List of Sonic X episodes
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Sonic X (Japanese: ソニックX, Hepburn: Sonikku Ekkusu) is a Japanese anime television series. It is based on Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise.
Series overview
changeEpisode list
changeSeason 1: The New World and Chaos Emerald Sagas (2003–04)
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| 1 | "Super Sonic Hero Appears!" ("Chaos Control Freaks") | Hajime Kamegaki | Hiro Masaki | Hajime Kamegaki | April 6, 2003 | August 23, 2003[2] September 6, 2003 |
| At the end of the battle for the Chaos Emeralds with Dr. Eggman, Sonic crosses time and space and ends up in the human world. He is rescued by a boy named Chris Thorndyke. | ||||||
| 2 | "Infiltrate! Area 99" ("Sonic to the Rescue") | Keiichirō Furuya | Hiro Masaki | Kazuhide Tomonaga | April 13, 2003 | September 13, 2003 |
| Sonic learns that his friends Cream and Cheese are captured in a military research facility named Area 99. Sonic successfully sneaks in there, but the rescue operation gets a lot more dangerous. It is then that Tails arrives and joins the group. | ||||||
| 3 | "Dr. Eggman's Ambition" ("Missile Wrist Rampage") | Keiko Oyamada | Hiro Masaki | Toshihiko Masuda | April 20, 2003 | September 20, 2003 |
| Dr. Eggman begins causing problem in the city. He says that he is going to make this world his. Tails and Chris go up against him. Knuckles and Amy make an appearance and join the fight. Amy is captured in the fight. | ||||||
| 4 | "Get the Chaos Emerald!" ("Chaos Emerald Chaos") | Masafumi Satō | Hiro Masaki | Kazuyoshi Yokota | April 27, 2003 | September 27, 2003 |
| The President becomes aware of Sonic's existence. He sees Eggman's scientific power as a threat. An agent (Mr. Stewart) is sent into Chris' school to pose as a teacher. A mysterious stone has been discovered. Eggman and Sonic's group know that the stone is a (green) Chaos Emerald. | ||||||
| 5 | "Clash! Sonic vs. Knuckles" ("Cracking Knuckles") | Keiichirō Furuya | Kiyoko Yoshimura | Kazuhide Tomonaga | May 4, 2003 | October 4, 2003 |
| Having parted with Sonic and the others, Knuckles, who is taking independent action, hides in the city. There, he comes in contact with Eggman, who claims that he wants to collect the Chaos Emeralds to return to their own world and apologizes for the evil deeds he has done until now, asking Knuckles to deal with Sonic. Knuckles is tricked by those words. It is then reported that an unidentified gem has been discovered. It turns out to be a trap Eggman had made up, but Knuckles and Sonic's group fall for it. That's where Sonic and Knuckles begin their fight. | ||||||
| 6 | "Fierce Battle! School Wars" ("Techno-Teacher") | Naoyuki Kuzuya | Yoshio Urasawa | Kōji Hōri | May 11, 2003 | October 11, 2003 |
| Chris and his classmates go outside the school for an extracurricular lesson. Eggman believes that it is necessary to educate children in order to conquer the world, and sends a robot named E-51 Intelligente to Chris and the others. The robot is highly enthusiastic about teaching, but goes berserk and puts Chris and the others in danger. That's where Sonic rushes in and begins a heroic battle with the robot. | ||||||
| 7 | "Giant Free-for-All! Chris' House Party" ("Party Hardly") | Keiko Oyamada | Chinatsu Hōjō | Toshihiko Masuda | May 18, 2003 | October 18, 2003 |
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Chris, learning of his school's teacher Mr. Stewart's (who is actually a spy sent by the President) sudden calls to his home, is in a huge panic as he can't let anybody know about Sonic, Tails, Amy, Cream, or Cheese. Of course, they are not known to anyone other than Chuck yet, so the two try their best to hide the secret from Ella and Tanaka. However, Cream and Cheese end up leaving the room without permission and cause an uproar. Sonic imprisons them for the crime of that thing they do.
