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The original '''''Sonic the Hedgehog'' animated video''', referred to as ''Sonic the Movie'', or ''Sonic OVA'' by some, features [[Sonic the Hedgehog]], [[Miles Prower|Miles "Tails" Prower]], [[Knuckles the Echidna]], [[Dr. Eggman]], [[Hyper Metal Sonic]], and a few original characters, such as the human [[Sara]] (セーラ, ''Sēra''), her father the [[President of the Land of the Sky|President]] (大統領, ''Daitouryou'') and [[Old Man Owl|Old Man]], (おじさん, ''Oji-san''.)
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| title=Sonic the Hedgehog
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| studio=[[sega:Pierrot|Studio Pierrot]]
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| publisher=
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| distributor=[[Taki Corporation]] (JP), [[ADV Films]] (US/UK), [[Madman Entertainment]] (AU/NZ), [[Planet Manga]] (PL)<ref>''Play'' magazine, issue 12/2000, page 37</ref>
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| episodes=2 (JP), 1 (World)
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| runtime=53:55
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| language=Japanese
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| vhs_date_jp_1; Rental=1996-01-26
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| vhs_code_jp_1; Rental=THC-16411
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| vhs_date_jp_2; Rental=1996-03-22
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| vhs_code_jp_2; Rental=THC-16421
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| vhs_date_jp_1=1996-05-31{{ref|1=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214192604/http://pierrot.jp/title/list_ova.html}}
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In Japan, where it was simply titled ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ, ''Sonikku za hejjihoggu'',) the film was released on May 31st, 1996 and presented on two different VHS episodes, each about 30 minutes in length and were titled '''Journey to Eggmanland''' (エッグマンランドへむかえ, ''Eggumanrando he mukae'') and '''Sonic vs. Metal Sonic'''　（ソニック vs. メタルソニック, ''Sonikku vs. Metaru Sonikku''.) An English dub was first released on September 8, 1999 by ADV Films, titled '''''Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie''''' as a single VHS. This release date was chosen to coincide with the release of [[Sonic Adventure]].
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| dvd_date_us_1=2004-01-13{{ref|1=https://web.archive.org/web/20050330200525/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/releases.php?id=2396}}
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| dvd_code_us_1=DHH/010
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| dvd_type_us_1=Rerelease
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| dvd_date_uk=2003-12-15{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20150725161452/http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sonic-The-Hedgehog-Movie-DVD/dp/B00000JGOK}}
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'''''Sonic the Hedgehog''''', referred to as '''''Sonic the Movie''''', '''''Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie''''', and '''''Sonic [[OVA]]''''' by some, is a two-part original video animation, produced in Japan by Sega Enterprises, General Entertainment and Studio Pierrot. Largely inspired by ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog CD]]'', it features [[Sonic the Hedgehog]], [[Miles Prower|Miles "Tails" Prower]], [[Knuckles the Echidna]], [[Dr. Eggman]], [[Hyper Metal Sonic]] (ハイパー・メタル・ソニック ''Haipā Metaru Sonikku''), and a few original characters, such as the human [[Sara]] (セーラ ''Sēra''), her father the [[President of South Island]] (大統領 ''Daitōryō''), the steward owl (執事 ''Shitsuji''), also known as Old Man Owl (おじさん ''Oji-san''), and [[Black Eggman]] (ブラック・エッグマン ''Burakku Egguman'').
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In Japan, the animation was released on two rental-only VHS volumes on 26 January 1996 and 22 March 1996 respectively before being released for retail sale on 31 May 1996. The episodes are about 30 minutes in length and are titled '''Welcome to Eggmanland''' (エッグマンランドへむかえ ''Eggumanrando e Mukae'') and '''Sonic VS Metal Sonic!!''' (ソニックVSメタルソニック！！ ''Sonikku VS Metaru Sonikku!!''). An English dub was first released on 7 September 1999 by ADV Films, titled '''''Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie''''' as a single VHS and DVD, with the two episodes combined into one to make it flow more like a movie. This release date was chosen to closely coincide with the Western release of ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'', which came out two days later.
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A soundtrack for the film was to be released but was canceled due to the series' lack of popularity.
  
 
== World ==
 
== World ==
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The main setting of the film is [[Planet Freedom]], which is composed of two distinctly different worlds. The story begins on the outer world, which is comprised of interconnected floating continents, called [[The Land of the Sky|the Land of the Sky]], and eventually moves to the surface of Planet Freedom, which is referred to as [[The Land of Darkness
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The main setting of the film is [[Planet Freedom]] (惑星フリーダム ''Wakusei Furīdamu''), which is composed of two distinctly different layers. The story begins on the outer layer, which is comprised of interconnected floating continents, called the [[Land of the Sky]] (天の大地 ''Ten no Daichi''), and eventually moves to the surface of Planet Freedom, which is referred to as the [[Land of Darkness]] (闇の大地 ''Yami no Daichi''). In the opening scenes of the film, we see Sonic and Tails on their small, unnamed home continent. This continent is part of a larger group of interconnected continents which are referred to as [[South Island]], this group of continents is a country governed by the President of South Island. It is presumed that other country boundaries exist within Planet Freedom.
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the Land of Darkness]]. In the opening scenes of the film, we see Sonic and Tails on their home continent of the Land of the Sky, [[South Island]].
 
