Are there any plans for Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog? It may not be "SatAM" which is another show that I like that happens to be coming out, but this show was special to my heart.

It all started about 13 years ago when I first watched it on TV, can't remember the channel or the episodes but also remember a SatAM episode "Sonic and Sally" was airing. Afterwards I have forgotten about the show until two years later that a tape was bought with the episodes "High Stakes Sonic" and "Sonic Breakout", where everytime I watched it I laughed at a few scenes, "when Sonic was escaping prison and shaking himself at the CCTV cameras" and when the dynamic duo Scratch & Grounder came on, also I was sad when Sonic was depressed that he was walking and Robotnik is haunting him that Tails would get locked up. After the episode, I was introduced to gaming, Sonic 1 on my Mega Drive was my first game and started to read some Sonic comics with Porker Lewis and Johnny Lightfoot. Then "modern" Sonic came and completely forgot the series again for a long time. For ages I thought there were only two episodes until I looked at Sonic HQ that I founded out that there were 63 more! Luckily a few years ago, it came back on TV with I think either "The Robotnik Express" or "Sonic Gets Thrashed" was on and tried to catch it as much as possible (also own world record of watching the episodes "The Magic Hassle" and "Tails Prevails" over 40 times as they were the most repeated episodes) and even got to see the so called rare "Robo-Ninjas" which became one of my favourite episodes. Recorded some on tape and even a few on DVD (actually have all episodes on DVD but from a week long marathon not so long back) but if a proper release came out, I know what to do with them recordings and besides I've been waaiitttiinnggg since DVD came out for a box set, even DuckTales is only just coming out in a few weeks time.

I also gave one of my tapes to my school for a learning class that they watched at breaks, everytime the kids watch it, they always laugh at the episodes, especially "Close Encounter of the Sonic Kind" and "Robotnik's Rival". If there is any info or help of the series that Shout Factory wants, I will be more happy to help.

Does anyone else besides myself like the show apart from the infamous "That's no Good" Sonic Says?

Glad Shout Factory has considered it Brian and thanks for letting me know, now there's seems to be a few things to get off my chest:

1. According to here http://www.sonicstadium.org/sonicnews/270/ it says that it's coming out on July but as far as I know it is at the pre-production stages hopefully coming out at the end of the year and says that Sony Music has done it but I believe there were the people who brought it in France on tapes. Would you let Amazon know that their entry is a fake? Sounds like the Super Mario Bros. Super Show situation all over again.

2. Heard news from Milton Kinght, storyboarder and designer of Dr. Robotnik (one of my many favourite characters) that there seems to be a unaired pilot (don't know how long) that about a minutes worth made it in one episode (the part where Scratch and Grounder are watching TV and on the TV comes a chase scene with Sonic and Robotnik that looks really good on a HDTV, always liked that scene from that episode). Is it possible that it might be still there, I think the credits might have used a bit of it too.

Thanks for considering it, and hope everything goes smoothly. (Also considering buying the SatAM box set as well for old times).

sdp: Yes, there are lots of references to the games in this series, not just the regular Sonic 1 and 2 but also the Game Gear/Master System version as well such as the episode Subterranean Sonic where Sonic and Tails go Underground (Underground Zone in Sonic 2GG) and go in a minecart (also the same level).

As for the "Sonic Sez" there were a few rare ones:
Lovesick Sonic - Some countries don't air the "That's no good" avoiding Sexual Harrassment bit.
Musta Been a Beautiful Baby - This wasn't aired in American Toon Disney, just don't play in washing machines.
Full Tilt Tails - The episode only aired once in the UK and that was on 8o'clock at night. Grounder picks up a cigarette and Sonic stops Grounder having a smoke.
Hero of the Year - Scratch and Grounder are fighting over some booze which Scratch drinks becoming drunk. Sonic comes and says alcohol and drugs are bad for you.
Robo-Ninjas - The episode is rare in the US but aired lots of times overseas, Scratch and Grounder are playing with Tails on a street which a speeding truck hits the dumb-bots and Sonic tells people don't play on the street.
I'm also positive that the Magic Hassle one is cut as there is a noticable jump in both the UK and the Toon Disney versions. (from junk to You on both versions, UK is quicker due the PAL thing)

As for making it 33 episodes would be too much compression, will require more discs and more expensive in the long run.

Brian: That quick? Must be working as fast as Sonic for these sets to come out. I believe it, just seemed quick but happier that there is less time to wait. Anyways Sonic Stadium isn't really an AoSTH community, it is more of a SegaSonic one like Sonic HQ (people who thinks that certain games are the only ones taken as fact), and for Sonic HQ dislike the show [they even put it down on their episode descriptions]. The problem of the fanbase is that it has been a rapid decline and the community is as dead as door nails (Sonic Land where the last post was months ago, if not last year), due to many fans retiring such as ClimbingGecko or moved on.

Looking for a forum of AoSTH fans is like finding a needle in 10 haystacks, Sega of America has casual viewers which ain't too bad but probably not as much fan output as here due to that it was a long time since it was last aired and not many people remember it as much as SatAM (not that there's anything wrong with it, they are both good). My only advice is look at fans across the pond (Europe especially) or try to find a little community. If you can't find anything, PC2, PorpoiseMuffins, blueluigi, myself and others who come here will help just as much.

