Sonic 1 Animated Preview Update

[@JonathanBaxter]

I wasn’t sold on the art style at first, but by the end I was loving everything to bits. Using more basic shapes to create more fluid animation sequences was a great call.

[@Azzie-z3b]

The cinematography is amazing as well! The camerawork was so dynamic!

[@Hopalongtom]

What he said, took some getting used to, but if that style is helping you make the action scenes as smooth as they are, it makes this a master peice!

[@Kelly-ki4vt]

Very good call

[@Whatever-pb2dy]

Wait I saw a comment like this in another animation

[@awesomhudsstudios6089]

@@Whatever-pb2dy so?

[@SamProcrastinates]

OMG! That was probably the best fan-made cartoon animation for Sonic.... EVER!

[@J_productionss]

(Not trying to downplay this but...)Better than sonic mania adventures?

[@random-dt4yz]

@@J_productionss i really doubt that mate

[@dreamcastdazia4753]

Sonic Mania adventures and especially Sonic Nazo Unleashed would like to have a word. Sam

[@J_productionss]

@@random-dt4yz shoot. Meant to put a question mark

[@kered2108]

Ayyy whattup?

[@BalenaProductions]

Great stuff! This is really well made 👌

[@234SuperSimi]

What ya doing here? I thought you were the same.

[@soniccrystalringsdx]

What's Up Balenaproductions I Subscribed By The Way Great Job Voicing Me Steven!

[@sidneychannel]

Yeah because only you get great content around on KZbin only at pizza hut

[@VinnimonCinnimon]

*This was waaaay too good!!!* I love how true it stayed to the games while explaining game mechanics and details with a story perspective that actually makes sense. Like the signpost, and why Sonic always decides to stay in a ball during the special stages. Even the rabbit hole part was a nice detail. You've been working on this forever and it shows to be paying off quite handsomely. Can't wait for the full thing! Your music choice, Sonic's personality, and how fluent his moves are really are a sight to behold! I like

[@epicredhot5675]

The little explanations for all the different setpieces and game mechanics are definitely what makes this project shine above the rest, that's for sure!

[@LeoZone2.0]

10:40I almost cried in that part .... with this scene and the music ... everything was beautiful

[@pikasonic6144]

Leo Zone 2.0: (10:40) Almost cried in that part... this the scene and music, everything was beautiful.. Nico Winter and me: A bit dramatic in my opinion. Ilay: Yup. Agreed. KZbin's comment section in a nutshell.

[@perrysuth4807]

@@pikasonic6144 you got that right.

[@turtle4283]

Leo Zone 2.0 how does that make you cry

[@LeoZone2.0]

@@turtle4283 I found the scene very beautiful and the nostalgic music at the same time ...

[@LeoZone2.0]

reviewing the comment ... this scene is not really the same the second time but i still like it, i hope to see it complete when possible: 3

[@AntiAIAllegiance]

Dude I love this, it's so charming! Except for a few spell checks, there's nothing I'd change about this

[@TheWax70]

Haha, the subtitles won't be in the final version so I'm not really fixated on spelling. XD

[@gokuandmario4ever]

They could add some voices.

[@Waderboi2005]

R u sure

[@peterssonamancio5709]

@@justanotherschmuck4149 But wouldn't it be better to have Sonic meeting him? Just sayin'.

[@Vrabsher_-Supreme_Perhinther-]

@@justanotherschmuck4149 Does that mean that canonically the Master System version of Sonic 1 comes before the Genesis one , I knew it thanks for the info .

[@masterjermaine4876]

11:19 Lmao the music along with Sonic's reaction to the world spinning was priceless. Too funny 😂

[@eyadgamer2539]

what is the name of this music

[@josianeribeiro8669]

@@eyadgamer2539 The Song Name Its Transit Twist Zone Present Theme From Sonic CD

[@daspicybirb9356]

Master Jermaine Lol ikr!?

[@makeshiftkaz491]

@@josianeribeiro8669 Not from Sonic CD, it's based on CD though

[@LucasDanielCab5]

This is one of the best Sonic animations on KZbin. The likelihood and likeness of Sonic and his personality was represented beautifully. And then the backstory parts that explain certain things in more detail are perfect, like the rabbit hole, which was genius! This animation is so good, it might as well be canon. (I know the game’s canon, I’m just saying some certain elements you added)

[@SebGH]

This is what one might call talent. So beautiful and the attention to details. Best Sonic animator ever!

[@RidersDX]

This is just absolutely stunning, well done!

[@deezburr]

Hey rider DX! how ya doing?

