Sonic Prime

Sonic Prime

## **More Information**

***Sonic Prime*** is a 3D animated Netflix streaming service-series set to be released on December 15, 2022.

It is co-produced by Sega, Netflix Animation, WildBrain and Man of Action Entertainment, being announced on February 1st, 2021.

*Sonic Prime* is described as a "high octane adventure" following Sonic and his race to save a "strange new multiverse". The show is also described as a "journey of self-discovery and redemption." Accordingly, the show takes place on the same settings seen in the *Sonic* games and will feature Modern Sonic.

## Overview

### Season 1

When an explosive battle with Dr. Eggman shatters the universe, Sonic races through parallel dimensions to reconnect with his friends and save the world.

## Cast

* Deven Mack as Sonic the Hedgehog, Orbot, Cubot
* Brian Drummond as Dr. Eggman, Mr. Dr. Eggman, Dr. Done It
* Ashleigh Ball as Miles "Tails" Prower, Tails Nine
* Adam Nurada as Knuckles the Echidna
* Shannon Chan-Kent as Amy Rose, Rusty Rose, Rebel Denizen
* Kazumi Evans as Rouge the Bat, Rebel Rouge, Intercom voice, Security Drone
* Ian Hanlin as Shadow the Hedgehog, Big the Cat, New Yoke City Big the Cat
* Vincent Tong as Renegade Knucks, Dr. Babble, Dr. Don't, Dr. Deep

## Episodes

### Season 1

It is revealed that *Sonic Prime*'s first season contains 24 episodes.

## Production

On 10 December 2020, it was announced that a 3D animated series based on the *Sonic the Hedgehog* series was in development by Man of Action Entertainment and WildBrain. However, the announcement was quickly withdrawn by its source.

On 1 February 2021, a press release was revealed that unveiled that *Sonic Prime* will be animated at WildBrain's Vancouver studio. Sega and WildBrain will jointly participate across production, distribution and licensing while Man of Action will act as showrunners and Executive Producers for the series. *Sonic Prime* is expected to have 24 episodes and will be released sometime in 2022 on Netflix. Over the course of March 2021, Betty Kwong (*Ninjago* and *The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special*) and Nicholas Kole (*Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time* and *Spyro Reignited Trilogy*) revealed themselves to have been hired as designers for the series.

On 25 February 2021, SEGASammy revealed in a Q&A that they did not expect to get any direct financial gains from *Sonic Prime*. Instead, it will be used to bring attention to the *Sonic* property and its multifaceted rollout, “strengthening” it. There are similarly no plans about making the series into a video game, like *Sonic Boom*.

On 27 May 2021, during the *Sonic Central* presentation, Joe Kelly give a brief synopsis of the upcoming show: "Sonic will be thrusted into a high-speed adventure, through the strange and mysterious Shatterverse. It's up to Sonic to save the universe and along the way experience moments of self-discovery and redemption." He later stated there will be more information on a later date, one of them the explanation of the new Eggman Empire logo behind him. Later, on 23 June 2021, concept artwork related to *Sonic Prime* was revealed on the portfolio of Patrick Horan, one of the designers for the series. However, the site was removed soon after it was noticed.

On 3 May 2022, a teaser for the show would be featured at the end of Netflix's "Netflix After School" preview for 2022, along with other upcoming animations. Later, on 26 May 2022, Netflix announced that *Sonic Prime* would be featured on 10 June 2022 as part of their "Netflix Geeked" event. During that event, another sneak peek at the show was shown, showcasing Big the Cat and Froggy, as well as a few more plot details about the show. It was also revealed that the show will feature a "reinvented cast" and Sonic like he has never been seen before.

On 7 June 2022, *Sonic Prime* was featured on the *Sonic Central* video presentation once more, where a promotion of the show was presented, along with a sneak peek showcasing Shadow dashing through Green Hill.

On 18 August 2022, during an interview with the Japanese news website Pia, Toru Nakahara mentioned in passing that *Sonic Prime* would "begin from December", confirming a rough release date for the show.

On 8 September 2022, WildBrain would publish an article revealing more plot details of Sonic Prime, along with the announcement of several pieces of promotional merchandise for the show from the company "Pocket Money Items" (PMI). The article also confirmed that other companies, such as Ravensburger and E Plus M, would also be producing merchandise to promote the show.

On 20 September 2022, it was announced that the show would debut with one 40-minute episode and seven 20-minute episodes.

On 27 October 2022, it was revealed that *Sonic Prime* will be released on 15 December 2022. Character posters including newly revealed characters Knuckles, Tails, Amy and Rouge were also released. A teaser trailer was also released later on in the day, first revealed through Netflix Geeked's Twitch livestream.

On 17 November 2022, the official trailer was shown early, and later in Netflix Geeked's Twitch livestream, where a fanart contest was also done.

On 6 December 2022, Gizmodo released several pictures of episodes 6 and 7, and it was announced that *Sonic Speed Simulator* would hold a virtual viewing of the show's first episode premiere on 10 December, 5 days before the official premiere of the show on Netflix.

## Trivia

* A few of the cast members for the show have worked for the *Sonic the Hedgehog* series before:
	+ Brian Drummond, who previously voiced Knuckles in *Sonic Underground*, now voices Dr. Eggman.
	+ Shannon Chan-Kent, who previously played the Roadhouse Waitress in the 2020 *Sonic the Hedgehog* film, voices Amy.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Sonic Prime* on Sonic News Network
2. ↑ SONIC THE HEDGEHOG SPEEDS OVER TO NETFLIX IN THE ALL-NEW ANIMATED SERIES SONIC PRIME. WildBrain (1 February 2021). Retrieved on February 1, 2021.

 ***Series***

 2020's | *Sonic Colors: Rise of the Wisps* (2021) · ***Sonic Prime*** (2022)