  
 
== Story ==
 
== Story ==
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[[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] is relaxing on the beach when [[Miles Prower|Tails]] comes out to test a new water-bodyboard and asks Sonic to give it a try. Sonic declines, and Tails starts to surf. As he is surfing he encounters small airplane piloted by the [[President of the Land of the Sky|President's]] messenger,[[Old Man Owl|Old Man]]. Unbeknownst to Old Man, the engine of his small aircraft is failing and has been set ablaze, which Tails attempts to fix mid-flight but to no avail, leaving them on a collision course with the cliffside. Sonic hears Tails' cry for help and runs to save them, barely rescuing them from danger moments before impact.
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[[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] is relaxing on the beach of their South Island home when [[Miles Prower|Tails]] comes out to test a new jet-propelled surfboard and asks Sonic if he wants to give it a try. Sonic declines, so Tails begins to surf on his own. Out on the water, he is knocked from his surfboard by a small aircraft piloted by the [[President of South Island]]'s steward, [[Old Man Owl]]. He shouts that he has some news for Sonic, who seems irritated to see the Old Man on their island doorstep yet again. The engine of the Old Man's small aircraft has begun to fail and catch fire which Tails attempts to fix mid-flight but to no avail, leaving them on a collision course with the oncoming cliff side. Sonic hears Tails' cry for help and runs to save them, rescuing them from danger moments before impact.
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Old Man Owl informs Sonic that he is being urgently summoned by to the Presidential residence. Leaving the kind but bumbling owl in charge of their abode while away, Sonic and Tails board the Tornado and fly to the President's house to answer the call. Once they arrive, it appears that the President and his daughter [[Sara]] are being held against their will, and as a result Sonic must listen to what Dr. Eggman has to say. Dr. Eggman says he is in need of Sonic's help to rid the [[Land of Darkness]] of a mysterious being known only as [[Black Eggman]] who has taken over his city, [[Eggmanland]], on the surface of [[Planet Freedom]]. He explains that Black Eggman has sabotaged the Egg Generator that sits at the center of the city and if Sonic does not shut it down it will cause a giant explosion which will destroy the entire planet.
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Once Sonic and Tails have left, the charade is dropped and it is revealed that Eggman has somehow bribed Sara and the President into pretending to be his hostages. Sara and Eggman enjoy several rounds of a fighting video game which Sara keeps losing at, but demands that Eggman continue playing the game with her or she will stop being his hostage. Sara continues to lose several more rounds of the game before announcing that she wants to be taken for a drive somewhere. As if on cue, the curiously empty shell a flying robot crashes through the roof and Eggman and Sara climb in despite her father's plea for her to stay.
  
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Shortly after, Old Man informs Sonic that he has been urgently summoned by the [[President of the Land of the Sky|President]] to the Presidential residence. Leaving Old Man in charge of their abode while away, Sonic and Tails board the Tornado and fly to the Presidential residence, where they encounter Eggman holding the President and his daughter [[Sara]] hostage. Eggman (Robotnik in the English dub,) explains that his city, Eggmanland (Robotropolis in the English dub,) has been taken over by a metal version of himself called [[Black Eggman]] (Metal Robotnik in the English dub.) After much deliberation, Sonic reluctantly agrees to find and confront Black Eggman, and Tails receives a navigation device from the mad doctor that will lead the duo to Eggmanland.
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After flying for some time, Sonic and Tails approach the storm eye-like entrance to the Land of Darkness. They swoop down into it, the winds so strong that Sonic is nearly blown from the wing of the bi-plane. After a turbulent descent they crash-land, the Tornado taking heavy damage. They set off once again to find Eggmanland, traversing many perilous paths and facing a barrage of Eggman's robots on the way before entering a warp zone which takes them to the ruins of an ancient, abandoned city which appears to resemble our own New York City.  
  
