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, TV 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. On, FUNimation released "Sonic X: The Complete 5th Season", a collection featuring the first thirteen episodes of the third season of the series. FUNimation would release six additional volumes of the series on to.

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.

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.