Sonic Boom (new Sonic the Hedgehog with MLP writer)

More info revealed. Here's the source but I'll copy and paste everything here.

First have a teaser image:

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And some info given
Sonic the Hedgehog, the iconic video game character who has brought his trademark speed and attitude to four TV series and more than 70 video games, is returning to television in his first-ever CG animated series in the fall 2014. The action packed comedy series aimed at children 6-11 will debut first on Cartoon Network in the U.S. and on CANAL J and GULLI in France, with a global rollout to follow. The initial order of 52 eleven-minute episodes is co-produced by SEGA of America Inc. and Genao Productions.

Sonic Boom is a character-driven comedy that leaves a trail of robot wreckage in its smoldering wake. The series centers on Sonic, his best friend and sidekick, Tails, their never-ending search for adventure, and their battles with Sonic’s arch-nemesis, Dr. Eggman. Rounding out the ensemble are fan favorites Knuckles and Amy Rose, plus a rogue’s gallery of enemies—some familiar to Sonic fans and some brand-new.

Evan Baily, Donna Friedman Meir, and Jane McGregor, Executive Producers for SEGA, packaged the series, bringing together SEGA, Cartoon Network, and Genao Productions. Sandrine Nguyen and Boris Hertzog, Executive Producers for Genao, assembled a world-class lineup of partners in France, including broadcasters GULLI and CANAL J, Lagardere Entertainment Rights and Lagardère Active TV Licensing & New Business. Baily, Meir and Nguyen developed the series, and Hertzog and McGregor structured the financing and negotiated all the deals. Baily (formerly EVP of Production and Creative Affairs for Classic Media) and Co-Executive Producer Bill Freiberger (The Simpsons, Drawn Together) are showrunners. Takashi Iizuka, the head of Sonic Team and driving creative force behind the Sonic games, is overseeing the series to ensure that it’s true to the Sonic characters and universe.

“Sonic is the star of the SEGA universe and the stage is now set for him to shine like never before. By teaming up with world-class partners in television animation like Cartoon Network, Genao Productions and GULLI, we’re ensuring that the Sonic legacy will be introduced to a new generation of children across the globe,” said Hiroyuki Miyazaki, SEGA’s Chief Content Officer for Sonic.

“We wanted to strengthen our TV channels’ editorial content with strong brands. This is our new objective. Sonic is an enormously popular and unique character with all the qualities of an animation series’ great hero—humor, bravery, loyalty, inventiveness. We are extremely proud to welcome him across our kids and family channels at Lagardère Active and will activate across these channels to raise awareness and excitement for the new series,” said Caroline Cochaux, Head of Programs, Kids & Family Channels, Lagardère Active.

“Genao is thrilled to collaborate with SEGA on this amazing project and embark on new adventures with the fastest hedgehog in the world. It is so exciting to work on such a world-class brand,” said Sandrine Nguyen, Managing Director of Genao.

Emmanuelle Bouilhaguet, Managing Director of Lagardere Entertainment Rights added “It is an amazing experience to be associated to such a powerful property with professional partners. International broadcasters are seeking for strong comedy and franchise based series and Sonic Boom is the perfect fit!”

“On the New Business & Licensing Side, we are proud and excited to handle the representation of Sonic which counts among the leading characters loved by kids. Thanks to our 360° platform which includes Digital Activities, Magazines, Indoor Parks, Grass Root events, we will push Sonic and the Consumer Products to a new level,” said Benoit Roque, Head of Lagardere Active TV Licensing & New Business.

SEGA is actively seeking partners in support of the new series launch across a range of industries including broadcast and licensing. In terms of television and digital distribution, Lagardere Entertainment Rights holds worldwide rights excluding the U.S. and Asia (but including Japan); SEGA Corporation will manage Asia (excluding Japan); Baily, Meir and McGregor will manage the US through McGregor’s company Jane McGregor, Inc. Licensing support will be spearheaded by Lagardère Active TV Licensing & New Business in France and SEGA in all other territories.

Sonic the Hedgehog first appeared as a videogame character in June 1991 and instantly became an icon for a generation of gamers. Defined by his super-fast speed and cool attitude, in the years since he first raced on to videogame consoles Sonic has become a true global phenomenon with over 140 million videogames sold or downloaded worldwide across consoles, PC’s, mobile phones and tablets. SEGA’s iconic blue blur has also gone on to enjoy incredible success in many licensed areas, such as toys, apparel, comics and animation. This year SEGA announced an exciting three title exclusive partnership with Nintendo for the Sonic the Hedgehog videogame franchise. The highly anticipated Sonic Lost World™ will be the first title to launch under this agreement and will be available in stores later this year for Wii U™ and Nintendo 3DS™ platforms.
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Sounds nice, although I've always been a bit skeptical of CG cartoons. But hey Character-driven comedy sounds like a good deal, and that's exactly what Dave Polsky was able to do in Friendship in Magic (Say what you will about his episodes in FiM, but he almost always got comedy right) that he could do the same in this Sonic series.