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Once Sonic and Tails have left, the charade is dropped and it is revealed that Eggman has somehow bribed Sara and the President to pretend to be the his hostages. Sara and Eggman enjoy several rounds of a fighting video game, demanding that Eggman continue playing the game with her or she will stop being his hostage. Sara continues to lose several rounds of the game before demanding that she be taken for a drive. On cue, the empty shell of Black Eggman crashes through the roof and Eggman and Sara climb in despite her father's plea to stay.
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Black Eggman appears ominously, congratulating them for making it so far but Sonic and Tails promptly mock and attempt to evade him in order to continue to Eggmanland. Sonic and Tails fake their own drowning below a highway bridge in hopes that Black Eggman will believe them dead and leave. As they try to sneak away, they find that the mechanical giant was simply waiting to ambush them and attacks by shooting huge globs of a superglue-like substance, adhering Tails to a nearby fence. Black Eggman deploys hedgehog-seeking missiles at Sonic who then turns them back on their shooter, exploding on impact and damaging the robot substantially. Sonic accidentally steps in a pile of the superglue, adhering him to the pavement and leaving him unable to run. As rain begins to pour and Black Eggman's massive weight cracks the pavement with each step towards the duo, the waters begin to encroach Sonic. With the water nearly above Sonic's head Black Eggman takes aim at the hedgehog, preparing to shoot. Just then Knuckles swoops in and knocks Black Eggman off balance, causing the shot to miss. Tails pulls Sonic from his impending watery grave and the trio launch a team-attack on the flying robot, causing it to explode in mid-air, effectively destroying it. They move on together to locate the entrance to Eggmanland.
  
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After much flying, Sonic and Tails come across the storm eye-like entrance to the Land of Darkness high above the planet's atmosphere. They swoop down into it, the winds so strong that Sonic is nearly blown from the wing of the bi-plane. Finally, they exit the eye and crash land, the Tornado taking massive damage. Sonic and Tails set off once again to find Eggmanland, traversing many perilous paths and facing a barrage of Eggman's robots on the way before entering a warp zone which takes them to the ruins of an ancient abandoned city.  
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The three friends travel warily into the core of the city, finally finding the Egg Generator in the center of the massive base which looks to be on the brink of exploding. Sonic shuts it down in the nick of time but finds himself trapped, seemingly magnetized and unable to escape the eerie green glow of the force field surrounding the generator. Once it finally releases Sonic, the generator starts to collapse. Tails grabs Sonic, who fell when the generator released him, and the three watch curiously as something in the center of the Egg Generator begins to come to life. Suddenly, Sonic is face-to-face with his robotic twin, [[Hyper Metal Sonic]].  
  
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Black Eggman finds them and congratulates them for making it so far, but Sonic and Tails promptly mock and attempt to evade him in order to continue to Eggmanland. Black Eggman pursues Sonic and Tails and throws a barrage of weaponry at them, causing them to nearly fall into the ocean below a bridge. They make sounds as if they are taking in water and so they believe they have tricked Black Eggman into thinking they have drowned. They find that Black Eggman was simply waiting for them once they tried to sneak away, and attacks them with globs of a superglue-like substance, adhering Tails to a nearby fence. Sonic attacks Black Eggman with his own missles, damaging him slightly, but finds that he has accidentally stepped in a pile of the superglue which has effectively adhered him to the pavement. It starts to rain and as Black Eggman's massive weight cracks the pavement with each step towards them, the water begins to encroach Sonic. With the water nearly above Sonic's head, Black Eggman aims a laser gun at him, preparing to shoot Sonic just as Knuckles swoops in, knocking Black Eggman off balance. Tails pulls Sonic from his impending watery grave and the trio launch a team-attack on Black Eggman, causing it to explode in mid-air, presumably destroying it, and then move on to locate the entrance to Eggmanland.
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In a dramatic entrance, Black Eggman seems to return from beyond the grave but the charade and Black Eggman itself fall to pieces again only moments later as it is still badly damaged from earlier. As noises of shouting are heard from the rubble, Sonic is shocked to see Sara working with Eggman. The rotund villain mocks Sonic for falling for his trap and in a fit of rage Sonic runs at Eggman but Metal Sonic beats him there, blocking him and causing much shock and worry to Tails and Knuckles who have never seen anything move faster than Sonic before. Even though she has played a part in Eggman's plan, Sara was unaware of his intent to use Metal Sonic to destroy the real Sonic. A battle between Sonic and Metal ensues, their speeds and moves nearly matched. Visibly concerned, Tails carries Knuckles back through the warp zone to find the Tornado and return to South Island. In combat high above the ground, Metal knocks Sonic off of a mountainous peak to the forest far below, presumably killing him as Metal's heart pulse monitor for Sonic appears to flatline.
  
