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2021/09/14

5th Sonic Twitter Takeover (2021)!

News from 2021.09.14.
Archived on 2021.09.30.

*日本語訳はルセスさんのモーメントにて!
for Japanese translation, check out this Twitter Moment by @celeritas128! 
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2020/12/18

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.

Tweet Collection by Tabiki
Text by Knuttunk


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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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2020/09/10

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!



Tweets collected by: Tabiki
Texts by: Knuttunk
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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!


Tweets collected by: Tabiki
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2020/03/27

Sonic Station LIVE! #2 - 2020.03.27

News from 2020.03.27
Archived on 2020.04.12

Previous: Sonic Station LIVE! #1 - 2020.02.20

The second broadcast of new SONIC2020 project official livestream Sonic Station LIVE! took place today, the 27th of March! Have you watched it live?

I was able to watch it live this time, it was such a great experience of almost 2 hours! My message was even read out and I got responses from Senoue-san, what a dream it was!

So, here is the English translation/summary of the livestream by me!
Enjoy!




MC:
  • Creative Director Kazuyuki Hoshino-san
  • Sound Director Jun Senoue-san
Assistant:
  • Nanmoku-san from Marketing division
Contents:
  • Introduction to the broadcast
  • NEWS HEADLINE
    • Sonic the Movie - game collaboration events
    • Sonic Tonic?! Sonic as hair tonic CM character - Collaboration with Kao
    • SEGA 60th anniversary project - Sega Shirou
    • Sonic AT Tokyo 2020 Olympics (smartphone game) - pre-register now
  • GOODS REVIEW
    • LINE: new adorable Sonic sticker set
    • WAYLLY x SONIC smartphone covers
    • IDW's Sonic comic series is coming to Japan
  • SOUNDS SECTION (placeholder name)
    • Sonic the Hedgehog Throwback Collection vol.1
  • LET'S PLAY GAMES!
    • Game battle between Hoshino-san and Senoue-san with Mario & Sonic AT Tokyo 2020 Olympics (Nintendo Switch)
  • MESSAGE SECTION
    • Message from 'Hector'-san
    • Message from 'Knuttunk'-san
    • Message from 'Gin'-san
    • Message from 'Espio's belly is heart-shaped'-san
    • Message from 'Minamibeya'-san
    • Message from 'A student of Stardust Speedway Highschool'-san
  • Ending


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2020/03/17

Irish the Hedgehog wishes you a Happy St. Paddy's Day

News from 2020.03.16
Archived on 2020.05.17

This year, the St. Patrick's Day for Sonic community was different from usual - we got to meet a special character Irish the Hedgehog! Fully voiced!

Do you recognize the owner of the voice?


Yes, it's him.



So yes, it was Jacksepticeye, a popular Irish Let's player!
Were you able to understand his Irish accent?

Many people contributed to this project as listed by Katie of the social devision:





The project received many positive comments from the Sonic series members as well:




It was a fun project which started from a joke. The Sonic Team of US is great at picking up fan projects or memes and turning them into something we can all enjoy!


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2020/02/20

Sonic Station LIVE! #1 - 2020.02.20

News from 2020.02.20
Archived on 2020.02.20

As announced a week ago, the new SONIC2020 project official livestream Sonic Station LIVE! took place today, the 20th of February for the first time! Have you watched it live?

Here is the English translation/summary of the livestream by me!
Enjoy!



 MC: 
  • Creative Director Kazuyuki Hoshino-san
  • Sound Director Jun Senoue-san
Assistant: 
  • Nanmoku-san from Marketing division
Contents:
  • Introduction to the broadcast
  • NEWS HEADLINE
    • Sonic AT Tokyo 2020 Olympic (smartphone)
    • Mario & Sonic AT Tokyo 2020 Olympic (Nintendo Switch)
    • Mario & Sonic AT Tokyo 2020 Olympic (arcade)
    • SEGA AGES: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Nintendo Switch)
    • Sonic the Movie
  • GOODS REVIEW
    • Sonic the Hedgehog Premium Figure Ver. 3
    • Sonic the Hedgehog Special Plush
    • Sonic the Hedgehog Speed Star souvenier jacket
    • H&M X SONIC collection
    • PUMA X SONIC collection
  • SOUNDS SECTION (placeholder name)
    • SONIC THE HEDGEHOG Non-Stop Music Selection Vol.1
  • MESSAGE SECTION
    • Message from 'Shopkeeper of convenience store in Station Square'-san
    • Message from 'PoteSoni'-san: MC's Favorite food
  • Ending


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2020/02/14

Sonic Station LIVE! broadcast 20th every month

News from 2020.02.14
Archived on 2020.02.16

Such an exciting news from SEGA Official!
It's been announced last year that SEGA will pour in more budget in Sonic franchise, and set this 2020 as the Year of Sonic.
On January 20th, they hinted at an event taking place on 20th of each month this year. Now, its detail was revealed!

