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Also known as | Sonic SatAM[1] |
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Opening theme | "The Fastest Thing Alive" |
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No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
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Running time | 20–22 minutes |
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Release | September 18, 1993 December 3, 1994 | –
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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.
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