Mazin-san on Sonic CD: 'I'm outta here' or 'I'm outer here'?

News from 2019.05.09
Archived on 2019.05.26

Have you ever left the game untouched for 3 minutes long while playing Sonic CD?
Then you must have seen Sonic jumping off the stage, saying "I'm outta here'. And you've successfully lost a life.

This is Mazin-san's another unique contribution to Sonic CD, aside from that infamous 'Fun is Infinite' illustration which he addressed the other day.

And today, he spoke about his voice acting for Sonic as he found an old game magazine with an article on Sonic CD development team!

海外で出てたグッズの影響で「I'm outta here.」って浸透してたけど、自分で喋った時は「I'm outer here.」って言った記憶があってよく分からなくなってたけど、当時の雑誌の画像が出て来てやっぱりouterで合ってたｗ
ていうか私の英語の発音が悪かったんだろうｗ
ていうかみんな若いな・・・ pic.twitter.com/fLKtNFpCLc

— まぢん (@Mazin__) May 9, 2019

"Due to influence of overseas merchandise, 'I'm outta here.' is now common - but I remember saying it as 'I'm outer here.' and got confused. But now I found this image from a magazine from that time, and as I checked, I was right with 'outer'.
I guess my English pronounciation was bad. *laugh*
By the way, everyone looks so young..."
- Masato Nishimura (Mazin)


So it seems like in his script back then, it was written as 'I'm outer here'!
But that doesn't quite make sense as an English sentence in that context. I think 'I'm outta here' is correct because that means 'I'm going out of here', the shortform of a verb - which Sonic executes as he says. He is not in the state of being 'outside' of the game yet, so using 'outer' (an adjective) wouldn't fit here.

The pronounciation of both words are a similar and might sound pretty much the same to those who are not faimilar with English that much. The scriptwriter, Mazin-san and the magazine writer apparently didn't know the difference. Welp!

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Hisashi Eguchi-san considers release of Sonic CD animation art book!

News from 2019.04.21
Archived on 2019.04.26

Another Sonic art by Hisashi Eguchi-san!

《ＤＡＹ ＯＦＦ》(￣＜￣)🚬
『ＳＯＮＩＣ／ソニック』↓ pic.twitter.com/V8d6HotYhU

— 江口 寿志 (@eguchi_1203) April 21, 2019

And then he tweeted:

《呟き》
私が参加した『ソニックＣＤ』のＯＰ／ＥＤアニメは国内外でそこそこファンが居るようなのでフィルム画像とキャラ表とイラストにＤＶＤを付けた本を出しても良いのかなぁ〰と思う今日この頃・・新作イラスト描きますよ〰！w

— 江口 寿志 (@eguchi_1203) April 22, 2019

"It seems like there are quite a number of fans both inland and overseas for Sonic CD's OP/ED animation I took part of, and I'm recently thinking that it might be a good idea to release a book with film images, character boards and illustration plus DVD... I'll draw new illustration if it happens! (laugh)"
- Hisashi Eguchi

This would be an amazing art book of the iconic Sonic CD animation!
Anybody there to support him with his idea?
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Mazin-san on his 'Fun is ∞' easter egg artwork of Sonic CD!

News from 2019.04.09
Archived on 2019.04.22

Another Sonic mystery solved!
Mazin-san speaks of his 'Fun is infinite' easter egg artwork of Sonic CD!

未だに27年も昔に作ったゲームの隠し裏ワザの件で、見知らぬ外人さんから定期的にメンション飛んでくるんだけど、別に大した意味もなく描いた絵なのに何か凄い謎が隠されてるみたいなミステリーが語り継がれてんのかね？
たのしさ∞

— まぢん (@Mazin__) April 9, 2019

🔵Mazin-san:
"I still receive mentions from strangers in overseas regularly about the hidden easter egg in the game I made 27 years ago. I didn't draw that with any particular meaning, but is it probably passed down as if it has some great mystery behind it?
Fun is ∞"

— ●SonicJPNews● (@SonicJPNews) April 9, 2019

Haha, so he doesn't have any particular backstory behind that strangely creepy yet funny Sonic (?) in Sonic CD. That's mostly the case whenever we have theories over mysteries. Oh well!

What were your theories about the Mazin-Sonic?

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Hisashi Eguchi-san on his Sonic's animation

News from 2019.03.17
Archived on 2019.03.18

An interesting note by Hisashi Eguchi-san on his Sonic's animation.

《ＤＡＹ ＯＦＦ》
『ＳＯＮＩＣ／ソニック』
アニメ版『ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ』は【チャック・ジョーンズ】の『ロード・ランナー』と『スピーディー・ゴンザレス』を参考にしていますが当然勝てる勝負では無かったです・・💧 pic.twitter.com/uGrmYQvqp3

— 江口 寿志 (@eguchi_1203) March 17, 2019

"For the anime vesion of 'Sonic the Hedgehog', I used 'Road Runner' and 'Speedy s Gonzales' by Chuck Jones as references - but of course my work was no match to his. "

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Hisashi Eguchi-san posted correct credits for Sonic CD OP/ED

News from 2019.03.07
Archived on 2019.03.09

Animator Hisashi Eguchi-san posted Sonic CD's opening and Ending animations with correct credits!

『ＳＯＮＩＣ／ソニック』ＯＰ
《原画担当》
江口寿志→小丸敏之(敬称略)
これも古いです。(￣＜￣)🚬https://t.co/s2SR8m0wLL

— 江口 寿志 (@eguchi_1203) March 6, 2019

" [Sonic OP]
Key frames by
Hisashi Eguchi → Toshiyuki Komaru
This is an old one too."

『ＳＯＮＩＣ／ソニック』ＥＤ
《原画担当》
梶原賢二→清水保行→江口寿志→古市一郎→江口寿志→清水保行→古市一郎(敬称略)https://t.co/EvWucXH6pw

— 江口 寿志 (@eguchi_1203) March 6, 2019

" [Sonic ED]
Key frames by
Kenji Kajiwara → Yasuyuki Shimizu → Hisashi Eguchi → Ichiro Furuichi → Hisashi Eguchi → Yasuyuki Shimizu → Ichiro Furuichi "

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