The official trailer has been released for the animated series Sonic Prime. Coming to Netflix next month, the animated series gives Sonic the Hedgehog a new avenue to further expand his franchise following the success of the live-action feature films. It will start streaming on Dec. 15, 2022, but for now, you can catch a sneak peek by watching the below trailer.
The official synopsis for Sonic Prime reads:
It’s the Sonic you know and love until an incredible twist thrusts Sonic into a new adventure featuring a reinvented cast and Sonic like you’ve never seen him before, where the fate of the multiverse rests in his gloved hands. Sonic’s adventure is about more than a race to save the universe from the evil machinations of his longtime nemesis Dr. Eggman and his army of badnik robots, it’s a race to save his friends, friends that he took for granted.
Deven Mack provides the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog in the adaptation. The voice cast also includes Brian Drummond as Eggman, Ashleigh Ball as Tails, Shannon Chan-Kent as Amy Rose, Adam Nurada as Knuckles, and Ian Hanlin as Shadow and Big the Cat.
SEGA is executive producing Sonic Prime with WildBrain, Man of Action, and Erik Weise.
Sonic Prime Comes to Netflix in December
Sonic Prime comes from fans of the franchise, so there should be plenty for other fans of the speedster to enjoy. In a previous interview with Game Informer, WildBrain's Senior VP of Creative, Logan McPherson, said that the crew's love for Sonic spanned the "entire spectrum of the property." This meant including subtle nods along with the more noticeable Easter eggs that longtime fans of the games should be able to appreciate.
“What was amazing was how this passion drove the crew’s conversations about how to portray certain aspects and how that influenced the show itself," he said, via Game Informer. "Things like how to animate attack moves by Sonic or special abilities from other characters, like Knuckles’ ability to glide and spin dash – all these amazing ideas that fans will see in the series came from impassioned crew conversations.”
Netflix animation executive Megan Casey added, "[Sonic’s] fantastic, and we want to ensure that we showcase the Sonic that fans know and love to our audience. Our goal was to honor the core of the franchise while delivering an epic scope to his adventure – something that the creative team assembled by Sega and WildBrain have done brilliantly in both story and visuals.”
Sonic Prime will start streaming on Netflix on Dec. 15, 2022. The season will consist of one 40-minute episode and seven 20-minute episodes. Meanwhile, the franchise will further expand with an HBO Max series about Knuckles the Echidna that's also in the works alongside another live-action Sonic the Hedgehog film. The third Sonic movie will be hitting theaters in December 2024.