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Sonic, Tails and Knuckles travel warily into the core of the city, finally happening upon the Egg Generator in the center of the massive base, which looks on the brink of exploding. Sonic shuts it down in the nick of time but finds himself quickly magnetized against it, unable to escape the eerie green glow of the force field-like device. It eventually releases Sonic and the entire machine begins to collapse. Tails saves Sonic, and the three watch curiously as something that was previously in the center of the Egg Generator begins to come to life. Sonic is suddenly faced with his robot twin, [[Hyper Metal Sonic]].  
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Sonic presumed dead, Metal Sonic travels to South Island before Tails and Knuckles have a chance to arrive. The robotic hedgehog duplicate ominously approaches Old Man Owl as he lays on the beach in the middle of the night and curiously forces the Old Man to dress in Sonic's favorite clothes. In the morning, Tails and Knuckles arrive in South Island and Knuckles begins repairs on the Tornado while Tails modifies Eggman's navigation device, turning it into a locator to hone in Metal Sonic's location, and by association, Sonic's. Tails explains that Sonic and Metal will always be in the same place because Metal shares all of Sonic's thoughts, memories, and personality; even his likes and dislikes.  
  
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Black Eggman seems to reappear from beyond the grave but falls apart again only moments later, as it is still completely damaged from earlier. As noises of shouting are heard from the rubble, Sonic realizes that Sara was working with Eggman, but she pretends that she had been coerced to do so, though still does not want harm to come to Sonic. In a fit of rage, Sonic runs at Eggman, but Metal Sonic gets there first, blocking him, causing much shock and worry to Tails and Knuckles, having never seen anything move faster than Sonic before. A battle between Sonic and Metal Sonic ensues as Tails and Knuckles travel back through the warp zone to find the Tornado and return back to South Island. In combat high above the ground, Metal Sonic knocks Sonic off of a mountainous peak, presumably killing him, as Metal's heart pulse monitor for Sonic quickly flatlines.
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Tails and Knuckles receive a call from the President, who tells them he has been receiving reports of a Sonic-like figure destroying several cities in the Land of the Sky. They quickly deduce that Metal Sonic is the source of the destruction and that his next target is the glacial bridge at northernmost tip of the interconnected continents. Which, if destroyed, would cause the Land of the Sky to be hurled into space by the centrifugal force of the planet. After Tails urges the President to not breathe a word of this information to Sonic, the blue hedgehog reveals that he had been listening in the entire time and quickly rushes northward to stop Metal Sonic.
  
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In the night, because Sonic is presumed dead, Metal Sonic, having all of Sonic's feelings, thoughts and motivations, travels to South Island before Tails and Knuckles have arrived. Metal Sonic approaches Old Man, and dresses him in Sonic's favorite clothes for no apparent reason. In the morning, Tails and Knuckles arrive with the Tornado and Knuckles begins repairs on the bi-plane. Tails modifies Eggman's navigation device, turning it into a locator to find Metal Sonic, and by association, Sonic. Afterward, they receive a call from the President, who has been getting reports of a Sonic-like figure destroying several cities in the Land of the Sky. They quickly deduce that it is Metal Sonic causing the destruction, and that his next target is the glacial bridge at northernmost tip of the interconnected continents, which if destroyed, the centrifugal force of the planet would hurl the outer continents into space. Sonic reveals that he was there all along and had been listening in the entire time, and rushes northward to stop Metal Sonic.
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Sonic arrives to find that Metal Sonic is already working quickly to force magma to the surface, causing a giant geyser of molten rock to erupt precariously close to the ice bridge. The two face off once more, each predicting the other's actions move for move. Sara and Eggman appear from a warp zone just as Metal Sonic goes flying upward, his head bashing through the underside of Eggman's ship. Sara is thrown from the ship by the impact but the young girl is saved by Knuckles before she hits the ground. After some affectionate encouragement from Sara, Knuckles attempts to redirect the flow of the magma away from the ice bridge by digging tunnels beneath it. Sonic, weakened by his fight with Metal so far, is barely able to stand and collapses on the ice-covered ground. Metal grabs Sonic and begins choking him, prompting Tails to make use of the modified locator device to overload the robot with Sonic's emotional data and causing him to malfunction and release Sonic, giving him the chance to damage him. The President arrives, but his ship crashes into the ice bridge, jarring shut the door to the ship and trapping himself and Old Man Owl inside. As Tails flies Sonic to their aid, Metal Sonic appears again. Knocking them both out of the sky and blocking their way to the ship which has now begun to catch fire. Eggman sniper-shoots Tails' device from above, destroying it before he can use it to overload Metal Sonic again.
  