New SONIC2020 project official livestream "Sonic Station LIVE!" will be brought to you on every 20th of the month by Creative Director Kazuyuki Hoshino-san and Sound Director Jun Senoue-san as the MCs! Stay tuned for the Sonic related information from games to fashion goods!
They also expect messages and questions from you! Send them through the message form and they might be read and answered by the MCs!










The livestream is already being set on YT, so go check it out and turn on notification!

[The broadcast of February will cover Sonic games including the lately released "SEGA AGES Sonic the Hedgehog 2" for Nintendo Switch, and do-not-miss apparel goods of Sonic!]


I guess it's going to be something similar to a radio program. I already sent them a message - will it be read by Senoue-san and Hoshino-san? I'm looking forward to it very much!

Also, it would be cool if other members of Sonic series and voice actors are invited to the livestream  as guests! Who would you want to come?

I wouldn't be able to do a live coverage, but I'll try to summarize contents after each broadcast. Stay tuned!


Tweets collected by: Tabiki
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2019/09/16

MEGA DRIVE MINI, before launch & pre-release party

News from 2019.09.15
Archived on 2020.02.16

The first console to be sold in the Reiwa-Era, MEGA DRIVE MINI launches!
Here is the summary of tweets by SEGA and contributing people around its release.

Pre-release excitement






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2019/09/03

SEGA info for TGS2019! Get ready!

News from 2019.09.03
Archived on 2019.09.09

Tokyo Game Show (TGS) 2019 is happening in just 7 days!
Gather information about SEGA booth/Sonic related stage and merchandise, get ready for the fun event!



Schedule for Sonic stage events!
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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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2019/06/28

'Mario & Sonic AT Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games': Famitsu interview with producer Takaya Ōhashi-san

News from 2019.06.27
Archived on 2019.06.27

Famitsu released an interview conducted on E3 with Takaya Ōhashi-san, the producer of the upcoming latest game to Mario & Sonic series: the 'Mario & Sonic AT Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games' for Nintendo Switch!

Here is a brief summary.

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Original Article:
「本作を遊んで、東京2020オリンピックをより楽しんでほしい」『マリオ&ソニック AT 東京2020オリンピックTM』プロデューサー・大橋宜哉氏インタビュー【E3 2019】
https://www.famitsu.com/news/201906/27178599.html

GO TO THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE FIRST



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'Sonic AT Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games': Famitsu interview with Kasahara-san

News from 2019.06.27
Archived on 2019.06.27

Famitsu released an interview conducted on E3 with Eigo Kasahara-san, the director of the upcoming smartphone app game 'Sonic AT Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games'!

Here is a brief summary.

 GO TO THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE FIRST

Original Article:
191ヵ国で競い合う！『ソニック AT 東京2020オリンピックTM』の詳細を深掘り。ディレクター・笠原英伍氏にインタビュー【E3 2019】
https://www.famitsu.com/news/201906/27178624.html

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2019/06/23

Sonic Birthday 2019 recap!

News from 2019.06.23
Archived on 2019.06.24

Sonic Birthday 2019 at Tokyo Joypolis!


The birthday event for celebrating anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog was held at Tokyo Joypolis again this year! Here is the recap of the event.



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2019/06/22

2019-06-23: How to celebrate Sonic's birthday in Japan!

News from 2019.06.22
Archived on 2019.06.22

The birthday of our beloved blue hedgehog is right in front of you, and there are several unique events happening around June 23rd!
Here is a summary of how to celebrate Sonic's birthday 2019 in Japan.


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2019/05/27

Sonic Birthday event will take place at Tokyo Joypolis! Kanemaru-san wants to join too!

News from 2019.05.27
Archived on 2019.05.27

Announcement from Tokyo Joypolis! They are going to have Sonic Birthday Party this year too!



It looks like it's currently only the Sonic greetings that's going to take place. There won't be any stage event. I guess Iizuka-san's schedule didn't fit this time? Last year he came all the way from LA just to attend thie event!