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| 8 | "Emergency Launch! X-Tornado" ("Satellite Swindle") | Makoto Bessho | Masahiko Shiraishi | Makoto Bessho | May 25, 2003 | October 25, 2003 |
| Knowing that he is being monitored by the military, Dr. Eggman uses a new robot (E-90) that ends up swallowing the man-made satellites. Because of this, the surface is in mayhem, with Cream ending up unable to watch the TV program she was enjoying. Sonic goes on to try and solve the issue, but the bi-plane Tornado cannot reach the void of space. That's where Tails and Chuck remodel the Tornado, take Sonic on board, and head on to take down Eggman's robot. | ||||||
| 9 | "Amy on the Beach" ("The Last Resort") | Keiichirō Furuya | Kiyoko Yoshimura | Kazuhide Tomonaga | June 1, 2003 | November 1, 2003 |
| Since Chris is going to attend the opening ceremony of a resort establishment, everyone goes to the villa of Chris' house. However, Sonic decides to run off somewhere else. Amy gazes at the sea, wishing to have come here with Sonic. Then, Dr. Eggman arrives at the ceremony's site and wreaks havoc with his robots intent on building his own amusement park in its place. Sonic, aided by Amy, arrives to save the day and Eggman is defeated by Amy, but ends up falling into the ocean, with Sonic going in to save her despite his aquaphobia. | ||||||
| 10 | "Fierce Fight! Sonic Baseball Team" ("Unfair Ball") | Masafumi Satō | Mutsumi Mikuni | Masafumi Satō | June 8, 2003 | November 8, 2003 |
| A (cyan) Chaos Emerald is discovered in a stadium that is set to be demolished. Sonic and the others come running for it without a moment's delay, but of course, Eggman arrives there as well and takes the emerald for himself, staring the group down. It is then when Chuck proposes a fair and square baseball match, with Eggman and Sonic's team commencing a competition for the Chaos Emerald. | ||||||
| 11 | "The Beautiful and Mysterious Thief Rouge" ("Fly Spy") | Keiko Oyamada | Hiro Masaki | Toshihiko Masuda | June 15, 2003 | November 15, 2003 |
| Due to Chaos Control that happened in episode 1, Rouge is warped into this world as well, where she continues to be a jewel thief. Soon after, in order to defeat Dr. Eggman, the office of the President sets up a plan to get Sonic and his friends on their side. Then, they attempt to capture Sonic by making up a hoax about a Chaos Emerald making an appearance. Rouge ends up falling into that trap. The government tells Rouge to become the President's agent, and to infiltrate Dr. Eggman's base. Rouge, however, finds a (cyan) Chaos Emerald inside the base and fights against an Eggman's robot while trying to rob it. | ||||||
| 12 | "Attack on the Eggman Base! (Part One)" ("Beating Eggman, Part 1") | Naoyuki Kuzuya | Hiro Masaki | Naoyuki Kuzuya | June 22, 2003 | November 22, 2003 |
| The office of the President is polishing up a plan of attack on Eggman's base. The presidential envoys visit Chris' house and ask for Sonic's help, but their negotiations fail. The government attempts to infiltrate Eggman's base with a special force led by Rouge in the gap they escaped the base from previously. Meanwhile, the battle revolving around the (yellow) Chaos Emerald ensues between Eggman, Tails, and Chris' group. Having learned this, Sonic heads out to Chris' group's assistance. | ||||||
| 13 | "Attack on the Eggman Base! (Part Two)" ("Beating Eggman, Part 2") | Eiichi Kuboyama | Hiro Masaki | Satoshi Kimura | June 29, 2003 | November 29, 2003 |
| Sonic comes running to help Chris' group from their predicament, but the Chaos Emerald ends up being robbed by Eggman. When Sonic and the others follow him to his base, a battle between Eggman and the government's military unfolds before them there. Rouge, Knuckles, and the others who infiltrated the base set up a bomb in the power sector and attempt to escape, but they are locked up by the shutter door. Sonic has to take it upon himself to obtain the (cyan and yellow) Chaos Emeralds and defeat Eggman. | ||||||
| 14 | "Chase the Hero Sonic!" ("That's What Friends Are For") | Keiko Oyamada | Yoshio Urasawa | Kenji Yazaki | July 6, 2003 | December 6, 2003 |
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Eggman's base is destroyed. However, the press conference's topic is focused on Sonic, who is not present. The presidential aide is upset by this, believing that if this goes on, the President will lose his next election. Wanting to somehow raise the President's popularity, he decides to open up Sonic's victory celebration and have the photo of Sonic shaking hands with the President taken by the media. He immediately sends Sonic a written invitation. Chuck prepares brand new tuxedos for Sonic and the others. However, Sonic says he has something else to do. It turns out he promised to meet with Helen, a girl who is Chris' classmate and wheelchair bound. Wanting to have Sonic present at any cost, the aide uses special forces to chase after him.
