Sonic Mania Adventures

To keep this brief and prevent it from being a book instead of a review, I'll say these shorts are, in a word, magnificent. Without even utilizing voice lines or text bubbles, the creators are able to perfectly capture each of the character's personalities and, using classic Sonic music and sound effects make sure it has a true blue 'Sonic the Hedgehog' feel to it.

The characters are all expressive, vibrant and return to their more Classic representations, as opposed to the 'Sonic and his tag-a-long friends' vibe that comes off from some of the later Modern titles. Smooth animations with cartoonish fun, I think both young and old franchise fans can appreciate it.

While this cartoon has a story that is very understandable to everyone that don't know much about Sonic the Hedgehog and that the animation is appealing to look at, a lot of stuff here present is something that only a Sonic Fan, and those who play Sonic Mania and Sonic Forces, are going to understand. This is a Sonic Fan's cartoon and therefore they will reap the most reward from this. But even if this cartoon is mostly for Sonic Fans there is stuff that a Joe Shmoe can get. Again, the story is simple and compiled with the post credit scenes leaves the watcher wanting more which makes waiting for the next part all the more satisfying.

Also, an animator might like this as well with how detailed the animation is.

This series is comprised of five 3 minute episodes, closely based on the classic video games.

there is no voice acting, and the story is effectively told through movement, gestures, facial expressions, and music.

I feel that the first episode achieved the perfect tone for the series. it was reminiscent of Sonic's first cartoon outing; 'adventures of sonic the hedgehog'. his 'attitude' was fast, playful, and cheeky. while dr robotnik (or eggman as he's also known) was an intelligent villain, he wasn't to be taken too seriously. environments were colourful and the light plot didn't drag.

unfortunately as the series went on, it became violent - with too many characters added to keep track of. coincidentally, it mirrored exactly what happened to the game franchise after the original title.

if this series is to develop into anything bigger, I would suggest keeping things simple with a maximum of 3 characters (ideally sonic, tails, and robtnik), light with no fight scenes, fast, and most of all, fun! take cues from the first episode.

This is an excellent charming cartoon full of life and color, with great animation along with it, contrasting the bland, lifeless, low budget animation of the current Sonic the Hedgehog series. It's known throughout the Sonic community at the moment that a bunch of butthurt children raided this page to drop negative reviews while skipping their English classes and dropping whatever negative words they know into a review, all because it isn't "Modern Sonic". Sonic is Sonic, and I urge people to review the show and give it the rating it deserves.

So, a quick note that this is yet another post to counteract the salty Classic Sonic haters.

Sonic Mania Adventures is a delightful mini-series, the dynamic animation paired with the wonderful musical score and sound effects accent each action and shift of mood.

Downfall: It's a short series and each epsiode is only a few minutes long. Bummer.