Sonic X

Sonic the Hedgehog's typical irreverence leads to the coveted chaos emeralds being caught in the crossfire and rendered unstable just before activation. The resulting chaos control engulfs everything for miles around Dr. Eggman's base, and, with scrambled input, nobody can predict the outcome.

Isolated from his friends and enemies alike, Sonic awakes in a strange world: an unknown city surrounded by mysterious people. He realizes he has been warped across the universe to an entirely different planet—Earth. As he rushes to escape the equally confused authorities, Sonic finds himself falling head-first into the pool of the illustrious Thorndyke family.

Thankfully, Christopher, Thonrdykes' son, saves Sonic and offers protection from a society that mistakenly believes him to be hostile. Sheltered by the family, Sonic resolves to regroup with his friends, save this new world from the threat he brought to them, and find a way home.

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Sonic the Hedgehog Main

Kanemaru, Junichi Japanese

Prower, Miles Main

Hirohashi, Ryou Japanese

Knuckles the Echidna Main

Canna, Nobutoshi Japanese

Robotnik, Ivo Main

Otsuka, Chikao Japanese

Rose, Amy Main

Kawata, Taeko Japanese

Cream the Rabbit Main

Aoki, Sayaka Japanese

Thorndyke, Christopher Main

Kobayashi, Sanae Japanese

Shadow the Hedgehog Supporting

Yusa, Kouji Japanese

Rouge the Bat Supporting

Ochiai, Rumi Japanese

Cosmo Supporting

Kozakura, Etsuko Japanese

Haigney, Michael Producer, Script

Matsumoto, Tadahito Producer

Kamegaki, Hajime Director

Momose, Keiichi Sound Director

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Jun 24, 2025

KnuckSon

Recommended

Sonic X is one of the best animes ever made, its not even that many eps that have bad animation people just exagerate the amount. all 3 finales for each season are peak, the conclusion of the show is cheff's kiss. the characterization is top notch the music can make you cry with how good it is. I NEED a new season of this amazing show. Most of its haters are people who only watched the 4kids dub.

The third seesason is the best, the metarex are peak sonic villains i was actually rooting for them their philosopy is so well writteen.
the artstyle just ... feels right
Im sad not everyone enjoys this masterpiece

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Nov 22, 2025

Ain_Individual

Mixed Feelings

Hope everybody's got their oven mitts on, 'cuz this smoking hot take is ready: Sonic X is fine. It's literally fine. Arguably good sometimes, even.

It should be noted this review is based on the Japanese dub, with fansubs. I must admit I have a special place in my heart for the 4kids dub, but they really did butcher it. Classic tale of "when localisation goes too far".

It's understandable why a lot of Sonic fans back in the day, especially older ones who were introduced via the Classic era, truly hated this series. They were not the target audience. The inclusion of infamous child-stand-in character, Chris ... Thorndyke, is usually the main cause of grief. It can be very painful, to have a constant on-screen reminder that This Series Was Not Made For You.

It's interesting, then, that everyone I meet who watched this show as the target audience - a young child introduced to Sonic primarily through Sonic Adventure, or this anime itself - regards it with extreme fondness. More interesting still, are those who watch it for the first time in this modern era. They don't seem to take much umbrage with it at all.

Sonic X, in a word, is cute. It's just a bit of fun. And in my opinion, offers a touch more depth than the more recent adaptations, like 2014's Sonic Boom, or 2022's Sonic Prime.

Sonic is actually quite well written here. He's not truly the main character - he is the sun that all other characters revolve around, antagonists included, but he is not the one with a story arc. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. He's still quite enjoyable to watch. Sometimes very, VERY cheesy, and even goofy, but this is a Sonic cartoon. One should not go to Venice and be shocked to find canals.

Other characters' lessons can be quite touching, and there is satisfaction to be found in seeing each of them come into their own. Unfortunately, there is one character, Knuckles, who seems to need the same lesson over and over. His is the only one I found grating. I actually quite like his character, I just wish they did something more varied with it.

Each character is simple, but full of personality. It's not deep and complex, but it certainly isn't braindead. It's charming character writing, and fulfills its purpose without reaching beyond expectation.

