The History of Sonic The Hedgehog Animations
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I feel like you stepped down on Sonic X too far. Sonic X is by far the best Sonic animation out there
when all key animators are on a episode. It's a weekly anime series, so obviously not every episode is going
to be 100%. I don't understand why so much people just kicked Sonic X out the bucket and only expose
the bad side of things.
Nowadays it's all about Mania adventures, TSR Overdrive and how their animation is so great. Don't get me
wrong it is great, but Sonic X deserves more recognition. Sonic X takes heavy inspiration from Yuji Uekawa's
art and gives it a few tweaks here and there. Tyson Heese does a amazing job at implementing classic sonic,
but his work on modern sonic is a bit off to me(rectangled-looking eyes, etc). Yuji Uekawa's art is the definitive
way to draw Sonic characters and I don't see how anyone can deny with that.
Anyways here is a example of a Sonic X animation:
ruclips.net/video/Wy_XroBwyyE/видео.html
Enjoyed the video a lot.
Wewsh
Ok
This is not a good video. It only works if you´ve already watched other videos about sonic animations and cartoons, in other youtube channels.
@@gabrielp9646 ...How?
So, as I speak russian, I feel that i need to explain the quiz show animations and phrases. Sonic's strange movements, like shaking his head from side to side were a big part of russian cartoons at the time, russian animatiors used them to show concern. Now for the phrases. I belive that at 13:05 Sonic says: Got it. As to indicate the right answer. And at 14:12 Sonic says: Do it, do it, do it! to the player. A fun fact that I wanted to mention was that for a while Sonic in Russia was known as Sonic the super hedgehog (Like the name of the show). I guess it's kinda similar to the Japane's Segasonic. I always found it weird that all the grounups that I knew called him Sonic the super hedgehog, and I actualy found it very anoying. But now that i know... Nah, it's still anoying to this day when i hear people calling Sonic "Sonic Boom" or "Sonic the super hedgehog".
Everyone please like this comment so we can all learn something.
Thanks for your insight!
Awesome sauce
It is phrases not frases, yes English is weird like that at times
@@BadnikMechanic And also on 12:00 he is screaming "hooray" (yes I'm also russian)
Sonic Riders had a 2D animated intro that looks amazing.
Allie Marie Didn't the company that animated Attack on Titan animate that opening.
@@chocov1233 Yup, it was Studio I.G.
That animation blew my mind as a kid. I gotta find that game again, i lost my original copy year's ago.
Studio I.G also made the parappa anime
22:34 "the animation is very simple. There's not a lot going on here" What?! That'some of the best animation in the whole collection!
You missed Wreck-it Ralph and it's sequel.Sonic makes some cameos in the movie
My opinion:
It’s a bit generic just uses a lost world model and some cheesy lines that sonic is known for
@@FRAPPEFIZZYY Sonic is known for saying "It's WiFi, Ralph."?
@@FRAPPEFIZZYY
I see nothing cheesy about his dialogue during the book club scene.
Also,the movie came out in 2012,Sonic Lost World came out in 2013
Why there is even Modern Sonic?
I feel like the opening to Sonic Riders would've at least been mentioned.
Sonic Riders is one of the lesser remembered games; so maybe it just didn't come up when he was researching. But I'd be surprised if that's what happened. I suppose we all make mistakes.
You forgot about the Japanese shadow the hedgehog ad which is the greatest achievement from humanity
Thanks for showing the details in these animations. I can learn from some these movements.
:0 it’s the wax
*Hi earwax get back in my ear*
Wait, so you've never looked up the 12 principles of animation?
@@commandoeclipse2698 Not what I'm talking about(I know the 12). I like to make references to Sonic media in my Sonic 1 project. I can learn movements from these.
Hey ,your one of those animators in Sonic Pardox!I liked the Sonic 1 animation
Wow! Im from Russia and im very surprised to see a Sonic Quiz show here because even russian retro game community is not very aware of that old show! (it existed only in early 90s and didnt survive to the late 90s). Also it's not "quiz" show only - they also had some game competition like in the Wizard movie where kids and their parents had to play some levels....time challenge or something like that.
As for sonic "screaming" at 11:59 - he screams "УРРААА!!" (urraaa! basically "HOORRAY!") - you probably heard it watching movies about WW2 where soviet soldiers scream that when attacking, haha!
As i remember the whole gaming show had an opening where a kid was sick in bed and then ambulance was on the way, then doctor was giving that kid a Sega Mega Drive and he becomes fine!
That made me an absolute sega/sonic fan for years.
