Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie (1999) (V)

Director:

Kazunori Ikegami

Writers:

Masashi Kubota (story)
Yuji Naka (characters)

Release Date:

9 September 1999 (USA)

Genre:

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

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.

Plot Keywords:

Hedgehog | Sonic The Hedgehog | President | Robot | Fox

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)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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)

Runtime:

USA:60 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:G | UK:PG

Company:

General Entertainment Co. Ltd.

Trivia:

The movie's US release was the same day that the Sega Dreamcast was released in the US.

Goofs:

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.

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!

Movie Connections:

References Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992/I) (VG)

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.