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** There seems to have been plans to include the OVA in ''Sonic Mega Collection'' as a prototype featured entries for the two parts in the extras section. However, this was scrapped for unknown reasons (likely licensing issues) and the final release lacks the OVA entirely.
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** There seems seem to have been plans to include the OVA in ''Sonic Mega Collection'' Collection'', as a prototype featured entries for the two parts in the extras section. However, this was scrapped for unknown reasons (likely licensing issues) and the final release lacks the OVA entirely.
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** There seems to have been plans to include the OVA in ''Sonic Mega Collection'' as a prototype featured entries for the two parts in the extras section. However, this was scrapped for unknown reasons (likely licensing issues) and the final release lacks the OVA entirely.entirely.
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* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: The covers for [[https://sonichq.net/archives/cartoons/ova/ both volumes of the OVA in Japan]] are bright and colorful, much like the Japanese covers of the games. [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/SonicanimeVHS.jpg The western VHS cover]], conversely, features Sonic against a dark black-and-blue background with an angry Tails and Knuckles badly edited behind him. The [[https://media.sonicscanf.org//gallery/oblozhki/Sova_dvd_us.jpg western DVD cover]] averts this, however, with a simple image of Sonic against a brighter blue background.
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* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: The covers for [[https://sonichq.net/archives/cartoons/ova/ both volumes of the OVA in Japan]] are bright and colorful, much like the Japanese covers of the games. [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/SonicanimeVHS.jpg The western VHS cover]], conversely, features Sonic against a dark black-and-blue background with an angry Tails and Knuckles badly edited behind him. The [[https://media.sonicscanf.org//gallery/oblozhki/Sova_dvd_us.jpg western DVD cover]] averts this, however, with a simple image of Sonic against a brighter blue background.
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** There is a digital re-release available on the Google Play Store, [[Main/NoExportForYou but only in Japan]]
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** The soundtrack for the OVA was advertised for a retail release, but it never dropped. Most likely due to the OVA's poor sales in Japan, Europe, and the US.
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** There seems to have been plans to include the OVA in ''Sonic Mega Collection'' as a prototype featured entries for the two parts in the extras section. However, this was scrapped for unknown reasons (likely licensing issues) and the final release lacks the OVA entirely.
** There seems to have been plans to include the OVA in ''Sonic Mega Collection'' as a prototype featured entries for the two parts in the extras section. However, this was scrapped for unknown reasons (likely licensing issues) and the final release lacks the OVA entirely.
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* ExiledFromContinuity: All unique characters and elements exclusive to the OVA are not allowed to appear in other Sonic media. According to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw-BaVS8oyc&t=1982s a Q&A by Ian Flynn]], the head writer of the [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Archie]] and [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW IDW Sonic comics]], this is due to Sega not being keen on giving attention to any past incarnations of the franchise that aren't their own and wanting to keep the focus on Modern Sonic product, and have thus forbidden the use of them.
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* ExiledFromContinuity: All unique characters and elements exclusive to the OVA are not allowed to appear in other Sonic media. According to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw-BaVS8oyc&t=1982s a Q&A by Ian Flynn]], the head writer of the [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Archie]] and [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW IDW Sonic comics]], this is due to Sega not being keen on giving attention to any past incarnations of the franchise that aren't their own and wanting to keep the focus on Modern Sonic product, and have thus forbidden the use of them.
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https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?posts/903047/
According to a Sonic Retro user who works in a company that licenses Sega shows, Sega owns the current copyright, but the lisence is unavailable to companies.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Ever wanted to get it after 2004? New copies haven't been released since then, and it is pretty rare to find it (at least on DVD, which costs around 50 bucks, the VHS is considerably cheaper, selling at around 15 dollars). According to some, it's not so much there isn't interest as it is that the company ADV got the license from went out of business, and nobody knows who got the rights to the OVA in the aftermath.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Ever wanted to get it after 2004? New copies haven't been released since then, and it is pretty rare to find it (at least on DVD, which costs around 50 bucks, the VHS is considerably cheaper, selling at around 15 dollars). According This is most likely due to some, it's not so much there a lack of interest from the current copyright holder Creator/{{Sega}}, as the licence isn't interest as it is that the company ADV got the license from went out of business, and nobody knows who got the rights available to the OVA in the aftermath.distributors.
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* FanNickname: Many fans tend to simply refer to the film as "Sonic OVA" instead of any of it's official titles. Likely for simplicity and more recently, to avoid confusion with the [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 other Sonic movie]].
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** The Sara from this OVA isn't an adorable redheaded 8 year old [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Pokémon Trainer]] and [[Franchise/LoveLive School Idol]] like the OriginalCharacter Sara from the ''Fanfic/TokimekiPokeLiveAndTwinbee'' fanfic series is.
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** The soundtrack is also this as a official release was planned, but scrapped due to poor sails. Fortunately, the credits theme "Look-a-Like" was recently released by Illuminor who said that a person who worked on the film sent him the recording.
