ZsdsdyFHupKtcxMUB_1gQ6weZ-4gJo Portuguese-dubbed ''Sonic X'' episodes (Biggs Channel version) on YouTube]
  
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*Sonic X toys and action figures were released by Toy Island. The first line was a re-release of their earlier Sonic Adventure line, only with a redesigned box and less accessories. The line includes Sonic, Tails, Big, Knuckles, and Eggman.
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=== Full episodes officially on YouTube ===
 +
The following is a list of full episode playlists of the ''Sonic X'' anime as officially uploaded on YouTube for free viewing, courtesy of TMS Entertainment. Note that some of these uploads may be region-locked for certain markets however, and of course they are heavily ad-supported:
  
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* The Blue Bunny ice cream company released a Sonic X themed ice cream bar.
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* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj2Ugc-vxcWEQlpeFnutiOvQ7B1KNuzLU All season one episodes in English]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj2Ugc-vxcWGJbICmPjp8DADICabaURqC All season two episodes in English]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj2Ugc-vxcWGeCxC1zubwBBaUMLYSUJ7j All season three episodes in English]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVs8KIyueUjVE4DUcPl4507e5quMAdjhL A selection of episodes in Japanese]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhLIuhReJ4ccUjzA1QHzZ6BeX4DZpnX53 All season one and most season two episodes in Latino Spanish]
  
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* Other merchandise includes bedsheets, plush toys, posters, backpacks, and childrens' clothing.
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Sonic X
Studio: TMS Entertainment
Number of seasons: 2
Number of episodes: 78
Original airdate: 2003-04-06 — 2004-03-28
Release Date RRP Code Rating
VHS Video
US 		200x $? ?
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JP 		200x ¥? ?
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UK 		2005 £? ?

Sonic X (ソニックX) is a animated television series based on the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. It was animated and produced in Japan by TMS Entertainment and TV Tokyo with the partnership of Sega and Sonic Team.

Season 1 comprised 52 episodes and has aired in Japan, the US, and Europe. Soon after season 1 ended, a second season of 26 additional episodes was produced and originally aired in France from March to April 2005. None of season 2's episodes ended up being aired in Japan, but it is interesting to note that a full Japanese language track had been recorded for them, as evidenced by its presence on the VCDs released in Taiwan. The second season eventually made it to Japan through online distribution services starting with the Tokyo Movie Online (東京ムービーONLINE) rental service in 2009.

In 2003, 4Kids Entertainment licensed Sonic X for American television broadcasting, and it aired on FoxBox (later renamed to 4KidsTV) from August 2003 to May 2006. ShoPro Entertainment was also made a license holder in November 2003. Despite the series doing less than stellar in Japan, it gained popularity overseas. This prompted Sega to buy shares in TMS Entertainment, which was in danger of bankruptcy at the time.

In June 2012, following 4Kids' bankruptcy due to a lawsuit on the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, the U.S. rights to Sonic X were sold to Kidsco Media Ventures, a subsidiary of Saban Brands. In 2015, Discotek Media took over the series' rights and released the entire English dubbed series on DVD in late 2016 and standard definition Blu-ray in 2019. In 2023 a Blu-ray was released of Sonic X in Japanese with English Subtitles, using the masters prepped from the Kids Station airing.

Premise

The first 26 episodes of Sonic X dealt primarily with Sonic the Hedgehog and most of the main cast being suddenly transported to Earth during a Chaos Control incident at Dr. Eggman's base. On Earth, Sonic finds hospitality with a human boy named Chris Thorndyke, who provides Sonic and friends with shelter and support against Dr. Eggman's ambitions to conquer the world. Episodes 27 to 38 dealt primarily with the storylines of the Sonic Adventure series and roughly adapted them, most notably introducing Shadow the Hedgehog, although the latter does not appear again until the second season. As the first season approached its conclusion, characters such as Vanilla the Rabbit, the Chaotix crew, and Sonic's animal buddies showed up briefly in cameo appearances; the Chaotix went on to become recurring characters in the second series.