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Sonic arrives to find that Metal Sonic is already working quickly to force magma to the surface, causing a giant geyser of molten rock which is erupting precariously close to the ice bridge. The two face off once more, each predicting the other's actions move for move. Sara and Eggman appear from a warp zone just as Metal Sonic goes flying upward, his head bashing through the underside of Eggman's ship. Sara is thrown from the ship but is saved by Knuckles before she hits the ground. Knuckles then attempts to redirect the flow of the magma away from the ice bridge by digging tunnels beneath it. Metal Sonic grabs Sonic, choking him, so Tails uses the modified locator device to overload the robot with more of Sonic's emotions causing him to malfunction and release Sonic, giving him the chance to damage him. Right after this, the President's ship crashes into the ice bridge, jarring shut the door to the ship and trapping him and Old Man inside. As Tails flies Sonic to their aid, Metal Sonic appears again, knocking them both out of the sky and effectively blocking their way to the ship which has now begun to catch fire. Eggman sniper-shoots Tails' modified device from above, destroying it before he can use it to overload Metal Sonic again.
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Sonic and Metal continue their fight until eventually a strike from Sonic sends his robotic twin flying into the President's ship causing the entire thing to explode. Metal Sonic emerges from the smoke holding the President and Old Man Owl, having saved them from the explosion. Metal Sonic drops them to the ground before a large chunk of debris knocks him down into a deep crevice filled with magma. Sonic, having seen that Metal Sonic is capable of empathy for other beings, immediately jumps down the incline, sliding down to try and save the terribly damaged robot. He reaches a hand out to Metal Sonic who slaps it away, realizing that he must perish, as there can only be one Sonic in the world. Sonic is incredibly distraught, Knuckles having to restrain him from trying to save his robotic double as Metal Sonic becomes submerged, lost under the magma.
  
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Sonic and Metal Sonic continue their fight and eventually a strike from Sonic sends Metal Sonic flying into the President's ship, crashing into and breaking the cockpit windshield, causing the entire ship to explode. Metal Sonic emerges from the smoke holding the President and Old Man, having saved them from the explosion. He drops them to the ground before a large chunk of debris knocks Metal Sonic down into a deep crevice filled with magma. Sonic, seeing that Metal Sonic has good in him, like Sonic himself, immediately jumps down the incline, sliding down to try and save Metal Sonic. He reaches out a hand to Metal Sonic who slaps it away, realizing that he must perish as there can only be one Sonic in the world. Sonic is incredibly distraught, Knuckles having to restrain him as he watches Metal Sonic melt away into the magma.
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Later, as everyone is overlooking the ice bridge which has been saved from destruction, Sonic is lost in thought. He appears still saddened by the loss of Metal Sonic. Tails and Sara attempt to cheer him up, but are interrupted as Eggman appears behind them touting the fact that he still possesses the CD containing all of Sonic's data. He explains that he plans to create an even more powerful version of Metal Sonic which would omit the part of Sonic's data containing his personality so that he would have no weaknesses. Too caught up in his egotistical speech to notice, one of Eggman's unaccounted exploding robots reappears just in time to grab the CD and detonate, destroying itself and Sonic's data along with it. Everyone laughs and then Knuckles hits Sonic on the head, claiming it was payback for earlier when Sonic accidentally stepped on him while fighting Metal Sonic. Knuckles runs off and Sonic chases him, with Tails following both of them. Sara, Old Man Owl, and the President all pile into Eggman's ship and demand that he catch up with Sonic. Eggman obliges and as they fly up behind Sonic they all try to grab for him, Sara shouting that she wants to marry him and Eggman claiming that he will eventually get Sonic's data again, but Sonic simply races away.
  
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Later, everyone is overlooking the ice bridge which has been saved from destruction. Sonic is lost in thought, presumably still saddened at the loss of Metal Sonic. Tails and Sara attempt to cheer Sonic up, but are interrupted by Eggman appearing behind them, touting the fact that he still possesses the CD containing Sonic's data, and plans to create an even more powerful version of Metal Sonic which would omit the part of Sonic's data containing his personality, so that he would have no weakness. Too caught up in his egotistical speech to notice, the slow, turtle-like projectile Eggman had released earlier finally shows up, grabs the CD in its mouth and explodes, destroying it. Everyone laughs and then Knuckles hits Sonic on the head, claiming it was payback for earlier when Sonic accidentally stepped on Knuckles' head. Knuckles runs off and Sonic chases him, with Tails following both of them. Sara, Old Man and the President all pile into Eggman's ship and demand that he catch up with Sonic. Eggman obliges and as they fly up behind Sonic, they all grab for him, Sara shouting that she wants to marry him, and Eggman claiming that he will eventually get Sonic's data again. Sonic announces he is getting out of here, and races towards the screen. The title shows once more before the credits play.
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==Production credits==
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== Trivia & Censorship ==
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==Miscellaneous==
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*In the original Japanese version, Knuckles is referred to as a mole and not an echidna. This was correctly translated, and so is present in the English translation.
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File:Sonic_OVA_Cardboard.jpg|Shikishi (square card paper) with an illustration by [[Naoto Ohshima]] and autographs by the Japanese voice cast (Sonic, Dr. Eggman, Tails, Sara, Knuckles)
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==Production Credits==
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==Physical scans==
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'''Executive Producer:''' <br>
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:Haruki Nakayama<br>
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For the 2020 live-action film, see Sonic the Hedgehog (film).
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Sonic the Hedgehog
Studio: Studio Pierrot
Distributor(s): Taki Corporation (JP), ADV Films (US/UK), Madman Entertainment (AU/NZ), Planet Manga (PL)[1]
Number of episodes: 2 (JP), 1 (World)
Running time: 53:55
Language: Japanese
Release Date RRP Code Rating
VHS Video
JP
(1; Rental) 		1996-01-26 ¥? THC-16411
VHS Video
JP
(2; Rental) 		1996-03-22 ¥? THC-16421
VHS Video
JP
(1) 		1996-05-31[2] ¥3,980 (4,099)[3] THC-16491
VHS Video
JP
(2) 		1996-05-31[2] ¥3,980 (4,099)[4] THC-16501
VHS Video
US 		1999-09-07[5] $19.98[5] VHSHH/001D
VHS Video
UK 		1999-11-01[6] £? ?
DVD Video
US 		1999-09-09[7] $29.98[5] DVDHH/001
DVD Video
US
(1) 		2004-01-13[8] $? DHH/010
DVD Video
UK 		2003-12-15[9] £? DHH/001
BBFC: Parental Guidance (PG)


