Sonic X: The Shadow Snow

Sonic X: The Shadow Snow is 2008 animated feature film of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise and based onto the original hit TV anime series Sonic X (2003-2006), the sequel to Sonic X: Curse of Raven Radix and may originally based on the video games Sonic Riders and Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity. The movie was released worldwide in theaters on August 29, 2008. The film featured Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, Knuckles the Echidna, Amy Rose, Cream the Rabbit, Big the Cat and Cheese, Shadow the Hedgehog, Rouge the Bat and Dr. Eggman as well: Babylon Rogues.

The film opened a critical failure, but a Labor Day weekend success, when it made the biggest of all-time, and the biggest foreign opening for an animated film of all-time with $67 million. It made the #1 movie two weeks in a role. It is currently the 10th highest-grossing film worldwide of 2008, grossing more than $430 million.

Plot
Raven Radix has lost his strength after became undead after two years by Sonic. He providing to search for another power, to destroy earth and station square. After forming a creature, Raven Radix half-flight in space, zooms to Antarctic emperor penguin, form creates off the breeze of phoenix using his powers to releases a creature named "The Shadow Snow" frozen for 100 years ago since Raven was reborn. Format as a caveman, plans for him to destroy Station Square and the world. Knuckles day dreams of attack of Master Emeralds, as a flashback spots Tikal in the future, attacks going on once again stealing Chaos Emerald by Raven Radix. After an opening, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles has spent a summer on a break by Eggman which talking about Raven Radix's defeat as well facing Sonic a battle race with arrival of Babylon Rogues, Jet, Wave and Storm. Jet starts racing against Sonic, which has starts cheating by Wave, for the last time she cheated on exploding his gear.

Meanwhile arrive of Jet, Wave and Storm as to Jet wanting to race against Sonic and friends Tails and Knuckles. Meanwhile while Sonic, start heading by saving the world, by trio making a help as a team by Eggman's robots in the future. Meanwhile, Raven Radix starts a attack by in the different states later. Later, Jet, Wave and Storm has appears when they start a racing in the future. Later, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles with Jet, Wave and Storm were taken 6000 years away from Station Square, after Raven as "The Shadow Snow" got rid of them.

Rouge and Shadow have related both hanging in the beach. Rouge relaxing and Shadow day dreaming, which he wouldn't remember who is he and Rouge hasn't does her luck by stealing the Chaos Emeralds from Knuckles' Angel Island. Meanwhile, Shadow caught in a nightmare by Raven Radix's return, has been trapped with Raven and a return of Black Doom. Shadow let him to became a trick, he was only the one that would be dying on a planet of Space Colony Ark. Meanwhile, Shadow and Rouge got caught a travel with Sonic and others in the future trap 100 years ago. Amy, Cream and Big has became one of the "Team Rose" again, which all trio went on at a carnival. Meanwhile, Raven has trapped them in the future by 100 years with Sonic and others. Amy starts day dreaming of Sonic saving her from danger. From the future, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Jet, Wave, Storm, Shadow, Rouge, Amy, Cream and Big has interview away from the pass which Raven has transform into "The Shadow Snow", which caught a lesson, Raven has returned from the dead 2 years ago, and 50 years after Maria's death and 6000 years ago after Raven was born. Raven battles with them and has disappeared back in Station Square, to destroy the world. While Raven returns, he has frozen the whole world and Station Square, which left with the friends, includes Dr. Eggman, became angry of Raven has return. He begins unleashing his E-Series Robots to defeat him, which Raven as "The Shadow Snow" defeats them all. GUN starts helping saving the world by Raven. Silver enters a line, which finding Sonic still make him as the "Iblis Trigger". Team Chaotix and the rest of Eggman's robots make a help to save the world, which Jet provided helping with them and his Babylon Rogues, as The Shadow Snow is about to destroy The Babylon Garden and Station Square. In the North Pole, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Shadow, Rouge, Eggman and others starts running around circle of snow to head back in the future. By later, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Shadow, Rouge, Dr. Eggman and other must face off against The Shadow Snow and Raven Radix, to able to return to Station Square, but often too far. Raven also plans to steal the powers of the Chaos Emeralds. By the time, Babylon Rogues returns including more evil like Black Doom, helping against Raven and The Shadow Snow to defeat the world and Sonic and Shadow and Chaos Emeralds, before the day to kill Cosmo before killed Maria Robotnik from Shadow's dreams. The Shadow Snow battles Super Sonic, Shadow, Jet and Silver after Raven as him, The Shadow Snow has frozen all of their friends, includes Cosmo was once again kidnapped. To provided a battle, Sonic, Shadow, Jet and Silver help together as they defeat Raven The Shadow Snow once and for all. As the year ends, Jet, Wave and Storm the Babylon Rogues has start leaving back to their Babylon Garden. After a battle, Tails and Cosmo starts off with their first kiss as the sparks begins to fly, and Amy wanting Sonic to have their kiss. After the Battle, Cream and Big, starts fishing for Big's pet Froggy, suddenly caught him. Shadow gave his luck away from his relationship against Maria. Rouge wouldn't start to steal the Chaos Emeralds on Knuckles's Angel Island. Amy starts thinking she always starts involving dating against Sonic. Sonic, Tails and Knuckles starts a battle boarding to save the world because they are heroes, meanwhile, Jet, Wave and Storm returns with them Jet want to challenge Sonic racing again. Silver would believe still find a "Iblis Trigger", Sonic once more for a next adventure. Meanwhile, Sonic and Jet zooms continuing racing to an start finish, never to end a racing adventure.