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| 15 | "Mobile Fortress Egg Fort Attacks!" ("Skirmish in the Sky") | Toshikiyo Ishikawa | Kiyoko Yoshimura | Toshihiko Masuda | July 13, 2003 | December 13, 2003 |
| After his base got destroyed, Dr. Eggman spreads terror through the city with the mobile fortress Egg Fort that was hidden underground. Sonic rushes in to help, but he can't reach the high-flying Egg Fort. Chris and the others, exasperated at the fact that they could have reached it with the X-Tornado, are met with the plane arriving to where they are, brought by Tanaka in a trailer. Sonic boards the X-Tornado and assaults the Egg Fort. The great battle with the Egg Fort starts to unfold. | ||||||
| 16 | "Aim for It! The Sunken Ship in the Southern Sea" ("Depths of Danger") | Masafumi Satō | Chinatsu Hōjō | Masafumi Satō | July 20, 2003 | January 17, 2004 |
| While above the overseas resort spot, the (green) Chaos Emerald starts reacting, with the fourth (blue) Chaos Emerald appearing to be under the sea. However, Sonic can't swim. That's when the group goes to the diving shop, wears the necessary equipment, and dives into the ocean. The group goes on a search while relying on the Chaos Emerald's signal, and discovers a sunken ship from the age of exploration. When they find the Chaos Emerald there, they are suddenly attacked by Eggman's robot and get in a dire situation. | ||||||
| 17 | "Knuckles! Fist of Fury" ("The Adventures of Knuckles and Hawk") | Hiroshi Kimura | Masahiko Shiraishi | Toshihiko Masuda | July 27, 2003 | January 24, 2004 |
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In Oriental City, Knuckles searches for and reunites with a treasure hunter known as Hawk. The two get out of the dungeon, ride the pedicab, and go to the (red) Chaos Emerald's hiding place. That is where they're met with the pedicab driver from earlier, who turns out to be a female ninja robot (kunoichi) Eggman sent in. Knuckles begins his heroic battle revolving around the Chaos Emerald against the female ninja robot.
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| 18 | "Huge Shoot-out on the Savanna!" ("The Dam Scam") | Makoto Moriwaki | Hiro Masaki | Naoyuki Kuzuya | August 3, 2003 | January 31, 2004 |
| Tails and Chris meet the two men who are building a dam right in the middle of the savanna, and question the pointlessness of its construction. They ask for the construction to be stopped, but the men ignore them. After that, Tails and Chris start a protest march in the city while accompanied by the animals. The men oppose them in order to carry out the construction by all possible means. Then, Eggman's robot arrives, finds Sonic and a fight ensues, with the men getting caught up in the mayhem as well. | ||||||
| 19 | "Ghost of the Old Castle King Boom Boo" ("Sonic's Scream Test") | Keiko Oyamada Sim Sang-il | Hiro Masaki | Toshihiko Masuda | August 10, 2003 | February 7, 2004 |
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Chris and the others arrive at the old castle by the lake shore to watch the making of Chris' mother Lindsay's movie. However, the filming is temporarily stopped due to strange noises that occur during the shooting. It turns out that someone ended up moving the hourglass that sealed the ghosts living in the old castle. Because of that, various mysterious phenomena start happening there.