Bandai Channel
JP 		2010 ¥210x2[10] ?

Sonic the Hedgehog, referred to as Sonic the Movie, Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie, and Sonic OVA by some, is a two-part original video animation, produced in Japan by Sega Enterprises, General Entertainment and Studio Pierrot. Largely inspired by Sonic the Hedgehog CD, it features Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, Knuckles the Echidna, Dr. Eggman, Hyper Metal Sonic (ハイパー・メタル・ソニック Haipā Metaru Sonikku), and a few original characters, such as the human Sara (セーラ Sēra), her father the President of South Island (大統領 Daitōryō), the steward owl (執事 Shitsuji), also known as Old Man Owl (おじさん Oji-san), and Black Eggman (ブラック・エッグマン Burakku Egguman).

In Japan, the animation was released on two rental-only VHS volumes on 26 January 1996 and 22 March 1996 respectively before being released for retail sale on 31 May 1996. The episodes are about 30 minutes in length and are titled Welcome to Eggmanland (エッグマンランドへむかえ Eggumanrando e Mukae) and Sonic VS Metal Sonic!! (ソニックVSメタルソニック！！ Sonikku VS Metaru Sonikku!!). An English dub was first released on 7 September 1999 by ADV Films, titled Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie as a single VHS and DVD, with the two episodes combined into one to make it flow more like a movie. This release date was chosen to closely coincide with the Western release of Sonic Adventure, which came out two days later.

A soundtrack for the film was to be released but was canceled due to the series' lack of popularity.

World

The main setting of the film is Planet Freedom (惑星フリーダム Wakusei Furīdamu), which is composed of two distinctly different layers. The story begins on the outer layer, which is comprised of interconnected floating continents, called the Land of the Sky (天の大地 Ten no Daichi), and eventually moves to the surface of Planet Freedom, which is referred to as the Land of Darkness (闇の大地 Yami no Daichi). In the opening scenes of the film, we see Sonic and Tails on their small, unnamed home continent. This continent is part of a larger group of interconnected continents which are referred to as South Island, this group of continents is a country governed by the President of South Island. It is presumed that other country boundaries exist within Planet Freedom.

Story

Sonic is relaxing on the beach of their South Island home when Tails comes out to test a new jet-propelled surfboard and asks Sonic if he wants to give it a try. Sonic declines, so Tails begins to surf on his own. Out on the water, he is knocked from his surfboard by a small aircraft piloted by the President of South Island's steward, Old Man Owl. He shouts that he has some news for Sonic, who seems irritated to see the Old Man on their island doorstep yet again. The engine of the Old Man's small aircraft has begun to fail and catch fire which Tails attempts to fix mid-flight but to no avail, leaving them on a collision course with the oncoming cliff side. Sonic hears Tails' cry for help and runs to save them, rescuing them from danger moments before impact.

Old Man Owl informs Sonic that he is being urgently summoned by to the Presidential residence. Leaving the kind but bumbling owl in charge of their abode while away, Sonic and Tails board the Tornado and fly to the President's house to answer the call. Once they arrive, it appears that the President and his daughter Sara are being held against their will, and as a result Sonic must listen to what Dr. Eggman has to say. Dr. Eggman says he is in need of Sonic's help to rid the Land of Darkness of a mysterious being known only as Black Eggman who has taken over his city, Eggmanland, on the surface of Planet Freedom. He explains that Black Eggman has sabotaged the Egg Generator that sits at the center of the city and if Sonic does not shut it down it will cause a giant explosion which will destroy the entire planet.

