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Sonic CD is actually a game. it was named as such because it was the first game in the series to be released in the disc format, it being released for the Sega CD. it just so happens to have animated opening and ending cutscenes. there is however an anime OVA also animated by Toei which you should definitely check out, if only for COWBOY KNUCKLES!!! Also you should definitely give the Crush 40 and Cash Cash version of Sonic boom a listen. Oh and thanks for the reaction it was A W E S O M E as always. looking forward to the next one!!
OH MY GOD That makes a lot of sense. Thank you for telling me that it's a game XD . Will definitely have to look out for Cowboy Knuckles!! :O
@@ZorDonofDoom So glad you covered this, been asking for awhile!
@@ZorDonofDoom 55 minute long movie featuring cowboy knuckles :D
(not sure how you'd go about reacting to it, maybe on stream lol)
i reckon the japanese version is better to react to@@Potatoboii2
@@ZorDonofDoom The OVA he's referring to was actually animated by Pierrot. But it's still awesome. They both have similar, but unique styles.
Yes the Animation is from the game and was made by toei animation studio
No this was not animated by Toei. It was animated by Studio Junio. A study that has worked with Toei
@@AquaBlueTea Thanks for clarifying it because it seems that no one talks about Studio Junio and give Toei to much credit for something both participated to create this wholesome hand-drawn digital animations.
@@AquaBlueTea The new one was actually Toei Animation if i remember but the old one CD animation was Studio Junio
It is made by Toei Animation
@@axtonganhaThey were both the same animation, the one on the original was just compressed to hell and back so it could actually play.
Both the JP and ENGLISH soundtracks for Sonic CD are COMPLETELY different. Highly suggest checking out their osts
iirc only good and bad future themes are different
@@tek3576 its all except past themes
7:18 Idk if anyone said, but Sonic Team in general just likes using English vocals for their music. The series has a lot of Western inspiration, so they're being authentic to the style they've created. There's very rarely a "Japanese version" of a Sonic track in the whole series. Even in a game like Sonic CD, which has _two entirely separate soundtracks_ for JP and US, the JP ost still uses English samples and vocals
"I wonder if there is an anime" Oh you bet.
there's a whole 50 ish minute OVA with close to the same style of animation.
it shares some characters with CD but it isn't exactly associated with it
It shares characters but isnt exactly associated
Strange isnt it
The only character in CD that it doesn't share with Sonic OVA is Amy, who in the OVA was replaced with Sarah. The OVA also has characters who weren't represented in Sonic CD, or are original to the OVA. Those are Tails, Knuckles, The President, and Old Man Owl.
You should watch the Sonic OVA in your own time its a 1 hour movie in this animation style and its really good
"Strange, isn't it?"
I remember watching it over and over along with the blue core short film hoping for a full sonic movie
@@caramelcandys I rewatched it 2 and a half times the first day I had the vhs until my mum caught on
There are 2 more Sonic Boom remixes to listen to. There’s an ending version where it plays for the credits instead of the opening and it sounds pretty different and of course there is a Crush 40 remix.
For the JP ending theme it’s once again a different song entirely called Cosmic eternity. Here are the links for each one.
Ending version: ua-cam.com/video/D5zm2mZ7-bw/v-deo.htmlsi=oxQbajEiVhXdV6HZ
Crush 40: ua-cam.com/video/npe9LtoBxLM/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
JP ending: ua-cam.com/video/54buz4h3b3Q/v-deo.htmlsi=9tKFkeBxmsFNUFvm
Also as a little bonus I’ve actually recently found an extended version for “You can do anything” if you also want to include that: ua-cam.com/video/sePt911JkZI/v-deo.htmlsi=mvb15lYL3mfL1k27
Oh yeah, the ending version. There's also and extended 3-minute version of Sonic Boom on the soundtrack.
not only are the intros different for american and JP, so is the whole soundtrack :o
the JP soundtrack was used worldwide everywhere except the US, so a lot of people including myself grew up on the JP one. but sonic boom is an iconic song anyways
Only the Past versions of the songs were unchanged, because those ones didn't actually use CD audio.
In Brazil the american OST was also used in the original SEGA CD and in the Gems Collection version, I would assume then that the American OST was used throughout the whole America, North, Central and South America
Which is really weird, because in here, we call the Console "SEGA MegaDrive" like it is called in Japan and Europe, instead of calling it "SEGA Genesis" like it is in the US, we call the addon "SEGA CD" like in America, instead of calling it "Mega CD" like it is in Europe and Japan, we use the US OST for Sonic CD, the Sonic 1 boxart for the MegaDrive uses the European boxart, not even the Japanese or the American one AND the manuals are based around the US manuals
It is a weird mix
oh i see, seems like it was a lot more varied than i thought then@@ThisisTheUltimate
The music starts to pop off, i always hear this like "special" ost from the og which is a nice touch
Sonic CD is not a CD, Sonic CD is an actual video game for the SEGA CD add on for the SEGA Genesis
What you saw was the opening for the game
Also Sonic Boom has a Crush 40 version
Of course it was a game 😅! I never had a SEGA Genesis growing up, but I knew someone who had one. I'm dumbfounded that I didn't put two and two together.
