Sonic Vs The Mirage Express (TMOSTH Animation)

I wanted to make an animation for the amazing April Fools game, "The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog."
Sonic's captain outfit: gamebanana.com/mods/440708
Amy's birthday outfit: gamebanana.com/mods/424972
#sonicthehedgehog #themurderofsonicthehedgehog

[@SonictheHedgehog]

You captured the spirit of this perfectly! Really great job!

[@davebob4973]

HI SONIC

[@PurpleStar_38432]

The Blue Blur himself! Hi :D

[@fnm124]

Omg Sonic big fan bro

[@nzpowa._.6662]

Next year's April fools prank, hire this man for it.

[@sonicthefastbluehedgehog1991]

OMG Sonic Hiiiiiii

[@marianox3644]

Sonic destroying one of the hands with a hi five was completely in character for him lol

[@yoshivsworld5603]

I know right I just smiled at that knowing yep this is the perfectly in character sonic and amazing animation

[@NinjaElectro0]

0:55 (switch to a slower speed to see better)

[@DrJose2014]

​@@NinjaElectro0 I did but it still looks like he punched it

[@orca717]

He punched it

[@NinjaElectro0]

​@@orca717 True, I realize now

[@joelmccreddin2904]

I love how sonic leaps forward for a boss fight and then it just cuts to the title card saying he died.

[@thelazyguy72]

poor guy

[@archersergalo5602]

LMAO

[@kesha3655]

Never bring a hedgehog to a train fight.

[@PayForViewsJST]

Just like invincible

[@RippahRooJizah]

Hah, I was just about to say the same thing.

[@DW9427]

"Hm, how can we make sure that KZbin doesn't mark this animation as 'Made For Kids'?" "I know! At the end, let's make it so Shadow The Hedgehog shoots the viewer in the face!"

[@xxsegaxx]

"Goodbye, Doctor"

[@NEEECOOO570]

Great Idea!!

[@KodyCrimson]

I still can't believe we got a boss fight against a SENTIENT TRAIN in a Sonic game. Like, it sounds like something completely in line for the series, but also unpredictable. We've seen trains, we've fought sentient robots, so how could we not have seen this possibility.

[@ComicBoi11]

It gets funnier when you think about how this boss fight is from a visual novel

[@ag-13studios51]

And the story was written by some of the crew from the IDW comics, so there is definitely no way we could've seen any of this coming

[@megablueflash1816]

It was just supposed to be a funny little april fools game. Yet the writing and characters were done so well, it's got to be accepted as canon.

[@woopi8003]

@@megablueflash1816 It is, don't worry lol.

[@ComicBoi11]

@@megablueflash1816 The playable character is featured in the background of the IDW comics, which are canon!

[@EnderCatAGZ12]

“Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. I’m afraid our train trip has come to a very robotic interruption. But not to worry, for I will solve this situation before we get to our stop!”

[@gualbertogascon2767]

I read It with sonic's voice

[@strasburgproductions8643]

Sonic vs Train. The battle of the century. Who will win?

[@StellaFangX]

The ones with Pile Drive as an ability.

[@minecrafter3448]

This is on par with pink stretchy thing on a truck vs the ultimate life form

[@RClipsGaming101]

"Finally. A worthy opponent. Our Battle Will Be LEGENDARY!!"😅

[@marktheredlightning2829]

"I'll go faster than the train If I go by the rails instead of running!" -Sonic The Hedgehog, 2006

[@sentinel87]

well if train opened his domain, railway fury, then he might give me a little trouble

[@SonicSelect1991]

THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL! The recreation of the art style in 3D, the actual representation of his real character, the trains movement, IT IS ALL SO SCRUMPTIOUS THANK YOUUUUUU

[@PsychoSylv]

yo hey sonicselect, surprised to see somebody i recognize here lmao

[@farfrommercury]

Hey Scar

[@stripeback2024]

I like Sonic's grin at the end, like it's his "game face".

[@dickygushy]

I still think it's so funny that for April Fools Day, SEGA released a game that was actually good A feat no one thought they were capable of anymore

[@SonicFanon1]

Wow, you were able to recreate the art style of the game in 3D almost PERFECTLY! Great animation!!

[@michaelcarlton1484]

I feel like any fight with Sonic needs to be on par with the opening animation of Unleashed. You need that speed, power, sound design, everything, to feel how powerful Sonic really is. If Sonic was trying, he'd have destroyed the train in one shot from the start.