Sonic and friends finally travel back to their homeworld (which may, or may not, be equivalent to planet Mobius) by the end of episode 52. So, during the second series, they travel into space in order to defeat an army known as the Metarex, who are bent on conquering the universe. Along with the main Sonic cast, Chris finally invents a device to take him to Sonic's world – but although he designs it when he is an adult scientist, it has a side-effect of turning him back into a child again. Also, a new plant-like girl by the name of Cosmo assists them in their journey.

History

Development

Sonic Retro emblem.svg Main article: Sonic X/Development

Sonic X first entered production as early as 2001, when TMS Entertainment, Sega, and Sonic Team produced their first pilot for the series. This episode was about 4 minutes in length and did not have a name at the time, being called simply "Sonic". The overall presentation of the pilot was also vastly different to how the series ended up. In the pilot, the series seems to take place in a fictional world, similar to that of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and SatAM (both of which, interestingly enough, TMS Entertainment has worked on to provide animation services) and had a futuristic look. Other than the obvious Dr. Eggman, there were no humans present in the pilot.

In the pilot, the power-ups that Sonic utilizes are crystals that have a similar appearance to the Master Emerald's shards, rather than to rings or Chaos Emeralds. Cheese did not have a finalized name; instead, the pilot simply calls him Chao. Another unusual thing is that the pilot has an English narration, as opposed to a Japanese one. It is possible that, at the time, the production team were looking at foreign markets to produce the animation, before making the decision to produce it for the Japanese market.

However, despite the fact that the pilot was never publicly revealed or announced, rumours began to circulate early in 2002 of a new Sonic animation project in the works. It wasn't until later that Sonic X was officially confirmed by a promotional flyer and a press release from the Japanese companies. The same year, TMS Entertainment produced another pilot for the series, which was much more closer in nature to the final version of the series; this pilot was shorter than the previous one, was recorded in Japanese, and gave an official name to Cheese. It was later broadcast at World Hobby Fair and Tokyo Gaming Show. Both the first and second pilots were eventually released on Hi-Spec editions of the Japanese DVD volumes 1 and 6, respectively.

Airings

On April 6, 2003, TV Tokyo began broadcasting Sonic X on its Sunday morning timeslot, at 8:30 AM. Not long after this, Sonic X was announced to be licensed by 4Kids Entertainment in North America and the series' US premiere occured in August 2003 on their FoxBox children's strand on Fox. In August 2003, Fox Kids Europe, later named Jetix Europe, secured all non-Asian and North American rights to the series and began a worldwide premiere in 2004 in preparation for Fox Kids' rebranding as Jetix. Despite being licensed from TMS instead of 4Kids, Jetix Europe dubbed over the English version for consistency other than the change of theme tune to an instrumental track. However, in France, the dub was not based on the 4Kids version, but rather the original Japanese. In July, TF1 began broadcasting the series in France;

During its run on TV Tokyo, Sonic X lasted for 52 episodes before being replaced by Bijutsu wa Tanoshi!. However, despite receiving a full 52 episode run, the series ratings did not meet expectations. However, there is a chance this may have been due to being put up against TV Asahi's Magical Girl timeslot, which ran Ashita no Nadja, then Futari wa Pretty Cure, during its airing. Despite its subpar ratings in Japan, the series gained more success in territories elsewhere, especially throughout Europe.

On June 2004, it was officially announced that additional episodes would be produced, though it was generally thought at the time that 4Kids Entertainment secured additional episode from TMS Entertainment. It wasn't until several months later when production scripts, storyboards, layout designs, and character designs for these episodes began to show up on Yahoo! Auctions Japan. At first, it was thought to be a hoax, since neither TMS Entertainment nor Sega had officially announced these episodes. It wasn't until France confirmed additional episodes to begin broadcast in March 2005 that people started to believe this information. The first physical evidence of the new episodes was revealed in Thailand, which began to broadcast the new episodes in February 2005, but they weren't noticed until several episodes in that the broadcast station was airing them.