This is a very short-lived show. It was quickly replaced by the most popular videogame show in 90s russia - Dendy the New Reality (program about Dendy famiclones and bootleg cartriges - sega and snes were sexpensive for russian market while Dendy(famicom) was the most popular and affordable)
thank you for telling us
I think some people believe the Dendy was an official Sega or Nintendo product. I suppose that might be because it's so common and neither company were really doing anything about it. I might be wrong, though.
The other day me and my friend were talking about the sonic movie, my teacher didn’t even knew sonic had a voice ( same with Mario) wtf. Cross my hart true story!!
Do I know you? I'm just asking because I recently showed One of my teachers what Sonic sounds like, and she said she didn't know Sonic had a voice
She's never even heard a single "It's-a me"?
@@PotatoSoupThe64th She probably has. But I think she only knew about Sonic before the Dreamcast days, I think she stopped paying attention after that
Hilarious!
@@alexsartandgameschannel3883 Then again Sonic was talking in the cartoons.
Great job! Amazing video! I wasn't going to say anything, but since you asked at the end, one Sonic animation you missed was the lego dimensions ad, where Sonic teaches kids about Knight rider
Sup toast
Watch out for John the Anti-Toast!
@@dragonick2947 I hope I’m not the only one who gets that reference
Who’s that
14:17 I think he is sort of cheering the player on.
I loved the style of that Sonic Heroes McDonald's one.
Bro, that was the peak of their animation, it was too expensive to do it again after that 😔
@@Bolternon that's why the second commercial was awful
@@chomperelectric2676 Attention happy meal time it's McDonald's the Sega gay slime! Tail sucker! Sanic skateboard! Rogue and anie tannis! Cream bot flower catch! Shadow basketball! Knickles baseball! Je poka eye keniy! A kania meat a tyne! Jest da de da happy meal time! Ja Ja Ja Ja McDonald's a Sega gay slime! Ba ba ba ba ba I'm lovin it!
It was so smooth I wish they got the budget to do another one similar...
U mean the ugly one
The Sonic OVA will still be my favorite animated Sonic. I'm such a sucker for the mid to late 90s anime style.
Yeah you just don't see that style anymore
28:07 I’m pretty sure they were using choppy animations to mimic the sprites in Sonic 2, which is probably why it improves when he jumps out the TV, but it doesn’t really work when he’s just a regular drawing rather than the actual sprites
The poor Sonic animation in the Cheerios commercial was intentional. It was to replicate the choppier animation of the 16-bit sprites of the Genesis. That's why his animation improved after leaving the game.
i sad that
edit:said
Needless to say when he does that and gives a thumbs up his design isn't based on Greg Martin's promotional art anymore.
Instead, he looks more like how he did after the release of Sonic & Knuckles, being a lot more similar to his japanese counterpart
Sega sonic animations are pretty cool!. Like the cartoons commercials sonic CD and so much more!
Translation
21:36 Hi! I'm Sonic! And this is my friend Tails! We are in the game Sonic 2!
21:43 Hehe! Run like this to help me on TEC TOY's Sonic 2!
22:11 Now i want to see if you're fast!
2:25 That animation was featured in Sonic 1 for the Game Gear from what I remember.
14:13 that means "cmon speak!"
Since you did the intros for CD and Mania, I think it would be fair to have included the 3D intros for games like Sonic Unleashed and Colors.
JoDaEpicGuy True, he also didn't mention the Sonic Riders opening.
Bruh the sonic colors animation is so good
Shadow the hedgehogs animation cutscenes where extremely good for it's time. And sonic 06
The only missing ones I think of are the wreck it ralph sonic animations
Don't forget the JoyRide Studios advertisement for Sega toys.
Also doesn't Wreck it Ralph and Ready Player One also count as Sonic being in an animation?
JJsonicblast86 Sonic was an easter egg in Ready Player One
14:17 he cheers for the player and says like "Cmon! Cmon!"
21:40 Actually, that was the voice that Sonic was given in AoStH here in Brazil
This about to explode... as was in my reccomended
12:01 im russian and "orraa!" means horray! so hes kinda cheerin for the host!
I've never played a sonic game or watched any of the shows, but I always watch your videos. Like how nicely they are put together.
You must
A lot of Sonic fans don't play the games very much, actually. Also none of the cartoons(besides Prime technically) are canon, so not watching those is fine too.
