As long as the first set sells enough, we will definitely see a second, and hopefully third set (which would hopefully include Sonic Christmas Blast), which will, as long as there aren't any licensing troubles or anything of the sort, include every episode of the show. One can only hope...

I am very excited to see this show get a release; for years I had hoped for something like this, and until now that hope seemed to be all but in vain. Thanks for coming through on this one.

I was just at my nearby Best Buy and they only had one copy of AoStH - Volume One so I am assuming it sold well there!

I'm glad you were a good enough person to take it back ^_^.

Also nice find, bmhedgehog ^_^, that actually got me thinking. Everybody remembers how they had a contest for SMBSS, to dress up as a character, and send in the photo and they'd choose to put u on the set. Well wouldn't it be cool for people to make their own tributes, and then Shout! would put them on the DVD. Anyone think that would be cool?

Change that to 2008, Shout isn't going to make any volumes this year unless you consider importing the series and buying Christmas Blast seperately.

One thing that puzzles me is that the series itself is pretty inconsistant with its animation and curious to know which company did which episode. I know all about the TMS episodes has they are obvious, but I'm stuck on the other three companies (except a deaf person did the beginning of Big Daddy). Only trying to do what Speedy Boris and the Golden Age cartoons do for a living plus it's been bugging me for the past three years.

B Ward,

By the way did Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog Volume 1 sell well to get Volumes 2 and 3 of Adventures of Sonic The HEdgehog on DVD to complete the entire collection. I want to see Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog Volumes 2 and 3 get released on DVD in 2008, so that I can complete the entire collection of Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog. How are the sales doing for the first volume of Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog? Thank you.

Jonny

That's quite a bummer to hear that. Hopefully somehow, some way, it will pick up a little and start selling better, because it is a great cartoon that deserves a full series release.

On the opposite side of the spectrum, it's always great to hear that SatAM was successful.

B Ward,

I want to know will Volumes 2 and 3 of Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog get released on DVD in 2008 that I want and will get to complete the entire collection of Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog on DVD? How are the sales doing for the first volume of Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog? Is Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog Volume 1 selling well? Thank you.

Jonny

Well, hopefully all of you in this thread (including yours truly) have bought Volume 1! If anyone has not bought it yet, I suggest you buy it so we can beef up sales!

Well personally I havent bought AoSTH nor will I, because I'm not a big sonic fan #1, i was a teenager when it aired, although i did buy SatAM out of curiosty, had never seen it before but that was very decent, but i know they are two very diff shows, but hey, no hard feelings haha I'm sure a lot of you that bought AoSTH vol. didnt buy COPS vol. 1, which I want desperately for vol. 2 and vol. 3 to be put out, but i cant speak for B Ward, but he has stated that  a release has to sell 15,000 units in a years period, 15,000 doesnt sound like a lot I know considering theres what close to 300 million people in this country, but it can still be a challege to sell that many i would think, I have to say though seeing episode clips on YouTube , AoSTH and Sonic Underground arent the same toon as Sonic the complete series is, just my opinion

I managed to grab the set on Sunday; it's a great set. I really like the bonus features, especially the how to draw Sonic segment.

Now all we need is at least 14,999 more people to buy it. Get busy people. :)

B Ward,

How is the DVD release doing for Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog Volume 1? Are you producing Volumes 2 and 3 of Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog on DVD? What are the bonus materials going to be on Volumes 2 and 3 of Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog along with the episodes? I will get Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog Volumes 2 and 3 on DVD to complete the entire collection! When will Volumes 2 and 3 of Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog be released on DVD? Thank you.

Jonny

I've got my reasons why sales aren't as good as they should be:

1) Bad timing. The complete box set was released in the UK one month before the US (even though the US release was announced way before).

2) Interest. Of what I gathered online, most (not all) people in America just don't like AoSTH and love SatAM which is sort of true. E.g. Trustkill doesn't like it because he finds it corny which is completely understandable, I hate to say it but he is sort of right. The only reason why I bought it was because of childhood memories.

2a) Lack of fans. Most of the AoSTH fans have left or gone into anime. The only two active fans are British (one of them being me). Compared to SatAM that has two large websites (Saturday Morning Sonic and FUS), the only AoSTH websites are badly out dated, small and full of banner ads. Sad if you think about it.