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** The soundtrack is also this as a official release was planned, but scrapped due to poor sails. sales of the OVA. Fortunately, the full version of the credits theme "Look-a-Like" was recently released by Illuminor in August 2020 who said that a person who worked on the film sent him the recording.
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** The soundtrack is also this as a official release was planned, but scrapped due to poor sails. Fortunately, the credits theme "Look-a-Like" was recently released by Illuminor who said that a person who worked on the film sent him the recording.
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Not an example; see here.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Sara is an almost complete embodiment of 90s anime girl clichés: she is a {{Catgirl}}, gets quickly upset at males possibly seeing her panties or touching her breasts, and wears a gem-encrusted pastel-colored jacketed short dress with short cuffed boots which were ''very'' common among 90s sci-fi/fantasy female anime characters.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Sara is an almost complete embodiment of 90s anime girl clichés: she is a {{Catgirl}}, gets quickly upset at males possibly seeing her panties or touching her breasts, and wears a gem-encrusted pastel-colored jacketed short dress with short cuffed boots which were ''very'' common among 90s sci-fi/fantasy female anime characters.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Sara is an almost complete embodiment of 90s anime girl clichés: she is a {{Catgirl}}, gets quickly upset at males possibly seeing her panties or touching her breasts, and wears a gem-encrusted pastel-colored short dress with short cuffed boots which were ''very'' common among 90s female sci-fi/fantasy female anime characters.
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* ActingForTwo:
** In the original Japanese version, Sonic and Metal Sonic are both played by Creator/MasamiKikuchi.
** As for the English dub, Dr. Robotnik and the President are voiced by Edwin Neal.
* DirectedByCastMember: In the English dub, Gary Dehan is the ADR director as well as Metal Sonic's voice actor.
** In the original Japanese version, Sonic and Metal Sonic are both played by Creator/MasamiKikuchi.
** As for the English dub, Dr. Robotnik and the President are voiced by Edwin Neal.
* DirectedByCastMember: In the English dub, Gary Dehan is the ADR director as well as Metal Sonic's voice actor.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Ever wanted to get it after 2004? New copies haven't been released since then, and it is pretty rare to find it (at least on DVD, which costs around 50 bucks, the VHS is considerably cheaper, selling at around 15 dollars).
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Ever wanted to get it after 2004? New copies haven't been released since then, and it is pretty rare to find it (at least on DVD, which costs around 50 bucks, the VHS is considerably cheaper, selling at around 15 dollars). According to some, it's not so much there isn't interest as it is that the company ADV got the license from went out of business, and nobody knows who got the rights to the OVA in the aftermath.
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IIRC almost all of the Archie mandates and more are still in place for the IDW comics since Sega is directly involved with it more than with Archies comics.
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* ExiledFromContinuity: All unique characters and elements exclusive to the OVA are not allowed to appear in other Sonic media. According to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw-BaVS8oyc&t=1982s a Q&A by Ian Flynn]], the head writer of the [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Archie]] and [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW IDW Sonic comics]], this is due to Sega not being keen on giving attention to any past incarnations of the franchise that aren't their own and wanting to keep the focus on Modern Sonic product, and have thus forbidden the use of them.
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Given how this applies mainly to the Archie comics (and how IDW is said to have more creative freedom than them), I don't think we should rule out characters from past Sonic continuities appearing yet.
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Given how this applies mainly to the Archie comics (and how IDW is said to have more creative freedom than them), I don't think we should rule out characters from past Sonic continuities appearing yet.
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* ExiledFromContinuity: All unique characters and elements exclusive to the OVA are not allowed to appear in other Sonic media. According to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw-BaVS8oyc&t=1982s a Q&A by Ian Flynn]], the head writer of the [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Archie]] and [[ComicBook/IDWSonicTheHedgehog [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW IDW Sonic comics]], this is due to Sega not being keen on giving attention to any past incarnations of the franchise.
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* ExiledFromContinuity: All unique characters and elements exclusive to the OVA are not allowed to appear in other Sonic media. According to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw-BaVS8oyc&t=1982s a Q&A by Ian Flynn]], the head writer of the [[ComicBook/ArchieSonicTheHedgehog [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Archie]] and [[ComicBook/IDWSonicTheHedgehog IDW Sonic comics]], this is due to Sega not being keen on giving attention to any past incarnations of the franchise.
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Ian Flynn debunked this in an interview. It has nothing to do with legal issues. He said that the real reason that they dont appear elsewhere is because Sega isnt keen on giving past interpretations of Sonic attention and wont allow the OVA characters to appear in new media. The chew out story was an unverified rumor started on one of the Sonic wikis.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Because of all the red tape considering copyright, no characters outside the main Sonic cast from the OVA are allowed to be used outside the anime in any Sonic media. Even if it's just a little reference such as Knuckles cowboy hat, which the Archie comics did as a little Easter Egg in one of their issues. Sega ended up chewing them out for doing so when they found out.
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** As on the main page, the OVA is actually an unsold pilot for an anime series.
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** As stated on the main page, the OVA is actually an unsold pilot for an anime series.