[@AutoSonic495]

You could do a video on this

[@joshelliott968]

This honestly has to be one of my favourite animations on this whole platform! It's just amazing! One suggestion I have would be for Sonic to vandalise the signpost by painting his face over Eggman's before jumping into the big ring to show his defiance towards Eggman and to stay in line with the original game. Other than that, I am really looking forward to the final version of this and the rest of the series! Great work man! 😊👍

[@TheWax70]

Planning on having him do that in episode 2. Gonna try to throw a Jet Set Radio joke into it.

[@charabill4129]

OMG, OMG, OMG! Keep up the good work dude! I wish I could give this video a thousand likes. It's absolutely perfect, amazing - in any way, shape or form! The coolness of this animation can't be EGGxaggerated!

[@xGamerBlake]

Just came back here to re-watch this. I loved it before, and I love it even more now. If I'm imagining Jaleel White saying Sonic's dialogue and Mike Pollock voicing Robotnik's lines, I think it's a thorough sign that their personalities were nailed in this animation! But you know what sealed the deal for me? When you gave the in-game props purposes in the story! The checkpoints being used by Sonic in mid-action; the goal signs used as signals for Robotnik; and the special stage rings being described as pocket dimensions to protect the Chaos Emeralds! Sonic's interaction with the special stage's environment sweetened the pot even more! I'm in awe of the work that went into this and I cannot wait to see more!

[@kiddfaith4397]

Amazing! I love how you did the special zone, and Sonic’s reaction to seeing it for the first time.

[@TheSwordsman100]

Your work so far is spectacular and the writing reminds me of SatAM! Hmm... as for plot lines that you might have forgotten about, there are only 6 Emeralds on South Island, the seventh is on Westside Island. Thats all I could think of though as Sonic 1's plot is mostly simple.

[@zanoscosmos2758]

You could take it as Eggman not knowing about a 7th Emerald

[@belmontzar]

Sonic collects 6 emeralds, him startingnoff with one ends with 7 in the end, so that might already be explained. Though I wonder how sonic already got the emerald when the emeralds are from the floating island Knuckles is on.

[@irishuisman1450]

Where in the video was it even said that there are seven? I watched it twice and couldn’t find anything

[@TheSwordsman100]

@@irishuisman1450 There is nothing about the number of emeralds in the video. In the description TheWax had a list of ways you could help, one of them being listing any plot details of Sonic 1 he might have forgotten about, this was the only one I could think of.

[@irishuisman1450]

TheSwordsman100 ohhhhhh ok

[@Ashachi]

this is the best sonic animation on this entire website.

[@playboirisky7054]

*The Wrath of Nazo wants to know your location*

[@bigoof9654]

That my friend is a matter of opinion

[@wkakjwjcchannelmoved2245]

*sonic mania wants to know your location*

[@ZnkMiguel]

Nazo is the worst of the three

[@PeskyCreature]

Wow, great job!!👏👏 Edit: Also I really liked that last part in the special stage 👍 (and the music is AMAZING)

[@CSProduction12]

I love how this creates an actual story that explains elements of the game!! Well done!

[@xavierd9379]

Thank you, genuinely, for making this. You brought a big smile to my face. Can't wait for more!

[@Cabbageboy]

Why can’t we get a sonic movie like this 😭

[@jenniferbixley536]

@Arshad Levon Stupid butt holes.😡

[@BlazerYZ]

Actually it’s Paramount

[@existingthebeing]

@@BlazerYZ no, they gave the rights to sony, who gave the rights to patamount

[@BlazerYZ]

Mhhh ok

[@kevincook3551]

We did. It was the Sonic OVA movie

[@estrellasazules9877]

This is unbelievable! I love it, the faces, the drawing, the movement, it's so fluid, it's beautiful! Keep it up, I want to see the next chapter 🤩🤩

[@emreekinci4258]

I can't believe this masterpiece is done by only one person

[@reakirk7624]

this is a great solid eleven minutes and forty-six seconds of animation, great job! I can't wait for the finished product!

[@Brodbrody]

*Preview* *11 Minutes* More like full length episode. This thing finna be a animated movie film.

[@waringaw.m6350]

OH MY GOSH ITS BRODBRODY

[@NiGHTSaturn]

You have such a great talent man. I love every animation project you've done. The one thing I have to say though, as for the music choice, using tracks from Sonic CD is not too fitting, but that's my personal taste, I was close to tears when the Special Stage music started. Using different versions of the Green Hill Zone theme on the other hand is awesome and keeps the nostalgia up! Awesome work!

[@Rogerregorroger]

Man, some crazy impressive camera shots there.