Fun Fact about the Sega Dreamcast commercials. Did you know that the CG animation on most of the Sega Dreamcast comercials was done by PDI, Pacific Data Images? PDI is the same studio that made Antz and Shriek for DreamWorks before being acquired by them in the early 2000s. Clips from the Sega commercials they did can be found in some of their demo reels from around this time.
Unfortunately, for PDI their advertising division was shut down around 2001 or 2002 to focus on creating movies. The studio itself was shut down in 2015 due to DreamWorks having financial difficulties. At the time PDI was the world's oldest still operational CG studio being found in 1980.
Edit: Corrected a misspelled word.
Funny that there’s SEGA ads technically animated by DreamWorks, considering both companies have histories with being “edgy” alternatives to their competition
14:15 "Come on, come on!!"
I recall there's a photo of the behind the scenes set for the JP Sonic 2 commercial. It's actually filmed on physical sets and animation was done over it. Don't know where it is now.
Sonic & All-Stars REALLY? I’m surprised! That background looks like high-budget CGI to me!
YES! THE ONE I WAS WAITING FOR!
(This must’ve taken a lot of time! Thank you so much.)
Yup... And I had a cold too... lol was a lot harder than normal.
hearing you dismiss the older animations with "only a few frames" and "ok for what they are" hurt my head as an animator
Wow, I never knew Sonic had some creative animations overseas besides Japan.
This was a pretty good watch it's always fascinating to look at all the Sonic Animations throughout the years. On a unrelated note, that moment when you're in the minority who actually like/didn't mind Chris T.T
Chris is okay but Helen would have been such a better protagonist.
32:16 - As soon as he said this, I held in laughter. At this moment, I knew what was gonna appear next.
You missed the great animations of Sonic in Wreck it Ralph 1 & 2!
It means a lot to the legacy of the brand seeing that he makes a great appearance on the big screen and in a major Disney movie.
I think he mean to OFFICIAL animations and not other company animations
@@eliel0503 Alot of the animations featured in this video were from other companies.
Not sure which definition of "Official" you're going for but Wreck it Ralph is an official Disney movie with an official partnership with Sega.
@@eliel0503 He put *McDonald's* in, *McDonald's* is *not* owned by *SEGA*
10:34 to 10:48 had me actually recoiling in fear and screaming 'What is that thing!?'
I'll put out my opinion on some of these animations.
- Sonic Mania Adventures and Team Sonic Racing Overdrive are undoubtedly the best animations that have ever been made for Sonic in 2D. The Sonic CD animated cutscenes are not too far off, but it's just the expressions of the characters, and how they're portrayed that just fill me with so much joy.
- The Sonic Unleashed CGI opening cutscene is one of the greatest intros to a video game that's ever been made, and is higly underrated in that respect. The other CGI cutscenes and shorts are also extremely well done, and Sonic's design, expressions and movements are executed in such an amazing way that perfectly captures what makes Modern Sonic so good and so appealing in 3D. In the same mannner that Sonic CD did for Classic Sonic in 2D.
- The Sonic Riders 2D opening animation was extremely cool, stylish and sick as hell. Once again, they captured what made Sonic so good in such a way that was never quite done up to that point for Modern Sonic, at least not in that way.
- I have a soft spot for Sonic X. I understand that it's by no means the most well-written show in the world, but it was so cool and nice seeing all of Sonic's friends and enemies portrayed in their Modern incarnations, as well as characters that made their debut in the Modern era. There were plently of memorable moments in that show for me, and it will always have a special place in my heart. Also, Cosmo and Bokkun should seriously be canon characters within the mainline Sonic continuity. But mostly Cosmo. 😅
- I really like a lot of the Japanese commercials for Sonic in the 90s, especially the ones with Sonic and Tails wearing the hats and bowties, the CG Sonic Spinball and Sonic CD commercial, the Sonic & Tails commercial with Sonic and Tails running from Eggman, and so on. They're all really cute and have a lot of charm.
- A lot of these commercials usually deviate from Sonic and Tails' core design in some way, shape or form. And most of them still capture what makes them look so nice and appealing to look at in their own way. And most the animations, whether limited or heavy on movement, are expressive and capture what makes Sonic and Tails so good as characters, as well as selling the action and attitude you see in the games very nicely and effectively.
- Sonic also looked incredible in his cameos in both Wreck-It-Ralph movies. Capturing both his design, and his personality in such a great way, while also just having fun with him by making him funny and informative. As well as having a potential philosophical side to him in the second one and being into books. That stuff is golden. 😂
32:45 I love this moment that Shadow plays Basketball...
Is funny...with the guy says "SHADOW BASKETBALL"
Is funny because we misheard for it for certain words...
