SonicJPNews archive blog: July 2019

2019/07/26

SEGA Official's fan meeting event in Ōsaki on 26th Jul

News from 2019.07.26
Archived on 2019.08.13

SEGA, the gaming compay which has been publishing many unique products over the past six decades, has attracted many hardcore fans who claim themselves as not only a fan of a specific game but fans of the whole SEGA brand - the 'SEGA fans'.

And SEGA, as a company which values its customers, wishes to show their gratitude towards those loyal fans. For the 'SEGA off-event', a fan meeting event lead by the person behind Japan's SEGA Official Twitter account, SEGA fans are invited at SEGA HQ for a chance to get to know SEGA even better. The event was a huge success last year, and so this time, the same event happened for the first time at their brand new HQ in Osaki with double the number of people invited.

Here is a summary!



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2019/07/24

New Sonic goods for SEGA's lucky tombola online!

News from 2019.07.24
Archived on 2019.08.14

New Sonic merchandise for SEGA's lucky tombola online will be available tomorrow ~ Aug 25th!
Try your luck with 500 yen and get a clear folder, tin badges, key chain or a tote bag!
(SEGA ID is required; shipping in end November, only inside Japan)

Look how adorable this artwork is!




There is no empty draw; you win a prize with every draw! See details to the prize by clicking on the picture abve (leads to the homepage with list of prizes & the percentage chances for winning them with each draw).

If you live in Japan or have an address to send your prize to, try this out and get these items! If the demand is high enough, they might consider making second set with more Sonic characters in this style. I would like to see that!


These were the announcement tweet by SEGA Plaza Official, SEGA Official and Sonic Committee.



Senoue-san approves them too!😄


The tombola available until August 25th. Don't miss this chance!
Enjoy & comment below which prize you won!


Tweets collected by: Tabiki
Texts by: Knuttunk

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2019/07/20

Sonic and Tails appear in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes

News from 2019.07.20
Archived on 2019.08.16

Big news! A collaboration between Sonic the Hedgehog and the American action comedy animation series "OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes" happened!
Sonic and Tails will visit the world of OK K.O.! They already showed us a sneak peak on the animation... this looks 'way past cool'!





And the day has come! The episode "Let's Meet Sonic" was released on August 4th.



The episode contained lots of references and easter eggs from Sonic series! Overall it seems to be received well to majority of the fandom.
Did you watch it live? How did you like it?


Tweets collected by: Tabiki
Texts by: Knuttunk
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2019/07/18

#PrayForKyoani by Sonic families in Japan

News from 2019.07.18
Archived on 2019.07.22

On July 18th 2019 in Fushimi, Kyoto, Japan, an arson broke into the first office of Kyoto Animation (KyoAni) and set fire after spilling gasoline. It was in the middle of workhours and the office had 74 employees preparing for an interview by NHK. The gasoline caused explosion and massive fire, injuring the workers and resulted in killing at least 34 of them. This was the worst arson ever happened since Heisei era (1989-2019).

KyoAni is famous for its high-quality animation works as a result of the company's system of hiring salaried employees rather than freelance workers, unlike many other animation sudios. KyoAni's works are popular all over the world, and not only fans and creators who worked on its anime but also officials from oversea governments showed their grief and support towards KyoAni.

The members of Sonic franchise were no exception.


Junichi Kanemaru-san is shocked by the news dropped into his smartphone. He grieves deeply about it.




Hirokazu Yasuhara-san lost his words upon hearing the news and turned his icon black.


Aoi Yuki-san is determined not to talk about the incident. She states she doesn't want to end it just by sharing her sorrow with others, but think, anger, grief and pray about it by herself. Instead, she would intentionally share fun things on Twitter, because who knows how others would interpret her comments in unintended ways. She still feels confused and needs time to sort her feelings before commenting about it officially.



Tomoya Ohtani-san is feeling anger towards the news, which was a little relieved by watching 'Tenki no Ko (Weathering with You)' - but he still can't forgive the culprit for what he has done.

Three days from the incident, Kyoto Animation released its official statement about the incident:
The company shows deep sorrow over the loss of their employees, especially those who were young and had bright future. They will be focusing on the support of the survivors and the families left behind, and leave all managements of media interview requests etc. to a lawyer.


If you would like to show your support to KyoAni, there are few options.
- Buy digital KyoAni products from online website. https://kyoani.shop-pro.jp/
- Make donation at gofundme page set up by Sentai Filmworks. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-kyoani-heal
- If you are in Japan, make donation at Animate stores' donation boxes at their counter.
- Some places which KyoAni animes are based on also started placing donation boxes.
- Watch KyoAni animes on legal video streaming sites.


Do what you can do now. That's good enough.

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2019/07/17

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD

News from 2019.07.17
Archived on 2020.02.16

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD is coming to PS4 and Nintendo Switch!



Tweets collected by: Tabiki
Texts by: Knuttunk
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2019/07/14

Hideki Naganuma wants a 'Sonic Set Radio'!

News from 2019.07.14
Archived on 2019.07.22

Hideki Naganuma-san mentioned Sonic again! His favorite character is Blaze the Cat, and he showed his interest in taking part in another SEGA game again, saying a mixture of Sonic and Jet Set Radio would be his 'dream'.






Well that would be interesting!
What kind of game would a 'Sonic Set Radio' game look like? What's your ideas?

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2019/07/11

Sonic Emblem T-shirt available at EDITMODE

News from 2019.07.11
Archived on 2019.07.22

New Sonic merchandise are now available from EDITMODE! Get your new Sonic T-shirts now!





Tweets collected by: Tabiki
Texts by: Knuttunk

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2019/07/07

Senoue-san asks: What's your top 3 tracks from TSR?

News from 2019.07.07
Archived on 2019.07.22

Senoue-san asks you the top three favorite tracks from Team Sonic Racing's soundtrack MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE! What's yours?

Later he posted his top 3 list! Did you and Senoue-san have anything in common?
Buy and listen to the CD on various music streaming sites!

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2019/07/04

Aaron Webber's birthday!

News from 2019.07.03
Archived on 2019.07.22

It was Aaron's birthday on July 3rd! Katie from the SoA Sonic team posted a photo to celebrate it and Aaron replied on the following day, reporting that he's been enjoying Japan for the past week, as seen in his photo from Nara deer park and the tweet by Senoue-san few days ago with a photo of him and Aaron at Tokyo Joypolis!

Happy birthday to the talented and kindhearted US social media manager of Sonic the Hedgehog! Enjoy Japan, Aaron!




Tweets collected by: Tabiki
Texts by: Knuttunk

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