I've 10000% heard the Crush 40 version of Sonic Boom before!
Can you please react to the in game levels and in the end tell us what version you like better pleasssee@@ZorDonofDoom
It was mentioned a few times in premiere chat, and video comments, but there are a few other versions of Sonic Boom, like the game's credits theme and a crush 40 remix. I have looked, and honestly the ending animation is *not* well documented on youtube, and it's a bit of a pain to find the specific version you want. You have to find a version of the video from the correct region, with correct editing, from the correct re-release of the game, that way it isn't crunchy and over-vibrant or stretched to fill 16:9, but alot of re-releases also run at twice the speed of what the original was made with, and something right at the beginning of the game is, by nature, alot more well documented than something at the end of one.
The best I can get in terms of the original outro is ua-cam.com/video/susEZK6kc7Y/v-deo.html where most of the screen is credits, and the last third or so is nothing but.
The crush 40 version is alot easier to get a good version of, since it isn't really supposed to have a video attached, from what I understand: ua-cam.com/video/_kgl3BzrZsk/v-deo.html
As for the JP outro, it follows the same pattern as the intro: same video, completely different track. And I was able to find a video with a different format, where you get to see the animation actually fill the screen, which is nice. ua-cam.com/video/3jQxvX7RILw/v-deo.html
The ending credit song also has animations and two different versions as well, I highly recommend!
I'm new to your channel. And i don't know if you've already seen it, but you HAVE to listen to the intro to the 1993 tv show Sonic "Sat AM". It's called The Fastest Thing Alive. It definitely captures that 90's feel.
Sonic CD was a game, not an actual CD. It was made for the Sega Genesis CD add-on with this game being the main game for it. The animation was the intro animation for the game (setting a trend for the whole series of having intro videos) and the game infamously had two completely different soundtracks, a US one and a JP/EU version. Many consider the JP version to be the “”correct”” version but both are pretty solid.
Also there’s an Outro cutscene as well, which is recommend to watch too
Have you covered every Sonic R song? Every ost on that game was a banger.
Sonic CD has two soundtracks. JP and US. The game is completely the same, but the music in the US is different. Sega of Japan wanted to make a English Soundtrack to have a world wide audience, but Sega of America was doing their own thing.
In my opinion, Sonic Boom is the only Song in the US version, that is actually good. The rest of it reminds me of a horror game, while the japanese soundtrack sounds Quote happy.
Thank you for the reaction zor, amazing commentary as always.
To answer your question, they did a soundtrack relocation grom jp to usa for some reason, that inluded the intro, in my opinion the game soundtracks in jp are better but i like both versions of the intro
Fun fact for ya: this game has 3 different soundtracks for EACH LEVEL due to game gimmicks.
See ya next time
One of the best openings from sonic
Yeah, it is funny how the original song from the JP version is already in English, and yet they still replaced it with a completely different song that's also in English for the Western release. But the reason for that is because the entire soundtrack of Sonic CD got replaced in the US for whatever reason (SEGA of America just thought the original OST would be too weird for Americans or something I guess), minus the Past tracks (the game has a focus on Time Travel) because those were coded into the game itself like other Genesis music and couldn't just be changed, while the Present and Future tracks used CD audio thanks to the Sega CD. And so the intro song also got completely replaced even though the JP original was already in English.
