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Sonic the Movie (Anime OVA); Country of origin does better than DiC?
Topic Started: Sun Aug 11, 2013 2:01 pm (370 Views)
MrYoshbert
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Someone suggested the Japanese Mario animated film a while back, so I might as well mention this one too.

The entire movie, all in one video. And with great quality to boot.

Has all your favorite characters: Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Dr. Eggman/Robotnik, and Metal Sonic. Also features endearing new characters such as Sara the cat girl and a senile old owl! Yeah, they took some questionable liberties with the supporting cast (did I mention this was made in 1996, during the height of the "classics" aka, the time when Sonic was good).

Low-grade dubbing, nonsensical dialogue, scattered remains of the '90s, innuendos, exaggerated face-faults, and slapstick abound. Characters can get annoying, too. The animation (in action scenes) and music are pretty cool though; a breath of fresh air from Underground.

I hope nobody shoots me for suggesting this, because I know a lot of people find the movie quite enjoyable, compared to DiC's shows at least. But eh, it might not be the same for others. What do you guys think?
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DAC
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I'll have you know I am a big fan of this OVA, my personal favorite Sonic cartoon, and that I have some reservations about annotating this.

But they're not enough for me to say this probably wouldn't be good. The voices aren't that grating to me, the nonsense is acceptable, and the action is pretty cool despite being ripped straight from Dragonball Z. I think it's the combination of all those elements put together that make this enjoyable. I also like this incarnation of Sonic the best since he's more interested in chilling that being a hero and also accentuates his kinda assholish nature, plus he's styled like in Sonic CD, which is a nice treat. The world also feels vast and varied, something only AoStH seemed to convey. The best part is the music, especially south island. I think this would've been the best Sonic cartoon had it been more successful with ratings.

Still, all the animation goofs, dumb faces, and cringe-inducing writing lends itself well to annotations. If no one has any problems with Savage Dragon, then i see no reason this wouldn't be fun.
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Miro Fortan
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I really like this movie, the only good Sonic Cartoon out there in non-cheesy way.

Also Metal Robotnik is the coolest looking Sonic character ever.

But it's official that we do SatAM so why not this too?

EDIT: GIANT EXPLOSION!
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NewStuffs
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I will agree that this is probably the best adaptation of the franchise (and with "Underground" being the worst, that's saying a lot).

But with its pitiful animation outside the action scenes, Sonic's British accent and that randomly appearing owl character. I'd hardly call it great. In other words, it's perfect intermission material.

Though I will give them one thing - at least there's no bestiality in this.
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ReloadPsi
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I've never actually sat and watched this. Annotating it would, at the very least, make me do that.
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Bry
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Eh, I'm not too sure about this. I actually really like how the movie pretty much captures everything that's Sonic.

You know, except Irish Sonic and Tails with a cold.
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ReloadPsi
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Also this. I have always loved this remix.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9fHGdR1IyM

EDIT: Oh shit, VonClutch posted that already. Sorry, that makes me look a bit of a twat :P
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Hamsteere
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hurpdurpmanguy
Aug 11 2013, 06:02 PM
Eh, I'm not too sure about this. I actually really like how the movie pretty much captures everything that's Sonic.

You know, except Irish Sonic and Tails with a cold.

Tails could have visited Ice Cap Zone and Sonic could have went to Rampant Alcoholism Zone, it's not that out of the question.

I'd be up to annotating this, while it's not dreadful in any sense, its pretty corny and bland in a stereotypical anime fashion. Plus we've got plenty of Sonic references to work with already!
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purpledrank
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yeah I'd love to see this annotated! From the mind-boggling weird theme song to that part where Sonic yells at Tails to shut up.
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Bry
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After some thinking, I'd say I'll go for it.
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MrYoshbert
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Glad to see this suggestion's getting good reception. I hesitated a bit before making this thread, as I too enjoyed this movie.
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