Once Sonic and Tails have left, the charade is dropped and it is revealed that Eggman has somehow bribed Sara and the President into pretending to be his hostages. Sara and Eggman enjoy several rounds of a fighting video game which Sara keeps losing at, but demands that Eggman continue playing the game with her or she will stop being his hostage. Sara continues to lose several more rounds of the game before announcing that she wants to be taken for a drive somewhere. As if on cue, the curiously empty shell a flying robot crashes through the roof and Eggman and Sara climb in despite her father's plea for her to stay.

After flying for some time, Sonic and Tails approach the storm eye-like entrance to the Land of Darkness. They swoop down into it, the winds so strong that Sonic is nearly blown from the wing of the bi-plane. After a turbulent descent they crash-land, the Tornado taking heavy damage. They set off once again to find Eggmanland, traversing many perilous paths and facing a barrage of Eggman's robots on the way before entering a warp zone which takes them to the ruins of an ancient, abandoned city which appears to resemble our own New York City.

Black Eggman appears ominously, congratulating them for making it so far but Sonic and Tails promptly mock and attempt to evade him in order to continue to Eggmanland. Sonic and Tails fake their own drowning below a highway bridge in hopes that Black Eggman will believe them dead and leave. As they try to sneak away, they find that the mechanical giant was simply waiting to ambush them and attacks by shooting huge globs of a superglue-like substance, adhering Tails to a nearby fence. Black Eggman deploys hedgehog-seeking missiles at Sonic who then turns them back on their shooter, exploding on impact and damaging the robot substantially. Sonic accidentally steps in a pile of the superglue, adhering him to the pavement and leaving him unable to run. As rain begins to pour and Black Eggman's massive weight cracks the pavement with each step towards the duo, the waters begin to encroach Sonic. With the water nearly above Sonic's head Black Eggman takes aim at the hedgehog, preparing to shoot. Just then Knuckles swoops in and knocks Black Eggman off balance, causing the shot to miss. Tails pulls Sonic from his impending watery grave and the trio launch a team-attack on the flying robot, causing it to explode in mid-air, effectively destroying it. They move on together to locate the entrance to Eggmanland.

The three friends travel warily into the core of the city, finally finding the Egg Generator in the center of the massive base which looks to be on the brink of exploding. Sonic shuts it down in the nick of time but finds himself trapped, seemingly magnetized and unable to escape the eerie green glow of the force field surrounding the generator. Once it finally releases Sonic, the generator starts to collapse. Tails grabs Sonic, who fell when the generator released him, and the three watch curiously as something in the center of the Egg Generator begins to come to life. Suddenly, Sonic is face-to-face with his robotic twin, Hyper Metal Sonic.

In a dramatic entrance, Black Eggman seems to return from beyond the grave but the charade and Black Eggman itself fall to pieces again only moments later as it is still badly damaged from earlier. As noises of shouting are heard from the rubble, Sonic is shocked to see Sara working with Eggman. The rotund villain mocks Sonic for falling for his trap and in a fit of rage Sonic runs at Eggman but Metal Sonic beats him there, blocking him and causing much shock and worry to Tails and Knuckles who have never seen anything move faster than Sonic before. Even though she has played a part in Eggman's plan, Sara was unaware of his intent to use Metal Sonic to destroy the real Sonic. A battle between Sonic and Metal ensues, their speeds and moves nearly matched. Visibly concerned, Tails carries Knuckles back through the warp zone to find the Tornado and return to South Island. In combat high above the ground, Metal knocks Sonic off of a mountainous peak to the forest far below, presumably killing him as Metal's heart pulse monitor for Sonic appears to flatline.

Sonic presumed dead, Metal Sonic travels to South Island before Tails and Knuckles have a chance to arrive. The robotic hedgehog duplicate ominously approaches Old Man Owl as he lays on the beach in the middle of the night and curiously forces the Old Man to dress in Sonic's favorite clothes. In the morning, Tails and Knuckles arrive in South Island and Knuckles begins repairs on the Tornado while Tails modifies Eggman's navigation device, turning it into a locator to hone in Metal Sonic's location, and by association, Sonic's. Tails explains that Sonic and Metal will always be in the same place because Metal shares all of Sonic's thoughts, memories, and personality; even his likes and dislikes.

Tails and Knuckles receive a call from the President, who tells them he has been receiving reports of a Sonic-like figure destroying several cities in the Land of the Sky. They quickly deduce that Metal Sonic is the source of the destruction and that his next target is the glacial bridge at northernmost tip of the interconnected continents. Which, if destroyed, would cause the Land of the Sky to be hurled into space by the centrifugal force of the planet. After Tails urges the President to not breathe a word of this information to Sonic, the blue hedgehog reveals that he had been listening in the entire time and quickly rushes northward to stop Metal Sonic.

