Sonic X (English)

It has previously aired on Fox and The CW in the United States, CITV and Jetix in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Network 10 and Seven Network in Australia, YTV and CBC in Canada, TVNZ in New Zealand and Central in Singapore. It is also available online on Kabillion, Netflix and Hulu.

Original
In the United States, the broadcasting rights of Sonic X were handled by. The series debuted on Fox on during the FoxBox Saturday morning block (later renamed to 4KidsTV). Two weeks earlier, on, a sneek peek of the first episode aired on the channel, prior to the proper premiere of the series. The original run of the series on the channel ended on, after three seasons, and went into re-runs on the channel from until.

Sonic X also aired on The CW during the CW4Kids block starting, until. The block later rebranded as Toonzai, and the series began to air during the block on, until.

From to, the copyright and branding of the series was passed onto ' Kidsco Media Ventures, following 4Kids Entertainment's bankruptcy due to a lawsuit. It was announced that the Toonzai block on The CW would be relaunched under the name Vortexx. Sonic X would air during the block on until, with the block's discontinuation.

Original
The American distribution company began to release Sonic X on DVDs. Ten volumes would be released on to ; each one of the volumes contain ten episodes from the first season of the series. On, FUNimation released "Sonic X: The Complete 5th Season", a collection featuring the first thirteen episodes of the third season of the series. On, FUNimation released "Sonic X: So Long, Sonic", another collection featuring the last thirteen episodes of the series, labled as "Season 6". FUNimation would release four additional volumes of the series on to ; the first two volumes contain episodes from the first season of the series, while the last two volumes contain episodes from the second season of the series.

Beginning, the rights for the series were passed to. The company released a collection of the first two seasons of the series on, along with the third season on. Discotek Media would later release "Sonic X: The Complete Series", a collection featuring all the episodes of the series on Blu-Ray for the first time, on.

Sonic X also became available on the Kabillion VOD service starting. Hulu would release the dub as well, along with English subtitles for the original version. On, the first two seasons of Sonic X became available on Netflix.

International
In the United Kingdom, the first eight episodes of the series were released in four single-disc volumes. The first two volumes were released on, while the last two volumes were released on.

In Australia, The episodes were released on DVDs by MRA Entertainment. Six single-disc volumes, with each one containing three episodes from the first season of the series, were released on. Three additional volumes were released by the company on, with the last one containing the last episode of the first season and the first two episodes of the second season. Another three volumes of the series would be released on, along with five additional volumes on , each one containing episodes from the second season of the series. All the volumes also feature a trailer of , a video game collection that was released in Australia on. In addition, three volumes of episodes from the third season, and two collections of DVD volumes from the first and second season, were also released.

Cast
found new voice actors for the series rather than using those from the games "ソニックアドベンチャー" and "Sonic Adventure 2", with auditions beginning in early. Michael Haigney, the producer of the dub, claimed that 4Kids could not use the voice actors from the video games due to them not living in New York, where 4Kids is headquartered.

Beginning with the video game Shadow the Hedgehog, the cast of Sonic X would reprise their respective voice roles in all Sonic games released between and, before being replaced again, with exception of Mike Pollock as the voice of Doctor Eggman.


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Trivia

 * The popularity of the series in the United States and France resulted in a third season being produced. In Japan, the series suffered from poor ratings, and thus the season never aired on television until, due to the release of the Sonic the Hedgehog film adaptation.