[@whybother5741]

Which is exactly why it’s more fun for him to be nerfed. Wouldn’t have gotten this whole animation if he could just have done it in one shot.

[@Xelia1337]

Yeah, if Sonic was TRYING. But Sonic likes the thrill of adventure, and the train is a relatively low threat, so obviously he wouldn't be trying super hard and would be trying to have fun with it.

[@michaelcarlton1484]

@@Xelia1337 Yeah, but it was ruining Amy's birthday party.

[@whybother5741]

Also I’d just like to point out that if Sonic really could destroy a train like that in one shot, then why couldn’t he have just destroyed the G.U.N. Truck from City Escape either of the two times he saw it? Not only that, but there are PEOPLE in this train. His friends and the Conductor. Plus everyone was trying their best to convince the train to just let him go, one could assume he wanted to give him a chance.

[@danieltodorov7753]

Nah, fiction becomes much less fun when you view it through the power levels lens. Sonic not being the multiverse level god of speed, fits much better in this game and makes it more cohesive and enjoyable.

[@snocgamer]

0:43 I love how the music changes when Sonic goes into a spin here. Reminds me a lot of Sonic X, and that's one of the many things from Sonic X that I loved. Nice animation!

[@MrFlame-zk5cy]

Honestly I think the most impressive thing here is the fact that hat stays on his head the whole fight Seriously though, the animation is WONDERFUL. You got the feel of what we actually saw through the portraits of the game down so well. It's so good

[@tarasdiary]

The Sonic fanbase always amazes me with the amount of talent there is. This is amazing!

[@shadow759]

you did amazing with this dude!

[@zerorilation]

Shadow759 love your videos, great to see ya' here❤🎉 10 years & counting.

[@KookieStar]

Woah! Not only did you recreate the style perfectly in 3D, but you made a solid, beautiful animation of the action scenes from the running mini game! Great job! The VN would look beautiful in 3D! ❤❤❤

[@Y0ZI]

10/10 You're the first person I've given this rating, usually animation has some weird style of humor or nonsense, but here everything is so well conveyed and done that I don't even know how best to express my enjoyment of this work.

[@SuperSega]

THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT! THATS WHY HE'S THE GOAT! THE GOAATT

[@Potatoboii2]

Sonic is such a fun character to see animated, just because of how integral that fluidity is to the games, and you captured it *amazingly!* I also loved your take on the train turning to face Sonic at the end, since I never quite understood that, logistically :D

[@Angelikaliu1331]

"Let me see what you have" Shadow: "A GUN" "NO-" **flops**

[@Naruku2121]

I just like how casual Sonic takes off to catch up to the train. it's like the train is moving so slow he might as well have some fun getting back.

[@silverandgold.37]

Amazing job on the animation, I love how this isn't a crude parody. (Not that it's a bad quality, it's just rather basic at this point.) and rather a more close-to-canon video. Looks like an actual intro to the game. Congratulations on even getting the official Sonic KZbin account to notice you. Good job.

[@charsonic1771]

This animation looks great especially for this game

[@charsonic1771]

I’ve even reacted to this video

[@shpostmile1510]

HECK YEA the expressions and movements all look so lovely

[@adammyers7383]

Perfect. No notes. Sega and Sonic team should hire you so they can have more expressive cutscenes.

[@GAME_GAMBLER]

God damn this is so clean! You've nailed the style perfectly in 3D, so much so id love to see a 3D game take on this style. Keep up the amazing work as usual!!

[@SmileyWorldOfficialChannel]

This animation looks REALLY GREAT!

[@corbingentry5487]

This is now the canon opening animation for ‘The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog’. Like seriously, this is so good!

[@Chrisy45054]

Wow. What a sick animation based on a April Fools game.

[@MyRoomIsAMess]

This reminds me of the Uekawa mod from Frontiers, or Test Labs. This is really cool and I'm impressed. Both at you for this and the fact that I've never seen this channel before. Honestly baffling.

[@MyRoomIsAMess]

Actually I have but I forgot lol :/

[@BlackKoi321]

Gotta love when sonic flicks his nose, he makes it look so cool

[@thecalvinistkat]

I am just absolutely blown away by this! And you even got recognized by the actual SonictheHedgehog account? Super congratulations!!! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@mr.scottsgaming5634]

The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog in 3D animation, looks amazing in this!! I absolutely love the movement, art style, and everything in this video!!!

