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Sonic the Hedgehog (1996) - Directed by Kazunori Ikegami
"There is only one Sonic."
OK, so there's this new Sonic the hedgehog movie coming out next year with Cyclops, a Parks and Rec guy, and Jim Carrey as Eggman. Sounds like crap. Why don't we ever get any great video game movies? I mean, most of them are about as good as this OVA I saw a long time ago as a kid.
In the first ever Sonic the Hedgehog "movie," Sonic and Tails are told by their nemesis, Dr. Robotnik, that a metal version of himself has taken over his lair, Mobotropolis, and relies on Sonic and Tails to get it back and take out the Metal Robotnik. But the whole thing may very well be a trap to use Sonic to complete Dr. Robotnik's greatest invention yet: Metal Sonic.
OK, this was cheesy. I mean, it was the cute kind of cheesy where you'd get early 90's anime shows for babies, but it's not really a satisfactory cinematic experience for a Sonic fan. We have a hard enough time getting that with the TV shows, what with the closest thing being Sonic Mania Adventures (which does NOT deserve 4.8 on Imdb and should be higher. Thanks, review bombers).
There's a little bit of that early 90's classic Sonic vibe in the setting and the music, but that's really as far as the childhood nostalgia is pushed. I don't think any of the zones from the video games are even mentioned in the movie. Only Robotropolis is mentioned and that's a place from the comics. The plot doesn't really have much to do with the video games other than focusing on the original characters. The new characters, like the monkey president and his daughter Sara, are just annoying. The Old Man Owl was a little funny, though.
But the movie didn't really feel like a movie after the opening credits. I mean, yeah, it's an OVA so I shouldn't expect much, but the whole cinematic feel ended after literally two minutes. And the voice acting is terribly cheesy. Tails sounds like he's got a nose up his nose, Dr. Robotnik is too cheesy to feel like a mad scientist, and Sonic's voice is probably the most underwhelming English voice he's had so far. I mean, without him, the worst we have is probably Jaleel White who wasn't bad. And then we had Double D from Ed Edd and Eddy as his singing voice.
Well, I just reviewed a pointless OVA for the sake of thread filler (or maybe fodder), but I'm gonna say this: I'd rather watch this than wait for the new movie coming out. At least we get something reminiscent to the original video games, and it's pretty cute to watch if you're a kid. Otherwise, you might just find this 54 minute OVA a laughable hour and another OK attempt at a Sonic TV franchise.
"There is only one Sonic."
OK, so there's this new Sonic the hedgehog movie coming out next year with Cyclops, a Parks and Rec guy, and Jim Carrey as Eggman. Sounds like crap. Why don't we ever get any great video game movies? I mean, most of them are about as good as this OVA I saw a long time ago as a kid.
In the first ever Sonic the Hedgehog "movie," Sonic and Tails are told by their nemesis, Dr. Robotnik, that a metal version of himself has taken over his lair, Mobotropolis, and relies on Sonic and Tails to get it back and take out the Metal Robotnik. But the whole thing may very well be a trap to use Sonic to complete Dr. Robotnik's greatest invention yet: Metal Sonic.
OK, this was cheesy. I mean, it was the cute kind of cheesy where you'd get early 90's anime shows for babies, but it's not really a satisfactory cinematic experience for a Sonic fan. We have a hard enough time getting that with the TV shows, what with the closest thing being Sonic Mania Adventures (which does NOT deserve 4.8 on Imdb and should be higher. Thanks, review bombers).
There's a little bit of that early 90's classic Sonic vibe in the setting and the music, but that's really as far as the childhood nostalgia is pushed. I don't think any of the zones from the video games are even mentioned in the movie. Only Robotropolis is mentioned and that's a place from the comics. The plot doesn't really have much to do with the video games other than focusing on the original characters. The new characters, like the monkey president and his daughter Sara, are just annoying. The Old Man Owl was a little funny, though.
But the movie didn't really feel like a movie after the opening credits. I mean, yeah, it's an OVA so I shouldn't expect much, but the whole cinematic feel ended after literally two minutes. And the voice acting is terribly cheesy. Tails sounds like he's got a nose up his nose, Dr. Robotnik is too cheesy to feel like a mad scientist, and Sonic's voice is probably the most underwhelming English voice he's had so far. I mean, without him, the worst we have is probably Jaleel White who wasn't bad. And then we had Double D from Ed Edd and Eddy as his singing voice.
Well, I just reviewed a pointless OVA for the sake of thread filler (or maybe fodder), but I'm gonna say this: I'd rather watch this than wait for the new movie coming out. At least we get something reminiscent to the original video games, and it's pretty cute to watch if you're a kid. Otherwise, you might just find this 54 minute OVA a laughable hour and another OK attempt at a Sonic TV franchise.