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| 20 | "Departure! Egg Fort II" ("Cruise Blues") | Nana Harada | Hiro Masaki | Hajime Kamegaki | August 17, 2003 | February 14, 2004 |
| Chris and friends are enjoying a trip on the luxurious passenger boat to the fullest, but Sonic, who runs at supersonic speeds, gets exasperated and anxious at the ship's sluggish pace. When his stress reaches its peak, he resorts to unthinkable actions in an attempt to get home. | ||||||
| 21 | "Speed Match! Sonic vs. Sam" ("Fast Friends") | Yukio Okazaki | Yoshio Urasawa | Toshihiko Masuda | August 24, 2003 | February 21, 2004 |
| The leader of S-Team (Sam) suddenly arrives at Chris' house and challenges Sonic to a race showdown. It appears to be a race carried out at the presidential aide's suggestion in order to elevate the President's popularity. Sonic reluctantly participates and the race showdown begins. | ||||||
| 22 | "Summer Vacation, a Chao Observation Diary" ("Little Chao Lost") | Masafumi Satō | Kiyoko Yoshimura | Kōichi Sasaki | August 31, 2003 | February 28, 2004 |
| On a summer vacation, Chris takes Tails' group and his school friends along to enjoy summer camp in a certain island country. Then suddenly, a giant Eggman mech that's trying to capture Chris' group descends and crumbles a mountain which floods a river, leading to quite a dire situation. | ||||||
| 23 | "Mayhem! 6 Chaos Emeralds" ("Emerald Anniversary") | Keiko Oyamada Sim Sang-il | Chinatsu Hōjō | Toshihiko Masuda | September 7, 2003 | March 6, 2004 |
| Chris' dad purchases a ring (actually a Chaos Emerald) in a jewelry store intending for it to be a gift to Chris' mom for their wedding anniversary. On that day, while she is filming in the studio, dad calls Chris, Chuck, the leader of S-Team etc. there and secretly plans a flashy surprise party, but having noticed the (purple) Chaos Emerald, Eggman, as well as Rouge and Topaz, surge in as well and cause mayhem. | ||||||
| 24 | "Sonic Goes Wild! Strategic Capture Operation" ("How to Catch a Hedgehog") | Makoto Moriwaki | Masahiko Shiraishi | Kōji Hōri | September 14, 2003 | March 13, 2004 |
| While fighting Eggman, Sonic suddenly starts going wild. Chuck and Tails' group commence a Sonic capture operation in order to stop him as he's running all around. Knuckles, Amy, and Sam Speed join in as well and their plans get increasingly more complicated. | ||||||
| 25 | "The Last Chaos Emerald" ("A Dastardly Deed") | Yukio Okazaki | Hiro Masaki | Toshihiko Masuda | September 21, 2003 | March 20, 2004 |
| Knuckles arrives at Chris' house, intending to persuade Sonic into working with Eggman in order to obtain the seventh Chaos Emerald as soon as possible. However, instead of meeting Sonic, Chris ends up listening to what Knuckles has to say, and the two head into the forest where Eggman is. | ||||||
| 26 | "Birth! Super Sonic" ("Countdown to Chaos") | Hajime Kamegaki | Hiro Masaki | Hajime Kamegaki | September 28, 2003 | March 27, 2004 |
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Chris, wanting to get Sonic and his friends back to their own world as soon as possible, ends up handing the Chaos Emeralds stored by Chuck over to Eggman. Having noticed that, Sonic and the others run after him in a hurry. However, Eggman ends up finding the last (white) Chaos Emerald. A tense battle ensues.
