4Kids Entertainment



4Kids Entertainment is an anime production company that was in charge of the English production of Sonic X. Like many other Japanese television shows the company has localized, Sonic X was censored for American viewers. Several scenes of violence, death, or sexuality were removed (occasionaly resulting in plotholes). In addition, the deaths of three characters were censored and sidestepped and the ending to the second American season of the show was greatly altered. After Deem Bristow's death, the 4Kids voice cast took over as the official US voice cast for Sonic the Hedgehog video games, upsetting the vast majority of fans.

4Kids' Sonic series Voice Actors & Actresses

 * Jason Anthony Griffith (Voice of Sonic, Shadow, and Jet.)
 * Lisa Ortiz (Voice of Amy Rose)
 * Rachael Lillis (Voice of Danny from Sonic X)
 * Dan Green (Voice of Knuckles, Vector, Storm and Mephiles)
 * Amy Birnbaum (Voice of Helen and Cosmo from Sonic X)
 * Amy Palant (Voice of Miles 'Tails' prower)
 * Bella Hudson (Voice Blaze, Wave, Maria, and Shahra)
 * Caren Manuel (Voice of Rouge)
 * Suzanne Goldish (Voice of Chris from Sonic X)
 * Mike Pollock (Voice of Doctor Eggman and Eggman Nega)
 * Frank Frankson
 * Pete Zarustica
 * Eric Stuart
 * Sean Schemmel (Voice of Black Doom)
 * Veronica Taylor
 * David Wills (Voice of Espio)
 * Rebecca Honig (Voice of Cream)
 * Maddie Blaustein (Voice of Omega in Sonic 06, deceased)
 * Marc Thompson
 * Pete Capella (Voice of Silver)

Former

 * Andrew Rannels (voice of E-123 Omega in Shadow the Hedgehog)
 * Megan Hollingshead (voice of Scarlet Garcia from Sonic X)
 * Tara Jayne
 * Jimmy Zoppi (aka Carter Cathcart)

Sonic Media Containing 4KIDS Voices

 * Sonic X
 * Sonic Rush
 * Shadow the Hedgehog (game)
 * Sonic Riders
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
 * Sonic Rivals
 * Sonic and the Secret Rings
 * Mario &amp; Sonic at the Olympic Games
 * Sonic Rivals 2
 * Sonic Rush Adventure
 * Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
 * Super Smash Bros. Brawl
 * Sonic Unleashed
 * Sonic and the Black Knight

Trivia

 * Although 4Kids Entertainment cut the cursing from the United States version, the 2005 video game Shadow the Hedgehog (game) did contain several counts of cursing (i.e. Shadow's excessive use of "damn".)