After Sonic X was broadcast in France on TF1, Déclic Images, a subsidiary of the French company Manga Distribution, secured home video rights from Jetix Europe, and released the episodes on DVD - selling them in three different ways:

  • A box containing 6 DVDs with 18 episodes (a total of four boxes)
  • The sale of a DVD every month at every newsagent
  • Online sale. To register, costumers had to buy the first DVD, which included a registration coupon. However, this subscription forced costumers to buy the Shaman King series DVDs (which had received the same promotional offer) at the same time. To compensate for this "inconvenience", Déclic Images decided to offer a poster with each DVD. Alternately, the poster could be from the Sonic X series or the Shaman King series.

Characters

Along with many characters from the video game series (especially those from the Sonic Adventure series), Sonic X introduces additional cast members exclusive to the anime.

Season 1

  • Bokkun – A hyperactive, childish robot who acts as Eggman's messenger. He loves setting off explosives in messages that he sends to Sonic and friends, and occasionally to Eggman as well.
  • Chris Thorndyke – A well-off boy who helps out Sonic from the very beginning. Due to past loneliness and emotional distance from his family, Chris becomes strongly attached to Sonic.
  • Chuck Thorndyke – Chris' grandfather, a mechanic and inventor of sorts. He and Tails often work together on a number of machines, including the X-Tornado, an upgrade to the Tornado 2.
  • Danny, Frances, and Helen – Chris' friends who occasionally lingered with the Sonic cast during the early episodes.
  • Decoe and Bocoe – Two comical robots that are constantly by Dr. Eggman's side, working at his every command while making side comments about their job. They play minor roles in virtually every episode they appear in except for episode 48.
  • E-Series – Other than the ones established in the games, most E-series robots are Sonic X-exclusive and, for the most part of series 1, act as the generic monsters-of-the-week. See below for a list of them.
  • Ella and Tanaka – The Thorndykes' maid and butler respectively.
  • Jerome Wise – A man who used to work under the President. At first Jerome tries to prevent the President's reputation from being ruined by Sonic. He gets fired when it was found out that he made a deal with Dr. Eggman, and he ends up homeless on the streets.
  • Nelson Thorndyke and Lindsay Fay – Chris' parents who are often away working, resulting in a great deal of emotional distance between themselves and their son.
  • Sam Speed – Leader of the S-Team and Chris' uncle. Sam attempts to capture Sonic on the highways, but he is effortlessly outraced. Since then, he has always deemed himself as Sonic's rival. He bestows upon himself many nicknames in the Japanese version.
  • Topaz – A female GUN agent who often worked alongside Rouge on missions issued by the President.

Season 2

  • Cosmo – A girl from another planet that first shows up in episode 53. She journeys to Sonic's planet in hopes of finding him, since it is believed that his usage of the Chaos Emeralds can help save the galaxy from the Metarex.
  • Dark Oak – The leader of the Metarex in episodes 53-78 and the primary villain of series 2. As Sonic was unable to defeat him originally even in his super state, he transports the emeralds to distant corners of the galaxy, preventing Dark Oak from obtaining them.
  • Dark Super Sonic – Not so much a new character as a new form of Sonic, his only appearance was in one episode of Sonic X. He is created by fake Chaos Emeralds empowered by his own anger. Eggman calms him down, stopping the new form, which is never seen again.

E-Series Robots

Note: Some of the E-Series have no codenames stated in the Japanese version of Sonic X. The names given to E-11, E-14, E-23, E-43, E-47, and E-90 in the American dub by 4Kids are the closest one can get for a name until the official source for the Japanese codenames reveals the original names.