Sorry for the long post, but I am trying to be as helpful as possible, it's just that the fanbase is smaller than SatAM but more of the casuals and kiddys watch it (hence more popular in a way).

Anyways, one thing to ponder is the openings and endings. There are three credits, one which has no sound effects which is the Toon Disney one (not as originally aired), the one with sound effects where you hear the buzzer go off and Sonic running (syndication and overseas) and a special one. I have only seen this once, it is similar to the sound effect one except that it says Jeffrey Scott as Story Editor instead of Bruce and Reed Shelly, I think this was used in the 4 parter (Quest for the Chaos Emeralds). Which one will be used since it was years (literally) since I've last seen them?

hi im new here i just thought i would say its ace to see that people still remeber this show im 19 from the UK and my grandma used to tape it for me evey sunday morning when it was on channel 4 which i think was in 93 so thats some time ago. realy want to see all the episodes again the show is the best of all the sonic shows which have been made. i never realy got satam that much still watched it cos i was obbsed by the games which is probs why i liked it more, still have my megadrive and gamegear and all the sonic games for it. sorry to drag on lolz how likely is it that it will be released on DVD?

PC2: That Scratch & Grounder (Phil Hayes and Garry Chalk) interview is a really good idea. Strangely I had a similar idea during my plan called Operation Sonic Hedgehog where I would go to DVD companies to release the show, but that is aborted now and was a couple of years ago.

Yes, Art Mahwinney was involved of the show, he was a storyboarder as I just checked the credits a few minutes ago (the Jeffrey Scott one, see above for more details). Don't know who the other character designers were, I know there's Chris LaBonte, Micheal Fontanelli, and some other people. You could also try Scott Shaw! who also worked with Art on the show as a storyboarder.

andy704: Glad to see another UK Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog watcher on the forums, I'm afraid that you (and myself too) would have to import it as it won't come out over here (I tried bringing it out here with no luck). yeah, it lasted a long time from 1993 (3rd November to be exact with the pilot) to about 1994?

Back on here: I have on my possession since that SatAM doesn't have captions anymore and too expensive to make some new ones, first 12 scripts of the show that came on a Korean education pack. They are both in English and Korean which are more captiony than a script and a couple of mistakes on there but nothing biggy. There are accurate as I've checked.

I need to know about this Volume, Brian. What is the picture quality like? I recently bought Ducktales on DVD (the Region 2 one, not the US one) and was severly disappointed about the quality (interlace lines everytime a character or an object moved) and 7 missing episodes. In fact so bad, if Disney don't have a response I would be taking back to the store.

Also will it have the original Bohbot logo at the beginning as it gives me back memories?

Probably the same way that Volume 1 will be released with 22 episodes on each and Christmas Blast on the last volume (just a guess).

This following message is for Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and SatAM fans in the UK. There is some good news and some great news. Thanks to a tip off on Toon Zone forums, I looked at the BBFC website which in case Americans do not know it is a rating system for every program/film/TV Show which is also used for video/DVD releases (a bit stricter over here). I random typed Sonic the Hedgehog with 150 hits and episodes of both AoSTH and SatAM came up which is a very good sign for a release (e.g. Ducktales was reviewed a couple of months before release). If you don't believe me, look it up [look at the 2007 listed ones, not the old tape ones].

So far 50 episodes (excluding some from the old tapes and Sonic is Running) of Adventures of Sonic has been listed and about 19 for SatAM (this will change if you are reading from the future). I still highly recommend the Shout Factory DVD box set (that's a beaut and worth it) but if your DVD player doesn't work with the discs or ordering online is too risky, there's your alternative. Oddly the company doing it is like the British version of Shout Factory (they both release CDs and obscure TV shows) that do shows like Henry's Cat and Bananaman. So British fans of Sonic (such as Sonic Stadium who are okay afterall, Sonic HQ, Sonic Anime [yes Doctor Sonic, I am reliable and report it like you usually do] or anywhere else), spread the word.

Back on topic though, I had a strange feeling that there is no concept art for the show. Glad to hear that the masters look good. If I get a chance, I might contact some writers of the show for some ideas.

I just want to know is there any more news about this box set? Seems have gone a little quiet lately but at least SatAM's getting good press lately from Amazon. Oh yeah, another thing is that I never get to hear the full version of Sonic's Song (from episode 11 Sonic's Song) due to sound effects and voices covering some of the words.

milesdx: Not a bad idea, but it would be a bit too fiddly as the feature length version of Quest for the Chaos Emeralds is slightly different to the episodes (the feature length just cuts where the episode titles are minus the Sonic Says and it is really obvious).

Hey, is there any chance that the unaired pilot episode (which I assume was made to sell the show) will be included?

You can see clips of it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m66U1gcDuD0

I've heard that DiC almost made a second season of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, but decided to make a second season of SatAM instead, and I've heard that they made one episode (NOT the Sonic Christmas Blast special) before pulling the plug. Unfortunatly I know nothing else about it. Maybe you could ask DiC about it, and see if they have anything, B Ward.

Also, it would be way past cool if Milton Knight did the cover art to all the volumes.

http://www.search.com/reference/Adventures_of_Sonic_the_Hedgehog - Well, this site has a list of all the episodes in the order of production. It just might work, too!