The Sonic franchise is much more consistent about depicting westerners as human beings instead of racist caricatures. That won't make you very popular in Japan.

Well, maybe we have a point of comparison here. Why would a piece of media being aesthetically pluralistic and openminded work if it's still _tonally racist_ and misogynistic? Because that's what Japan has been trying in order to recapture _my_ interest.

Japan hates Sonic because SEGA America fucked it up.

0:58 *"Their home console, the 'Mega Drive', known as 'Genesis' in the West..."* Kinda, but not really. SEGA named it 'Mega Drive' almost everywhere except North America, where it's called 'Genesis' because of a trademark dispute, and in South Korea, it was sold as the 'Super Gam*Boy' and later the 'Super Aladdin Boy'.

There is so much wrong in this video that it cannot be taken seriously as it feels like minimal research was done.

Because it’s been Americanised.

I love that you ended the video with the South Island theme from the og movie

It astounds me that Sonic isn't more popular in Japan, as it's probably one of the most fundamentally japanese franchises ever. It has everything. Shonen, kawaii, mecha, kaiju, etc. Sonic himself is also the perfect mix of anime protagonist and western superhero.

We already have a Sonic wifu, it's Korone.

Sonic needs a modern-day anime. Sonic hasn't had any blockbuster hits since the early 2000's. Japan was sort of interested in Frontiers. But that's the first game Japan looked at since Sonic Heroes, Adventure 2, Adventure and the classics. If Sega really wanna appeal to their Japanese audience. Getting an anime and getting bands like One Ok Rock or Dance Gavin Dance to work on the music. Majority of modern Sonic games are usually bad to mediocre at best. Sega are not willing to adapt.

Yes, you make a great point. I’m an east asian Sonic fan, so I know how Sonic is struggling to become mainstream here. I don’t even know how to explain it other than it’s not a right fit culturally. The movies stick out like a sore thumb because the humor is different too. I think if Sonic was made into a 3d animation like the Mario movie, it probably would’ve done better, but still not by much.

The Sega Dream Cast was ahead of its time! Sonic Adventure & Sonic Adventure 2 were some of the best Sonic 3D Games! Frontier is definitely the right step towards the right direction!

This ignorance just pisses me off tbh. Like "I dont know this" like gtfoh

whats the song at 1:17

It's not "hated". Japan has better fiction media than the US and Sonic just pales in comparison to what they have in Japan. Sonic is more geared to kids over there.

This is like finding out Felix the Cat is still super famous in countries like South Korea

Lmao what a fucking click bait title. Dislike and reported 😂😂😂

嫌われてないし、知名度とイマイチで、微妙に人気がない。 嫌いな人はほとんどいないだろう。

"Sonic is HATED ina japan" well well well. Click baiting now are we

I'm a teacher at an elementary school in Japan, and since Japanese kids love characters, I often try to incorporate characters into my activities to get their attention. Everyone squeals with joy when characters like Mario, Doraemon or Anpanman appear, but Sonic always gets blank stares.

man the fact that sonic x flopped in japan is really killing me

Sonic is Japanese?

Sonic designs were based on US pop culture. Japanese people don't like Yankee. Ergo Vis a Vis. Japanese don't like Sonic. 😂

6:30 Some people still wonder why Japan's culture (and population) are in decline, this creepy infantilization is all the evidence you need. Did WW2 break y'all? 😂

So Japan has good taste and doesn’t consume mediocre unfunny American “comedy”

I'll sum the video for you: Japanese are weird and only like their own weird shit

Sonic is trash nowdays.

SEGA in general has a better impression with international audiences. Yet their grip with Sonic as the basis of their IPs meant that standards are at an unstable equilibrium. So, their secondary IPs will fade. Not without fandoms but not with declining relevance. People joked with Sonic series mimicking other games. Yet SEGA has not developed outstanding separate mascot games. Particularly parallels to ones like Zelda, Metroid, and Kirby. Although there has been Yakuza (RGG), Vocaloids, and Phantasy Star. Especially noticeable with their racing game having IPs that fans clamor for resurrections. So, the purchasing of Atlus and other studios to be subsidiaries MAY help them have secondary ownership to fame. It really depends on whether they improve branding SEGA to a stable recognized identity.

Oh no it wasn't hated in Japan; There's a difference between getting hated, and just... Having more appeal in the US

japan can be rude somehow

Hated in Japan? Every other video has the "hate" bait in the title nowadays.

I felt like after the 1996 ova I felt like they where trying to suggest that Sonic’s world was the future of earth after humanity fell to the robots of Dr robotic but of course this wasn’t as consistent with the future games but I did like that about the film , they could combine cd, 06, and Sonic hero’s , maybe act 1 2 and 3 and maybe get chaos I’m sure big the cat will be in the next film 😂

sonic is cringe

It's funny how Sonic feels so American that you forget that his origin is Japan

Showing Korone with the word "misstep" is illegal.

The end got me dude

Japanese dont even know sonic 😂 What do they teach in schools? I mean really, Its like not know a generic geography question. Those looked like semi adults, not dumb teens 0:25 The idiosyncrancies of japanese people: bold, flashy, etc contrary to shy, humble lol😅 dont tell these arw the classic japanese stereotype of -boring- japnese people rofl-

Korone making sonic famous in Japan.

Wait the Marvel movies do fantastic in Japan.

The word HATE is an exaggeration. Sonic was marketed for the West and it worked wonders, especially in NA. In Japan it is just less popular but far from unknown. Just take a stroll inside Tokyo Joypolis and you get the idea of Sonic presence in Japan. They are (or rather were) especially strong in the arcade games. It is just a marketing decision, nothing to do with Sonic vs Mario personality. SEGA didnt even try to win the japanese console market, they knew Nintendo was too strong a presence in Japan. The Saturn was a nice surprise for them, I do not believe it was planned to be a success in Asia. Why the Genesis was so beloved in NA? Excellent marketing, they even shipped consoles with Sonic included in the box, pissing off SEGA of Japan.

"Sonic was modeled on Michael Jackson" Therefore he is without a doubt, definitively, 100% BLACK confirmed 🔥🔥🔥😔😔😔🙏🙏🙏✊✊✊

WAIT WAS THAT KORONE? I'M HER FAN 😭

Mm I did just see a Sonic and Friends tiktok with Sonic doing the "Koi Thrill Shock Suspense" Detective Conan opening dance! They really are trying to tap into that Japanese audience there (and here I thought they were just trying to appeal to specifically me lol)

350 k views and 2.5 k subs WTF people?

I was at my weekly Japanese conversation club only a week or so ago and I was curious what the native speakers' thoughts were on Sonic and when asked if they knew of it, they were like "oh I do know that, but it's not popular in Japan at all. Probably only older people will know of it" and me and the other Americans were SO shocked. They didn't even know there were new movies out for it!! (And before I got a photo up, this one guy was like "did you mean Son Goku?" I was dying bro). But this is all to say, your timing for this video is impeccable and I'm definitely gonna be sharing it with the club

My brain just shit itself, wha wha what!?

Isn’t Sega a Japanese company like Nintendo which is kind of strange to hear that Japan doesn’t like my boy Sonic

Another reason why the rest of the world thinks Japan is weird. 😂

Sonic was never good

Bro do you even Japan? lol😂