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Sorry if I annoyed you with my last DA message or something.
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It's all coolies. :) Don't sweat it.
Okay then. :)

So in more casual and less rant filled discussion, out of the 4 Sonic TV Shows so far {Discounting Sonic Boom since it hasn't aired yet}, which one is your favorite?
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Hard to say, as a kid AoStH was my favorite, and was actually the first thing that got me into Sonic back then. Later I got more into SatA.M., so I might say that show, but SatA.M. fans lately bashing the comics, Sega, myself, and such has kinda soured me a bit on the show unfortunately, I'm sorry to say... :(
(Though, I'm trying not to let them ruin it completely for me.)

So it'd either be one of those 2, I can't decide. Sonic X wasn't bad though, (and I liked it's adaptions of the SA games) but I didn't follow the "Metarex" season much.

"Sonic Underground" is probably my least-favorite, but I don't really "hate" it. I will admit some parts were amusing, or funny.

Sonia: "I took Dingo out for dinner?! WAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!"
I really didn't like Sonic X {Both versions, though the Japanese version at least had awesome music} due to it flanderizing Amy and Knuckles {Which did affect them in the games too} as well as making Sonic horribly bland and getting rid of Tails's physical abilities from the games aside from his flying {Something that Sega themselves seems too found of recently}, on top of all the terrible stuff with Chris Throndyke {Seriously, even Snips and Snails are more tolerable then him}. I also wasn't a big fan of Sonic Underground. And looking back, AOSTH was really dumb as well, but it was at least funny too. Robotnik and his cronies were pretty hilarious. So I guess Sonic Satam is my favorite Sonic show, but I still had problems with it too, a good chunk of which came from the changes Season 2 made to the characters, changes that your probably well aware of and also not the kind of changes that came from character development either. My favorite Sonic animation overall might be the Sonic OVA, just because it was the most game accurate cartoon at the time and was also goofy and lighthearted without being stupid about it.

Also, I apologize if I even slightly fall into the catergory of people who ruined Sonic Satam for you. I have tons of issues with the Sonic Archie Comics {The majority of which I actually haven't and probably won't discuss with you} as well as some of the crap Sega has pulled with the franchise overall, but I try not to ruin other people's fun. If I had a hand in causing this, I'm sorry. :(
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Yeah, "Sonic X" wasn't bad, but had alot of flaws. While it was more "accurate" to the games, being that it had the most characters from the game canon in it, (Including King Boom Boo, Emeryl, and a brief cameo of the li'l animals, and "3D Blast" Flickies) it had some inaccuracies to, as you point out. The bit about Tails almost never using his "heli-tail" ability kinda annoyed me to.
Heck, Tails used his "heli-tail" more in SatA.M. then he did in "Sonic X." (And that's saying something, 'cause he didn't do it much until the second season of SatA.M.)
It seemed really weird to me he rarely used it, for awhile, I didn't think he could fly at all in the SX series.
I also didn't like how they turned the "Tornado" plane into some big "epic" cliche' anime, high-tech', jet plane... While I like some anime', some things in the show they kinda anime'-ed up to much.

Yeah, I wasn't to keen on Rotor, and Antoine's redesigns in the second season of SatA.M., (more-so Rotor's) but I felt that season had some improvements, and a more stable continuity then the previous SatA.M. season did. (I do wonder where Cluck went though. Did Robotnik eat it, or something?)
Admittedly, Dulcy the dragon kinda came out of nowhere. (I heard she was put in, to make the series more appealing to girls) Sure she was kinda cute, but I would've liked an "orgin" ep' of her showing how she joined the Freedom Fighters, at least, to tie into the fact she wasn't from the first season at all.

Oh, no you aren't, :) I respect your opinions. Don't sweat it.
I still like SatA.M., I'm just not as obsessed with it as I used to be, and it's "fanbrats" just made me realize it's not perfect either. I just think it's a li'l overrated now. I still love the SatA.M. cast though, and their partially why I still love the Archie series.
It wasn't just the fact that Rotor and Antoine had redesigns in Season 2 {Though yes, I do hate Rotor's redesign and different voice}, but also the fact that Rotor and Bunnie were demoted to small supporting roles and instead Dulcy and Antoine got more focus {Which would have been fine if A: They weren't solely there for comic relief, and B: They didn't overshadow Rotor and Bunnie}, which really annoyed me because I really liked Bunnie. Sonic also became more of an obnoxious jerk in the 2nd season as well, and Antoine wasn't much better either. Though it was cool that we got more of a story arc for the series, it just sadly didn't make up for the other flaws IMO. I'm glad that I didn't ruin the show for you though. And now thanks to you I have the mental image of Robotnik eating his pet robotic bird. XP

As for Sonic X, what really annoyed me about Tails was that in the games he's almost just as fast as Sonic is, and he's just as dangerous in combat as the Blue Blur as well, but in X he just flew around in the tornado, shot things and threw rings at Sonic. His brotherly relationship with Sonic was gone too, just so that Chris Marty Stu Throndyke could get more of the spotlight.  BTW, what is your opinion of the Sonic OVA anyway?
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Yeah, would've been better if they gave equel time to all the F.F.s, but Bunnie did get a li'l focus in that ep' where she almost got deroboticized.
I think Sonic was more "jerkish" in the first season actually, especially in that one ep' (Hooked on Sonics) where he said "So?" when Antoine was in trouble once.
I think that's another reason I prefer Archie Sonic,  he's occasionally sarcastic/jokular, he's more caring for his friends, and nicer.

Yeah, the problem with Chris was, he overshadowed alot of characters, and even Sonic, at times. Alot of fans were upset that he took Amy's role in the "Sonic Adventure 2" adaption episodes. I did like Chris's grandpa Chuck though. (I hear his name was an homage to "Uncle Chuck" possibly, or possibly a coincidence.)

As for the Sonic OVA "movie." I liked it. I felt it was pretty good, and even the dub wasn't bad, aside from mistakingly calling Knuckles a "mole." (I like how in the english dub they changed the name of Robotnik's city to "Robotropolis as a SatA.M. homage.) I liked Knuckles' hat, and Tails was kinda cute.
And it also featured the only animated appearance of Metal Sonic, and he was pretty cool in it.
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