Seven Force
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The absolute truth.
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Sonic the Hedgehog Community Thread: Green Hills and Laughing Iizukas
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The absolute truth.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
I have a boxed set of all of the Sonic Underground episodes and I don't know why. :lol. Right, it was a joke gift.
I guess it's because they made a vow, their mother will be found!
I guess it's because they made a vow, their mother will be found!
Even as a kid I knew that show sucked. Come on, Schala!
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
My bf just reminded me that he got it for me as a joke gift. :lol
Sonic Underground, though, is just so... bad... Like, why?
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
We all know which one's the best Sonic animation, right?
I don't remember Robotnik looking so punk rock but I guess thematically it fits >_>
I have the VHS somewhere. I really need to watch it again! Can I get it on iTunes or something so I don't have to watch it on crappy VHS?
We all know which one's the best Sonic animation, right?
I have the VHS somewhere. I really need to watch it again! Can I get it on iTunes or something so I don't have to watch it on crappy VHS?
Diablohead
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My nephew has the full boxset of AoStH he was given when he was about 4, he is nearly 7 now so I should sit him down in front of them and see if he likes it this time, years ago when I used to babysit it was around the time one of the satalite channels had repeats of sonic and mario cartoons but he never really took attention to them 
Leaked SA3 eggman theme
Leaked SA3 eggman theme
Seven Force
Banned
I've never seen Underground aside from the opening sequence.
I was sick in bed and home from school, so I decided to surf channels to see what was on, and hey, there's a new Sonic cartoon. I made it to the end of the title theme before just turning off the TV and going to sleep.
I was sick in bed and home from school, so I decided to surf channels to see what was on, and hey, there's a new Sonic cartoon. I made it to the end of the title theme before just turning off the TV and going to sleep.
Nocturnowl
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I remember so little about the old Sonic cartoons these days, hell I remember more of Sonic X.
It was the same for me, but when I started rewatching them it slowly begin to come back to me. Really glad there's things like Netflix now.
Professor Beef
Banned
Antoine version.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
I still have the VHS somewhere. I know it was re-released on DVD a while ago, but it's very expensive. It's kind of too bad they didn't include it in a Sonic Generations Limited Edition or something.
There was an episode where Manic dropped a baby and it broke and then he cried.
Sonic le Rebelle isn't that bad. It's bad, but it's not as bad as the English version. Now the insert songs in both languages are utterly terrible.
Seven Force
Banned
oh god why
Out of morbid curiosity, did they ever find their mom?
Maybe it's because it's out of context for me, but I found that hilarious.
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Diablohead
Member
My sonic movie VHS has been watched so many times it doesn't play smooth any more, not that I can play it we not had a vhs player for years.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Seven Force
Banned
I watched the OVA for the first time a few months back. It was pretty cool, especially since Sonic was kind of an asshole for a majority of it.
Diablohead
Member
It's very anime in story and action. VERY.
tiggerkiddo
Member
One of my favorite parts of that movie was in the beginning where Tails and the others were in trouble and Sonic was chilling and then speeds off to rescue them at the last moment like a colossal jerk.
I hate Sonic Ova. The VA is really really bad (Sonic and Tails sound like they come from South Park), Sara and the owl are really annoying. the story is really weird where Sonic is guillables and believes Robuttniks story (really, I thought Knuckles was the stupid one, not Sonic). Then we have the annoying owl and Sara which Robuttniks wants to marry. Ugh...
BlazeHedgehog
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I am pretty sure the Sonic OVA is the only Sonic thing to ever portray the size discrepancy between Sonic and Eggman correctly.
Sonic's supposed to be about 3 feet tall but in most of the games, either Eggman is really short or Sonic's closer to 4-5 feet.
Sonic's supposed to be about 3 feet tall but in most of the games, either Eggman is really short or Sonic's closer to 4-5 feet.
OVA was pretty cool. Kind of a shame it isn't actually a series. I always wanted a Sonic show that felt a lot more closer to the original games. By the way, why the hell was there a cat girl?
As far as Sonic cartoon goes, I think I like AoSTH the most. SATAM was great but it didn't lasted long enough when it got really interesting. Sonic Underground was shit and I want to pretend Sonic X never happened. I can't tell which of the two is worse though... I'm leaning towards X because of the whole shitty friends thing, I can't stand them.
As far as Sonic cartoon goes, I think I like AoSTH the most. SATAM was great but it didn't lasted long enough when it got really interesting. Sonic Underground was shit and I want to pretend Sonic X never happened. I can't tell which of the two is worse though... I'm leaning towards X because of the whole shitty friends thing, I can't stand them.