I wish they would have planned TSR competition or something similar, it's be a great opportunity for that! Or live music event with Senoue-san and his 'Sonic Adventure Music Expenditure'! Would be a blast.

Kanemaru-san saw the news too and commented as follows!

That would be so cool! SEGA of Japan, please think about it!


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2019/05/23

Fourth Sonic Twitter Takeover 2019 - Summary & Transcription & 日本語訳

News from 2019.05.23
Archived on 2019.06.21

Hi everyone! I hope you have all enjoyed the 4th Twitter Takeover by official Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter account of the US a month ago.

Every year the takeover crew is growing in number; now adding to the last year's members Sonic, Dr. Eggman and Shadow, Tails has joined the team this year to receive hundreads of questions gathered from Sonic fans from all over the world.

We're here to refresh your memory of this extremely amusing event with the summary & transcription of every Q&A video tweets by the official account, alongside with Japanese translation for the Sonic fans in Japan!
Translations are combination and modification of those by @celeritas128 and me, @Knuttunk55 .

第四回Sonic Twitter Takeover (ソニック・ツイッター乗っ取りイベント) が今年もますます賑やかで楽しそうだったので、すべてのQ&Aを転写し、日本語に翻訳してみました。ご参考にどうぞ。
翻訳はルセスさんと私Knuttunk(クヌート)のものを合わせ、なるべく原作の表現に近くなるように調整しています。修正の提案があればコメントで指摘お願いします!
また、ルセスさんがまとめてくださったTwitterモーメントで元になった翻訳を見ることができますので、こちらもご覧ください。

2019ソニックTwitter Takeoverの日本語訳その１

2019ソニックTwitter Takeoverの日本語訳その２

2019ソニックTwitter Takeover 日本語訳　byクヌートさん

ルセスさん、ありがとうございます!
それではどうぞお楽しみください。

Alright, let's start off!


1. Event announcement & casts getting ready!

As the official Sonic the Hedgehog account announced the date and time of the event, four casts were revealed to take part to the 4th Takeover! As the fans responded cheerfully, Mike Pollock (voice of Dr. Eggman), Roger Craig Smith (voice of Sonic), Aaron Webber (Social Manager of US Sonic Team) tweeted their passion and additional useful information to raise the spirit further.

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2019/05/08

Naka-san on Sonic Adventure Production Presentation from 1998!

News from 2019.05.08
Archived on 2019.05.12

A few days ago, Kanemaru-san and Naka-san looked back on the unique advertisement for Sonic Adventure with Sonic plush.

Today, Naka-san recalled on the Sonic Adventure Production Presentation, which I also mentioned in the post above.

This exciting Presentation event was held in Tokyo International Forum on August 22nd, 1998.
Official announcement from back then...: http://sonic.sega.jp/sonicadv/info/happyoukai.html

SEGA invited fans and press to this once-in-a-life opportunity to have a sneak-peek into the latest work to Sonic series presented by Yuji Naka-san, the head of Sonic Team himself.

This event was initially planned to have two shows on this day, but since the number of people gathered to join the presentation exceeded the expectation of SEGA greatly, they had to add the third show on spot.
(from a report by MAYON)

The event included real-time gameplay of the product on Dreamcast with Naka-san's explanations, a video documentary on Sonic Team's business trip to mid-south America for collecting materials for ideas and aesthetics of the game, recording of 'Sonic!' call by the audience together with Segata Sanshiro, and live performance of 'Open Your Heart' with Jun Senoue-san.

What does Naka-san remember from the preparation for this memorable event?

Oh wow, so despite the hardware not having full memory. the Sonic Team did their very best to fit everything in to make the live-demo of the game happen! Hats off to them.

You can watch the summary of this presentation event including 'Sonic Team Story' (documentary of Sonic Team's business trip to mid-south America) in this VHS of the event which was distributed for the members of "SEGA Partners" back then.

Here is one Naka-san mentioned in his tweet & the one you can watch with English subtitles which I helped out a little bit.
Enjoy!




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2019/05/05

Sonic celebrates Children's Day in Japan!

News from 2019.05.05
Archived on 2019.05.06

5th of May is Children's Day in Japan!
To wish for healthy growth of children, people build kites and special carp-shaped windsocks called Koi-nobori. They also make kashiwa-mochi and chimaki, rice cooked in bamboo leaves, an originally traditional Chinese food. That's what Sonic is holding. And what he is wearing is kabuto, a traditional Japanese milirary helmet worn by Samurai.


And Kanemaru-san aka Sonic himself says hi to you all!

 Did you have a nice day?

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