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Sonic the Hedgehog or Sonic the Hedgehog the Movie, is a two-part 1996 Japanese original video animation (OVA) based on the video game franchise by Sega. Produced by Pierrot and directed by Kazunori Ikegami, the OVA was originally released in Japan on January 26, 1996 and March 22, 1996. The series was later licensed and dubbed in English by ADV Films, which released it as a single direct-to-video film on September 7, 1999, to coincide with the international release of Sonic Adventure. The anime features Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Dr. Eggman, Metal Sonic and a few supporting characters created exclusively for the OVA. It is also the first Sonic animated media to not feature Jaleel White voicing the titular character.
Original Release
01/26/1996
US Release
09/09/1999
Cast
Name | Character |
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Animated | |
Martin Burke | Sonic the Hedgehog (English) |
Masami Kikuchi | Sonic the Hedgehog (Japanese) |
Lainie Frasier | Miles "Tails" Prower (English) |
Hekiru Shiina | Miles "Tails" Prower (Japanese) |
Junpei Takiguchi | Dr. Eggman / Robotnik (Japanese) |
Bill Wise | Knuckles the Echidna (English) |
Yasunori Matsumoto | Knuckles the Echidna (Japanese) |
Edwin Neal | Dr. Eggman / Robotnik (English) |
Sascha Biesi | Sara (voice) |
Directors
Kazunori Ikegami, Gary Lipkowitz
Writers
Masashi Kubota, Jennifer Presto, Gary Lipkowitz
Creators
Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, Hirokazu Yasuhara
Cast
Name | Character |
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Animated | |
Martin Burke | Sonic the Hedgehog (English) |
Masami Kikuchi | Sonic the Hedgehog (Japanese) |
Lainie Frasier | Miles "Tails" Prower (English) |
Hekiru Shiina | Miles "Tails" Prower (Japanese) |
Junpei Takiguchi | Dr. Eggman / Robotnik (Japanese) |
Bill Wise | Knuckles the Echidna (English) |
Yasunori Matsumoto | Knuckles the Echidna (Japanese) |
Edwin Neal | Dr. Eggman / Robotnik (English) |
Sascha Biesi | Sara (voice) |
Charles C. Campbell | Old Man Owl (voice) (as Charlie Campbell) |
Gary Lipkowitz | Metal Sonic (voice) (as Gary Dehan) |
Chafurin | Old Man Owl (voice) |
Yuzuru Fujimoto | President (voice) |
Mika Kanai | Sara (voice) |
Akimitsu Takase | President's Aide (voice) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Haruki Nakayama | Executive Producer |
John Ledford | Executive Producer |
Koichiro Sugie | Producer |
Akinori Ohno | Producer |
Takayuki Sugizaki | Producer |
Naoharu Hokutani | Producer |
Gary Lipkowitz | Producer |