Also it seems Knuckles has buffed up quite a bit...

Overall, I'll check it out. But I'm too sure I can really be too excited for it yet.
 
I wish I knew how Sonic really looked, though the designs seem... alright. Knuckles sure is buff, though. Makes me wonder what Dr. Robotnik/Eggman is going to look like...

As for making it CG, eh well, I suppose it could work. Sure I'd love to see a traditionally animated show, or Hell even a Flash comedy cartoon since that works well, when it's in the right hands. CG is harder to pull off, though given the redesigned looks of the characters, maybe they have something in mind...
 
Tree Fiddy said:
Speaking of shadows, where is he?
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From what I recall reading, the show is going to focus on Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and Dr. Robotnik/Eggman. Personally, I'm down for that, keeping the core case simple with everyone you need: the hero, the sidekick, the rival, the... girl, and the bad guy. Though I'm sure other Sonic characters will show up at one point, it depends on how well it does.

BTW, I noticed that Knuckles hands seem to have individual fingers, instead of being boxing glove-like... in addition to being ultra-buff now. Wonder what other changes they've made.
 
Tree Fiddy said:
Speaking of shadows, where is he?
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He's the tall buff dude in between Sonic and Amy, it seems.
 
Mario Party X said:
Tree Fiddy said:
Speaking of shadows, where is he?
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He's the tall buff dude in between Sonic and Amy, it seems.
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Pretty sure we've established that's Knuckles...
 
Could be a two-shorts format.
 
Mario4Ever said:
Eleven-minute episodes?
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That seems to be Cartoon Network's thing... As well as Disney Channel's; 11-minute episodes, one new episode airing every week instead of 2 11-minute episodes at once.
 
Smashgoom202 said:
Tree Fiddy said:
Speaking of shadows, where is he?
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From what I recall reading, the show is going to focus on Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and Dr. Robotnik/Eggman. Personally, I'm down for that, keeping the core case simple with everyone you need: the hero, the sidekick, the rival, the... girl, and the bad guy.
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Knuckles isn't really the rival anymore. That role has been taken by Shadow, which is why I asked where he is.

Oh well. I'll be happy as long as Big isn't in it.
 
Tree Fiddy said:
Smashgoom202 said:
Tree Fiddy said:
Speaking of shadows, where is he?
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From what I recall reading, the show is going to focus on Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and Dr. Robotnik/Eggman. Personally, I'm down for that, keeping the core case simple with everyone you need: the hero, the sidekick, the rival, the... girl, and the bad guy.
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Knuckles isn't really the rival anymore. That role has been taken by Shadow, which is why I asked where he is.

Oh well. I'll be happy as long as Big isn't in it.
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But that's just it, Kunckles WAS a rival, therefore Shadow was never really necessary to begin with. Besides, I find Knuckles a more compelling rival, in that he's a good foil for Sonic. Sonic is all about speed, Knuckles is all about strength; Sonic's flexible and easy-going, Knuckles is stubborn and tends to be very up-tight; Sonic is blue, Knuckles is red, etc.

By contrast, Shadow's just... dark Sonic. One of the many, many, MANY "evil versions of the main character" that keep showing up in video games (and comic books and the like, for that matter). Shadow pretty much has all of Sonic's qualities, but is just more angsty, as well as being a dark loner... True, Knuckles is also a bit of a loner, but at least her had other stuff going for him that made him stand apart from Sonic. I actually never understood the appeal of the "evil copy" thing, it's just dull.

Of course, it's entirely possible that Shadow WILL show up in the series eventually, just not as one of the main characters, and quite frankly, I'm okay with that.
 
I actually am looking forward to this. I wish that more video game series were cartoons again. I definitely loved the Mario cartoons, and I would love to seem them have an updated cartoon series.
 
Considering Roger Craig Smith has already done a lot of TV voice work for shows like Regular Show and Fish Hooks, what do you think the chances are he'll voice Sonic in this cartoon?
 
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Considering Roger Craig Smith has already done a lot of TV voice work for shows like Regular Show and Fish Hooks, what do you think the chances are he'll voice Sonic in this cartoon?
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Could be good chances, who better to voice sonic than sonic, eh?
 
I believe it was confirmed that the current voice actors in the games are the voice actors of the characters in the show.

That's good because we might at least see some more awesomely delivered lines from Mike Pollock as Dr. Eggman. If nothing else.
 
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An official non-silhouette version of Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy at last!

Sonic doesn't actually look as bad as I thought it'd be

Tails I think looks the best. Though part of that is he looks like he's the least changed of the 3

Knuckles... will take some getting used to I must admit :V

And I think Amy actually looks pretty good. Might actually be slightly better then Sonic.
 
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