Rating: 
Summary: Accurate But Flawed
Review: Do you know who 4Kids is? 4Kids is an Anime company who freeloads off TVTokyo Co. to get their Anime. With this system they've acquired Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, The Star That is Kirby (English adaptation called "Kirby: Right Back At Ya!"), Kinnikuman 2 (English adaptation called "Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy"), and most recently, Shaman King and Sonic X.This DVD is the first in a series of estimated 17, containing the first three episodes - Supersonic Hero Appears!, Escape From Area 99, and Dr. Eggman's Ambition (The alternate titles, which are much more common (also used on this DVD), are "Chaos Control Freaks!", "Sonic to the Rescue", and "Missile Wrist Rampage"). The episode count on this disc is disappointing - a 4-episode-per disc system would work nicely, considering the length of the entire series is 52 episodes (4 episodes per disc = exactly 13 discs). Besides, the Ultimate Muscle and newer Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles discs have 4-5 episodes, and are the exact same price - why not this series? The dub itself was kind've disappointing. All of the music was changed for the US - the Opening theme "Sonic Drive" was removed as well. The new music is much more artificial, and doesn't measure up to the quality of the original. Naturally this continued on throughout the dub series. This creates a continuity loophole, as the Sonic OVA (Original Video Animation, known as Direct-To-Video in America), which this series continues from, keeps the original music. The dub voices, okay most times, can get annoying at points. The dialogue is mostly kept faithful. They kept in Sonic's PSA (Public Service Announcement) about playing in the highway, although it was twisted around a bit (the original was simply playing in the highway, the dub makes it about chasing hedgehogs on highways with racecars). Various cuts, adding up to TWO WHOLE MINUTES were made mostly for... *sighs* commercial time. Yes, because it seems that ruining the art of Anime is okay as long as you get money from advertising. I wouldn't mind if they were restored for the DVD release - there's nothing to cut out content-wise, and I don't think timecuts are neccessary on Home Video. The more disappointing feature about this disc is the lack of a subtitled, Uncut/Uncensored Japanese version. The absense of it is very disappointing, and I know sales would defenitely increase if it was added. It's not a very good dub, but it isn't too bad either. It's watchable. In the case of Sonic X, the storyline and action are kept - something that keeps me watching. Something that confuzzles me however - ShoPro lists Sonic X on their official website, as the distributors for the series, although this is clearly a joint FUNimation/4Kids product. Odd.
Rating:
Summary: Decent, but only if you're a devoted Sonic fan.
Review: I'm not going to even waste my money with this DVD. The origional uncut Japanese episodes are funny and whitty, but when this series was cut and dubbed for U.S. audiences the dialog became really stupid, and they even changed the music! I say wait for a professional uncut subtitled release. Even push for it! I can't watch 5 minutes of the dubbed version without shaking my head in disgust at how poorly it was done.
Rating: 
Summary: Good show, horribly edited.
Review: I've been a hardcore Sonic fan for years, and finally we have a new anime based on the hedgehog. Unfortunately, as someone who has seen and owns the Japanese version on DVD, I can't really recommend this to only but the hardcore fans. The show suffers from bad editing. (Most notable is the absence of the Japanese sountrack, which is replaced with a much inferior soundtrack.)It's not unwatchable, however, and any hardcore Sonic fan should give it a shot. I'm sticking with my Japanese DVD's though.
Rating: 
Summary: Sonic X DVD isn't the X factor
Review: If you didn't know who 4Kids (who dubbed Sonic X) is... you might want to know. They are the ones who take great popular animes from Japan and turn them into crap.... just a few of the animes they have done are Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Megaman NT Warrior, and now Sonic X. While Sonic X is the best dub they have done so far, it's no where near a good dub or even a poor dub, uncalled for edits and cuts make an anime which should be for older kids for all kids now... it's like taking "The Simpsons" and editing it for very young kids. I have grown up on Sonic the Hedgehog ever since he first appeared on the Sega Genesis way back in 1991... while I am totally happy that we finally have a real Sonic the Hedgehog TV show that is an anime, I am disapported from the dub version, the voices are really bad, and they didn't even allow Ryan Drummond, who voiced Sonic in all the games from Sonic Adventure and up... due to the fact that he didn't live in NY... when he even was going to move... they put in dumb lines and voices are bad enough as it is... the music is even changed (OK, I have to admit that I'm a fan of the English opening, but still...) when will it end? If you want to watch Sonic X, go out and look for the Japanese Version... you can find them around the net... I am not going to pay around 20 dollars for a DVD like this... they don't offer a Japanese track, unedited version, all they give you is 3 episodes that you can see on TV for free and maybe a character bios that are totally off with spelling errors most of the time. If you offer only 3 episodes... at lease give us uncut episodes with the japanese soundtrack... or offer an Unedited and Edited DVD's... which they don't... I do not recommend this DVD or any DVD's of Sonic X Dub version... only buy them if your super hardcore fans (in which you need EVERY Sonic the Hedgehog Item) or a parent who has a child under 5 years old who likes this show. If your a big fan, find the Japanese Version of the Show. I will wait till Uncut episodes come (which will never happen)
Rating:
Summary: Terrible dubbing of a perfectly good anime
Review: Okay, I say this since I own the Japanese originals of this anime, and have seen the episodes dubbed by 4Kids Entertainment.
Firstly, the music in this dub is terrible. Why they ruined the soundtrack with something this 'kiddy' is beyond reason. The original soundtrack was perfect for the series, highlighting drama and action, while this music is always happy and over-used/enthusiastic. There is probably not one scene when this music is not played.
