Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series)

Sonic the Hedgehog
Also known asSonic SatAM[1]
Genre
Based on
Directed by
  • John Grusd (pilot only)
  • Dick Sebast (season 1)
  • Ron Myrick (season 2)
Voices of
Theme music composer
Opening theme"The Fastest Thing Alive"
Composers
  • Michael Tavera (season 1)
  • Matt Muhoberac (season 2)
  • John Zuker (season 2)
Country of origin
  • United States
  • Italy
Original languages
  • English
  • Italian
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producers
Producers
Editors
  • Mark A. McNally
  • Sue Odjakjian
  • CK Horness
Running time20–22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseSeptember 18, 1993 (1993-09-18) –
December 3, 1994 (1994-12-03)
Related
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Sonic the Hedgehog is an animated television series based on the video game series of the same name. It was story edited by Len Janson and produced by DIC Productions, Sega of America, and the Italian studio Reteitalia in association with Telecinco.[2] It is the second of DIC's Sonic cartoons[broken anchor], following Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog.

The show features a more dramatic and dark story than the lighter Adventures series,[3] depicting Sonic as a member of a band of freedom fighters battling to overthrow Dr. Robotnik, now a despotic dictator who conquered their home planet Mobius years prior, ruling it as a polluted industrial dystopia. To distinguish it from other Sonic the Hedgehog media, the series is commonly referred to by fans as "SatAM", in reference to its Saturday morning timeslot.[1]

The program aired for two seasons with a total of 26 episodes on ABC from September 18, 1993, to December 3, 1994,[4] and continued in reruns until 1995. A third season was planned, but was shelved when Disney bought ABC, effectively ending the series with a cliffhanger. Despite its cancellation, a fan following has elevated the series to become a cult hit.[5] Some original characters of the series later appeared in the video game Sonic Spinball; the show also inspired a long-running comic book series of the same name by Archie Comics.

  1. ^ a b Plant, Gaz (October 18, 2013). "Feature: A Supersonic History of Sonic Cartoons". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on August 18, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  2. ^ "Sonic Boom". Sonic the Hedgehog. Season 1. Episode 2. 1993. 22 minutes in. ABC.
  3. ^ Luke Owen (September 16, 2014). "Looking back at… Sonic the Hedgehog (1993 – 1994)". Flickering Myth. Archived from the original on June 28, 2022. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  4. ^ "Sonic the Hedgehog Episode Guide -DiC Ent". The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved May 3, 2017.[dead link]
  5. ^ Way Past Cool!: A Conversation with Ben Hurst, Sonic The Hedgehog - The Complete Series. Brian Ward. Cookie Jar Entertainment. Burbank, California. 2007. B000M8N41W.


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