new anime "Sonic X" released in japan
There is a wonderful new anime being released in Japan called "Sonic X" it seems to be very much based around the Dreamcast game's characters and concepts. The animation is a mixture of cel animation and mild CGI (think Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex).
In this anime Sonic and his comrads: Tails the Kitsune(2 tailed fox), Amy the Hedgehog, Knuckles The Echidna, Big Cat, Cream The Rabbit and her chao named Cheese..(I'm reminded of Bibidi, Babidi and Buu from DBZ.. name puns anyone?) are accidentally transported to the world of the Humans via the power of the Chaos Emeralds.
Sonic finds himself alone in a world that is filled with things he's probably never seen before. Cars, cities, highways, The S-Team Police Force which is determined to capture him?? Sonic is being pursued by the police, a barricade is set up but Sonic leaps high over it like he were KITT turbo boosting over his enemies (see Knight Rider). The young hedgehog goofs around with the normal cops enough to get them to bring out the S-Team, a group of skilled police officers in red formula racer cars souped up with digital dashes and nitrous oxide. They chase Sonic to the broken edge of the highway, he jumps high into the air and ends up landing in a backyard in-ground swimming pool.
For those who remember the video games.. yes.. Sonic can't swim. (Tails could though, he sorta dog..err..fox paddled) The Blue Blur tries to reach the ladder at the other end of the pool but the normally speedy hedgehog can't get any traction. A young boy named Chris (gee isn't that coincidental.. my irl name is Chris) hears the very loud splash and goes outside.. dives in the pool and rescues Sonic.
There are more episodes and in each of them Eggman (Dr. Robotnik) makes robots by shoving cards into a machine and playing the slots. When he gets 3 of a kind he gets that robot and then tries to go after Sonic with it. Meanwhile the rest of Sonic's pals are captured and being studied by the army as if they were aliens.
This new show makes SatAm, AoStH and the Sonic Anime Movie look like an ink blot test. The drawing style is way better and Tails is soooo ky00te! Too bad its all in japanese. Screen shots and plot stuff can be viewed at these websites. {I'm sorry if something goes wrong and there are no links, its not my fault, please IMDB.. don't remove my links, I might cry =*.*= |*whimper sniffle*}
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http://www.sonicx.vze.com/
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http://www.sonicanime.net/episodes.html
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There are pics and episode details from the show in the links above. It DOES exist. I am not making this up. The pilot episode was debuted at the Osaka World Hobby Fair in japan.
I don't know when this new show will see the light of day in the US. Most likely they will have to go thru and remove the guns and conveniently re-name them "Blasters" and omit some of the curse words and possible yaoi scenes it might contain before it can even dream of getting a spot on Cartoon Network or the WB. But if thats the price we must pay to see it in english and put on American TV... I guess I'll just have to deal. Though the people who do this tend to weaken the orriginal product.
Also I know IMDB is reading and screening this post. I have a suggestion and I want you people to listen to me.
I would love for IMDB to try listing this show because it is REAL! It exist. Just go look at the pictures.
Just do the whole Sonic fanbase a favor and add Sonic X to your database.. please?
-BlazeFoxKitsune =^.^=
(C. Morrow)
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P.S: If anyone out there who has even the most miniscule dust spec of Sonic fan in them is reading this right now.. PLEASE TELL MORE PEOPLE ABOUT THIS NEW SERIES!! http://www.sonicx.vze.com/