Same animators as Dragonball actually, I adore these animated portions, there's a movie called sonic OVA that has this style
RIP Akira, he shaped my entire childhood and is a lot of why I am the person I am now
Since you reacted to both openings, "Sonic Boom" and "You Can do Anything", I think it would also be cool if you reacted to both ending songs (and ending animation of the game as well), the name of the songs are: "Sonic Boom (Ending version)" for the American ending and "Cosmic Eternity ~ Believe in Yourself" for the Japanese version (my personal favorite in the whole OST)
Now, about the game:
Sonic CD is the name of the game, actually the full name would be "Sonic the Hedgehog CD", much like the SEGA Genesis games "Sonic the Hedgehog", "Sonic the Hedgehog 2" and "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" that are most comonly just called Sonic 1, Sonic 2 and Sonic 3, same applies here in Sonic CD
Sonic CD is a game released for the SEGA CD (in America)/Mega CD (in Japan and Europe), an "addon" released for the SEGA Genesis (North American name)/SEGA MegaDrive (Japanese name) where you could connect your SEGA CD into your SEGA Genesis so your console could read CD games instead of just cartridge games (there was also another addon to the SEGA Genesis called the SEGA 32X/Super 32X that could read 32 bit games instead of just 16 bit games)
On the original SEGA CD that animated intro was a lot more pixalated, since it was a 16 bit console the animation had to be reduced a lot, that version of the animation your watching is probably the Sonic Origins version (Sonic Origins is a collection of Sonic 1, Sonic CD, Sonic 2, and Sonic 3 & Knuckles) that uses the original animated version and upscales it, there is also the Sonic CD 2011 remastered version, which just like the Origins version is the drawn animated version and not pixelart, but it has a lot less quality than the Origins version, that one is definetly the most high quality version we got of both Sonic CD's opening and ending animations
also, the entire game OST is changed in regions, not only the openings but also the endings and the songs of the levels themselves, there is one OST for the Japanese and European version and another for the American version, with the exception being the Past versions of each track because it was harder to modify (Sonic CD has a time travel system so each level has a Past, Present, Bad Future and Good Future version of the song)
And about the studio behind this animation:
It is one of the mysteries behind the Sonic series, much like if Michael Jackson worked on Sonic 3's OST (which at this point is pretty much confirmed), who really did this animation, Toei Animation Studio or Studio Junio, for the longest time most people believed to be Toei, and codenamed this Sonic on the opening "Toei Sonic" but after so many years people started to say it was actually Junio, being sent by Toei to do the animation, and then started calling that Sonic "Junio Sonic", after a while, Naoto Ohshima (Sonic's designer) showed his storyboard of the opening animation saying that he sent the Storyboard to Toei, maybe confirming that it was in fact Toei
But in the end, if you see what Studio Junio has done, they've worked on Dragon Ball along Toei, so I guess we could say that both Toei and Junio worked in that intro
There's also ending animations with the same songs played differently.
When I saw that opening as a kid and I was blown away. But I never saved the link and after a short while, couldn't remember the game it came from, nor did I remember a significant part of the lyrics.
Because Sonic CD was way more obscure back then, I never really got the hints as to how to find the song once more (Probably because I thought that the CD meant something else whenever I saw the title). But when I found it again years later, the jp version, Toot Toot Sonic Warrior has been one of my favourite, if not my absolute favourite, Sonic songs.
Originally I didn't like Sonic Boom as much, but it slowly grew on me.
If you want you can listen to the Crush 40 vs Cash Cash version of Sonic Boom :)
Yaaaaasss
So, it seems the second opening was something they wanted to be the main theme of the series.
There were instrumental versions in the Game Gear Sonic 2 (which the composition was made for), Sonic Drift, and Sonic Chaos. In the two adventure games, a little rift for the music appears in the Invinciblity theme.
After this, they gave up on using it constabtly.
Not helping was it seems they've had a LOT of difficulty with using the song because of the vocals. Seems to be some copywright issues. It prevented the song from being in Super Smash Bros. Brawl (where a placeholder can be found in the files) and remasters would use an instrumetral version until Sonic Origins
Sega would also use the instrumental in the later two Sonic racing games and Mario & Sonic at the Rio games, where it was the representative song of the Sonic series, just as the ground theme was for Mario.
To this day, I still can't say the Sonic series has a main theme unlike Mario or Zelda. Mostly because Sega doesn't own the Green Hill theme.
Green Hill Zone, Live and Learn, Sonic Heroes, and Reach for the Stars are probably the most iconic tracks, and Reach for the Stars in particular had its rift used a lot since its debut.
Being the speed up theme of Lost World, Sonic's personal theme in the racing games I mentioned, and in the middle of One Way Dream, which was a big metaphor for how Sonic Team refuses to give up
Keeping in the feel of Sonic CD, how about you listen to Believe in Yourself? Not to be mixed with Believe in Myself, Tails' theme in Sonic Adventure 1 & 2. It's made by the same people that made the JP intro and this one is the outro! The game is named Sonic CD as it was released on the Sega CD and was in disc format.
Reactions for the Sonic CD soundtrack!!
One of the well know songs in sonic cd is from the stage Stardust Speedway with the Japanese soundtrack don’t know if this would count as a spoiler but
It’s Stardust Speedway Bad Future a really good song in my opinion
ALL the music in sonic cd is different between English and Japanese soundtracks and I’m not kidding! Beginning and ending themes, stage music, boss music even the jingles when you reach the goal so if you ever worry about running out of sonic music don’t worry cuz this game alone 2 completely different ones 😂
US Sonic CD boss sounds so scary
I grew up listening to both versions but i was primarily familiar with the us version which i used to prefer but i have really come around to the jp version in recent years.