[@AlexRomen]

As an animator and having a new animated series myself, I know how fun, yet exhausting and even a little frustrating it can be to do all this animation yourself and I know you've been doing it for years now, and it definitely shows each time you got a new video! Oh, plus freakin' time! Gotta have your day job and work on this when you DO have time, and we all know how tedious this can be while creating, so shout out to ya! I'd keep watch for this for sure!

[@1Devthedog1]

This is really good! I love how fans can make better animations and movies than any of those big corporations. That last good Sonic movie that isnt fan made like this will always be that old school one that came out in the early 90s I believe. But this is SICK! You got my sub 😁

[@JulyTheNeon]

I love how so much of the stuff that wouldnt make sense from an animation standpoint was worked into another way, like the life monitor being a communication device and the signpost being an emerald marker Good on ya there :D

[@matthewmaxi]

this is SO good, like I really really enjoyed this!! You guys should've been on the Sonic Movie team

[@giovannavh]

This is so amazing!! Can't wait to see more of this, you can see how much effort you put into it, keep it up!

[@clawedbender6949]

THIS ANIMATION IS SO GOOD THE GRAPHICS ARE GREAT

[@SegaMario]

Dude, this is an amazing retelling! I really love how you made certain things like the Special Stage Rings make sense by giving explanations like the aforementioned rings being dimensions the Emeralds made to protect themselves, and having Sonic just spray-paint himself over Eggman's signposts. XD

[@thegameshowgame9107]

This is amazing! I’d be impressed even if this was 1 minute long. But to have such high quality for such a long video is definitely a labor of love and it shows!

[@kainedakillerv2704]

This was epic! The animation, the smoothness, the colours and the humour you threw in for good measure! The bonus stage could of been used for a Sonic 1 HD remake it was that good! Then again, I wouldn't expect anything less from one of Sonic paradox teams best if not the best animators. Can't wait to see more of this! Subscribing!

[@nemo2498]

Some of these fake 3D effects are clever, actually. Some of which I have no idea how you managed to pull off... Sonic's animations are pretty fun, too! A real great job here! Honestly, I really prefer when Sonic is this care-free and not always being a try-hard hipster like most modern Sonics.

[@levzurcher8902]

Yo, there were so many times where I just smiled and said, "That's so cool." Keep it up!

[@mrsduck_man]

It’s great! Can’t wait!

[@Cezguy]

Awesome work! I had been following you on deviantart since 12~ years, and I always found your works spectacular. This one here really caught the original game, both the music, the theme, every element of the Green Hill zone - including the sline which was addressed as a rabbit hole. You're really great!

[@blamblambloop246]

Oh my friggen gosh,this is so friggen awesome, i almost cried

[@joeyanimations20]

WOW!!! THAT'S AMAZING!!! GREAT JOB MY DUDE!!! THIS IS LIKE MY DREAM OF MAKING A COOL ANIMATION COMING TRUE, MAN!!! IT'LL TAKE ME TEN YEARS OF MAKING THAT KIND OF ANIMATION WITH THE LENGTH OF 11 MINUTES!!

[@akadayo]

This is priceless, even better than Nazo Unleashed! It's not a DBZ copycat, it's just about Sonic...Amazing work!

[@waringaw.m6350]

Nazo Unleashed isn't a DBZ copy. You would know that if you had common sense.

[@RikXtreme4]

@@waringaw.m6350 you don't gotta get defensive about it. It's a fantastic piece of animation that is HEAVILY inspired by dbz. The creator mentions that himself. It's still amazing tho.

[@johndeer4936]

This is so good!!! It explains the lore so well!!!

[@pyraswolf4263]

This animation is very good, perhaps one of the best, and I've seen A LOT of animations. I believe 4:46 just reeks of The Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog, his personality matches and the badniks are like scratch and grounder, and the scene is funny. Hoping for more!

[@ThePlasmicAlchemist]

This is perhaps the best animation quality I've ever seen from a KZbin group! Amazing!

[@1upGuy]

That animation reminds me perfectly of the cool and edgy side of Sonic, the musics and animations are pretty good, i want it to be finished soon, this is the type of cartoon that SEGA has to do, or even a movie.

[@TheEscody]

The dialog and the way you adapted this into an animation is amazing! Can't wait to watch the final version. :D

[@TiStardust]

So glad Sonic’s intro includes YOU CAN DO ANYTHING!!

[@drewdoesstuff-]

THAT WAS SO COOL! I love doing and looking at animations and that was so good! I don’t know how you managed to get Green Hill zone (probably my least favorite stage) to be so dynamic and open! Spectacular job and also please do more!