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Season 2: The Chaos, Shadow, Egg Moon, Emerl, and Homebound Sagas (2004–05)
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| 27 | 1 | "The Beginning of Disaster" ("Pure Chaos") | Kazuyoshi Yokota | Kiyoko Yoshimura | Kazuyoshi Yokota | October 5, 2003 | September 18, 2004 |
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With Eggman defeated, it appears that the world has become peaceful again, but not too long after, Eggman resumes activity. He develops the new E-100 series of Eggman robots that have small animals inserted in them as pilot parts, takes along a monster known as Chaos, and is about to start wreaking havoc once again.
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| 28 | 2 | "The Mysterious Life Form Chaos" ("A Chaotic Day") | Masafumi Satō | Kiyoko Yoshimura | Kazuhito Kikuchi | October 12, 2003 | September 25, 2004 |
| After fighting an evolved Chaos, Sonic chases after Eggman and is locked in an air battle with the Egg Carrier, but the X-Tornado ends up crashing. Meanwhile Amy, who finds a small bird that fell from the Egg Carrier, gets captured by Eggman's robot E-100. | |||||||
| 29 | 3 | "Amy the Captive" ("A Robot Rebels") | Keiko Oyamada Sim Sang-il | Chinatsu Hōjō | Toshihiko Masuda | October 19, 2003 | October 2, 2004 |
| Chris and Big find Big's lost friend Froggy, but E-102 (Gamma) ends up capturing him. Chris and Big follow it and infiltrate the Egg Carrier. Eggman orders E-102 to bring the small bird from the prison Amy is in, but E-102 ends up being afflicted in front of her prison and releases both her and the small bird from there. Meanwhile, Sonic and Tails once again chase the Egg Carrier, with Knuckles coming along to find the broken pieces of the Master Emerald. | |||||||
| 30 | 4 | "Battle on the Egg Carrier" ("Heads Up, Tails!") | Shigeru Yazaki | Yoshio Urasawa | Hiro Masaki | October 26, 2003 | October 9, 2004 |
| After landing on the Egg Carrier on the X-Tornado, Sonic and Tails attempt to defeat E-102, but are stopped by Amy. Meanwhile, Big and Chris find Froggy, but end up being met with Eggman. Sonic arrives at just the right moment to defeat Chaos. | |||||||
| 31 | 5 | "Gamma the Wanderer" ("Revenge of the Robot") | Makoto Moriwaki | Masahiko Shiraishi | Makoto Moriwaki | November 2, 2003 | October 16, 2004 |
| Sonic finds and breaks into Eggman's underground base Final Egg. At the same time, Gamma starts going around various places to free the animals from his fellow robots but is soon met with E-101 (Beta), leading to a tense battle between the two. | |||||||
| 32 | 6 | "The Scream of Perfect Chaos" ("Flood Fight") | Nana Harada | Masahiko Shiraishi | Toshiki Hirano | November 9, 2003 | October 23, 2004 |
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It turns out that Chaos survived the previous battle and stops listening to Eggman. After obtaining all seven Chaos Emeralds, he evolves into a ferocious Perfect Chaos and starts rampaging through the city. Then, Sonic's body suddenly shines in a bright light, and the mystery and truth of Chaos is revealed.
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| 33 | 7 | "The Mystery of Project Shadow" ("Project: Shadow") | Keiko Oyamada Eom Sang-yong | Hiro Masaki | Toshihiko Masuda | November 16, 2003 | October 30, 2004 |
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While hacking into GUN's computers, Eggman learns that his grandfather (Gerald Robotnik) has connections to GUN's top secret weapon Project Shadow. Then, in order to obtain it, he infiltrates Prison Island, taking Decoe and Bocoe along.