Casting


Jason Griffith, Amy Palant, Dan Green, Lisa Ortiz, Kathleen Delaney, Mike Pollock and Rebecca Honig reprises for the characters of Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, Knuckles the Echidna, Amy Rose, Rouge the Bat, Cream the Rabbit, Doctor Eggman and Shadow the Hedgehog in 2006 from the first film which begin animation production with Sonic X: Curse of Raven Radix.

Griffith plays as two role for Sonic and his enemy twin Shadow. Palant plays as the voice of Sonic's pal, Tails. Green plays as also for Sonic's pal, Knuckles. Ortiz returned as the role of Sonic's girlfriend, Amy and allies Rouge by Delaney, Cream by Handler and his other enemy, Eggman played by Pollock. The supporting characters were starring Bella Hudson, Marc Thompson, Alexandra Williams, David Wills, Carter Cathcart and Amy Birnbaum. Hudson play as the role for Tikal, Maria and Woman. The Chaotix were voice by Wills, Cathcart and Birnbaum. Also Griffith, Green and Hudson played as the Babylon Rogues from two games Sonic Riders and Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.

Development
After completing Sonic X: Curse of Raven Radix and finished series finale of Sonic X, The production of Sonic X: The Shadow Snow, begins on September 2007 in Voicing Studio and filming of Japanese dubbed begins on December 11, 2007 which belongs with the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Director and score writer, Dana McFarland will return as the director of the first OVA film, Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie (1999) to feature length Sonic X film, Sonic X: Curse of Raven Radix (2007). A set while shooting places in the city. Raven Radix has returned undead after 2 years. David Wills reprises the role of him and also Espio, which he appears by the video games including Sonic Heroes. The producers creates jobs that Rouge's breast was 3 inches wide and Amy's hammer was 2 inches tall, which has not drawn for the film. The writer was to be announced by Joe Edkin that he tries to become the writer. Edkin would be glad that he would make an animated movie. McFarland makes for a United States dubbed for voice actors in English. Joe Edkin begins as film's producer comic of the film. Cinematography portrayed Norman J. Grossfield as he does a production from Sonic X's production.

Animation
Filming animation begins no September 3, 2007 with the Sitch of Raven Radix heads into North Pole, which finding someone to rule the world. The crew has drawn a new character, The Shadow Snow, much powerful creature that was covered in snow, not like any polar bears. The next animation starts drawing Sonic has returned. Next adding with other friends: Tails and Knuckles which they were in the racing clothes as seen in Sonic Riders and Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, within the Babylon Rogues, Jet, Wave and Storm which appears in Sonic Riders and Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity. Filming warped by September 3, 2007, as completing animation for 2 hours. Dana McFarland returns his job to be as the director of the film from 20th Century Fox after the first film. Voicing of the film was filmed in the Studio of animation stud when by year gave gross $100 million budgets, which animation location was shoot in North Pole including Station Square.

Release

 * Main article: Sonic X: The Shadow Snow (soundtrack)

A soundtrack was released on August 26, 2008. Which it features the same songs from video game lucky from anime. Happy Meal of McDonald's were released the action figures on August 9, 2008. The toys features, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Shadow, Rouge, Dr. Eggman and Cream. Release is buying all of these 8 action figures, once did from 2007 film, Sonic X: Curse of Raven Radix. A first teaser was released on December 18, 2007 on a official website. The film release on the summer of August 29, 2008. The film has been made off about an language. The film is once again rated "PG" of action/adventure, violence and language. A video game has been earn a E of fantasy violence and Brief language, similar by Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) and Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) by ESRB. Sonic X: The Shadow Snow' was completed set that a motion picture in the film was Rated PG in the United States, United Kingdom and Japan. And most in the sates giving were rated G.

DVD
Sonic X: The Shadow Snow was released on a single-disc and two-disc strong animation special edition on December 23, 2008. Within, it will be only released on a single of a HD to the Blue-ray disc everywhere. The film brought $198,286,633 of the date.

Critical reception
The critics for Sonic X: The Shadow Snow positive rated for 33% when rated on Rotten Tomatoes between 100 reviewers. The viewer bad show of grade B-, as possibly reaches to be calling it "Best" and "Famous", the most outrangous animated film of the year. Rumors and fans calls the movie "Great", when they didn't seen the screen of Tails and Cosmo; for a moment start the kiss for the first time.

Box office
Sonic X: The Shadow Snow has first earns $14 million on an opening day, totaling to $30 million on it's opening weekend in 3,598 theaters at #1 in the box office, the biggest Labor Day weekend of all-time, till the record is broken by 2009 film A BFF With Ghost Imagination. By that day, it also grossed $66 million from an foreign, reaching $96 million worldwide on an opening, the biggest opening forigen ever for an animated film. On it's second week of relese, it is also #1 with $17 million. The North American box office gross a total of $140 million, and $295 million for everywhere else. Sonic X: The Shadow Snow made a total of $435 million worldwide.

Sequel
For a sequel, 20th Century Fox announced on November 26, 2008, a title Sonic X: The Revenge of Sonic is set for a release in theaters on November 6, 2009. The cast members of the characters were begin to reprises their roles for this third film.