Sonic arrives to find that Metal Sonic is already working quickly to force magma to the surface, causing a giant geyser of molten rock to erupt precariously close to the ice bridge. The two face off once more, each predicting the other's actions move for move. Sara and Eggman appear from a warp zone just as Metal Sonic goes flying upward, his head bashing through the underside of Eggman's ship. Sara is thrown from the ship by the impact but the young girl is saved by Knuckles before she hits the ground. After some affectionate encouragement from Sara, Knuckles attempts to redirect the flow of the magma away from the ice bridge by digging tunnels beneath it. Sonic, weakened by his fight with Metal so far, is barely able to stand and collapses on the ice-covered ground. Metal grabs Sonic and begins choking him, prompting Tails to make use of the modified locator device to overload the robot with Sonic's emotional data and causing him to malfunction and release Sonic, giving him the chance to damage him. The President arrives, but his ship crashes into the ice bridge, jarring shut the door to the ship and trapping himself and Old Man Owl inside. As Tails flies Sonic to their aid, Metal Sonic appears again. Knocking them both out of the sky and blocking their way to the ship which has now begun to catch fire. Eggman sniper-shoots Tails' device from above, destroying it before he can use it to overload Metal Sonic again.

Sonic and Metal continue their fight until eventually a strike from Sonic sends his robotic twin flying into the President's ship causing the entire thing to explode. Metal Sonic emerges from the smoke holding the President and Old Man Owl, having saved them from the explosion. Metal Sonic drops them to the ground before a large chunk of debris knocks him down into a deep crevice filled with magma. Sonic, having seen that Metal Sonic is capable of empathy for other beings, immediately jumps down the incline, sliding down to try and save the terribly damaged robot. He reaches a hand out to Metal Sonic who slaps it away, realizing that he must perish, as there can only be one Sonic in the world. Sonic is incredibly distraught, Knuckles having to restrain him from trying to save his robotic double as Metal Sonic becomes submerged, lost under the magma.

Later, as everyone is overlooking the ice bridge which has been saved from destruction, Sonic is lost in thought. He appears still saddened by the loss of Metal Sonic. Tails and Sara attempt to cheer him up, but are interrupted as Eggman appears behind them touting the fact that he still possesses the CD containing all of Sonic's data. He explains that he plans to create an even more powerful version of Metal Sonic which would omit the part of Sonic's data containing his personality so that he would have no weaknesses. Too caught up in his egotistical speech to notice, one of Eggman's unaccounted exploding robots reappears just in time to grab the CD and detonate, destroying itself and Sonic's data along with it. Everyone laughs and then Knuckles hits Sonic on the head, claiming it was payback for earlier when Sonic accidentally stepped on him while fighting Metal Sonic. Knuckles runs off and Sonic chases him, with Tails following both of them. Sara, Old Man Owl, and the President all pile into Eggman's ship and demand that he catch up with Sonic. Eggman obliges and as they fly up behind Sonic they all try to grab for him, Sara shouting that she wants to marry him and Eggman claiming that he will eventually get Sonic's data again, but Sonic simply races away.

Production credits

Sonic Retro emblem.svg Main article: sega:Sonic the Hedgehog (anime)/Production credits

Miscellaneous

  • Shikishi (square card paper) with an illustration by Naoto Ohshima and autographs by the Japanese voice cast (Sonic, Dr. Eggman, Tails, Sara, Knuckles)

  • Sonic phonecard

  • Tails phonecard

  • Dr. Eggman and Hyper Metal Sonic phonecard

Physical scans

VHS

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"Welcome to Eggmanland" (Rental)
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VHS, AU

DVD

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External links

References

  1. ↑ Play magazine, issue 12/2000, page 37
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://pierrot.jp/title/list_ova.html (Wayback Machine: 2009-12-14 19:26)
  3. ↑ File:SOVA vhs2 jp1.png
  4. ↑ File:SOVA vhs2 jp2.png
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 [odmus, issue 1, page 66 odmus, issue 1, page 66]
  6. ↑ [cvg, issue 216, page 59 cvg, issue 216, page 59]
  7. ↑ http://www.advfilms.com/advhome/catalog/news.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-11-15 14:43)
  8. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/releases.php?id=2396 (Wayback Machine: 2005-03-30 20:05)
  9. ↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sonic-The-Hedgehog-Movie-DVD/dp/B00000JGOK (Wayback Machine: 2015-07-25 16:14)
  10. ↑ https://sonicretro.org/2010/11/03/sonic-the-hedgehog-ova-available-for-mobile-phones/


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