Ranked #3096

Sonic X

Sonic X, the 2nd anime adaption of Sega's mascot: Sonic the Hedgehog. Although, the 4kids dub was full of fail, the Japanese version was very enjoyable.

Story: The story involves many of the characters from the games, except this time adding more involvement with humans. Although the first arc was made of fillers (collecting chaos emeralds), the story gets better once you reach around 25. Episode 27 will start the game adaptions, and then the main series plot ends at 52. Ep 53-78 is the Meterex Wars arc, which were never aired on Japanese TV due to TV Tokyo's drop of Sonic X. The japanese version of it were first available through the Chinese DVD's, and are currently downloadable by cellphone though. Each of the finale's of the arcs are the most worth watching. In between them are pretty average, though pacing is never a big problem.

Animation: The animation is average for shounen. Some scenes aren't drawn very well, and the proportions were off. Also, I'm not fond the the art style used on humans. It is still watchable though.

Sound: I found the OST one of the best parts of the series. The majority of the BGM fits very well with the scenes, especially during the finale's of the arcs. The insert songs were also very well used, giving great emotion to various events during the story. Also Sonic engrish ftw.

Character: About all of the main characters of the original game series make a appearance. The existance of Chris make it more unique to the game though, as there is more character development. The few darker elements to certain episodes during the Meterex arc also give to the characters something that isn't seen too often in other Sonic works.

Enjoyment: I found the entire series enjoyable, as a long time fan of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Scenes with the humans may be a bit cheesy at times, but the fact that the story moves makes it superior to the other animated works.

Overall: The visual quality may be poor, but it's a good treat for those into the Sonic series. The soundtrack and the character relationships are the series strongpoints, and most of those are removed on the 4kids edition. Sonic X was one of the first anime I've completed, and shall always be memorable to me.



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WATCH SONIC X or PLAY SONIC ADVENTURE 1&2 AND SONIC BATTLE BEFORE READING
4KIDS screwed the U.S dub up horribly,i reccomend the uncut verson if you want the full diolouge and story.season 1 was a litle rough around the edges,but it was just starting,i likednhow the characters sticked to their personalitys in the games.but ii have one problem with this anime...its name...chris thorndike!the devil chiled,i really did not like this character.he was verry verry annoying.i liked season 2 the best,it had game based arks,like sonic advnture,and sonic adventure2,also a sonic battle ark.and thare were no filler episodes between SA1&SA2 arks,and at the end of the SA2 ark,when sonic and shadow fought finnal hazzard,and live and learn played...i loved it!!!season 3 was ok,chris was useful for once(holy crap)and was less annoying,and tails finnaly got some love! read more