Sonic the Hedgehog (OVA)
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North American VHS cover.
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ソニック★ザ★ヘッジホッグ (Sonikku za Hejjihoggu) |
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| Genre | Action, Science fiction, Comedy |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Kazunori Ikegami |
| Produced by | Naoharu Hokutani Akinori Ohno Koichiro Sugie Takayuki Sugizaki |
| Written by | Masashi Kubota |
| Music by | Mitsuhiro Tada |
| Studio | Sega |
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| Released | January 26, 1996 – February 4, 1996 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes per episode |
| Episodes | 2 |
Sonic the Hedgehog (ソニック★ザ★ヘッジホッグ Sonikku za Hejjihoggu?) is a two-episode 1996 Japanese anime OVA series based on Sega's best-selling franchise Sonic the Hedgehog. The anime features Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Dr. Eggman (Dr. Robotnik in the English release) and a few supporting characters, such as the human catgirl Sara.
The first episode, Welcome to Eggmanland (エッグマンランドへむかえ Eggumanrando he Mukae?) begins with Dr. Robotnik (or "Eggman" in the original) creating "Hyper" Metal Sonic, or "Metal" for short, who is still in the process of collecting the life data from its counterpart. Meanwhile, Sonic the Hedgehog is relaxing outside the ruins of a crashed Boeing 747 and USS Enterprise, along with a Saturn V rocket, while Miles "Tails" Prower tries out his new Jet-Propelled Bodyboard. While relaxing, Sonic saves Old Man Owl, who seems to have a message for them, from the President. When the President's message comes telling Sonic to come to his office. Once there, they find out that Doctor Robotnik has kidnapped the President and his daughter, Sara, to get Sonic to take care of a problem: a giant mecha appeared named Black Eggman (called "Metal Robotnik" in the English dub) in Doctor Robotnik's utopian city of Eggmanland (called "Robotropolis" in the English dub) and exiles the doctor and sabotages the Robot Generator, which will explode in less than a day. He asks Sonic to head to the Land of Darkness to stop it. Once there, they encounter Black Eggman, who tries to stop them from reaching the generator. Knuckles the Echidna becomes involved near the end and saves them both, and all three team up to destroy the mecha, who turns out to be Robotnik himself who lured Sonic to his base to copy his memories, personalities, and knowledge for his new robot, Hyper Metal Sonic, a Sonic-shaped robot who shares his memories and feelings, and essentially lives the same life as Sonic himself. This episode ends with the three heading to the generator, where trouble awaits them.
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