  • E-11 Beacon (episodes 4 and 12) – Dr. Eggman summons this robot to accompany him to where a Chaos Emerald has been found. Although it held Sonic at bay by bouncing him around in the air, it was quickly defeated when Sonic obtained a ring. It is later again seen during the attack on Eggman's base.
  • E-12 (episode 28) – It attacks Sonic and Tails while Tails was having a dream.
  • E-13 (episodes 1, 11, 12, and 13) – Minor guard robots which have no plot centered around them. All they apparently do is attack intruders.
  • E-14 Sneezer (episodes 1, 11, 12, and 13) – Much like the E-13 above, their only function is to pursue intruders.
  • E-18 Guerra-Hard (episode 13) – Sonic confronts this powerful, gigantic robot inside Dr. Eggman's base.
  • E-21 Ballios (episode 10) – These baseball-playing robots make up Dr. Eggman's "Eggs Team" when a Chaos Emerald is discovered at the Diamond Stadium.
  • E-23 Missile Wrist (episodes 3, 11, and 39 (flashback, dub only) – This is Eggman's first robot used to terrorize Station Square when he announces his intention to take over the human world. It later appears when G.U.N. sneaks into Eggman's base, this time as an empty, nonfunctional shell; later, it is brought back to the base of said shady government agency for analysis.
  • E-35 Funfun (episodes 12 and 13) – While Dr. Eggman was away from his base tracking down the most recently discovered Chaos Emerald, he brought along this robot. Funfun has a powerful fan installed in him that is capable of blowing his opponents away and that Tails was barely able to hold off in his X-Cyclone, although Sonic managed to defeat it easily.
  • E-38 Octoron (episode 9) – This robot causes havok at Emerald Coast.
  • E-39 Quizon (episode 9) – These robots construct a theme park called "Eggman's Sea Park" ("Eggman's Scream Park" in the English version) in place of Hotel de Blanc at Emerald Coast. After Sonic destroys Octoron, they combine themselves into one gigantic robot (referred to as "Serpenter" in the dub). Although Sonic step up to fight it off, Amy Rose was the one to defeat it, using her trademark hammer.
  • E-42 Torole (episode 15) – These robots show up to wreck everything in sight once Dr. Eggman's recently launched Egg Fort arrives at the mall.
  • E-43 Falcon (episode 15) – These robots appear and attack Sonic when he shows up to stop the Egg Fort for the first time.
  • E-45 Sumo-Man (episode 21) – He basically acts as a road block during a race between Sonic and Sam Speed. They both manage to get pass him, but apparently without paying much notice towards him.
  • E-47 Pumpty (episode 5) – This robot has a clear-glass container, which it uses to capture Sonic's friends while Sonic is out fighting Knuckles the Echidna. Although Amy severely damages its main generator, Knuckles ultimately is the one to defeat it.
  • E-51 Intelligente (pronounced In-tella-hen-tay) (episode 6) – A schoolteacher robot that takes over Chris' class as its new teacher, to which the children respond positively. He refuses to follow Dr. Eggman's orders until Eggman shows up in person, threatening to dismantle him. Sonic defeats him after E-51 selfishly goes back to being a mindless servant.
  • E-57 Clurken (episode 16) – Attacks Sonic and friends when a Chaos Emerald has been found under the ocean.
  • E-65 Gorru-Gaooh (episode 18) – Attacks Sonic while he is in Africa with Chris and Tails.
  • E-66 Da-Dai-Oh (episode 22) – Attacks Sonic's friends at a Chao colony, tracking mud into the river in the process.
  • E-70 Noizi (episode 11) – Guards the Chaos Emerald that Dr. Eggman stole at Diamond Stadium. It is capable of making painfully loud noises.
  • E-74 Weazo (episode 23) – Attacks Sonic and friends in a movie studio where yet another Chaos Emerald has been found.
  • E-77 Lucky (episodes 25, 26, 45, and 46) – Dr. Eggman sends out this petite, bell-shaped robot to look for the final Chaos Emerald. He is made out of lucky charms, but this appears to be merely dumb luck. Lucky has an apparent desire to be praised, as he willingly offers Sonic the Chaos Emerald after Sonic compliments him. Although his immediate fate was unknown at the time, Lucky is later and last seen fighting in a martial arts tournament held by the President.
  • E-88 Lightning Bird (episode 24) – A huge robot that acts very much like a chicken and attacks Sonic at a farm. A piece of loose machinery from the robot falls into Sonic's ear, eventually causing him to run uncontrollably for nearly the entire episode.
  • E-90 Super Sweeper (episode 8) – This robot is deployed to suck up all the satellites in space so that Dr. Eggman can launch his own television channel.
  • E-91 Ku-no-i-chi (episode 17) – The only female E-Series robot, modeled after a ninja (its codename translates to "Female Ninja"). Quoted from Dr. Eggman in the Japanese version: "Sometimes she's a driver, sometimes she's a female guard, and sometimes she's a sexy dancer... but her true identity is E-91, Ku-no-i-chi!"
  • E-99 Egg Emperor (episode 26) – A massive E-Series robot that is a reformation of the Egg Fort 2. Using the power of the Chaos Emeralds, he is able to move faster than Sonic himself, appearing to him as a mere blur. Although Eggman enjoyed playing around with Sonic at first, E-99 eventually went out of his control and started pummeling Sonic with full force. Because of this, Sonic was completely unable to fight him and was rendered severely injured. After E-99 seemingly kills Sonic by throwing him into the ocean, Chris (who was being held ransom by Eggman) breaks out of his restraints and accidentally drops the Chaos Emeralds into the ocean. Ultimately, E-99 is destroyed by Super Sonic, although it has proved to be one of the most fierce of Eggman's creations in the series. (Note: In the English version, E-99's codename is "Eggsterminator". Its Japanese name is shared with that of the normal final boss in Sonic Heroes, although it is unknown if this was the reason for 4Kids altering it.)

