Never underestimate the talent of the animators behind Rise of the TMNT This animation is beyond amazing

I think the funniest thing is that when the alarm goes off, the voice in the video says "Alert, alert!" lol

I’d love to see how shadow’s personality develops into the more cold, calculated hero. We see here his heart is in a good place and he just wants to help his friend. He is warm with her. Maybe they can show him have a moment of hesitation to act when he needed to, (hesitating to kill or harm a human soldier due to his good nature) and that may have been what cost Maria her life, so now the reason he’s so focused on every mission and is willing to do whatever it takes, even if it’s ruthless, is because he failed to do that before, and it cost him someone that he cared about

The immersion in this is unreal It really felt like Emerl was breaking in

Shadow had one of the best combacks in video game history😭 I'm so happy my boy is back😭

WE NEED A SONIC ANIME IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS ASAP

Emerl was being held in the Experimental Weapons Wing. The voice was the AI alerting Gerald that the Gizoid had breached containment.

Maria's voice actress voices Hinata in Naruto, Orihime in Bleach, Yui from Sword Art Online and lots of other great fictional characters. Amazing choice Stephanie Sheh

I teared up seeing this. Animation and music is incredible. The fact this is gonna be 3 parts too. Hearing what they said at the pan and how good it’s looking, So damn hyped! 🖤❤️

this animation be lookin fire, but the crazy part about the preview shown is that it's literally an animated version of one of gerald's diary entries from sonic battle (diary entry 6 to be exact). they really looked back on all the sonic lore for this.

This is Perfect, Perfect, Everything down to the Last Minute Details and Lore that I felt Emotional and seen Shadow and Maria’s Bond is Wholesome and Heartwarming, plus I didn’t expect Emerl Appearing.

The fact that this is going to be 3 episodes is exciting as fuck.

Now that's the Shadow i know! *EMOTION!* And he cares

Emerl’s appearance was so hype, the house alarm went off

This is a crazy idea, but emerl might be the fourth character/the 2nd character next to shadow emerl has the ability to copy anybody’s abilities and he’s connected to shadow

The Sega Scourge would be screaming to see his boy again. R.I.P king, you will be missed, until you return in two months.

3D animation implies there's going to be a full fight scene between the two and I am SO IMPATIENT

For anyone wondering why Emerl is there, one of Geralds diaries in Sonic Battle talks about how they activated the Gizoid on the Ark, and it went on a rampage, destroying most of the facility before it could be subdued. This isn't supposed to be the G.U.N. raid.

I’ve always said this, we need more Sonic anime, not just shorts or prologues but a whole series. Just imagine Sonic IDW Anime Season 1. That would be insanely hype! Please, Sega, make it happen!

This animation was 🔥

This makes sense, cuz In Sonic Battle Gerald through his journals describes his research and study of Emerl until he absorbed too much weaponry and went on a rampage, The animation is showing us those events! PS: To the people saying "Sonic Battle Is Canon!?" dude... Gemerl people?

I completely agree with you that we need more official Sonic media in an anime art style because, let's face it, the Sonic games are basically a shonen anime in the form of video games. The Sonic franchise in an anime art style is fucking peak.

3 Things: 1) Sam & Kenny Screamed So Loud that the Alarm went off, 2) This Minute Animation was Epic & made me a Tiny but emotional, 3) I guess this confirms that Emerald is the Mystery Character in the Shadow Generation Slot Right 😅

I just like how ya'll set Kennie's emergency alarm 😂🤣

I don't think we're going to sleep tonight because we're so happy 🤣

I’m crying 😭 peak 🔥🔥

This animation is fire this needs to be a tv series for the sonic franchise that could maybe air on Netflix or Cartoon Network

I already want an animated movie with this quality

SHADOW FANS STAND UP!!

I wish there was a full animated shadow movie. I think this looks much better than the sonic movies because I like animation more than live action.

It’s definitely emerl as Gerald’s diary mentioned a incident on the ark involving him

Your scream was so loud that you made Kennie’s alarm go off and made Kennie miss the reaction. Will you ever learn not to scream so loudly?

THIS SHADOW ANIMATION IS FIRE AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE SHADOW AND EMERL FIGHT!!!

EMERLCOULD BE PLAYABLE

Sam's scream gets me everytime 😂

This needs to be a proper show

Bro this is peak 💯

IT'S PEAK!

SO HYPED FOR THIS LETS GOOOOOOOO

I'm hanging on the edge of tomorrow, bro!! This is amazing!

Emrl is such a badass man holy shit

I love that sneak peek! I can't WAIT for all three episodes!

idk if anyone already said this 😭💀 but the glitchy part where Maria held his hand, i think there are actually 2 gun soldiers, the barrel of the gun showing very closely(the two big circles) u could almost see the soilder in the front hold the middle of the gun

Every time I go to google it keeps sending me back to this video… RELEASE MEEE

If another Sonic anime comes our way, you won't here me complaining if the Sonic X cast reprises their roles.

Holy SHIT!!! I am BEYOND hyped now!

