Sonikku!

## Sonikku! (ソニック！)

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**Sonikku!** (ソニック！) is an fan-made anime series concept based off of the *Sonic The Hedgehog* video game series. It was animated and produced via a collaboration by Bones Inc. and Toei Animation in Japan, with the partnership between Sonic Team and SEGA. It was first broadcasted in Japan in 2017, and is still going to this day. Saban Brands has obtained the license to dub the anime, however, there is another Funimation dub that is uncut and uncensored.

Originally planned as a 24 episode series which was inspired by the Classic era Sonic the Hedgehog games, the series has gotten ell over 100+ episodes due to it's popularity, and is currently going onto it's 5th season.

As of today, the anime has recived 5 movies, and 12 OVA's.

## Plot Synopsis

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Sonikku! is essentially a retelling of the events of Sonic's universe, with many events and characters changed to give them more backstory and lore, while remaining faithful to the source material. The series takes concepts from multiple forms Sonic media and tries to connect them all into one package. Characters like Sonic are sort of compositions of their various appearances, keeping some of the personality quirks each era of that character had and balancing them out to make the character feel more developed.

Due to being a retelling, each game's story is retrofitted and connected in a timeline so the series' events can connect better. There are several arcs in Sonikku!, with most of them having multiple game and original series events happening within those arcs.

* **Sonic's Origin Arc** - The first arc of the series. An evil scientist named Dr. Ivo Robotnik begins his plants to take over the world of Mobius by the Roboticization of innocent citizens. After his homeland, Christmas Island,, was taken over, Sonikku Yujinaka, who goes by the nickname of Sonic, goes on a quest to save the world from Eggman's tyranny. This arc mostly covers the events of SegaSonic The Hedgehog, Sonic The Hedgehog and Sonic CD.
* **Death Egg Arc** - After the defeat of Dr. Robotnik, the scientist survived and learned of the existence of a 7th Chaos Emerald, located at West Side Island after the other 6 traveled there upon Sonic's usage of them. Sonic journeys to West Side Island, and meets a young fox cub named Miles Prower, who he nicknames as "Tails". Tails joins Sonic's side and they stop Eggman's creation of the Death Egg, a massive spacecraft. Robotnik then lands on Angel Island and tricks Knuckles, the guardian of the Master Emerald to fight off Sonic so Eggman can relaunch his Death Egg. After being destoryed a 2nd time, Robotnik launches another plan to create the Death Egg Mk.II, resurrecting Metal Sonic from Little Planet to assist him. This arc covers the events of Sonic The Hedgehog 2, 3, and the 4 duology.
* **Freedom Fighters Arc** - After leaving the plans of the Death Egg, Dr. Robotnik turns his sights on the world of Mobius, as the countries' governments create plans to stop the evil tyrant. After the events of the past 2 arcs, Sonic becomes known as a sort of hero, protecting various people from badnik attacks, and living on Freedom Island, alongside Tails and Amy Rose, a girl that joined Sonic's side after the Little Planet incident. Various events happen, and upon meeting with Sally Acorn and her friends at a city called Knothole, Sonic creates the Freedom Fighters, a group designed to fight off Dr. Robotnik. This arc introduces various characters to the Sonikku! storyline, such as the Chaotix, and the many minor villains.
* **Next Generation Arc** - After going back to South Island to send Dr. Robotnik in a 3-year commission and thinking that the fighting is all over, Sonic and co. age up a few years and begin to live at Station Square, due to it being closer to Angel Island. Dr. Robotnik changes his name to Dr. Eggman, and breaks the Master Emerald, releasing the God of Destruction Chaos to do his bidding. After various battles, Super Sonic defeats Chaos, and Angel Island is saved. After this event, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy are transported to another dimension, and when they return, they have to fend off against Eggman from launching a rocket at a city. Mostly covers the events of Sonic Adventure, Sonic Advance, and Sonic Shuffle.
* **Shadow Arc** - This arc covers the storyline of Shadow's reawakening, to him gaining his memories back and defeating Black Doom. Dr. Eggman finds the Ultimate Life Form and uses the Space Colony Arc in an act to destroy the world. Team Hero fights off Eggman's team, with him siding with Shadow, and Rouge, an undercover GUN spy. After these events, Metal Sonic awakens from his restructuring process, becoming Neo Metal Sonic and putting the main cast in trials to copy their Bio Data. This arc ultimately ends with the invasion of the Black Arms, and Shadow learning his past.

## Season 1 (First 3 Sagas)

### Death Egg Saga

As the series begins, Dr. Ivo Robotnik starts his invasion upon Mobian Earth, a fantasy version of Earth. An 8 year old Hedgehog Beastkin named Sonikku Yujinaka is living with his mother when Robotnik attacks. Sonic's mother gets killed and he loses his younger sister, Mail, and runs away after finding out his ability to run at supersonic speeds. He later runs into a woman named Lana, who takes Sonic under her as an adoptive mother. He later is trained by her, and finds Dr. Eggman trapping animals into Badniks and using them to take over the world. He eventually stops him, and their rivalry commences.

4 years later, Sonikku is now 12 and is flying towards South Island in his planed called the Tornado. He encounters Dr. Robotnik and learns about his plans to get the Chaos Emeralds, and use the animals and people to create a robot army. Sonic stops him, gets the emeralds, and sends them away. However, Robotnik learns that there is a 7th Chaos Emerald, and searches for it. Meanwhile, Sonic heads to West Side Island, where he encounters Robotnik and befriends a 5 year old fox cub, Miles Prower, who he nicknames "Tails" and they stop his death egg.

A month later, Robotnik tries the Death Egg again, however, he uses the Little Planet as a scapegoat and creates Metal Sonic. Sonikku, who is on stopping Eggman, goes to Little Planet and befriends Amy Rose, who he saves from the Doctor's grasp. 2 months after this, Sonic, Amy and Tails head to Angel Island, where they battle Dr. Robotnik, his Death Egg, and the guardian of the Master Emerald, Knuckles Echidna, the last of the Echidna clan.

### Eggman's Revenge Saga

Being held as heroes and living together with Lana, Sonic, Tails, and Amy attend school and go on various adventures together, trying to stop Dr. Eggman. This saga introduces many important characters to the story such as the Chaotix, Sally Acorn, and Honey Katt. This also reveals Sonic's past and introduces many concepts to the series and the lore.

### Chaos Emerald Saga

After the deaths of the Freedom Fighters, Sonic, Amy, Tails, Knuckles, and the Chaotix fight against Robotnik for the Chaos Emeralds. This saga ends the Classic Era and is the first notable appearance of Sonic's Azure abilities.

## Production Notes

As of 2018, the series wasn't intended to go past it's normal run until the end of the Time Eater Arc. However, storyboards, character profiles and many other things began to surface and spread online, with many people having doubts about the realism, due to it not being confirmed via official sources. This later season would be confirmed to air, starting with the Phantom Arc.