Sonic Boom (TV series)


 * For other subjects with the same name, see Sonic Boom (disambiguation).



Sonic Boom is an upcoming CGI series scheduled for release in fall 2014. It is a cartoon comedy series that is aimed at children ages six to eleven, centering on Sonic the Hedgehog, his best friend Tails, their never ending search for adventure and their battles with their nemesis Doctor Eggman. Characters such as Knuckles and Amy join the ensemble, along with a horde of enemies, both old and new.

Production
Sonic Boom is set to first debut in the fall of 2014 on Cartoon Network in the U.S. and on CANAL J and GULLI in France, with followed by a global rollout. The initial order of fifty-two eleven-minute episodes is co-produced by SEGA of America Inc. and Genao Productions.

Evan Baily, Donna Friedman Meir, and Jane McGregor, Executive Producers for SEGA, packaged the series, bringing together SEGA, Cartoon Network, and Genao Productions. Sandrine Nguyen and Boris Hertzog, Executive Producers for Genao, assembled a world-class lineup of partners in France, including broadcasters GULLI and CANAL J, Lagardere Entertainment Rights and Lagardère Active TV Licensing & New Business. Baily, Meir and Nguyen developed the series, and Hertzog and McGregor structured the financing and negotiated all the deals. Baily (formerly EVP of Production and Creative Affairs for Classic Media) and Co-Executive Producer Bill Freiberger (The Simpsons, Drawn Together) are showrunners. Takashi Iizuka is overseeing the series to ensure that it’s true to the Sonic characters and universe.

Also, many of the current voice actors for the Sonic series will be voicing the animated series.

Trivia

 * The title for the series, "Sonic Boom," is a working title.
 * This is the first-ever Sonic the Hedgehog television show to have fully computer-generated (CG) animation.
 * This is the second Sonic TV show to be a comedy; the first is Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog.
 * This is the first-ever Sonic the Hedgehog TV show to have eleven minute-long episodes.
 * This may also be the first time Knuckles some sort of major redesign, as seen in the silhoutte.