Sonic the Hedgehog (OVA)

Sonic the Hedgehog
	1999 North American VHS cover
ソニック★ザ★ヘッジホッグ; (Sonikku za Hejjihoggu)
Created by	Sega Enterprises
Original video animation
Directed by	Kazutaka Ikegami
Produced by	Kōichirō Sugie (ep 1); Akinori Ōno (ep 2); Takayuki Sugisaki; Naoji Hōnokidani;
Written by	Mayori Sekijima; Masashi Kubota;
Music by	Mitsuhiro Tada
Studio	Pierrot; Sega; General Entertainment; Polygram Filmed Entertainment;
Licensed by	AUS: Madman Entertainment; US: ADV Films;
Released	January 26, 1996 – March 22, 1996
Runtime	27–28 minutes (individual OVAs); 54 minutes (English dubbed version);
Episodes	2

Sonic the Hedgehog (ソニック★ザ★ヘッジホッグ, Sonikku za Hejjihoggu) or Sonic the Hedgehog the Movie, is a 1996 Japanese two-part original video animation (OVA) based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video games by Sega. Produced by Pierrot and directed by Kazutaka Ikegami, the first episode was released in Japan on January 26, 1996, with the second following suit on March 22, 1996.

The series was later licensed and dubbed in English by ADV Films, whom released it as a single direct-to-video film on September 7, 1999, to coincide with the international release of Sonic Adventure. It features Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Dr. Eggman (Dr. Robotnik in the English release), Metal Sonic, and numerous supporting characters created exclusively for the OVA.

^ "The Sonic Museum: 1996". Retrieved 2020-07-16.

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