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2021/01/13

Aaron Webber in Tokyo, ready for his work at SEGA of Japan!

News from 2021.01.13 
Archived on 2021.01.26
 

Aaron Webber is now in Tokyo for his work at SEGA of Japan!
He will now be the Director of Strategy, Studio & Community Relations there to work not only on Sonic but several SEGA IPs.

And greetings from Hoshino-san. :)

Wishing him all the good luck & best for the future!
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2020/12/23

Sonic Channel's wallpaper and calender for Jan 2021 comes with a short story

News from 2020.12.22 
Archived on 2021.01.23
 

2021 is the year of 30th anniversary for Sonic, and Sonic Channel is taking a step towards celebration - look, the Monthly Character Calendar is now drawn in two characters in duo, plus we get a mini story and background information every time! 
Short yet rich character interaction - that's exactly what we wished for a long time. We gotta enjoy this!

The calendar for January 2021 features Sonic and Tails!



If you want to read the translation of the story part, Windii did great job with it! Check it out! 


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2020/12/18

Sonic Channel’s character page got an update with new design and some new art

News from 2020.12.18 
Archived on 2021.01.24 


Sonic Channel’s character page got an update!
The characters are better visible with the new page design & some of them received new art!
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Check out these Sonic Adventure 2 demo tracks! What does Jun Senoue think about them?

News from 2020.12.17 
Archived on 2021.01.24


For reaching set charity goals in ExtraLife4Kids charity stream by SEGA of America last month, Jun Senoue released some of his demo tracks for SA2! He revived them extra from his tapes.


1. Metal Harbor demo ver.

2. Radical Highway demo ver.

3. Mission Street demo ver.

4. City Escape demo ver.

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2020/11/25

New acoustic compilation has been released for streaming!

News from 2020.11.25. 
Archived on 2021.01.24
 

Through the second last livestream of Sonic Station LIVE!, we got information about another mini compilation album with acoustic music of  Sonic!
Sometimes, you gotta stob by and listen to the soothing music before carrying on your adventure...

My personal favorite of acoustic Sonic songs other than those listed in this compilation album is from Sonic and the Black Knight - the acoustic version of the main theme. The calm minor tune of violin reminds me of a calm night at Titanic Plain...

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2020/11/15

Early concept art of Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Heroes

News from 2020.11.15. 
Archived on 2021.01.24
 
This year again, Sonic Team of the US took part to the ExtraLife4Kids livestream event and promised some special contents for reaching set goals.

Roger Craig Smith was among many guests who joined the stream, and just in time, Aaron Webber's name suddenly popped up with the ring SFX, informing about the donation he made. How cool!

And so we reached the donation goals all together, getting early concept art of Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Heroes! 


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2020/11/08

Get a look at the backstage of SEGA 60th ANNIVERSARY LIVE

News from 2020.11.08 
Archived on 2021.01.24
 
SEGA 60th anniversary LIVE concert took place on December 19th with online tickets! Were you able to watch it live?

The performers were glad to have a rare occasion to meet and enjoy the time together with their collegues in this COVID-19 crisis. Here are some of the tweets from backstage! 


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2020/09/10

Tokyo Joypolis Halloween event in collaboration with Sonic Colors

News from 2020.09.10. 
Archived on 2021.01.23

Tokyo Joypolis will collaborate with Sonic Colors for its Halloween event with special menu and stickers!
Look at these adorable new artworks of Wisps!



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2020/08/24

Takenobu Mitsuyoshi's no guest dinner show

News from 2020.08.23. 
Archived on 2021.01.23
 

Takenobu Mitsuyoshi-san, "the voice of SEGA", held a no-guest dinner show for SEGA employees!
It was originally planned as a real show at Ginza, but due to COVID-19 crisis, it was held as an online event.
You don't work at SEGA? Don't worry, get a ticket and watch the livestream together!
And even when you didn't get a ticket, SEGA Official left a lively tweets of the event which you can follow!


The show is about to start... and SEGA employees are excited! 
There are official merch too!


 The show started!


Ohtani-san was watching the show from home, but his son changed the TV program to something else... Ohtani-san regrets not educating him enough about Mitsuyoshi-san beforehand. :D


Hoshino-san was also listening!  


SEGA Official and Okunari-san are excited about the show being on Japan's Yahoo News! Over 4000 live watches, that's incredible! 


The show's set list! 


To numerous requests, SEGA released an archive version of the show! Enjoy!


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Sega Akihabara Building 2 closed on 30 Aug

News from 2020.08.24 
Archived on 2021.01.23
 

SEGA Arcade Center Akihabara Building 2 closed on August 24th. Its iconic appearance with an escalator was one of the icons of this Japanese town filled with electronics and subcultures.

But! Fear not, SEGA has three more arcade centers in Akihabara, just within the radius of ca. 150 meters. That's Japan.


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