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| 34 | 8 | "Sonic the Fugitive" ("Shadow Knows") | Masafumi Satō | Masahiko Shiraishi | Kazuhito Kikuchi | November 23, 2003 | November 6, 2004 |
| Sonic is arrested by GUN, who believe he was the one who stole the secret of Project Shadow and infiltrated Prison Island. Completely clueless, Sonic escapes from GUN's helicopter and starts being chased. Sonic is determined to find out what exactly is going on. | |||||||
| 35 | 9 | "Escape from Prison Island" ("Sonic's Big Break") | Ichizō Fukushima | Chinatsu Hōjō | Jōhei Matsuura | November 30, 2003 | November 13, 2004 |
| Sonic is taken to Prison Island's isolation cell. Chris and Tanaka get on board the swan boat and head to rescue Sonic, while Amy and Tails head there via the X-Tornado. Eggman once again attempts to infiltrate Prison Island along with Shadow and Rouge in order to obtain the Chaos Emeralds. | |||||||
| 36 | 10 | "Threat from Outer Space" ("Shadow World") | Shigeru Yazaki | Hiro Masaki | Seiji Okuda | December 7, 2003 | November 20, 2004 |
| Prison Island blows up, and Chris gets caught up in Shadow's Chaos Control, escaping death. When he comes to, he realizes that he's on the Space Colony ARK. Meanwhile, Eggman shows the world the destructive power of the colony's cannon and gives an ultimatum. | |||||||
| 37 | 11 | "Battle on the Space Colony: ARK" ("Robotnik's Revenge") | Mamoru Enomoto | Kiyoko Yoshimura | Toshihiko Masuda | December 14, 2003 | November 27, 2004 |
| In order to stop Eggman from destroying the Earth, Sonic and the others head to the Space Colony ARK in a rocket. Then, Sonic breaks in, but is captured and thrown out into the void of space, but not before being given a fake Chaos Emerald by Tails that he and Chuck developed. | |||||||
| 38 | 12 | "Maria's Wish, Everyone's Wish" ("Showdown In Space") | Nana Harada | Kiyoko Yoshimura | Toshiki Hirano | December 21, 2003 | December 4, 2004 |
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The fight between Sonic and Shadow ensues. However, the Space Colony ARK's computers start going out of control, and trigger an irreversible program that effectively turns the whole colony into a giant bomb. If nothing is done, ARK will collide with the Earth. The group decides to set aside their differences and work together to prevent the disaster, but Shadow is not letting his plan be spoiled that easily.
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| 39 | 13 | "Chaotix Detective Agency" ("Defective Detectives") | Makoto Moriwaki | Yoshio Urasawa | Hajime Kamegaki | December 28, 2003 | December 11, 2004 |
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A detective team consisting of Vector, Espio and Charmy is introduced, who appear to be looking for Cream and start loitering around her location. Meanwhile, Eggman claims to have a change of heart and goes out of his way to repair the moon he previously destroyed with the colony's cannon, but his true motives are unclear.
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| 40 | 14 | "Eggman Corporation" ("Sunblock Solution") | Masafumi Satō | Hiro Masaki | Matsuo Asami | January 4, 2004 | December 18, 2004 |
| All of a sudden, Eggman's artificial moon covers the sun, and the world is covered in darkness. The reformed Eggman proposes a sunlight supply service to the President and earns positive feedback from the citizens, but this appears to be what Eggman planned all along. | |||||||
| 41 | 15 | "Give Us the Light!" ("Eggman for President") | Mamoru Enomoto | Hiro Masaki | Kiyoshi Egami | January 11, 2004 | January 22, 2005 |
| The citizens get progressively furious at Sonic's attempts to hinder Eggman's sunlight supply service. Chris cannot confidently defend Sonic and goes to stop him, but deep down he knows that the sunlight's blockade was in fact part of Eggman's evil plan. | |||||||
| 42 | 16 | "Amy, Love's Escape?!" ("A Date to Forget") | Shigeru Yazaki | Kiyoko Yoshimura | Seiji Okuda | January 18, 2004 | January 29, 2005 |
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Sonic promises a date with Amy, but does not show up no matter how much time passes. Amy is furious and ends up going on a car trip with Sam Speed, who just happened to visit. However, this is where they encounter an Eggman mech that intends to free Eggman, who was imprisoned for his previous actions. Meanwhile, Cream and Cheese discover an unfamiliar face in the garden of Chris' house.