Sonic Battle represent!

Dude this is literally the best Kirt has sounded since he’s been voicing shadow! I’m genuinely impressed with how much he’s put into voicing shadow, and don’t get me started on the animation!!

as much as i love everything that's happening here this actually raises many questions i hope sega answers

THEY COOKED!!!!

Listen the way this short made me want to cry and scream and literally die- we are EATING good!

“This just in, a local man and his partner set off a security alarm after a substantial phenomenon people call ‘hype’.” All jokes aside, I’m hyped for Dark Beginning and I can’t wait for fall to come

Glad to see that, both in SxSG and the movie, they're going back to SA2-era Shadow. I hope it stays that way.

The version uploaded on Sonic KZfaq has a bigger FOV that lets you see way more of the scene

4:35 Did they reused Metal Sonic's "voice lines" for Emerl? It doesn't really matter though, CUZ MY BABY BOY EMERL IS BACK!

this is anime movie quality type of stuff.

There's this rumor going around that the sonic movie 3 trailer is going to drop on August .

MORE OF THIS TYPE OF ANIMATION AND LESS OF SONIC PRIME 🔥🔥🔥

I m so hype, sega does a shadow anime ! I need to see more, I NEED IT ! 🥵🥵

PEAKKKKK

The anime style of this was amazing they should make more of this in the future for more sonic games coming soon

Lets blame the gizoid for setting off the alarm. Also, agreed. This is Kirk's best performance as Shadow.

Look I’m not a big fan of 3D anime at all but DAMN THIS LOOKS SO COOL (maybe Shadows mouth is a bit too weird but I’ll get used to it overall reminds me of DBS Superhero and that’s PRAISE

Best Reaction Ever THEY FUCKING COOKED!

There's no way they made an animation I thought it was an animation from someone else I'm so excited

I still like David Humphrey's shadow voice more

I can’t lie emerl’s pull up was clean

This is the sa2 movie we need! Not sonic movie 3. Literally just turning sa2 into an animated movie like this would be the best thing ever. They dont even need to come up with a story since its already perfect

Im glad kirk can finally voice shadow less as a caricature of the edgy guy and more as who shadow truly is. Of course the change in writing helps.

They really cooked here, this is just the begging

YESSIR

THE ANIMATION IS SO FUCKING PEAK BRO!!!!!!!!!!!! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥😨😱😱😱😱😱😱🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

Emerl will be the 4th playable character in SXSG

Why does the voice during the alarm sound like Robin from Teen Titans

i almost cried thats it

OK here’s my question… How many people did Emerl just kill?

WHY CANT THE GAMES LOOK LIKE THISSSS

I almost had a stroke when I saw Emerl.

I wanted to see more.😩😲

0:32 - 0:49 best part of stream. Hands down.

The shit be looking better than the Unleashed opening!!

I still prefer David and Jason as Shadow but I’m so glad Kirk finally has some good writing to really show off his Shadow voice. He’s a good fit, just not to my taste. Also, how the heck did you set off the alarm with just a scream? 😂 Sam be the new Black Canary or smth 🤣

Would you believe me if i said this was 3D with cell shading?

craziest thing is all of this is 3d and cel shaded

Guys....I think we may now know who's the 2nd playable character in shadow generations

I know this sounds crazy but i got a feeling that some how in SXSG that Maria will be brought back to life jason todd style. I know that sounds crazy but we are dealing with time here.

COME ON!!! WHERE ARE MY SONIC BATTLE BRETHREN!?

Someone in the chat said that Maria’s voice is bad 💀

Yo holy fuck bro how did they make shadow even cooler

wao ❤❤❤

i am currently insane

Man I wish we could get animated Sonic movies like this, and not live action stuff.

Sam, there's a not zoomed in version on the Sonic The Hedgehog KZfaq channel.

*WHO TOLD SEGA THEY CAN COOK LIKE THIS!!?* 😫

AFTER WATING THIS IM THINKING WE NEED ANOTHER SONIC ANIME!

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

The only 2 nitpicks I have is the delivery of Shadow’s lines at the start, it just sounds off to me and the other is the scattering animation for Shadow looks a bit to stiff to me, especially in the hands. Like his hands look like they are stuck in the T-pose position and not slightly bent like he usually has them in the games. Other than that this looks absolutely beautiful! I can not wait for the full short.

One thing I’m questioning with this animation Is that is this made with CGI or is this 2D animated? because some shots have me conflicted cause either they composited the after effects like the lighting over top of the 2D very damn well or it’s really amazing rendered Cell shaded like CGI with a lowered frame rate with 2D effects over it being the flashes explosion and smoke animation? (Wanted to add a side note) And when I mean what’s animated I mean the animation on the characters because from the looks of it to me it clearly looks like everything else like the environment is CGI I think like I’ve said idk either way the animation looks incredible either way.

01:53 Wait...She has to call the cops? She's the one who ratted out Gerald to G.U.N.?! How could you?!

Sonic x Season 4 looking fire! 🔥🔥🔥