[@SpongeMagic]

Okay, wow, it is very good so far. The animation is very good for (I'm assuming) one person, I especially like the cut of Sonic dodging the Newtron at 8:22 . In general, it has a lot of flow and isn't floaty, which is good for what you're going for. But if I had to nitpick about something, I think that the font for the subtitles shouldn't be the Sonic logo font. Something about reading an actual sentence in stylized bolded all caps letters just rubs me the wrong way. Unless the subtitles are temporary because there aren't any voices yet, I'd recommend using a basic non bolded sans-serif font. But it wouldn't bother me if you didn't. Either way, keep up the good work and I can't wait to see this finished!

[@TheWax70]

No worries, the subtitles are temporary.

[@Sithedd]

I felt like a kid again watching this. This is beautiful art. Thank you everyone that worked on it. It must be very difficult to animate Sonic's speed in a believable way but you nail it.

[@blisardgd4024]

*Huzzah our lack of guilt software!*

[@AutoSonic495]

Huzzah!

[@waringaw.m6350]

Huzzah!

[@chrissysonicutdrloz]

With how it started, I expected it to be more serious... But then came the squeaky chicken walk, and it was a laughfest from then on.

[@sombrashibe]

This was amazing! This gave me a trip down memory lane. ❤

[@daspicybirb9356]

7:49 _Smoother than a smoothie_

[@Cicifaith45]

This is absolutely incredible, I just love the animation, and the music and sound effects make it so pleasing, and appealing. I’m sure whenever you do get voice actors, it will fit very well, especially for the animated project. I also love all of the action scenes! Phenomenal job.👍👍👍

[@made-of-induction-coils]

7:37 i could literally feel the trip myself, very nice animation

[@arnav.s3030]

this is awesome! i love how you explained many things in the sonic game! like how a woodland creature could fit into a badnik, why there are tunnels in green hill, why there’s a giant ring, and why there’s a sign at the end of levels it’s really creative!

[@Zakko64]

9:19 I really like how you did the tunnels as rabbit holes

[@accrosser]

This looks awesome! Great job man.

[@almaelma11]

Great stuff. At 5:06 that totaly sounds like the laser cannon weapon from the game Descent. I swear thats what i hear lol

[@kaosj666]

So far, this is incredible! Such a loving adaptation of Sonic 1! I can't wait until this is finished!!

[@ytplushadventures90]

THIS IS WHAT THE SONIC MOVIE SHOULD LOOK LIKE!!

[@LUSProductionsOfficial]

Sonic Paradox you are a madlad for making this!

[@MrIzaiah2007YT]

11:38 Stardust speedway sample caught. LOL

[@atsf4931]

This was incredible you did a spectacular job! I could see this become a main tv series with how much effort was put into this!

[@unknow_oh]

This looks legit...

[@FRAPPEFIZZYY]

Indeed

[@xudokai]

My first experience with any sonic game was sonic mega collection which means sonic 1 was really my first sonic game.... when I say this brought me back maaaaannnnnn this brought me all the way back.... I loved everything but when that special stage came up I almost shedded a tear :') .... Absolutely amazing work man

[@Guard.]

Pls continue with this Very good Sonic 1 Animation

[@StarBird06]

Wow. This is turning out to be something absolutely amazing! I can't wait to see more, especially that special stage!

[@DaNintendude]

5:51 There's a typo that probably should be fixed. Not a huge detractor from the video, but "You're" is spelled wrong. And the sentence directly afterwards needs a question mark

[@waringaw.m6350]

Its supposed to be "your" not "you're"

[@reakirk7624]

this was great! I can't wait for the whole thing to be released!

[@Takt.mp4]

I just noticed at 7:57 Sonic is running to the music

[@good2go13]

He Sure Is

[@datboisenzu]

SNIFF I'm not crying, you are! This is so well done, I can't wait till this is fully completed!!

[@vegetafan9922]

4:04 I feel like the Checkpoint Pole should spin like it does in the game and wack Sonic on the back of the head.

[@TheWax70]

Haha

[@bigmoneyzelf]

​@@TheWax70 😂 Bice animation

[@Jonloo1]

Watching this animation has been really fun! I honestly love how much you've managed to give an explanation to like why the giant rings even exist, what those tubes in green hill zone are and why the goal posts are there with the villian's face on it. The simple art style looks nice and, although there are many things I disliked about the animation (some stuff looks a little stiff, animation and sound don't sync in one or two spots, etc.) watching the action scenes was very entertaining and helped make the idea of Sonic fighting off an army of robots much more believable than what jumping on them in the shape of a sphere could ever do. (I like to believe Sonic has a voice similar to the one he had in the OVA.) Anyways, I hope you have fun making more of this and thank you for reading if you have!