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| 43 | 17 | "Huge Home Electronics Panic!" ("Mean Machines") | Jōhei Matsuura | Hiro Masaki | Jōhei Matsuura | January 25, 2004 | February 5, 2005 |
| Along with the imprisoned Eggman, Decoe and Bocoe are put to work in a home electronics factory, they insert a mysterious chip in many of the products. Due to that, the whole city's home appliances start moving on their own and attacking humans. Sonic and the others have to find a solution to this problematic situation. | |||||||
| 44 | 18 | "The Ridiculous Epic Spy Battle" ("Sewer Search") | Nana Harada | Yoshio Urasawa | Toshiki Hirano | February 1, 2004 | February 12, 2005 |
| Stewart commences a search for Eggman, who escaped from jail, in order to catch him. However, he ends up being found by Chris and his friends, and all of them decide to go on a search together. | |||||||
| 45 | 19 | "Sonic Battle: Face Off!" ("Prize Fights") | Kenichi Maejima | Hiro Masaki Chinatsu Hōjō | Masanori Mizuhara | February 8, 2004 | February 19, 2005 |
| The President proposes a martial arts tournament with the Chaos Emerald as the prize as part of a larger plan to capture Eggman. Sonic, as well as Knuckles and Chris, and even Emerl all end up participating. | |||||||
| 46 | 20 | "Sonic Battle: Finale!" ("A Wild Win") | Kazuyoshi Yokota | Hiro Masaki Chinatsu Hōjō | Kazuhito Kikuchi | February 15, 2004 | February 26, 2005 |
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It is time for the finals, however Emerl reacts to the Chaos Emerald and starts going berserk, with everyone joining in the fight to stop him. With his Skill Get ability that makes him able to copy the moves of others, he is quite a formidable threat.
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| 47 | 21 | "Big Decisive Battle on Latitude 0!" ("Map Of Mayhem") | Makoto Moriwaki | Masahiko Shiraishi | Makoto Moriwaki | February 22, 2004 | March 5, 2005 |
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Eggman declares that he will destroy the planet by using a giant battleship and triggering the "navel of the world" that runs through the submarine volcanic range. Sonic and the others try to stop him, but they are met with a lot more hardships and shocking discoveries than they anticipated.
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| 48 | 22 | "Sonic Vs. the Underground Monsters" ("The Volcanic Venture") | Mihiro Yamaguchi | Masahiko Shiraishi | Seiji Okuda | February 29, 2004 | March 12, 2005 |
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Eggman escapes to the volcanic island's crater via the Egg Giant-Makan. When Sonic and the others follow him and go from the crater to the underground world, they end up meeting giant ferocious beasts.
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| 49 | 23 | "The Day the World Stood Still" ("The Beginning of the End") | Mamoru Enomoto | Masahiko Shiraishi | Kiyoshi Egami | March 7, 2004 | March 12, 2005 |
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According to the government, if Sonic and friends continue to stay in their world, it will trigger a time stagnation phenomenon, causing abnormalities in the world. It is then suggested that Sonic and the others should be returned into their own world, but Chris does not appear willing to let Sonic go.
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| 50 | 24 | "Morning of Farewells" ("Running out of Time") | Masami Furukawa | Chinatsu Hōjō | Toshiki Hirano | March 14, 2004 | March 19, 2005 |
| In order to return Sonic and the others back into their own world, Tails and Chuck rush to develop the device necessary to make it happen. Then, Eggman's base is suddenly attacked by GUN's forces, which was not the President's intent. | |||||||
| 51 | 25 | "Chris' Long Journey" ("Friends 'till the End") | Shigeharu Takahashi | Kiyoko Yoshimura | Masanori Mizuhara | March 21, 2004 | March 19, 2005 |
| As soon as Sonic is about to return to his own world, Chris takes his hand and runs off with him. The duo then goes out on a journey, with Chris eventually coming to accept the truth. | |||||||
| 52 | 26 | "Memories of the Wind" ("A New Start") | Hajime Kamegaki | Yoshio Urasawa | Hajime Kamegaki | March 28, 2004 | March 26, 2005 |
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Sonic returns to his own world. Meanwhile Chris, who is now 18 years old, looks back on all the memories he had with him.
