History Anime / SonicTheAnimation

* TokenNonhuman: Sonic is the only FunnyAnimal in the short. Everyone else is a human.

JustForFun/TheOneWith Eggman framing Sonic.

TheOneWith Eggman framing Sonic.

* {{Animesque}}: Inverted. It's Japanese animated but is styled after old American cartoons like ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies''.
* ConspicuousCGI: The city, vehicles, Eggman's base, and his room are rendered in obvious CGI.

* MythologyGag: Music from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'' is used (see below), and Eggman's home base resembles his huge statue from the Stardust Speedway's BadFuture. It also has a resemblance to Robotnik's fortress from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'', which similarly had a giant gold statues of the infamous doctor. TMS Entertainment have also animated the Chaos Emeralds saga of said series.

* ToBeContinued: It ends on this note, but there was never another short. Fan speculation is that it was just a test animation that was never ''meant'' to be continued in the first place.

''Sonic the Animation'' predates ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' by 5 years, however even in 1994 it was clear that certain ideas were in place. The short features a urban city full of humans that strikingly resembles Station Square.

* ConspicuousCGI: The city, vehicles, Eggman's base, and his room are rendered in obvious low-poly CGI.
* FaceDoodling: What Eggman does to 3 awake people and one of them's Sonic plush
* LeftHanging: The cartoon ended with a "ToBeContinued...", and it has never recieved a follow up.

* MediumBlending: The backgrounds are rendered CGI while the characters and objects the charactesr interact are cartoon.
* MythologyGag: Eggman's home base strongly resembles the one from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'', due to both bases having giant gold statues of the infamous doctor. TMS Entertainment have also animated the Chaos Emeralds saga of said series.

* MythologyGag: Eggman's home base strongly resembles the one from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'', due to both bases having giant gold statues of the infamous doctor.

* MythologyGag: Eggman's home base strongly resembles the one from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'', due to both having giant gold statues of the infamous doctor.

* ConspicuousCGI: The city, veichles, Eggman's base, and his room are rendered in obvious low-poly CGI.

''Sonic the Animation'' predates ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' by five years, however even in 1994 it was clear that certain ideas were in place. The short features a urban city full of humans that strikingly resembles Station Square.

* EarlyBirdCameo: While still using Sonic's classic look, the short is set in a seaside city that bears more than a passing resemblance to [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure Station Square...]]

* PaperThinDisguise: Dr. Eggman uses a poorly made Sonic costume to wreak havoc on the city.

''Sonic the Animation'' (also known as "''Man of the Year''") is an animated short based off of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''. It was created in 1994 by TMS Entertainment (then known as Tokyo Movie Shinsha) in conjunction with Sega [=AM3=]. The short was later included on ''VideoGame/SonicJam''.

* SpitTake: Eggman spits out his coffee after seeing the newspaper cover dubbing Sonic "Man of the Year".\

* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: Sonic is the only FunnyAnimal in the short. Everyone else is a human.

* SpitTake: Eggman spits out his coffee after seeing the newspaper cover dubbing Sonic "Man of the Year".

''Sonic the Animation'' (also known as "Man of the Year") is an animated short based off of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''. It was created in 1994 by TMS Entertainment (then known as Tokyo Movie Shinsha) in conjunction with Sega [=AM3=]. The short was later included on ''VideoGame/SonicJam''.

''Sonic the Animation'' (also known as "Man of the Year") is an animated short based off of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''. It was created in 1994 by TMS Entertainment (then known as Tokyo Movie Shinsha) in conjunction with Sega AM3. The short was later included on ''VideoGame/SonicJam''.

* MimeAndMusicCartoon: There's no dialogue. It's InTheStyleOf old cartoons and was done by the team who worked on shows like ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''.

The plot starts in a nameless city. Doctor Eggman has recently woken up and is still in his pajamas when he sees a newspaper stating that his worst enemy, Sonic the Hedgehog, has been dubbed "Man of the Year". Eggman hatches a plan to dress up as Sonic and vandalize the city. Suddenly, Sonic's gone from Man of the Year to Worst of the Year. The short ends with a crowd of angry people yelling at a confused Sonic while Eggman (still in his Sonic getup) gloats in the background.

* {{Animesque}}: Inverted. It's styled after old American cartoons like ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies''.