What do you mean?
Want to play a drinking game take a shot whenever he says animation, animations, and animated
13:05 In here, he says "Попал!", which translates to something like "Got him!" or "He's screwed!" or like that. Well, if he means he's incorrect. Or maybe he means he was correct, so he says "He got it." or just "Got it.", like that
Tanks
You missed the sonic mania pre-order trailer, and you showed some clips of the mania opening animation but didn't talk about it WAi 😭😂
Also mania ended with several different animations after beating the game, differing ever so slightly depending on if you get the good or bad ending
Sonic Underground was a very Good cartoon. This generation will never know what we watch in period 1995-2010
For the honey nut cheerios one is actually genius not stiff, while bee was more animated then sonic there was a reason, sonic was coping his GAME animation while bee is a cartoon character, when sonic came out of the game he was out of the game's frames and had the cartoon animation with bee
Hey, can you make a video about the FIRST Sonic plush? Not stringy.look at pat mac's video
Erm... I suppose so... Technically I've already covered it, lol I wrote a news item about it on Sonic Stadium when I figured out it was the first plush.
If PatMac did it, why should he? Seems redundant to me.
Ok
@@fantamoon847 A history of one plush?
Wow....my comments never got so much likes!thank you all
I watched the Pakistani McDonald's ad, that was horrible, I loved Sonic CD's animation
Rogue the mouse!
Rog the rat
LOVE THIS VIDEO CAUSE I LOVE EVER SONIC ANIMATION EVEN THE CARTOONS
A lot of research much have gone into this video. 👍
These sega sonic animations are amazing!...
*most of them*
17:34 its ok to be hugged by someone you like but if somebody tries to touch you in a place that makes you feel uncomfortable THATS NO GOOD.
For that Cheerios advert, I think Sonic was Choppy at the start because the bee guy went into Sonic 2 while When sonic came out he wasn’t choppy because he was outside of Sonic 2
This guy forgot to mention sonic's cameo appearance in wreck it ralph.
I've been enjoying your videos about random Sonic trivia after finding you through the Sonic statue one being recommended. Ever since Cybershell mysteriously vanished I haven't been getting that fix, but the subjects you're bringing up are extremely obscure and interesting. Keep up the good work!
8:37 To explain that 3D commercial. The Third Sonic game was originally supposed to be a Third Dimensional game called Sonic 3D. But it was scrapped due to time constraints and lack of parts. Also another reason to why Sonic 3 had to be split in half.
Nikola Opric: I don't think i have seen an sonic animation before we got full access to the internet, i would have forgotten sonic if it weren't for the internet, i would like to thank you for letting me realize that there are way more out there in the world of sonic than i actually realized!
Welcome to the 90s
Amazing vid!!! I love when companies take the time to create smoothly animated adverts!!! I'll keep my eyes open for more...
AWW YEAH, THIS IS HAPPENIN'
Just because of the cat the advert was the best thing that came out of Sonic Boom ever.
27:58 I've always thought that the beggining part of this commercial was trying to emulate how Sonic moves in the game (I know, quite degrading, right?) This is why when he jumps out of the Tele, he's animated a lot more smoother.
I'm so glad you got the Cheerios ad in there, for some reason that one came to mind immediately when I was thinking of the concept of this vid.
Technically speaking, Generations Lost World and Forces all had cgi bits in their trailers that were never actually used in the games
Everyone mentions that Sonic was in Wreck It Ralph and forgets that he was also in Ready Player One and in the Simpsons twice.
Sonic was in Ready Player One?
I think the cereal advert for why Sonic is stiff looking maybe they were trying to replicate the style of the game for Sonic being siff in moment as most videos games of the time were like that. Until coming out of the tv screen he's in the real world he's more fluent in moving in motion. Seems like that is what they were trying to go for.
Also you forgot the Sonic riders opening.
Great video! I’m a new subscriber and have watched a few of your videos on lost or unheard of Sonic media. Especially loved your video on the Sonic mascot costumes and the Sonic statue. Keep up the amazing work!
Thanks for producing this! I really enjoyed learning the history of Sonic animation!
14:03 thats a sign in russian caroons were theyre like "oyoyoy!"
Tails voice in the yogurt commercial is actually kind of funny it sounds like he’s from Boston
21:14 Oh hey, I'm from Brazil.
There's the a live action commercial were they call sonic a cat...
