Sonic X

Sonic X is the newest Sonic the Hedgehog animated series, based roughly on the storylines of Sonic Adventure series.

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Sonic the Hedgehog - Animated series - Sonic Adventure

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Its rated genres are: action, adventure, sci-fi and comedy. Sonic X is a comedy since some of the jokes in the show give it away. Many females fans of the show seem to find Sonic both dreamy and cute. Same with Tails.

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Action - Adventure - Sci-fi - Comedy - Sonic - Dreamy - Cute - Tails

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It was animated and produced in Japan by TMS Entertainment with the partnership of Sega and the Sonic Team. In 2003, 4Kids Entertainment licensed Sonic X for American television broadcasting and is currently airing on 4Kids TV, formerly the Fox Box. The U.S. licensing is a joint effort between 4Kids and VIZ Media (it was formerly with ShoPro Entertainment before ShoPro and VIZ, LLC merged into VIZ Media). It is also showed in Europe, Australia and Brazil by Jetix and in Canada by YTV. Originally planned as a 52 episode series which would be inspired by the storylines of the Sonic Adventure series, Sonic X has now expanded to 78 episodes which was shown in USA, Thailand, and France in January 2005.

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Japan - TMS Entertainment - Sega - Sonic Team - 2003 - 4Kids Entertainment - American - 4Kids TV - VIZ Media - ShoPro Entertainment - Europe - Australia - Brazil - Jetix - YTV - Sonic Adventure - Thailand - France - January 2005

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The 4Kids version of Sonic X has been criticized for editing out portions and re-wording certain phrases to make it more child-friendly (This also applies to other 4Kids dubs), and rejecting Sonic's English game voice actor Ryan Drummond who wanted to voice for Sonic in the anime.

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This also applies to other 4Kids dubs - Voice actor - Ryan Drummond

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4Kids rejected him simply because he didn't live in New York City, which is the location of the production studio. Ironically, the Japanese version has the original Japanese seiyu from the Sonic Adventure series, as well as direct quotes from the games, which were almost all changed in the 4Kids version. Even Sonic Adventure 2s theme song, "Live and Learn" which was in Episode 38, was gone. This infuriated many Sonic X fans as well as general Sonic and anime fans which is why they prefer the unedited Japanese version. However, many fans have sent petitions for uncut DVDs, but 4kids has made no comment on the subject.

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New York City - Seiyu - Sonic Adventure 2

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In September 2005, Archie Comics, publishers of the North American Sonic the Hedgehog comics started a new series based on Sonic X; the first six issues will take place in the TV continuity between episodes 32 and 33, which falls between the Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2 story lines.

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September - 2005 - Archie Comics - North American Sonic the Hedgehog comics - Sonic Adventure - Sonic Adventure 2

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