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) of the Sonic X film series, the sequel to Sonic X: Curse of Raven Radix and may originally based on the video games Sonic Riders and Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity. Released from 20th Century Fox, Sega and Sonic Team, the movie was released in theaters on August 29, 2008 in the United States and Canada, and September 19, 2008 in the United Kingdom. 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 continues off where the first film ends and sets five months after the events.

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. The film's box office performances is solid in the US as it went lower than unexpecting, where it's worldwide total was still successful, but was still lower than the previous film's performance. It overseas total, however, topped 2008.

Following its solid success, it eventually greenlight the third film Revenge of Sonic, released in 2009 it exploded by critics and box office grossing more than $800 million.

Plot
Five months after the events of the first film, Raven Radix became undead creates off the breeze of phoenix using his powers to releases a creature named "The Shadow Snow". Meanwhile 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, the both 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. Meanwhile, Jet, Wave and Storm has appears when they start a racing in the future. 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. Shadow starts day dreaming, which he wouldn't remember who is he. 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 also 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. Later, Dr. Eggman was invited.

Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Jet, Wave, Storm, Shadow, Rouge, Amy, Cream and Big has 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 Doctor 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, till they all have been frozen by him. Silver enters a line, which finding Sonic to get revenge to protect the planet for him. 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. Meanwhile, they were trick to quickly head back but running around circle of snow to head back in the future as a trick by Raven actual went one time, and let the to take a break. As Tails and Cosmo nearly shares their kiss, until Cosmo has been kidnapped. Meanwhile, the gang must finish going around the circle to head back to their home place to rescue station square and rescue Cosmo. Later, Raven Radix as The Shadow Snow traps them, as Shadow sneaks onto him and grabs a Chaos Emerald allowing them to head back to Station Square. Meanwhile, battle Super Sonic, Shadow, Jet and Silver after Raven as him as Raven as The Shadow Snow has frozen all of their friends. To provided a battle, Sonic, Shadow, Jet and Silver help together as they defeat Raven The Shadow Snow once and for all. After the battle, Tails and Cosmo has shared their first kiss.

After it ended, 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, 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. Sonic and Jet zooms continuing racing to an start finish.

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.

Originally setting neither a May 16, 2008 and July 25, 2008 release, till it was pushed back to August 29, 2008 till further notice. August 28, 2008 release was reported earlier.

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.

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.

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.

Cast

 * Jason Griffith as
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Silver the Hedgehog
 * Amy Palant as Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Dan Green as Knuckles the Echidna
 * Lisa Ortiz as Amy Rose
 * Caren Manuel as Rouge the Bat
 * Rebecca Honig as Cream the Rabbit
 * Jack Quevas as Cheese the Chao
 * Pete Capella as Silver the Hedgehog
 * Mike Pollock as Doctor Eggman
 * David Wills as Raven Radix/Espio
 * Bella Hudson as Tikal the Echidna/Woman/Maria Robotnik
 * Carter Cathcart as Victor
 * Amy Birnbaum as Charmy/Cosmo
 * Marc Thompson as G.U.N./Gun Officers
 * Andrew Rannells as Bocoe and Decoe/Bokkun

Release
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 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.

During production, the film's original release date is set for May 16, 2008, but moved back to July 11, 2008, to avoid against The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian as well as Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. It did it again to August 29, 2008. The August 28, 2008 release date is reported earlier.

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 $79,286,633 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 opened with $17,219,682 on it's opening day in 3,798 theaters, $1 million less than it's predesessor. In four days, it finished the weekend at #1 with a total of $56,025,905 for the Labor Day weekend ($44 million for Friday-to-Sunday), where it was a far cry than the predecessor and any other sequels. It was the 4th biggest opening ever for an animated film, and the 14th biggest opening ever for a 2008 film. On it's second week of relese, fell slightly 32.8 percent making in $33 million and is up to $115 million in two weeks, where it did much better than the first movie, where it dropped 40 percent, and any other film in the franchise, but it's still a lower comparing to the first film that made $154 million in two weeks.

Sonic X: The Shadow Snow ended it's run on December 25, 2008, which is Christmas Day. The North American box office gross a total of $175,002,858, and $568,510,000 overseas, for a total of $725,512,858 worldwide, which made it the third highest-grossing film of 2008 behind The Dark Knight and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and the lowest-grossing film into the franchise, but it's overseas box office has outtaken the first film not to become the lowest-grossing film in the franchise. It is also the highest-grossing animated film of 2008, and it's overseas gross is the highest-grossing film of 2008 so far.

Sequels
For a sequel, 20th Century Fox announced on November 26, 2008, a title Sonic X: The Revenge of Sonic was released in theaters on October 2, 2009, and were hoping to have a much bigger audiences. The cast members of the characters were begin to reprises their roles for this third film. On October 24, 2009, it announced for a fourth movie Sonic X: Return to Soleanna to release on June 4, 2010.