Also, Sonic's voice in the firts brazilian commercial you showed was his voice in the cartoons...(except on Sonic Boom, and maybe Sonic X, I'm not sure)
The first commercial says: "Hi! I'm Sonic! And this is my friend Tails! We're on the game Sonic 2! Come here to help us out in Sonic 2!:
The second one says: "I want to see if you're fast!"
Were they joking about Sonic being a cat or were they serious?
@@butcherax They were serious, I think
@@Zyl_Libblel 😂
Man of the Year was apparently animated by TMS; during the 90's, they were the outsourcing animation studio for a good number of Disney and WB cartoons, like Animaniacs and DuckTales. Probably explains why it looks so good :)
I know something. Being 10 and a huge Sonic fan, I never pass an ad up and found a frameless version of the ‘thumbs up and wink’ animation found at the end of the H.A.G, Tiger Electronics, etc ads. And yes, it is the OG one.
I lost my shit at the Hidden Valley Ranch commercial
this video made me laugh really hard and way more often than i thought it would
Wow this is such a great video, now I know about all the sonic animations! Thanks man 👍
33:12 maybe they didn’t have much budget after the Sonic heroes styled commercials cause it took a lot of time to animate it all?
Great video! Just out of curiosity, have you seen the Sonic Riders intro? If so, what do you think of it?
I always love CD cut scenes. Great video, man.
The one at 32:23 made me laugh so hard I had to pause the video because I was crying and couldn't concentrate on anything that was being said
Edit: Also, I forgot to say that this is a good video btw
“Blew us all away” *shows and explosion*
Sonic CD intro😍... Wish that was the start to a serious toned mini series
Can you feel the sunshine...?
Does it brighten up your day? ... Or something...
@@CragusMaximus You just proved, that you are no insider...
The catchphrase from europe is ‘’iT iS StRoNgEr tHaN yOu!’’
Top work mate. The hours put into this!
Thank you. Took a very long time this one. Especially since I had a cold for a few days during the work period.
Any new animation created for commercial purposes for a retro game just fascinates me. Besides Sonic, the 2D adverts of Mario, Wario, and Kirby are also quite impressive, and I love the "It's Thinking" series of Dreamcast spots. Very well done video on a topic that is rarely addressed.
Toei Sonic animation is what I really love. The animation is smooth and artistic. It’s very well done
A new advert has surfaced, a Frosties ad that advertises Sonic themed yoyo's where Sonic is trapped inside a TV.
14:50 Sonic sounds like he's a drug dealer and then tells the kid you want more lol the kid even looks wired and says Yeah! Yeah!! 🤣
I love Man of The Year because it's one of the few pieces of Sonic media where Eggman actually wins.
The second Mc.Donald's commercial is something that even i could have improved when i didn't have any 3d modelling experience.
The early Death Egg concept could be due to the fact the ad is paroding several cinema moments, including the Roadrunner Shorts, Harold Lloyd's Safety Last!, and I think Disney's 2000 Leagues Under the Sea, but I'm not sure. So having Star Wars being another iconic movie moment, it makes sense is there.
I loved this! Sadly, I've seen the dreaded McDonald's sports animation... it's very, very, freaky. Hopefully we'll get more 2Dish sonic commercials. Maybe Sega will hire Neko Productions to create some sonic commercials for their next big game. That'd be pretty amazing!
There was another Sonic/Progressive crossover where Flo and that other guy became animated characters that looked like the humans from Unleashed (unless that was in the one you mentioned). There were also some trailers for Mania and Forces with animation not seen in-game, if we count those.
gsman243 The other Progressive is an extended version of the first.
One of my favourite animations comes from Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games and Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, it's just beautiful
Also, fun fact, the guy holding Sonic on his hand in the italian advert is actually a pretty famous actor here in italy
So yeah, Sonic hangs around celebrities.... maybe
21:14 I thought this was Dr Seuss style for a sec there.
I knew it was going to be a good video so before it even finished loading so I could watch it I liked great video😁👌👍
the reason why sonic in the honey nut cherrios commerical is so poor is to be like buzz the bee is actully in the game
Hey BADNIK Mechanic, in the ‘No Fool!’ Commercial, there is an frameless version of the ‘wink’ animation.
And yes, it’s the American one
I remember when I was a kid, there was a site called SonicGames.com (I think that's what it's called) with not only Sonic fan-made flash games, but also videos like the Progressive Insurance advertisement, which I watched constantly.
Shaking his hands up and down is him doing Rock, paper scissors at that part of the show.
my theory on why sonics animation is so stiff in the cheerios commercial is that they were trying to imitate the games (sonic 2) animations hence the foot tapping and the fact that when sonic came out the tv screen, his animation was way better