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Sonic the Hedgehog

1996 · 1 season

A breezy, colorful cartoon adventure with fast action, goofy villains, and a surprisingly tender note about identity.

Created by: Kazunori Ikegami
Genres: Animation, Action & adventure
Starring: Hekiru Shiina, Yasunori Matsumoto, Mika Kanai

Overview: Sonic's nemesis Dr. Robotnik has been banished from the Land of Darkness by an evil Metal Robotnik. And if that wasn't bad enough, the devious doctor tells Sonic that the Robot Generator has been sabotaged and will blow Planet Freedom to kingdom come. What should possibly make Sonic trust his worst enemy?

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Created by: Kazunori Ikegami
Genres: Animation, Action & adventure
Starring: Hekiru Shiina, Yasunori Matsumoto, Mika Kanai

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
friendship
betrayal
survival
loyalty
Places: fantasy world
big city
wilderness
Era: far-future
Audience: family
Form: animated
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	6
Horror	1
Humour	5
Realism	1
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: animation, action & adventure
Created by: Kazunori Ikegami
Written by: Masashi Kubota
Starring: Hekiru Shiina, Yasunori Matsumoto, Mika Kanai, Masami Kikuchi, Yuzuru Fujimoto, Akimitsu Takase, Chafurin, Junpei Takiguchi
Music: Mitsuhiro Tada
Cinematography: Motoaki Ikegami
Length: 1 seasons, 2 episodes, 30 min each
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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