Postby Azier the Swordsman » Sun Sep 26, 2004 9:57 pm
Yay, another fan. I literally have the entire raw Japanese version on DVD. (NON-BOOTLEG - Mine is the real thing)
I personally enjoyed it quite a bit, it being the closest animated series to the games and all that. My favorite episode to date was the Budokai spoof. I was laughing so hard my insides started to hurt.
One thing I really enjoyed, being a big Sonic fan, was the great character development was far better than the games, in which, unfortunately, it seems the characters are starting to get more two-dimensional per game. Sega is really not using these characters too their full potential. The anime accomlished a whole lot more with their personalities in the runtime of a year than Sega has recently done in the last FIVE YEARS.
Assuming we're specifically talking about the Japanese version. The dub annoyed me. I watched five minutes before shutting it off and popping in one of my DVD's to watch the real thing. I'm pretty unhappy about them completely deleting the original BGM, which were easily some of my favorite anime BGM's to date. The dialogue in the Japanese version was funny and snappy with almost excellent comedic timing while the US dialogue is not well translated and corny at times. Not to mention the traditional 'dumbing down' common in this genre of anime.
The French dub was worse though. Chris was voiced by a FULL GROWN MAN. o_O
The ending was right on the mark, probably right up their among the best anime endings to date.
It's true that in certain aspects it could have been better, but it was still a fun, enjoyable series, provided you're not seeing it on the FoxBox.