[@PatChoman]

0:40 the way he spindashed up into the air with the music tone changing to that "Sonic X" Esc like tensity, love it.

[@quailron1581]

Man, I love how *casual* outrunning a train looks for Sonic. It’s great stuff.

[@jitterclick3392]

Hey hey what?! Do I smell someone UNDERRATED in here?! This is absolutely amazing! The colors, the perfectly recreated art style, the sounds, it has everything! And it’s so fun to watch, I will be coming back to this a whole bunch. Great job!!

[@kikikat3503]

LOOKS AMAZING! I love the animation style!!! 💜

[@lizzybunny5436]

So BEAUTIFUL!!!😍 this animation is, especially how clean each shot was! Amazing job to all who were involved in this masterpiece👏🏻🥳TYSM for making this for my FAVOURITE SONIC GAME! #Perfect 💖

[@Dylan_Dinglebob]

Best birthday gift!!! 🎉🎉🎉 Awesome job!!!!!!

[@user-de2lf2di1k]

The thing I really like about this video is like the 3D art like something you would see like in VR chat and the way you try to capture the grin

[@Kinexity]

THIS IS SO GOOD WHAAAT...... I love the cel shading materials it almost looks exactly like the actual game!

[@rynobehnke8289]

I can hardly believe its 3d animated you captured the style of the game so well. And from a direction point of view was it great how you incorporated all the things seen in the final boss fight into a logical "Sonic Vs Train" fight.

[@Jade-ou8gz]

This is an incredible animation! you did an amazing job capturing the essense of the game

[@TheSonicGuy40]

Congratulations you have earned a spot in my "favorite sonic animations" playlist!

[@LouizGu]

I wish we could've have something like this in the games, like Sonic showing his speed

[@TheEmeraldSword04]

I love how the map is one big ring that spins, a very simple yet cool method that adds some neat stylization on top.

[@sonictailsx4690]

That was incredible animation! Watching this brought back some memories of me and some friends playing this game together last year. ^^

[@SirLancelot2005]

Perfect, absolutely perfect.💯 Cheers to the creative designers and artists to this short but impactful film!

[@chloesibilla8199]

I love this! It's a great in world explanation as to why we have to run in a straight line

[@MyShipsHaveCannons]

Adding Shadow shooting the camera with a gun at the end to keep the video off KZbin kids is perfect lmao

[@AnimalXing]

Simply fantastic work!! Was an absolute pleasure to watch

[@florianhoxha2888]

1:13 Sonic: Alright. Listen up! You think you could mess up this party? Not today! This party is all mine! So you shall pay for this! Gotta Go Fast!

[@ShattertheYThog]

This is perfect from style to animation this beautiful good job

[@oOSonicexeOo]

They definitely should’ve had cutscenes in the game or atleast an animated opening but what we got was fine

[@Sparktron87]

I love that you have him do his little nose wipe! A lot of people overlook him doing that!

[@Tails_Z]

What a very cool Animation. Sonic needed to take care of all the Green Robot Hands that were being evil to him. I never excepted to see a 3D, 2D cartoon animation of The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog before, you did a splendid terrific job.

[@segachildstarspawn2624]

Sonic definitely needs to have a wardrobe! I just hope in future games, there will be a wardrobe option so that way Sonic will be able to have different outfits! He looks so cute!

[@ryananthony2869]

Okay,now we REALLY need a cel-shaded Sonic game like this!

[@josec5241]

I didn't know how much I needed this til now

[@Zoranx7405]

He's just like one of the original animators of the Sonic franchise!!

[@Orkazzechoo]

0:06 ~ 0:25 the way you animated it reminded me so much of a hat in time ndjsj whoaaw

[@TheAnimator-lz9so]

You did an Amazing Job on the graphics! I love the way Sonic speeds back up to the train in the beginning.

[@The_ace-1233]

I know he doesn't actually die in the game, but the way it goes from him triumphantly leaping forward to "THE MURDER OF SONIC THE HEDGEHOG" has some funny implications

[@sesamemariosonicfan_isaiahb]

Love the animation here! Got yourself a new subscriber here! Keep up the great work man.

[@BritBox777]

Absolutely stunning. I hope the animator goes on to make many great things. And more Sonic is always welcome!

[@finleyforevermore]

THIS IS BRILLIANT!!! 💙💙💙💙

[@Silverjax77]

Dude! This was soooo perfect!!!!