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Season 3: The Metarex Saga (2005-06)
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| 53 | 1 | "The Messenger from a Meteor Shower" ("A Cosmic Call") | Mitsutaka Noshitani | Kiyoko Yoshimura | Toshiki Hirano | April 4, 2020 | March 12, 2005 (France) September 10, 2005 (US) |
| Sonic and his friends' planet is attacked by a new formidable enemy called the Metarex. Sonic struggles in the fight and scatters the seven Chaos Emeralds across the galaxy, and a lone Metarex ends up robbing the planet of its life source, the Planet Egg. Then, an 18 year old Chris warps to Sonic's planet using a machine he created, but ends up reverting to the body of a 12 year old due to a time dilation between the worlds. | |||||||
| 54 | 2 | "The Spaceship Blue Typhoon" ("Cosmic Crisis") | Hideki Hiroshima | Kiyoko Yoshimura | Masanori Mizuhara | April 11, 2020 | March 12, 2005 (France) September 17, 2005 (US) |
| The group meets Cosmo, who claims to have come to their planet to find Sonic in order to reclaim the Planet Eggs of various planets from the Metarex. Hearing that, Sonic and his friends decide to depart into space. However, they are once again attacked by Metarex Spike while building the space ship. Sonic is then used as a bullet for the space ship's primary weapon, the Sonic Driver, to defeat Metarex Spike. | |||||||
| 55 | 3 | "The Water Planet Hydo" ("H2 Whoa") | Hideki Hiroshima | Kiyoko Yoshimura | Masanori Mizuhara | April 18, 2020 | March 13, 2005 (France) September 24, 2005 (US) |
| The space ship boarded by Sonic and his friends, the Blue Typhoon, arrives on the planet Hydo, which was robbed of its Planet Egg and became flooded as a result. Sonic and Chris board a landing vessel to find the Planet Egg, but Sonic gets captured by the Metarex. As Amy takes care of Sonic's rescue and Tails provides the X-Tornado to pick them up, Chris ends up having to assist on this mission using the skills he had acquired over the past six years in his own world. | |||||||
| 56 | 4 | "Dr. Eggman Joins the War!" ("An Enemy In Need") | Takuo Suzuki | Hiro Masaki | Masanori Mizuhara | April 25, 2020 | March 14, 2005 (France) October 1, 2005 (US) |
| During the brief period of planet Hydo's people thanking Sonic and his friends for defeating the Metarex, Eggman tricks Knuckles and tries to obtain the Chaos Emerald. However, a frog-shaped Metarex appears and swallows it. The group must prevent the Metarex from stealing the Planet Egg again. | |||||||
| 57 | 5 | "The Battle on the Ice Palace" ("A Chilling Discovery") | Kazunori Tanahashi | Masahiko Shiraishi | Seiji Okuda | May 2, 2020 | March 15, 2005 (France) October 8, 2005 (US) |
| Sonic and his friends arrive on a snowy planet to look for the Chaos Emerald and reach an ice palace where the Metarex are. There, they find what appears to be a research procedure of some sort as well as a Chaos Emerald, or at least, what looks like it. | |||||||
| 58 | 6 | "The Maidens' Jungle Trap" ("Desperately Seeking Sonic") | Nana Harada | Kiyoko Yoshimura | Seiji Okuda | May 9, 2020 | March 16, 2005 (France) October 15, 2005 (US) |
| Sonic and his friends arrive at a jungle planet and encounter a pair of Metarex who have just stolen its Planet Egg. One of them ends up being repelled by the Sonic Driver, but Sonic is hurled towards the planet from the weapon's sheer force. Amy, aided by Cream and Cosmo, decides to look for him and get the Planet Egg back from the surviving Metarex. | |||||||
References
change- ↑ "ソニックX これまでの話". TV Tokyo. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- ↑ On August 23, 2003, 4Kids Entertainment ran a sneak peek of the series on Fox Box, prior to the proper premiere of the series on September 6, 2003, two weeks later.