3) Awareness. The show may have started in syndication, then to USA then to Toon Disney (over where I came from it's Channel 4, TCC and POP) but most of them had cuts of either time, Sonic Sez or questionable content (such as Pseudo Sonic and rumoured for Mass Transit Trouble). The series wasn't always aired uncut and the last time it was on air was 2001 (2006 for me). Amazing how 6 years have passed and the younger Sonic fans would be watching Sonic X.

4) Competition. It was against Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain for goodness sake. Even with John K's best buddy Eddie Fritzgerald working on it as well as some Spumco staff, plus 5 episodes done by a famous and well done animation studio; nobody cares. Depressively true.

Thank you Spelunker88, I think your reasons are very falible......Jonny making an online petition is kinda pointless in this case, because you have to take into consideration that the amount of people , however many there were, that bought vol 1 of AoSTH, all those people arent going to all know about the petition a thus wont sign it, so the amount of signatures on a petition would be much less than the actual amount of sales that have been made thusfar, not to mention you would have to have thousands of signatures to even have a possibilty of it happening, the sales of vol 1 speak for themselves, a petition proves nothing in this case. Secondly someone created a petition for COPS vol 2 & 3, and last time i checked it had about 150 signatures on it, and its been up since last winter or spring.....the same thing with that it would need thousands of signatures.....

Jonny, just read what B Ward has stated more than once, he cant say anything about the releases of vol 2 and 3 until after sonic underground, but either way sales for AoSTH vol 1 arent good now. Sonic underground come out in what Dec? that means he probally wont say anything for sure until early to mid January, but as it is now and as it probaly will be AoSTH vol. 1 is a "shelf warmer" and most probale vol 2 & 3 will never see the light of day....I'm not saying for sure but thats the way it appears. 

Thank you for releasing and producing Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog Volume 1. I'm very happy that I saw an advertisement of Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog Volume 1 at Shoutfactory.com !!

Jonny

B Ward,

I am sorry that I got worried about the DVD releases of Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog Volumes 2 and 3. What can we do to help get Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog Volumes 2 and 3 released on DVD that I will get to complete the entire collection of Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog on DVD? Is Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog Volume 1 selling better now? When Sonic Underground Volume 1 gets released on December 18, 2007, will it increase the sales to get Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog Volumes 2 and 3 released on DVD that I will get to complete the entire collection? Thank you.



Jonny

B Ward,

Where is Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog Volumes 2 and 3 on DVD? Is Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog Volumes 2 and 3 coming out on DVD to complete the entire collection? Thank you.

Jonny

Edit: My apologies; this is Brian's question to tackle, not mine.

COPS is a very good cartoon, in my opinion COPS and Zelda are the 2 best toon releases Shout has ever put out. The sad thing is COPS only went past one vol release, and on that note Shout has only been able to produce and release one multi-volume toon on dvd and that was super mario bros super show, all the other ones sales werent good enough. and personally i think the only think that pushed SMBSS was people buying it for nostaligic reasons , growing up as a kid and watching it, along with the additional fact it was mario....i watched it as a kid and own both vols but personally i dont like SMBSS now rewatching it as an adult, its just too corny, but I cant speak for Brian, but hes already said sales for AoSTH vol werent good, the likelyhood of the sales getting better arent really likely are they? I mean the vast majority of people who bought it or would buy it, most likely bought it in the first month it was released. SatAM i understood why that sold well, AoSTH i can see why its not selling, and i certainly did not buy it. But i mean even a Soinc fan on this forum (Spleunker88) admitted that that AoSTH was a corny cheesball cartoon, and the points that he made in his posts as to why its probally not selling are valid.....but I personally think AoSTH vol 1 is destined to be a "shelf warmer" on the dvd shelves of stores, and based on perviously Shout multi-volume releases it is most probale that vol 2 and 3 of it will never come to pass, thats just my opinion.

B Ward,

How are the sales doing for Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog Volume 1 on DVD yet? Is Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog Volume 1 well enough on DVD to let Shout! Factory produce and release Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog Volumes 2 and 3 on DVD that I will get to complete the entire collection of Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog on DVD? Thank you.

Jonny