4Kids English Version

As with all of their licenses, 4Kids edited the show to satisfy broadcasting guidelines. This version of Sonic X has been criticized by some for editing out whole portions, changing the soundtrack, and re-wording certain phrases to make it more kid friendly. The quality of the New York-based voice acting was criticised as well. Reasons such as these are why many Sonic X fans prefer the original Japanese version. However, in comparison with some other 4Kids titles, the English version of Sonic X was relatively faithful to the original in terms of its overall script and episode count.

Episodes

Sonic Retro emblem.svg Main article: Sonic X Episodes

Voice actors

Main/Recurring Characters

Instead of casting the voice actors from the games, 4Kids cast their own actors as the Sonic characters. These actors would replace the actors from the games in 2005 until 2010.

Character VA (Japanese) VA (English)
Sonic the Hedgehog Jun'ichi Kanemaru Jason Griffith
Chris Thorndyke Sanae Kobayashi Suzanne Goldish
Miles "Tails" Prower Ryo Hirohashi Amy Palant
Knuckles the Echidna Nobutoshi Canna Dan Green
Amy Rose Taeko Kawata Lisa Ortiz
Cream the Rabbit Sayaka Aoki Rebecca Honig
Chuck Thorndyke Bin Shimada Jack Quevas
Dr. Eggman Chikao Ohtsuka Mike Pollock
Shadow the Hedgehog Kōji Yusa Jason Griffith
Rouge the Bat Rumi Ochiai Kathleen Delaney
Cosmo Etsuko Kozakura Amy Birnbaum
Dark Oak/Lucas Jōji Nakata/Katsuyuki Konishi Matt Hoverman
Black Narcissus Ken Narita Sean Schemmel

Supporting/Minor Characters

Character VA (Japanese) VA (English)
Decoe Ken Yamaguchi Andrew Rannells
Bocoe Bin Shimada Darren Dunstan
Bokkun Yumiko Kobayashi Andrew Rannells
Cheese Ryo Hirohashi Rebecca Honig
Ella Kujira Mike Pollock
Edward Tanaka Naoki Imamura Darren Dunstan
Sam Speed Souichirou Tanaka Frank Frankson
Danny Naomi Shindoh Rachael Lillis
Frances Yuka Shioyama Kerry Williams
Helen Noriko Hidaka Amy Birnbaum
Nelson Thorndyke Ken Yamaguchi Ted Lewis
Lindsey Thorndyke Naomi Shindoh Jennifer Johnson
Mr. Stewart Michio Nakao Andrew Rannells
Topaz Yukari Hikida Kayzie Rogers
The President (Michael K.) Tomohisa Asō Ed Paul
Jerome Wise Unknown David Wills
Christina Cooper Kumiko Izumi Lisa Ortiz
Scarlet Garcia Yuka Shioyama Megan Hollingshead
Vanilla the Rabbit Sayaka Aoki Rebecca Honig
Tikal Kaori Asō Karen Neill
E-102 Gamma Naoki Imamura Andrew Rannells
Big the Cat Takashi Nagasako Pete Zarustica
Gerald Robotnik Chikao Ohtsuka Mike Pollock
Maria Yuri Shiratori Rebecca Honig
Vector the Crocodile Kenta Miyake Jimmy Zoppi/Carter Cathcart
Espio the Chameleon Yuuki Masuda David Wills
Charmy Bee Yoko Teppouzuka Amy Birnbaum
Chris (Adult) Masakazu Morita Michael Sinterniklaas
Galaxina Unknown Veronica Taylor
Molly Sachiko Kojima Bella Hudson
Leon Yuuki Tai Frank Frankson
Pale Bay Leaf Jurouta Kosugi Jim Napalitano
Red Pine Hōchū Ōtsuka Jonathan Todd Ross
Yellow Zelkova Takeshi Watabe Ted Lewis
Hellship Takashi Nagasako Jimmy Zoppi