Finally, I can rest in peace!
Just to note, Europe got the Japanese soundtrack, so on top of Japan wanting to make the song in English just because, the song will also make sense to English-speaking Europeans.
Don’t quote me on this but the Japan version was supposed to be the only version but the team in America wanted to create their own version. It was also speculated that there was issues bringing the music rights over so they had to create new music in a short time or at least that’s how the story was told.
They did make a sonic anime an hour long OVA movie would highly recommend it and sonic X is considered an anime since it was produced in Japan for those who don’t know
Why does the female vocals in the Japanese version sound different from the soundtrack I have?
In the original SEGA CD release and on some albums they re-recorded the female singers' vocals.
In the later releases of Sonic CD and compilations SEGA decided to use an earlier take from the singer that was present in a few prototypes.
Yep, Sonic CD (it's a game) has an almost completely different soundtrack in its American and Japanese versions
I'd say the Japanese soundtrack to me is the best. Mainly because it fits the game a lot more than the US soundtrack.
But personally because it's just one of my favorites of all time. It's so funky and encapsulates everything I think of when it comes to Sonic in the 90's.
The USA soundtrack has some heaters too, tho. Don't get me wrong. But I definitely think the JP one is superior.
The Sonic CD intro is effectively the 2nd best representation of Sonic himself in the games. You already saw the very best one, being Sonic Unleashed's intro! =D
As a little bit of a request, yesterday a beautifully animated music video collab between Pokémon and Hatsune Miku released under "Project Voltage" brand.
Maybe you could do a Fandom Fridays episode on it? =D
The video/song is called "Glorious Day"! ^^
Yup it has the Dragonball vibes because Toei. It really does feel like that era..... plus it's just cute AF
It would be sick if before listening to the songs you watched the opening/intro for that specific game.
Sonic CD isn't my most top game but I don't hate it. I can come back to play it from time to time. Really do love the Japanese soundtrack for this game cuz it has so many bangers and they all are unique for the Past, Present and Future gimmick
Whatever you do, do NOT listen to the gameover screen from the American version. It is pure nightmare fuel!
I will always take 'sonic boom' over 'you can do anything'. It just fits the intro way better. 'You can do anything' is a banger but not as suited to the intro i feel which is weird cause its like they had the idea for the song seperate from the animation. Meanwhile 'sonic boom' feels like they saw the animation and then made a song tailored to it. Speaking on the rest of the games soundtrack from JP vs US, im not as opinionated, they both have their highlights
I think it reminds you of dragon ball because Im pretty sure toei animation was behind the production of these from what I remember in the credits
US version uses the song Sonic Boom. JP version uses the song Super sonic warrior
Toot toot sonic warrior* though the official title is 'You can do anything'
There’s a crush 40 version of sonic boom
Sonic CD (the game) DOES have two soundtracks the Japanese one and the American one you should give them a listen sometime the both soundtracks go for totally different directions
I grew up with the japanese version lol 😂 TOOT TOOT SONIC WARRIOR!
Also, i have 2 i rlly want you to react to next! The jp egg-man boss theme from sonic cd and follow me which is team roses theme from sonic heroes!
Sonic CD also has a ending song called ''Cosmic Eternity: Believe In Yourself''!
In case you're interested in checking out! Great video as always! Thx
Here: ua-cam.com/video/3jQxvX7RILw/v-deo.html
React to the Sonic CD endings too
I love blueberries
I kinda get the Megumi Hayashibara comparison, her songs tend to be a bit more rock and roll though
Agreed. For some reason I was thinking of her song, "Nothern Lights" (Shaman King OP) specifically XD
@@ZorDonofDoom I always go straight to Slayers when thinking about her but the Shaman King openings are classics too.
Crush 40 meke other version of Sonic Boom.
React to sonic youth by crush 40!
Yooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
I like how using the "Translate to English" feature just adds an extra lines-worth of Os
@@Potatoboii2Yeah this is so weird, and im a Spanish speaker so when it translates to Spanish it does the same
The animation is by toei animation same dudes who made Dragon Ball
7:50 Two actually.
An Ova With is about 50 Minutes which uses this art style. And Sonic X made in the early 2000s which was the basis for the current art style of the franchise.
Recommend watching both. But whatever you do. Ignore the Sonic X Dub, with a religious fervor.
4Kids absolutely ruined the Anime all down to replacing Game Music with generic nonsense.
Definitely Sonic CD, at least the Japanese soundtrack is one of the best Sonic OST of all time
strange, isn't it?
Sonic Boom is good don't get me wrong, but You Can Do Anything is so much better.
The Japanese ost of the game as a whole is better.
JP is much better