Sonic X: Generations

Sonic X: Generations (ソニックX: 世代 Sonikku Ekkusu: Jenerēshonzu) is a Japanese anime television series based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series published by Sega and Sonic Team, and a direct sequel to the predecessor released in 2003. It was first broadcasted in Japan on Jan 11, 2020 by TV Tokyo and was later picked up by Viz Media for an English dub release on September 5, 2020, where it would be picked up by the channel Disney XD.
The animated series adapts some of the future Sonic the Hedgehog installments, as well as incorporating its own story elements. The title of the animated series is a direct reference to the Sonic Generations game.
==Story==
===Season 1===
====Ibilis Saga====
Sonic the Hedgehog is introduced, alongside Miles "Tails" Prower, in the X Tornado as they storm Dr. Eggman's latest evil scheme, unbeknownst to them, he has secured the seven Chaos Emeralds to seek out the power of Ibilis. He activates Chaos Control to warp to the other Earth and Sonic and his friends are accidentally sent there as well.
Two years have passed since the events of the Metarex Saga, Christopher Thorndyke has returned back to his adult form and returned back to his regular life. He is introduced on vacation with his family, visiting the kingdom of Soleanna and has been secretly planning to propose to Helen, though he has struggle to work up enough courage to do so. During one of the kingdom festivals, Princess Elise is celebrating the Festival of the Sun until she is captured by Dr. Eggman and taken captive. Sonic reunites with Chris, rescuing the princess and getting away to safety.
The two friends catch up after being apart for so long, Chris revealing that two whole years had passed since the two had last seen each other, but in Sonic's world only two months had passed. Sonic and Chris work together to rescue Princess Elise, after getting injured in the process, Chris slowly becomes closer to Elise and the two start bonding together, where she begins to open up about the Flames of Disaster. Overtime, Elise starts to grow romantic feelings towards Chris, which makes him feel more conflicted because he was attempting to propose to Helen.
Elise is captured once again and dies after the Egg Carrier crashes, and with the power of Chaos Control, Sonic, Chris, and Tails travel back in time before she was killed and rescue her in time with the X-Tornado.
Meanwhile, Shadow the Hedgehog and Rouge the Bat have been transported to the other world after the Chaos Control as well, alongside E-123 Omega, a robot they befriended off-screen and are contacted by G.U.N. for an important mission. The Commander orders the trio to find the Scepter of Darkness and return it back to them, accompanied with them is a rookie agent named Hope, the scepter accidentally breaks and unleashes a being named Mephiles the Dark.
A hedgehog from the future named Silver, with his best friend Blaze the Cat, have arrived in Soleanna in order to defeat the "Ibilis trigger".
====Dark Gaia Saga====
An adaptation of Sonic Unleashed.
===Season 2===
====Interstellar Amusement Park Saga====
Apparently, Dr. Eggman has turned over a new leaf and opens an amusment park in space to make amends for all his bad deeds. Sonic and Tails are curious about this and leave to investigate themselves, inviting Chris with them as well. Due to the differences in time zones between both worlds, Chris reverts back to being a twelve year old boy in this saga.
====Generations Saga====
An adaptation of Sonic Generations.
==Characters==
===Main Cast===
Icon	Name 	Character Description
 	Sonic the Hedgehog 	The eponymous hero of this story. An adventurous and wisecracking blue hedgehog with an attitude and knack for speed. For about as long as he could remember, Sonic has lived his life carefree and without any worries, living out his days relaxing and foiling the evil plans of his arch nemesis, Dr. Eggman.
 	Christopher Thorndyke	The main human protagonist and co-star of the story. A twenty year old scientist who befriended Sonic many years ago after rescuing him from his pool, the two have been on numerous adventures together and have finally reunited after being apart for so long.
 	Miles "Tails" Prower 	The best friend and trusted sidekick to Sonic. A skilled mechanic with the ability to fly with his two tails, with his airplane the X Tornado, he is always prepared to join his friends in battle.
 	Knuckles the Echidna 	While he used to be one of Sonic's fiercest rivals, he's become one of his closest friends overtime. As the guardian of the Master Emerald, Knuckles takes his job very seriously, although he has the habit of repeatedly letting his temper get the best of him, especially when Rouge is involved.
 	Amy Rose 	She is the self-proclaimed "girlfriend" of Sonic and desires to someday go on a date with him. Despite mostly being a kind and caring girl, Amy has a very hothead and feisty side to her, which she constantly demonstrates with her signature Piko Piko Hammer.
 	Cream the Rabbit 	The best friend of Amy Rose. An extremely polite and timid girl that never leaves without her friend Cheese. Being the youngest member of the group, she hardly participates in a lot of the action.
 	Dr. Eggman 	
The dastardly mastermind himself. If there is one thing that Dr. Eggman desires out of life, it's to destroy the blue obstacle that always gets in his way and carry out the master plan of conquering the world and finally building his Eggman Empire.
Too bad that he also had to rely on Decoe, Bocoe, and Bokkun for all his assistance.
===Secondary Characters===
Icon	Name 	Character Description
 	Shadow the Hedgehog	An artificial hedgehog created by Professor Gerald Robotnik to be the Ultimate Lifeform. He originally tried to destroy the planet for revenge against humanity, but thanks to Chris, was able to give humans a chance to be happy.
 	Rouge the Bat 	A renowned jewel thief and government agent on Earth. She is very entitled and believes that all of the jewels in the world should belong to her, constantly trying to secure ownership of the Master Emerald. Rouge harbors romantic feelings towards Knuckles.
 	Silver the Hedgehog	A serious hedgehog gifted with the power of telekinesis. He was born in a future that was taken over by Ibilis and traveled to the present to defeat the monster that destroyed his world.
 	Blaze the Cat 	The best friend of Silver born with the power of pyrokinesis. She can be rather cold and often doesn't like to rely on help from others, though she is always there to help Silver.
==Cast==
Due to the voice actors 4Kids Entertainment no longer being the English voice cast for the Sonic the Hedgehog series, many of the Studiopolis voice actors have returned to reprise their roles as some of the characters and new actors were brought on to record for other characters.
===English===
====Main Cast====
Roger Craig Smith 	Sonic the Hedgehog
Colleen O'Shaughnessey	Miles "Tails" Prower
Dave B Mitchell 	Knuckles the Echidna
Cindy Robinson 	Amy Rose
Michelle Ruff 	Cream the Rabbit
Erica Mendez 	Christopher Thorndyke (child)
Grant George 	Christopher Thorndyke (adult)
Kirk Thornton 	Shadow the Hedgehog
Karen Strassman 	Rouge the Bat
Aaron LaPlante 	E-123 Omega
Bryce Papenbrook 	Silver the Hedgehog
Erica Lindbeck 	Blaze the Cat
Mike Pollock 	Dr. Eggman
====Ibilis Saga Cast====
Christine Marie Cabanos	Helen
Benjamin Diskin 	Danny
Cassandra Lee Morris 	Frances
Carrie Keranen 	Princess Elise
Kyle Hebert 	Duke of Soleanna
Richard Epcar 	Mephiles
==Differences Between Sonic X: Generations and canon material==
===Ibilis Saga===
*Dr. Eggman retains his regular character design instead of the one given in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).
*Cream the Rabbit appears in this story despite not appearing in the actual game.
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