[Jay T.]

I gotta go with Sonic X. Sonic Underground was okay (plus it had Sean Connery as a voice actor, so that was a plus...at least, I THINK he did do voice that elder echidna character), but overall...yeah.

I hate to say this in public, but I mean the Dubbed Sonic X. I have NEVER seen an episode of the Subbed Sonic X. I dunno why, but I just couldn't find any interest in watching the Japanese version. Eh, doubt I'm missing much anyway.

This post has been edited by Jay T.: 01 July 2010 - 02:37 PM

[Overlord]

Oh dear Christ. Sonic X 4Kids vs Underground?


...I'm going with Sonic X 4Kids, but under duress. My main point is that there ARE dubbed episodes of Sonic X where you don't have to hit the mute button for a full minute. The same cannot be said of any Sonic Underground episode.

[Chaos Knux]

Sonic X (4KiDS) vs Sonic Underground...

Let me remind you all that the only Sonic show I saw as a child was AoStH. I've watched the whole of 4KiDS Sonic X, and have DVD sets of SatAM, AoStH, and SoUnd.

My ranking are:

1. SatAM
2. SoUnd
3. AoStH
4. Sonic X [4Kids]

Sonic X subs don't make the list because I haven't watched and ranking would be skewed by lack of ability to watch and know what was said at the same time.

SatAM and SoUnd have overlaying plots, AoStH doesn't. Sonic X 4Kids... well... it's 4Kids, I despise them with the intensity of 93658 Milky Way Black Holes' gravity.

SoUnd's songs were hit/miss for me, I liked about 8 of them.

This post has been edited by Chaos Knux: 01 July 2010 - 03:56 PM

[Mykonos]

I've seen 3 episodes of Sonic X, and the first 3 of Underground.

I kinda like Underground, but I hate the songs. Sonic X doesn't have anything like that, and even with "OMG 4KIDS" I still rather enjoyed it.

[Phos]

Sonic X has a lower concentration of annoying songs and it brought us the bolt action laser gun. Plus, the dub managed to not ruin Chris's Uncle (Leader of the S team), and he's my favorite character in the sub as well.

This post has been edited by Phos: 01 July 2010 - 04:15 PM

[Quarterman]

This is like asking if I want my left arm ripped off or my right one.

I reluctantly choose SoUnd. Make no mistake, I hate them both, but I hate 4kids at an almost religious level. Though if you were to ask me about the Japanese dub, I would choose that over both of these in half a heartbeat.

[HarrisonJ]

The only thing I like about Sonic Underground is Sonic's voice actor. Seriously, even when I was 9 that show was boring.

Sonic X isn't a whole lot better, but at least they have more than like 3 characters from the games, and I can actually stand watching it.

[Billy]

I null voted, but I'd go with Sonic X. Sonic X is bad (in any language, IMO, though the Eng dub is even worse), but Sonic Underground is just... impossible to watch.

[Aquaslash]

I voted, and that's all you need to know

[MastaSys]

Pick your poison.

I kinda liked Sonic X JP, even if just for the reminder to the Japanese public that the real name of our good Doctor is Robotnik on his profile card :D

But 4Kids it's just bad, the actors now are better, but back then it's easy to notice inexperience and lack of knowledge about the characters :P
But still no horrible songs or Satam rip-offs, so I guess Sonic X ... T_T

[Raithos]

Oh my god, it's like asking if you want someone to either cut off your toes or your fingers :/
Sonic X if I had to say, only becuase they had lots of super sonic/shadow exposure, even so it's atrocious.
Let us never speak of this vote again.

[tuddy]

Between the original Sonic X (japanese version) and Sonic Underground, I'd pick X without a doubt.

Between the Sonic X dub and Underground, though, I'd probably go with SU. The 4Kids dub is just terrible.

I'm inclined to agree, the 4kids dub of Sonic X was pretty awful; purely because of how... cheap it feels sometimes. Case in point, episode 26's soundtrack dissonance. While Kotoba ni Dekinai (the insert song from the Japanese version) is a really great song that I listen to all the goddamn time, I can't even remember the song from the 4kids version... or if it even had an official title, for that matter. The same could be said for the whole soundtrack, actually. They chose to compose their own soundtrack on a shoestring budget (which they do with pretty much every dub), and it shows.

And yes, I'm aware that Underground has its fair share of crappy music, but that's what the mute button is for. You can mute whenever a song happens without missing out on much dialogue or plot. Also, I'm genuinely entertained by just how awful and cheesy the songs in Underground are, because it seems to fit in with the series.

[TheDarkArchon]

Sonic X, easily. Underground can go die in a fire. Repeatedly.

[E-122-Psi]

I'm mixed really, I've only seen odd episodes of Underground, outside the cheesy songs though, I think it was a matter of taste. Sonic X, even in the Japanese version, has some real wallbanger moments (some elements are actually better in the dub, for example episode 57 gives some establishment on Knuckles believing in Eggman all the time, the Japanese version has a broken aesop about how it's good for the team to use him as a patsy after berating him about Eggman using him in the same manner). Also from what I've seen of Underground it had a mood similar to SatAm, ie. a balance of darkness and whimsy at the same time, in comparison to Sonic X which fluctuated uneasily between juvenile and cartoon to outright grimdark.

Having lots of characters from the games isn't necessarily valid if they aren't developed much, half the cast in Sonic X were bland as hell, at least Underground gave personality to the title character. I admit I prefer some of X's original characters (Decoe, Bocoe and Bokkun beat Sleet and Dingo as Eggman minions to me).

Both shows kinda suck with battle scenes (Sonic vs Knuckles in both cases) Voices in both are iffy (Sonia's Urkel voice vs Gamma's ET voice) though I may be inclined to say the acting was better in Underground, even if Sonia was voiced by a boy he at least acted her okay, I go back to some episodes of Sonic X and am surprised how much the voice acting has improved since then, even Pollock sounds rather forced and bland in early episodes. Also while the dialogue in both was cheesy Underground could at least reframe from using a pun or one liner in EVERY DAMN SENTENCE.

As said however this is abiding by what I've seen of Underground which isn't a lot so if these statements aren't valid feel free to correct me.

This post has been edited by E-122-Psi: 01 July 2010 - 08:07 PM

[Sparks]

I tried watching Underground.

The songs were just disgusting and horrifying. The character designs are disgusting too, nothings appealing, etc.
It's like DiC really didn't care if they were going to stain Sonics reputation or not.


At least Sonic X followed the games SOMEWHAT.