Sonic Underground

Sonic Underground
FrenchSonic le Rebelle
Created byJean Cheville
Jean Chalopin[1]
Andy Heyward
Robby London[2]
Based on
Sonic the Hedgehog
by
Directed byMarc Boreal
François Hemmen
Daniel Sarriet
Voices ofJaleel White
Sam Vincent
Stevie Vallance
Tyley Ross
Garry Chalk
Brian Drummond
Maurice LaMarche
Peter Wilds
Gail Webster
Theme music composerRobby London
Mike Piccirillo
Opening theme"Sonic Underground"
Country of originFrance
United States
Original languagesFrench
English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes40
Production
Executive producersAndy Heyward
Michael Maliani
Robby London
ProducerJanice Sonski
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesLes Studios Tex S.A.R.L.
DIC Productions, L.P.
Sega of America
Original release
NetworkTF1 (France)
Syndication (BKN Kids II) (U.S.)
Release6 January (1999-01-06) –
23 May 1999 (1999-05-23)
Related
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic X
Sonic Boom
Sonic Prime
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Sonic Underground (French: Sonic le Rebelle) is an animated television series co-produced by DIC Productions, L.P., Les Studios Tex S.A.R.L. and TF1. It is the third Sonic the Hedgehog animated series, and the last to be produced by DIC.[3] It follows a main plot separate from all other Sonic the Hedgehog media, where Sonic has two siblings, Sonia and Manic, that are collectively part of a royal family who were forced to separate from their mother, Queen Aleena, upon Doctor Robotnik's takeover of Mobius due to a prophecy told by the Oracle of Delphius. Along the way, they encounter other resistance groups against Robotnik and powerful artifacts that could wreak havoc on the world, all the while searching for their long-lost mother, Queen Aleena.

The series first aired in France from January to May 1999 on TF1, and then premiered in the United Kingdom in May 1999 on ITV on the GMTV strand and finally in the United States in the syndicated children's block BKN Kids II from August to October 1999. It also aired on the Sci-Fi Channel on weekday mornings starting October 1999, lasting until October 2000. The show ran only for one season, consisting of forty episodes.

  1. ^ "Sonic Underground Ending". YouTube. 13 July 2012.
  2. ^ Russell, Mark. "Sonic Underground — A Twentieth Anniversary Retrospective". A Place To Hang Your Cape. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  3. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 757–760. ISBN 978-1476665993.