Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie (Video 1996)

Sonic and tails are sent on a mission by Dr. Robotnik to Robotropolis, which is a trap set by Dr. Robotnik.

Directors:

Kazunori Ikegami, Gary Dehan

Writers:

Masashi Kubota (original story), Jennifer Presto (english version),

Stars:

Martin Burke, Lainie Frasier, Bill Wise

Cast

Credited cast:
Martin Burke	...	Sonic the Hedgehog (voice)
Lainie Frasier	...	Miles 'Tails' Prower (voice)
Bill Wise	...	Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
Edwin Neal	...	Dr. Robotnik / President (voice)
Sascha Biesi	...	Sara (voice)
Charles Campbell	...	Old Man Owl (voice) (as Charlie Campbell)
Gary Dehan	...	Metal Sonic (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fûrin Cha	...	Old Man Owl (voice)
Yuzuru Fujimoto	...	President (voice)
Mika Kanai	...	Sara (voice)
Masami Kikuchi	...	Sonic the Hedgehog (voice)
Yasunori Matsumoto	...	Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
Hekiru Shiina	...	Miles 'Tails' Prower (voice)
Akimitsu Takase	...	President's aide (voice)
Junpei Takiguchi	...	Dr. Eggman (voice) (as Junpei Taniguchi)

Storyline

Sonic the Hedgehog and his sidekicks Tails and Knuckles the Echidna are determined to thwart a plan that would turn their Land of the Sky into the equivalent of The Land of Darkness, which lurks beneath the surface (and is obviously the former planet Earth). So they plow through to the center of the planet and the ancient city of Robotropolis (the former New York City?) to do righteous battle. The big question of the day is whether the usually evil Dr. Robotnik is telling the truth for once or sending the good guys into a trap.

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Plot Keywords:

hedgehog | sonic the hedgehog | president | fox | robot | 

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Taglines:

Scrape Your Knuckles. Catch Some Tails.

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese English

Release Date:

9 September 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sonic Anime

Company Credits

Production Co:

General Entertainment Co. Ltd., Studio Pierrot Co. Ltd., Sega Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 106 min (2 parts)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Was actually two separate mini-series episodes pasted together as a movie for its American release.

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Goofs

When Sonic and Tails are fighting metal Robotnik, he shoots glue at Tails' tail. Tails says he can't fly to help Sonic, but when he gets the piece of concrete to surf across the water on you can see that his tails are not glued together.

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Quotes

Sonic: Old man, those things are dangerous! Stop riding them!
Old Man Owl: What are you talking about, Mr. Sonic? I know how to handle them. I know I'm a little older now, but back in my day, I was quite the racer. Believe me, I was pretty popular with the ladies! Wahahaha!

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Crazy Credits

During the ending credits, scenes from the movie are shown.

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Connections

References Sonic 3 (1994)

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Soundtracks

"Look-a-Like"
Music & Arrangement: Mitsuhiro Tada
Lyrics & Performance: Riyu Konaka (as Riu Konaka)

User Reviews

A Par Sonic Movie.

I have seen two types of reviews about this movie. Mindless drivel from fanboys about how good it is. and reckless debunking from Anime haters. I (being a sonic fan) can give a fair opinion, unlike most.

THe movie has Many strong points: Cute voice acting, fitting animation, etc. but only enough to pass. It's the type of movie you watch to feed your inner child more than anything, because, lets face it. this is a childish movie. Personally I felt nostalgia as I rooted for sonic ever time he could think of something "witty" to call Robotnik and gasped as I found that metal sonic was actually a nice guy.

That being said there are flaws. To any adult who hasn't the ability to let his inner child loose, the movie falls close to the category of children's movie. And most fans looking for a great adaptation from the game will be heavily disappointed (unless the spikes are enough to glue it to the game, there were spikes) and lastly. Sarah and the president, though being important plot elements were out of their element in this world of furries (excluding robotnik).

For the most part the movie only works on the tow levels of wondrous nostalgia for old sonic fans and Happy sonic joy for the kiddies. Other than that "Sonic: The movie" is seens as nothing but a kids cartoon.