Syndication

Country Television channels
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Flag US.svg United States
  • FOX (FoxBox/4K!DSTV) (2003-08-23 — 2006-05-06, reruns: 2007-05-05 — 2008-12-27)
  • The CW (The CW4Kids/Toonzai/Vortexx) (2009-01-03 — 2014-09-27)
Flag UK.svg United Kingdom
  • CITV (only the first 39 episodes)
  • Jetix (xxxx)
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Flag FR.svg France
Flag CA.svg Canada
Flag ES.svg Spain
Flag PT.svg Portugal
Flag IT.svg Italy
Flag GR.svg Greece
Flag TR.svg Turkey
Flag IL.svg Israel
Flag PL.svg Poland
Flag RU.svg Russia
Flag RO.svg Romania
Flag BG.svg Bulgaria
Flag NL.svg Netherlands
  • Jetix (2004-06-03 — 2005-12-23, 2008)
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Flag NO.svg Norway
Flag FI.svg Finland
Flag SE.svg Sweden
Flag IS.svg Iceland
Flag MX.svg Mexico
Flag BR.svg Brazil
Flag AR.svg Argentina
Flag SA.svg Saudi Arabia
  • MBC 3 (xxxx)
  • Ajial (xxxx)
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Flag AE.svg United Arab Emirates
Flag AU.svg Australia
Flag MY.svg Malaysia
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Production credits

  • Original Concept: SEGA, Sonic Team
  • Planning: SONIC Project
  • Executive Producer: Yuji Naka
  • Producer: Takeshi Sasamura (TV Tokyo), Tadahito Matsumoto (TMS Entertainment)
  • Animation Producer: Kenji Mizunuma
  • Associate Producer: Emi Sasaki
  • Story Editor: Hiro Masaki (Episodes 1-52), Kiyoko Yoshimura (Episodes 53-78)
  • Supervisors: Akinori Nishiyama, Takashi Iizuka, Shiro Maekawa
  • Original Character Design: Yuji Uekawa
  • Character Design / Animation Director: Satoshi Hirayama
  • Mechnical Design: Yasuhiro Moriki
  • Mechnical Animation Director: Keisuke Watabe
  • Art Director: Yukiko Iijima
  • Color Design: Mika Iwami
  • Background Art: Minoru Ōkōchi
  • Sound Director: Keiichi Momose (Episodes 1-52), Keiichiro Miyoshi (Episodes 53-78)
  • Music: Yoshihiro Ike
  • Recording Engineer: Tadaharu Satō
  • Assistant Engineer: Mitsue Narahara
  • Sound Production: MSI (Episodes 1-52), Tohokushinsha Film Corporation (Episodes 53-78)
  • Recording Studio: KSS Studio
  • Sound Effects: Toshio Takano
  • CG Director: Takeshi Nagata
  • CG Production: ufotable
  • Director of Photography: Ayumu Hatori
  • Editor: Hisako Hasegawa
  • Editing Cooperation: Okada Edit Room
  • Editing Studio: TMS Photo (T.D.B.)
  • Program Publicity: Nanae Sasahara (TV Tokyo), Yasushi Nagumo
  • Assistant: Yoshie Maeda
  • Literary Manager: Kōji Miki
  • Production Chief: Hideaki Miyamoto
  • Animation Production: TMS Entertainment (credited as Tokyo Movie)
  • Produced by: TV Tokyo, TMS Entertainment
  • Director: Hajime Kamegaki

