Published on SEGA's website in November of 2008, Sonic: Night of the Werehog is an ONA made to promote the release of Sonic World Adventure, also known as Sonic Unleashed in North America and Europe.
Sonic and Chip venture to an abandoned haunted house on a rainy night, soon to be caught up in the antics of two mischievous ghosts, who scare any of the house's visitors in order to take their picture and impress the ghost girl who lives there with them. Though they succeed in scaring Chip out of his wits, the two can't seem to make Sonic bat an eye at them. Furious, the two band together in order to get the best of Sonic; will he be able to put a stop to the duo with a little help from the full moon?
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Retro8bit
Slipping under the radar of a lot of fans out their, "Sonic: Night of the WereHog" is basically a promotional video made for the newest video game, where Sonic changes into a werewolf at night by one glimpse of a full moon. And you know what? This thing has potential at being a great series someday! Story: 6/10 Sadly this was the weakest part of the show. Basically we have two kids wandering into a haunted house, after which they are scared by two ghost who are taking pictures of any passers by who happen to come a callin. All the while making sure they get tocapture them when they are in their most terrified look, only to take it for their female love interest ghost which seems to have a weird fetish for it. Sonic happens to make his way into the mysterious house later on, and it all plays out as them simply trying to take his picture while scared, which I must say just doesn't seem to be that interesting. We never even learn just why Sonic is even there to begin with, nor how he can even change into a werewolf. (unless you have played the game that is) What makes the story really bland is the fact that nobody on this title ever says one word, it would have been a bit more entertaining had they added some actual dialog to the mix. We do get some good action scenes when Sonic transforms into his werewolf stage though, the camera does these sorta slow motion effects once in a while when one of them lands a blow, which are pretty cool and stylized. The story is okay for the short 11 minutes, I just personally felt they could have done more with it.
Artwork: 10/10
Oh my gosh its just gorgeous, everything is pain stakingly detailed; from each floor board in the house, to Sonic's fur when he is in werewolf form, to the realistic rain in the background! The animation is also stunning, each character moves with great fluidity and make neat facial expressions, you can just tell that the animators went all out on this one. There were times that I actual paused the video, just to soak in all the wonderful art and detail that went into every CG pixel!
Soundtrack: 7/10
The background music (sorry, but there is no opening or closing theme) is just great, it really sets the spooky mood for the title. It ranges from these eerie style haunting drowns, to a pretty ear pleasing jazz style beat that has both a calm or fast pace beat to it, depending on what is going on. The thunder sound effects are also well done, and seem to strike at the appropriate time. There is one problem to the sound though as I mentioned earlier..........nobody talks!!! While I did hear Sonic say "Oops" once, other than that its just a bunch of mumbling by the characters. Which depending on your taste, you may find to be a killjoy. Though the antics of the characters are enough to where you don't feel lost at what they are trying to tell you. As they make more facial and hand movements to where you probably will get the general idea. Still, this title should have had dialog!
Characters: 7/10
Sadly the biggest problem with this is, we only get Sonic of the main characters. All the supporting cast are is ghosts and this funny little creature that follows Sonic around. I would love to have seen some of Sonic's pals from the video game go in with him. While Sonic doesn't really retain his sort of "attitude" that you get in other incarnations of this character, he does do well to retain his overall personality, at least as much as you can get from no verbal talking. The ghosts I found to be pretty funny and entertaining, most of the time they get these goofy looks on their faces whenever they don't succeed in capturing Sonic's image, or when they are scared themselves! Overall, the characters do come off as silly yet entertaining.
Bottom Line: 7/10
This title really does show great promise, while the overall concept of the story might fly over the heads of people who haven't had a chance to play the game yet, or perhaps the lack of conversation by the characters might bore some. Its an overall nicely made short, I feel that if Sega (the company that made Sonic) actually made a series out of this, it would grow to be quite popular with anime and non-anime fans alike. The Sonic fans will no doubt love this short, but I also recommend it to the casual viewers out there who might be wanting some silly spooky fun!
shudent
sonic visits luigis mansion but the two ghosts from casper are there and taking pictures of children. sonic forgets that he is still a werehog and that it is a full moon so transforms inside luigis mansion which is now inhabited by the pokemon, gardevoir. he then proceeds to tear up the place. the story wasn't that great but the animation was pretty amazing
Ilyaoh
Edit: I got several PMs, that I gave this ONA a TOO GOOD rating because I'm a Sega/Sonic fanboy. But let me say this: I. AM. NOT. A. FANBOY. I despise Sega and I don't like Sonic, so the good rating it actually... cause it's good. the story isn't that much, everything else actually impressed me. The story starts off with two kids going into a haunted mansion, when out of nowhere, two ghosts scare the shit out of them and take a photograph of their scared expressions, this to please a fellow female ghost who likes photographs of scared people/things. Quickly followed by Sonic and hispink little friend.
