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Sonic the Hedgehog is currently celebrating a great 23rd year of existence, with a recent gaming remake coming out right in time for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 to hit theaters. Sadly, this comes as the speedy rodent's animated ventures are leaving one of the biggest streaming platforms.

The anime Sonic X and the later series Sonic Boom are currently streaming on Netflix, but that's about to change. Via What's On Netflix, by the end of December, both of them will be off the streaming service. Thankfully, fans of Sonic's anime series can still watch it elsewhere.

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Video games have had their fair share of infamous villains, from Far Cry's absolutely terrifying Vaas Montenegro to the constantly outwitted Dr Robotnik from Sonic the Hedgehog. It's important that every video game with a villain gets it right, as an adventure is only as compelling as its primary antagonist. Fortunately, while there have been a few duds here and there, for the most part, there are some truly iconic and memorable baddies throughout video game history.

Naturally, the list is incredibly long and not every villain will earn a spot. So, while iconic villains like General Shepherd, Ridley, Pyramid Head, and the ever irresistible Lady Dimitrescu from Resident Evil 8 might not make the cut, they're absolutely worth mentioning. Fortunately, those that are considered the very best villains in all gaming absolutely deserve their spot.

Dr. Robotnik (Sonic The Hedgehog) A Rotten Egg Of A Villain

Dr. Robotnik, also known as Dr.

Pokémon is the highest-grossing multimedia franchise of all-time and the series’ long-running anime represents a popular pillar of its fandom. Pokémon has produced more than 1200 episodes and two-dozen feature films. The Pokémon anime has recently experienced a seismic shift through the conclusion of the original series and the start of a new anime, Pokémon Horizons: The Series, that explores Pokémon Scarlet and Violet material.

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In honor of this new material, it’s the perfect time to revisit the first anime’s earliest episodes to look at some of its strange changes during production, with plenty of weird details that Pokémon fans may have forgotten about in the many years since.

Text On Signs

The process of localizing an anime can be quite tedious, especially when it comes to background details and any text that sneaks onto the screen. The original episodes feature signs with Japanese text on them,...

The Eleven Arts anime feature "Deemo: Memorial Keys", starring Michelle Marie, Anairis Quiñones, Bryce Papenbrook, Mike Pollock, Luci Christian and Stephanie Sheh, will be released in theaters February 2, 2023:

"...fall in love with the enchanting tale of 'Deemo', a mysterious, lonely character who lives in solitude, playing the piano in a castle.

"One day a girl who has lost her memory falls from the sky. Wanting to help her recover her memories and return her to her world, Deemo discovers that a tree kept atop the piano will grow whenever the piano is played. But if Deemo succeeds in the helping her, will the loss of her companionship prove to be too much...?"

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Gkids to release hit in Us on January 17.

Gkids has announced Riz Ahmed, Alison Brie and Lee Pace in the English-language voice cast of Japanese animation hit Weathering With You.

An English dub and Japanese version of Makoto Shinkai’s film opens in the Us on January 15 and 16 in fan previews arranged through Fathom Events, before Gkids releases it publicly on January 17.

Weathering With You was the number one Japanese release of 2019 and centres on a high school freshman who flees his remote island to a rainy Tokyo, where he finds work as a writer for a mysterious occult magazine.

Sega hosted a Sonic the Hedgehog-themed panel at SXSW earlier this month. Both of Sonic’s upcoming titles were discussed by prominent Sega employees Aaron Webber and Takashi Iizuka. Roger Craig Smith and Mike Pollock, the respective voice actors for Sonic and his arch-enemy, Dr. Eggman, where in attendance as well. Sonic Mania, the throwback longtime […]

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Hold on to your hats, Sonic The Hedgehog fans, Sega has a special announcement in store for you all next week. The reveal – whatever it is – will be made at next week’s SXSW (South by Southwest) entertainment event as part of the 25th Anniversary celebrations for the World’s Fastest Hedgehog.

But that’s not all, oh no. Among many others that have worked on the series over the last two-plus decades, Yuji Naka – the man that created Sonic – will also be present at the event. The event description on SXSW’s events page reads:

Yuji Naka (Sonic Original Creator), Takashi Iizuka (Head of Sonic Team), Roger Smith (Voice of Sonic the Hedgehog), Mike Pollock (Voice of Dr. Eggman), Austin Keys (Sega), Aaron Webber (Sega)

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Sega has pulled out all the stops for the new entries in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Not only are there two new games for the Wii U and Nintendo 3Ds, Sonic fans have been treated to a new animated cartoon on Cartoon Network and a new title from Archie Comics, for a total of four if you count the magazine-sized Sonic Super Special. Not bad for a game series that over two decades long.

So you can’t expect me to review just one of them, can you?

Both the video games feature a new villain, Lyric, a serpentine scientist from the dawn of time, the last of a race known as the Ancients, which if you think about it, is an odd thing to name yourselves since you’re not ancient when you name yourselves. In addition to Sonic and his able sidekick Miles “Tails” Prower, Knuckles the...

Sega’s annual fan celebration of Sonic the Hedgehog will kick off Super Week, New York Comic Con’s seven day celebration leading up to the convention. Sonic Boom will take place on Saturday, October 4th at the Manhattan Center Ballroom in New York City.

Events include appearances by the voice cast of the new Sonic Boom TV series, premiering this fall on Cartoon Network. Roger Craig Smith (Sonic), Colleen Villard (Tails), Travis Willingham (Knuckles), Cindy Robinson (Amy), Nika Futterman (Sticks), and Mike Pollock (Dr. Eggman) will all be on stage for a special live TV show script reading, as well being available for meet & greets and autographs.

Other guests including Tracy Yardley!, long-time artist for the comic series, Sonic musicians Jun Senoue, Tomoya Ohtani, Ted Poley, and Tony Harnell, and Japanese game producer and lead Sonic designer, Takashi Iizuka.

Playable demos of Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (WiiU...