The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
| Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog | |
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Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog logo
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| Genre |
Action/Adventure Comic science fiction Science fiction Slapstick comedy |
| Developed by | Bruce Shelly Reed Shelly Phil Harnage Kent Butterworth |
| Directed by | Kent Butterworth Blair Peters (Special only) |
| Voices of |
Jaleel White Christopher Stephen Welch Long John Baldry Phil Hayes Garry Chalk Ian James Corlett |
| Theme music composer | Clark Gassman |
| Composer(s) |
Reed Robbins Mark Simon Stephen C. Marston (Special only) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 65 (+ 1 pilot) (+ 1 special) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Andy Heyward Robby London Michael Maliani (Special only) |
| Producer(s) | Kent Butterworth |
| Editor(s) | Mark A. McNally Sue Odjakjian CK Horness |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
DIC Animation City Bohbot Communications SEGA of America Hong Ying Animation Saerom Animation |
| Distributor |
Cookie Jar Group (2008–12) DHX Media (2012–present) |
| Release | |
| Original network | First-run syndication |
| Audio format | Dolby SR |
| Original release | September 6 – December 3, 1993 |
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| Related shows |
Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic Underground |
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is an American animated series produced by DiC Animation City and Bohbot Entertainment that was based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series produced by Sega. Running from 1993 to 1994, sixty-five episodes and one special were produced for first-run syndication.
The series follows the adventures of the titular character Sonic the Hedgehog and his sidekick Tails as they attempt to stop Dr. Robotnik and his array of robots from taking over the planet Mobius.
The plots often used elements loosely borrowed from the storyline of the Sonic video games series. Three of Robotnik's henchbots, Scratch, Grounder and Coconuts, are directly based on badniks that appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog 2. The series also incorporated several recurring original characters not seen in the games, such as Robotnik's mother, Stinky the Badger, and Wes Weasley, a salesman and con-man, not dissimilar to Phil Silvers. The show's other characters largely consist of non-human creatures, such as anthropomorphic animals and robots.
Episodes of the show normally revolved around Sonic and Tails foiling Robotnik's latest villainous scheme to dominate the zany, colorful world of Planet Mobius. At the end of each episode, Dr. Robotnik's plan would ultimately fail due to Sonic's efforts, his own incompetence and the stupidity of his henchbots, after which he says, "I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG!".
The end of the show is bookended by an additional segment called "Sonic Says" (or "Sonic Sez", as Tails misspelled it on screen). This segment teaches viewers life lessons about subjects such as alcohol abuse and general safety. The segment was edited out during the original UK broadcasts.
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog was created by DiC Animation City and Sega of America, Inc., which produced a total of 65 episodes each for its one season, and was syndicated by Bohbot Entertainment, now BKN International (in the original run, every episode began and ended with the "Bohbot Entertainment Presents" logo), and the Italian Reteitalia S.p.A., part of Fininvest. The show's animation was outsourced to four animation studios: the Chinese Suzhou/Rainbow Animation (not the Italian Rainbow S.p.A.), the Taiwanese Hong Ying Animation, the Korean Sae Rom Production, and the Japanese Tokyo Movie Shinsha. Pierre DeCelles was Senior Animation Director in Asia, he described the show as "fun and humorous".
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