PhantomOfTheKnight
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The only peices of Sonic animation I like are the OVA and Night of the Werehog. I 've always hated the TV shows.
PeakPointMatrix
Member
Bingo.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
You guys could watch it here on youtube I watched it a couple weeks ago on my 360 using the youtube app so there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJvlmiJS9zc&sns=em
english dub btw.
Shadow Hog
Member
You might know everything I'm going to do, but that's not going to help you because I know everything you're going to do! Strange, isn't it?
Also Disney XD apparently airs Underground now.
Also Disney XD apparently airs Underground now.
nintendoman58
Member
I'll never get that picture of the baby's face out of my head now. Thanks.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
Troof.
AoStH is just cringeworthy and unfunny, Sonic SATAM was too much srs bsns, and Sonic X? What I've seen of it was awful. I've never seen Underground, and frankly I have no desire whatsoever to see it.
Sonic X is the only truly awful animation series. They botched every arc in the canon, and the original arc was uninspired and bland.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
I was going to ask why they haven't done more of this kind of stuff because it was really good, but then my mind jumped to "budgeting reasons".
Box of Bunnies
Banned
Regardless of show quality, Sonic X is the best piece of Sonic animation by virtue of having a Hironobu Kageyama theme song.
Azure Dream
Member
I guess for the same reason they were in the manga too?
I suppose they thought it was a way to pair cute girls with Sonic (even though Sara's a brat through the OVA), which has been an idea for the series since the original designs for Madonna.
Nope.avi
The only thing I'll say they botched is the Sonic Adventure 1 arc, it looked like they were running out of money when they made those episodes.
I really hope you aren't judging it by the dub, because all "Weeaboo" jokes aside, 4Kids really fucked things up for absolutely no clear reason. They rewrote scenes without purpose, they stripped game themes from iconic scenes and replaced the rest of the music with their in-house faux-orchestra crud, they edited and changed aspects for ridiculous reasons... and most of the cast, especially Eggman earlier on, was just bad. Funny thing is, I don't mind Mike as Eggman now in the recent games, but even going back to the old episodes, he still sounds awful in them. It perhaps says something about 4Kids's voice direction.
If you're not, well... I can't help you there, but I don't share your opinion, and it's certainly not fact. Especially when you say "Sonic X is the only truly awful animation series" right after several posts about Sonic Underground, the series where they thought Jaleel White should voice a major female character, where the designs are ugly, awful crap, where the plot completely abandons almost all Sonic tropes, except when it's using Ken friggin' Penders as source material, and feels the need to interject terrible songs sung by voices that in no way resemble the usual cast, making you wonder if the main trio have Dissociative Identity Disorder.
And I'll say it again... good LORD were the designs for anything but the main cast ugly.
Well of course it's my opinion. I watched Sonic X and the Adventures of STH to the end. I only saw one or two of Underground, so I can only go on what I know.
And yes, the 3 main arcs they had in the series were all subpar in some way. Maybe money was an issue, I don't know, but they could've fleshed it out better. Sonic Adventure had the first fully coherent story of the series, and again in my opinion, they didn't do it justice.
I asked someone to play Sonic Generations who hasn't really played Sonic since Sonic & Knuckles, but did play a lot of the classic Sonic games in their day. After a bit, the person told me that they didn't really like playing as Classic Sonic, and not so much that they hate it, but they find Modern Sonic so much more fun.
This person also played a bit (one playthrough) of Sonic Adventure 1 and liked it, but they never beat it while the Dreamcast was still around. They mentioned that the game had a lot of replay value to give, while also giving you a full playthrough with Sonic.
This person also played a bit (one playthrough) of Sonic Adventure 1 and liked it, but they never beat it while the Dreamcast was still around. They mentioned that the game had a lot of replay value to give, while also giving you a full playthrough with Sonic.
Nocturnowl
Member
I feel that this thread makes sense to ask the following...
Billy Hatcher? what's the verdict?
It popped up in my charity shop when I was working there today and would only cost me £2, i've played the multiplayer numerous times but have barely seen the single player, I might have to make an extra trip down there later this week to snatch it up.
Billy Hatcher? what's the verdict?
It popped up in my charity shop when I was working there today and would only cost me £2, i've played the multiplayer numerous times but have barely seen the single player, I might have to make an extra trip down there later this week to snatch it up.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
He's Mr. DBZ!
He composed most of the songs for Dragonball Z, such as:
Cha-La Head-Cha-La
We Gotta Power
"Ya" na Koto ni wa Genkai-Dama!!
Unmei no Hi: Tamashii tai Tamashii (Gohan Super Saiyajin 2)
Kiseki no Honô yo Moeagare (DBZ: Burst Limit)
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