Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie Review

Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie

Release Date: 9th September 1999 - USA
(Direct to Video)


Production Companies
General Entertainment Co. Ltd
Sega Enterprises
Studio Perriot


Genre: Animation

Rating: PG

Runtime: 54 minutes


Plot Summary
Dr. Robotnik is banished
from the Land of Darkness
by an evil Metal Robotnik.
With no one else to turn to,

the devious doctor relies

on Sonic and informs him
that the Robot Generator
got sabotaged, which will
destroy Planet Freedom.
But what could make
Sonic trust his most hated
adversary?

What could make him risk
his life and claw? Certainly
not Dr. Robotnik and his

choice of words. Not even

the pleas of the President.

Only when he springs into
action does the President's

beautiful daughter Sara

turn on the charm on him.

However, as Sonic and his
friend Tails arrive on the

scene, they find themselves

(along with Knuckles)
walking into a trap when

the former is about to come

face-to-face with the mad

doctor's latest but deadly

robotic creation, the never-

before-seen Hyper Metal

Sonic.

Voice Cast: English
Language Version
Martin Burke - Sonic the

Hedgehog
Lainie Fraise - Miles 'Tails' Prower
Bill Wise - Knuckles the Echidna
Edwin Neal - Dr. Robotnik/
President
Sascha Biesi - Sara
Charles C. Campbell - Old Man Owl
Gary Lipkowitz - Metal Sonic

Crew
Production Designer/

Director - Kazunori Ikegami
Based on Characters/
Production Directors: Sonic

Team - Yuji Naka and Naoto Ohshima
Original Story - Masashi Kubota

ADR Script: English Language Version -

Jennifer Presto

ADR Script/Producer/Director: English

Language Version - Gary Lipkowitz

Executive Producers - Haruki Nakayama
and John Ledford (English Language Version)
Producers - Naoharu Hokutani,

Akinori Ohono, Koichiro Sugie and

Takayuki Sugizaki

Art Directors - Seiko Akashi

and Laura Atwell (English Language Version)

Character Designs & Director of

Animation - Tsuneo Ninomiya

Storyboards - Sadayori Sekijima

Production Manager - Kyoichi Mori
Director of Photography - Motokami Ikegami

Assistant Animation Director/

Key Animator - Fumie Minroi
Editor - Seiji Morita

Sound Effects - Daisuko Jinbo

Sound Effects Producer - Hiromi Kikuta

Sound Design: English Language Version -

Paul Kilam

ADR Recording Engineer: English

Language Version - Charles C. Campbell
Music - Mitsuhiro Tada


Review
I've played almost all of the Sonic the Hedgehog video games as I can remember. I first encountered the titular character in SONIC THE HEDGEHOG: THE MOVIE, the only Sonic cartoon to feature Metal Sonic. The film is edited from two episodes from an anime miniseries and landed on direct-to-video shelves to promote the Sonic Adventure game. Though the English-language dub of the voice acting was cheesy, the animation is decent. SONIC THE HEDGEHOG: THE MOVIE was faithful to the video game franchise. 

It was a good video game movie but could have been better if made for theatres on the big screen instead of direct-to-video. Still, it's worth a watch and worth finding.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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