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Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie (1999) -- Sonic and tails are sent on a mission by Dr. Robotnik to Robotropolis, which is a trap set by Dr. Robotnik.

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Director:
Writers:
Masashi Kubota (story)
Yuji Naka (characters)
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Release Date:
9 September 1999 (USA) more
Tagline:
Scrape Your Knuckles. Catch Some Tails.
Plot:
Sonic and tails are sent on a mission by Dr. Robotnik to Robotropolis, which is a trap set by Dr. Robotnik. full summary | add synopsis
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A Par Sonic Movie. more (37 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Martin Burke ... Sonic the Hedgehog (voice)
Masami Kikuchi ... Sonic the Hedgehog (voice: Japanese version)
Lainie Frasier ... Miles 'Tails' Prower (voice)
Hekiru Shiina ... Miles 'Tails' Prower (voice: Japanese version)
Yasunori Matsumoto ... Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
Junpei Janikuchi ... Dr. Eggman (voice: Japanese version)
Mika Kanai ... Sera (voice: Japanese version)
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Sascha Biesi ... Sara (voice)

Charles Campbell ... Old Man Owl
Gary Dehan ... Metal Sonic (voice: English version)
Sammy Harte ... Additional Characters

Edwin Neal ... Dr. Robotnik / President (voice)
Bill Wise ... Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
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USA:60 min
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The movie's US release was the same day that the Sega Dreamcast was released in the US. more
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Continuity: When Sonic and Tails are fighting metal Robotnik, he shoots glue at Tail's 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. more
Quotes:
Tails: OLD MAN! Are you still in here somewhere?
Old Man Owl: Right behind you, Tails! You've come home early.
Tails: Those are Sonic's favorite clothes, so don't blame me if he gets mad at you!
Old Man Owl: Don't worry about it! He was here last night. He forced me to put on these clothes and then flew away without saying anything. Wahahahaha!
Knuckles the Echidna, Tails: He flew away? METAL!
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References Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992/I) (VG) more

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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful.
A Par Sonic Movie., 19 January 2006
7/10

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.

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