East Meets West #4: Super Mario Bros. Super Show .vs. Sonic X

This week I continue my next batch of posts for the East Meets West series, dedicated to comparing/contrasting anime and Western media of similar premises, and, based on a specific set of criteria, decide which of the two is, in my fallible opinion, the superior version. Our two shows this week are based on one of the …

Anime Review #35: Sonic The Hedgehog OVA (1996)

Just this year, Sega's very own mascot, Sonic The Hedgehog, ran right into millions of cinemas across the world in his very first theatrical film, Sonic The Hedgehog, where the titular character is voiced by Ben Schwartz, and stars alongside comic Jim Carrey (of Ace Ventura and Bruce Almighty fame) and James Marsden in his …

Anime Review II: Sonic X

Welcome back to another edition of Anime Review! Today, we're going to review another anime coming straight from my childhood - Sonic X. SONIC X As a child, Sonic the Hedgehog was the video game character that I most closely related with, for various reasons. My favorite color was blue; the very shade of fur that …