The animation quality is what you expect from a series with a limited budget. Many of the standard tricks are used to save frames for the important action sequences. There are times the characters look off-model. Though, the designs themselves are charming. A mixture of western cartoonism with anime styling. It won't knock your socks off, but the parts they saved up for really do shine.

To address the elephant in the room: Chris Thorndyke. Child audience stand-in. Look, if one dislikes child characters in general, this one probably won't change hearts and minds. If your enjoyment for this series hinges on "This kid better not show up very much," I am sorry to tell you, you will not enjoy it.

He acts how most children of his age do. Sometimes he is immature, rash, or clingy. But, distinctly, I would not say he is bratty. Most of the time, he's fine. I think his behaviour is quite understandable when you take into account he is an emotionally neglected 12-year-old. Most importantly, he learns. He grows. It takes time, but he does graduate from being a child. He strives not to be a burden, and learns how to help.

It should be noted, nothing in this series is canon. At the moment, only the video games and the IDW comics share a continuity. This shouldn't hinder your enjoyment too terribly much, though. It goes to great lengths to establish the setting, and it can stand on its own.

Overall: Try not to let older reviews of this series cloud your judgement. It came out during a time where Sonic fans were having an identity crisis. Classic era fans were disappointed it focused on modern Sonic, modern era fans were disappointed it didn't stick to the established world. If you're willing to enjoy it for what it is, it's a nice little adventure about friendship and never giving up. If you'd like something more closely resembling the canon Sonic continuity, and Sonic is properly the main character, I'd highly recommend reading the IDW comics. They're free on Webtoon.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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May 24, 2023

ShiftyKitsune

Not Recommended

I'm a Sonic fan so watching this felt like an obligation, especially considering how it pretty much shaped the Fandom as we know it today. I have zero nostalgia for this and I watched the Japanese subbed version because 4Kids heavily butchered it like most kids anime from the 2000's.

The show follows who else but Sonic who was Isekai'd to the human world where he meets Chris Thorndyke, a mostly boring kid who's only personality trait is simping for him. After he reunites with his friends they must collect the 7 Chaos Emeralds before Eggman does, or atleast that's what the show implies because ... in most episodes absolutely nothing happens, the story has incredibly low stakes because everyone ends up accepting Sonic into society less than a third in, the main characters besides Knuckles don't care about returning to their planet, there's not even a reason for them to return until 50 episodes in, and said reason is a confusing one. Eggman and his goons are as incompetent as Team Rocket, except that doesn't work here because Team Rocket is just a bump on Ash's road to become a Pokemon Master, not the main concern.

This leads into a bigger problem I have with this show and is that almost every established character has been flanderized and all the new ones (With exceptions) are one-note, for starters, this is were "Fangirl Amy" and "Idiot Knuckles" pretty much came from, Sonic himself does absolutely nothing a lot of the time besides sleeping, and he himself acts like an Idiot a lot of the time and then there's Chris Thorndyke, he's supposed to be relatable but lives in a huge ass mansion with two famous parents, a scientist grandfather and two racial stereotype butlers. His conflict comes from being alone and supposedly having no friends, except he already does, and one of them is far more sympathetic and interesting than him yet has a single episode of development, but none of this would be so bad if he didn't do something so selfish you instantly grow to hate him at the very end of Season 2

Seasons 1 & 2: 4/10 - The only redeeming factor is that it genuinely made me laugh sometimes.

The show however is redeemed in it's third season originally made as filler comissioned by 4Kids, as it tells the story of how an alien race called "The Metarex" Invades Mobius (I'm refusing to call it "Sonic's World") and how Sonic and friends must travel trough space to gather the 7 Chaos Emeralds that Sonic scattered. The genre shifts into a space opera heavily influenced by Leiji Matsumoto's works and it's full of moments that wouldn't be too out of place in one of the Sonic Adventure games. This part carries the show and is a must watch for any Sonic fan, I just recommend skipping 2 seasons of lame stuff to enjoy it.

Season 3: 7/10 - Tbh I haven't seen Yamato yet but this kinda makes me want to.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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	I hope that GUN soldier that tells Sonic that "he's going to be in a world of hurt" fucking dies! SOT_Daemon - Oct 13	0 replies	by SOT_Daemon »» Oct 13, 12:50 PM
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