[@MLGSuperSonicGamer]

this is awesome, love how it looks identical to the game

[@JonyPlayz1]

This looks amazing! Beautiful animation

[@SunsetZone]

This…is…perfect. Very well done, you should be proud.

[@pj1343]

i'm just glad there's actual love and appreciation for a game like this. for an april fools thing, you can tell that the creators of the game put in a lot of thought and care into it.

[@florianhoxha2888]

0:11 Sonic: Whoa! (Yelling) Ow! Narrator: Sonic rolled over and landed in the ground! 0:15 Amy: Sonic! Tails: Wait! Don’t do it, Amy! Barry: It would push you too.

[@McYoutubeMan]

Bro casually dropping the best trailer this thing could ever have

[@ZhoeyAnimations]

This is amazing!

[@kaishstarboy8881]

Awesome I want more of this

[@BlackStar-Pavel-ui8ij]

I know it’s to be very expected. But I still really like the moment where he starts running slowly and then faster and immediately catches up with the train. 🌀💨💨

[@jetanimations]

Sonic starting slow when going to run is just MWAHHHH perfection!!!

[@deformedrabbit]

Really well done. I like how it finds a middle ground between looking like gameplay and looking like a cutscene with how Sonic moves.

[@aprilheart7403]

WHY I'M I LATE TO THIS?? Honestly you can make a cut scene with The Murder of sonic express game. Your it's really colourful and once again, 3D with line artwork it's always beautifully made. Thank you for making this stunning animation 💛💛💛

[@Rozu667]

Animations like this really make me appreciate being in the Sonic community

[@kekel_s2]

Man! You put a smile on my face with this animation! I was making a watercolor drawing from this game that I recently played. I simply loved it! And you did an amazing work with this animation!

[@Multi-fandomEldingArum]

This is incredible! You captured the art style so well! Fantastic job!

[@DoritoDog]

Yo this game is underated as hell and this animation too

[@makyleighblount1721]

The animation style was AWESOME! I love the mix of 2d & 3d design it's great! Keep up the awesome work

[@partystar91]

God I love 3D cel shaded animation SOOOOO MUCH RAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH GOOD JOB THIS IS AWESOME

[@sleepychickadee4087]

This animation is better than it has any right to be. Sonic is SO in character, the animation is smooth, the attacks from the train are unique and creative… I’ll definitely be watching this more than once.

[@muffinzuniverse]

YE S S SS S S S S S S THE 2D ARTSTYLE LOOKS SO WEELL ADAPTED TO YOUR 3D!!!!!!! AAAAAAHHH I WOULD KILL TO HAVE MORE 3D SONIC CONTENT WITH A FEEL LIKE THIS;;;

[@richardoyedeji559]

This was one of the best sonic animations i have ever seen please make more like this👍🏿💯

[@BrosClanYt]

Someone could mistake this as being an official trailer for the game when it's actually fanmade. That's how good this animation is!

[@CallumsLife2]

I love this art style so much i would love for a sonic cartoon to be in the style.

[@bananabike279]

That was awesome!! Not only is the animation so smooth and energetic, but you captured the art style perfectly as well

[@shadowanxioustrash229]

Holy hell, incredible job! I always wondered what the train battle would look like as an actual 3D sonic boss battle, and this could not capture the essence of something like that any more perfectly! Beautifully even. Please keep cooking, this right here is a 6 star meal.

[@Alejandra-Frost]

Dude! This has to be one of my favorite animations from all KZbin!!! From all interenet! You're a genius! OMG! I'm freaking subscribing right now!

[@darksonicthehedgehog721]

The Animation is stellar! The cel shading in this is also quite impressive and it sticks to the game’s art style! Bravo my friend!

[@measlyfurball37]

This is absolutely fantastic! Beautifully stylized animation!

[@chirpling4811]

this.... is incredible!!!!!! i especially love the shading that perfectly captures the artstyle of the game, and the smear frames that are really well made for 3d! Great work!!

[@thelegendofzelda3459]

It would be freaking AMAZING if you'd animate the entire game like this over time - but kept the text box animations so it's really like you're watching a movie version of the game, while keeping the spirite of it. This was absolutely fantastic!

[@TheHydrakeHydra]

The shading style is perfect and I love how the boss fight was recreated!

[@HaydenTangZhixianTkss]

AMAZING! Keep up the good work cause you're one of the best sonic animators i have ever seen.