[@LeonardoCollywell2004]

4:53 anyone mind telling me what song this is?

[@XshadowringX]

That was amazing! I love how fluid it is! Keep up the great work!

[@Yoshifan1219]

3:34 the sound of Sonic dashing by is out of sync or isn’t played at the correct time?

[@TheWax70]

Hmm... I'll see if I can sync it up better. For now just to think of this as faster then the speed of sound, lol.

[@AntiKirby1992]

goddamn this is truly amazing, pace and narrative are great, as well as animation, i can't believe how ambitious this is yet how great it is turning out to be, keep up the amazing work, only gripe that i have is that in some scenes sonic talks, yet he doesn't have a mouth, but aside from that this is just awesome.

[@TheWax70]

Not to worry. Those parts are just like that because I don't have the voices in yet. They will be added soon.

[@jenniferbixley536]

@@TheWax70 Cool! Can't wait! Just take your time, 'cause you're already doing a great job!😉

[@turimation]

8:34 look at sonics left sock you can see that it pops out and sonics leg is just behind it

[@NGZ0N3]

If I asked my young self how he would have imagined/wanted a Sonic TV show to be... it would be pretty close to this! This pleases my past and present self haha, so well done! Love the integrations/justifications of some game items too! Would love to see more!

[@KewelsBri]

Hmm, honestly, I would have done the voice work first, gives you more room to animate everything while keeping the lines in mind. If you do it the other way around, that's how you can sometimes end up with lines that sound too fast if you don't rewrite any of the lines. But great work, regardless. 👍

[@cjdestroyahanimation7729]

Yo dude, this look absolute gorgeous. Nice job.

[@NARbluebear]

I love how Sonic cannot understand the animals...

[@averagejo8906]

I’ve gotta just say I love how sonic is characterised in this. Personally I prefer it to most of the games and even the movie. Great work man

[@jonathanlxdouce2542]

Is that sonic x 2.0? Cool!

[@goldacidanimations5247]

My God! This is really flawless and clean!!!

[@sidneychannel]

9:11 why does that bunny rabbit look like tails

[@Memefan]

Maybe it’s foreshadowing for the next episode? Who knows…

[@ashslaa]

Have to say I loved this and hope to see more, great job 'TheWax70'

[@Marc-rw3dd]

I think chaos control explains him getting out of special zones. Sonic wouldn't know about that yet though.

[@waringaw.m6350]

Gosh that sounds like an accurate theory I think what you said is true

[@MrAppleSalad]

Going by this animation's explanation, the Special Stages were created by the emeralds as a defense against Eggman. Once Sonic grabs the emerald it's probably the emerald itself warping them free.

[@Appleooza]

I can't believe I didn't know this channel existed until recently. This was amazing! So creative.

[@tailsdude9069]

1:40 * playstation boot up sounds *

[@footballanimation792]

I thought it was a MacOs sounds

[@skunksecond]

10:18 I watched a livestream of him animating that part

[@DeltaSpaceDweeb]

6:46 is most likely one of my favorite parts, it feels very AOSTH like, the movements of Sonic are also all very smooth, and feel like you referenced parts of poses from classic sonic art for some of the frames, and the practical uses of the Monitors, tunnels, Signpost, big Ring & Animal Capsules were very smart

[@m.mproductions2461]

Sonic 1 Remastered

[@dakiii5907]

Absolutely legendary, can't wait to see this finished man!

[@LargoAnimations]

at 8:46, the wheel of sonics is a little bit to noticeable.

[@TheWax70]

Hmm...if I could increase the frame rate on that one scene it may look better. I'll play around with it. Thanks for the input.

[@SuperGamePlayer64]

yo,wax good stuff really love the smoothness and colors. amazing job!

[@ssjethan2670]

3:09 it's not in the center of the screen. This annoys me.

[@TheWax70]

Ah, sorry about that. I'll see if I can fix that. It is a 3D object so it is kinda hard to navigate around.

[@TenkoTAiLS]

I loved the in world explanations for things like the sign posts etc, the only thing that doesn't fit is Sonic not knowing who Eggman is. Yes the whole manual thing, that Sonic and Eggman had met and had previous battles before Sonic 1 took place. But besides that personal irk it's an amazing piece of work, would love to see future Sonic media have more action running scenes like Sonic CD's opening and how well you executed it in this! Fantastic. Can't wait to see more! :)