Music

Opening

  • OP (Episodes 1-78): "SONIC DRIVE" by Hironobu Kageyama and Hideaki Takatori

Ending

Inserts

  • INS1 (Episode 26): "Kotoba ni Dekinai" ("Words Cannot Describe") by OFF COURSE (TV Broadcast Only)
  • INS2 (Episode 38): "Live & Learn" by Crush 40
  • INS3 (Episode 52): "Natsu no Hi" ("Summer Day") by OFF COURSE (TV Broadcast Only)
  • INS4 (Episode 52): "Midori no Hibi" ("Green Days") by OFF COURSE (TV Broadcast Only)

Notes

  • 4Kids produced their own opening vocal theme to replace the Japanese theme songs, simply known as "Sonic X Theme" (and popularly yet unofficially referred to as "Gotta Go Fast" by fans). It was written by Russel Velazquez, Joseph Garrity, and Norman Grossfield, and it appeared on the compilation soundtrack True Blue (strangely in place of "SONIC DRIVE"). The entire Japanese soundtrack had been removed from the 4Kids version of Sonic X.
  • Jetix used their own opening theme of Sonic X for PAL broadcasts. The song is sung by a female singer repeating the show's title numerous times.
  • In 2004, an original soundtrack to the series was released by Wave Master, featuring select BGM, four versions of "SONIC DRIVE" (including the full version), and "Mi-Ra-I."
  • Several music tracks from Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2 appear as BGM in certain episodes.

Merchandise

Sonic Retro emblem.svg Main article: Sonic X/Merchandise
  • In September 2005, Archie Comics started an ongoing series based upon, and named after, Sonic X. It ended at Issue #40, after which it was replaced by Sonic Universe.
  • The Leapster, from LeapFrog Enterprises, has released a Sonic X-themed math game intended for kindergarten and first grade students.
  • Sonic X toys and action figures were released by Toy Island. The first line was a re-release of their earlier Sonic Adventure line, only with a redesigned box and less accessories. The line includes Sonic, Tails, Big, Knuckles, and Eggman.
  • The Blue Bunny ice cream company released a Sonic X-themed ice cream bar.
  • Other merchandise includes bedsheets, plush toys, posters, backpacks, and children's clothing.

Game Boy Advance Video

A Game Boy Advance Video with two episodes, entitled Sonic X: A Super Sonic Hero, was released. A second volume called Sonic X: Chaos Emerald Chaos went unreleased.

VideoNow

A disc for VideoNow released as 4Kids Entertainment Mix including Sonic X, Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, The Cramp Twins and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003).

Juice Box

A cart for Juice Box with one episode, entitled Missile Wrist Rampage.

Home releases

Sonic Retro emblem.svg Main article: Sonic X/Home releases

Artwork

  • Sonic X logo.svg
  • Sonicxsonic.png
  • Sonicxeggman.png
  • Sonicxchris.png
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  • SonX Rouge.png
  • SonX Rouge2.jpg
  • SonicX Cosmo.gif
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  • Sonicxposter2.jpg
  • Sonic X FR Poster (DVD 1).jpg
  • Sonic X FR Poster (DVD 5).jpg
  • Sonic X FR Poster (DVD 6).jpg

External links

Full episodes officially on YouTube

The following is a list of full episode playlists of the Sonic X anime as officially uploaded on YouTube for free viewing, courtesy of TMS Entertainment. Note that some of these uploads may be region-locked for certain markets however, and of course they are heavily ad-supported:

References

  1. ↑ http://dreamia.pt/homepage/noticias/sonic,-o-ouri%C3%A7o-azul-acelera-no-biggs
  2. ↑ http://biggs.pt/programas/sonic-x/


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