Secondly, though the dubbing process takes time, they refused to allow the original Sonic Team voicecast (e.g. Ryan Drummond) to voice the characters, saying since they did not live in New York they could not. Even when they offered to move to New York to dub, 4kids refused. Though the dub is done quite well, there are obvious faults with the translations. They say Eggmans first base IS Chaos Control, while Chaos Control is actually what causes them to be transported. These are obvious problems which 4Kids probably deemed 'unnoticeable'.
The only reason why I give this 2 stars is because the animation itself is very good, attention to detail is immaculate.
If you want to see this anime to its full potential, I recommend that you import the original Japanese DVDs and find translations for it/learn japanese, as this dub is sure to disappoint versus the original japanese versions.
Rating: 
Summary: Superb Anime Cartoon!
Review: Sonic X is really Excellent and very faithful to the games. Perfect for any sonic fan young or old. It Starts out when Sonic goes to Dr. Eggman's base to rescue Cream and Cheese. when he arrives, he learns that Eggman has collected all 7 Chaos Emeralds and put them in a powerful machine. Eggman accidentally activates it causing it to malfunction and set off a blast of "Chaos Control" set off by the Emeralds,sending Sonic and his pals(even Eggman) to a Strange new world. while there Sonic meets a lonely boy named, Chris. he later gets reunited with his friends, Tails,Knuckles,Amy,Cream,and Cheese(and his enemy Eggman).together they try to collect the 7 Chaos Emeralds before Eggman does, so they can get home.(SPOILERS) But I here later stuff happens like adaptions to Sonic Adventure 1&2, Sonic Battle, and maybe Sonic Heroes. I'm excited about those.
PROS
They've got the all the characters in the right roles.
Great Animation and Effects.
NOT produced by DiC(shudder).It's all anime. CONS
I'm not too fond of the English Version. 4kids gave it different voices,not the same actors from the games, and they put in a different music track(I liked the original Japanese version better). the editing hurts the show alot. Overall it's good to watch. Nothing to hate about it, except for the cons I said.Anyway, To Heck with the comics and the other sonic cartoons! This is the one for you!
Rating:
Summary: First DVD is a winner
Review: The first three episodes of Sonic X, are totally cool, espically the first and third one. This DVD is worth having even though it doesn't have as many episodes as the second DVD. Sonic X just plain rocks the house.
Rating:
Summary: Edited-only dub. Yuck.
Review: The first two Sonic X DVD releases have come to the shores. There's a problem though, and that's the content on each DVD. The dub of Sonic X is below-average, and kind of goofy: the script varies from accurate to inaccurate, most of the cast's voices are off, the editing goes from okay to bad, and the Japanese music is replaced. On this DVD, we've got four episodes: "Chaos Control Freaks", "Sonic to the Rescue", "Missile Wrist Rampage", and "Pure Chaos". As to why they skipped from Episode 3 to Episode 27 (even if it is a "Bonus Episode") is beyond me. But it gives a nice preview of the next season. This DVD is good for fans of the dub, or kids. The price is great, so I might pick the two up. 2 Stars for being dub-only but the price (around 10 dollars online) brings it up one star.
Rating:
Summary: 4Kids' Attempt at a TV Tokyo anime
Review: Well, 4Kids did a good job for this anime (but not all that great). But to be honest, out of the animes under the 4Kids label, this would be the only best 4Kids dubbed anime. I mean, if you understand how 4Kids handles their animes. They don't have a really good record of doing their animes. First of all, they cut the japanese intro and make original intro themes of their own from unknown U.S artists (rather than japanese artists). Where as if Bandai Entertainment or VIZ picked this anime up, they would keep this anime intact with the japanese version (with Ryan Drummon at the helm, voicing Sonic and the rest of the crew of the U.S version of Sonic Adventures 1 & 2). But I'd have to give them some credit, cuz this'd be the only anime I would watch that's from 4Kids. The rest of 4Kids animes would be a waste of money (except for the Pokemon movies).
Rating:
Summary: I'm actually 18, just using this so i don't have to register
Review: While most fans hate the dub and its edits, it's not to the point where it's unwatchable. Sure, the dialouge is ten times more horrendous than the Sonic Adventure series, and seems to always have lame puns ("It's a diving bell!" "That is the most ding-a-ling thing i ever heard!") but the animation is great. The only gripes i have with Sonic X is how little SONIC is in it. The show focuses more on Sonic's new friend, Chris, which is a real shame and makes no sense. For a show about SONIC THE HEDGEHOG why is some kid shoved into the spotlight? Another gripe i have is some of the edits. in Shaman King, it's okay to say Jackass, (Which is a SATURDAY MORNING show, may i remind you) Yet Sonic X has to change wine into "freshly squeezed orange juice" Which seems a little hypocritical to me. But The biggest gripe of all that i have about the series is the absence of Ryan Drummond, Sonic's voiceover artist for the Sonic Adventure series, who gives the best voice for Sonic EVER.
Tails sounds like a girl, instead of a young boy. Knuckles sounds like he's talking with a rock shoved up his butt, and Chris' voice suddenly gets unbearable starting in episode 16. Eggman, while he doesn't sound like he does in the Sonic Adventure series, sounds pretty good. Cream is way too cute sounding. Even for a 6 year old. Sonic's new voice is tolerable, it's not bad, i just wish Ryan voiced him. This is a series for Sonic die-hards, like myself. Most people would find the show "kiddy" and well, it is actually. (Did i mention how terrible the dialouge is?) It's kinda like a mixture of Sonic Adventure and a sitcom, with a whole "family" of characters living under one roof. I give the show three stars, the DVD, i do not own yet, as it isn't even out.
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