The art's good, a nice style which fits the kind of animation and short very nicely. The animation's very good, something I didn't expected, but in the fight and other scene's, it's truelly amazing.
The voice-actors didn't have to do much, just some laughing, yelling, coughing, grunting and some other sounds. The background music fits perfectly while other sounds being used, thunder, transformation sound etc. are also good. The characters are good to, I like the female ghosts, and the other two ghosts are maybe a bit stereotypical, but enjoyable. So are Sonic and his little friend. The two kids in the beginning were done greatly, while the kids that featured on other photographs look good too.
The only thing I didn't liked was the scene's where Sonic was "about to" transform. Out of nowhere, he gets "ill", drops down, and then suddenly yells out of pain, looking directly at the moon that JUST appeared after being hid behind some clouds.. They could've done something differently, better.
It's highly enjoyable for being a short, it's animated good, great sound, nice fight and some hilarious looks.
Sinankooesa
Sonic has had quite a few different appearances in animation and while this is really just…”another one”, it’s still pretty good, if you look for a quick, fun watch and it has to have something to do with the blue hedgehog. Then it easily has what you are looking for. There isn’t much story really, it’s just Sonic and Chip in a haunted house fighting against ghosts that love taking pictures of scared people, to impress a girl ghost. Outside of the Werehog and Chip, there isn’t even much reason for this to be a Tie-in or promotion for the Sonic Unleashed videogame. Though I willsay, I like that this story isn’t told in any dialogue and it’s just the actions and expressions of the characters, that give you the full context of everything you need to know.
The definite star of this short is the animation. 3D is always something that anime struggled with back then (and even nowadays, it still can look rather rough), but this has some pretty great use of it. The look and the expressions of the characters are nice and the reactions to cartoony, which really helps making some of these really funny to watch. The characters move pretty nicely too, there’s especially a cool fight scene between Sonic and the ghosts at the end that makes great use of the cameras movement to help elevate it a little more. Making this a really good looking 3D ONA.
And, as previously mentioned, even without any dialogue at all apart from the occasional grunt, the animation helps to give these characters just enough personality. So then you can easily understand, that’s how they would react in that situation or something like that. Even if there isn’t too much character in it after all, but enough to keep things fun.
Like I said before, this is a pretty fun, if nothing too special ONA. It has some pretty good 3D and while the story certainly isn’t anything special or anything like that, it has some funny moments in it and is a good way to spend 11 minutes. And especially, if you’re a big fan of Sonic.
PPG-Katelyn
Sega made a very good short for their new Sonic game, 'Sonic Unleashed'. The game is very good too but this review is on this short so I won't say much about the game. Anyway, the story is cute and it's pretty funny. Chip was especially hilarious in it. The characters where enjoyable in this short and I really liked the graphics and animation in this. Sega really improved on the animation in the Sonic games and this short and it made it seem alot like something that Pixar or Dreamworks made. The whole thing felt like watching one of those shorts that Pixar made,especially the credit sequence. My only complaint is the voices. Jason Griffith does not fit Sonic well and also in the Japanese version of 'Sonic Unleashed', Chip had a cute little kid voice while in this short (and the game), he has this teen voice that sounds kind of annoying. The ghosts' voices are pretty good though. Overall, I give this short a 9 out of 10.
PedophileFucker
This animated short which seems to be unrelated to any Sonic game story-wise takes place in a haunted mansion inhabited by ghosts who fight for the affection of an attractive female ghosts by taking pictures of visitors they scare, a concept which is whimsical and I daresay cute for the fact said ghost girl has an affinity for collecting said photos. At one point Sonic and Chip visit the house and the duo once again have an opportunity to impress their love interest. The ghosts manage to take a few photos of the scared Chip much to the girl ghost's delight, until shenotices Sonic's face on the picture and throws a tantrum, I assume because on said shots he's not showing fear of any sort.
The duo then make their mission to try and scare Sonic to have his picture taken, but then he turns into the Werehog to fend them off, having their own pictures taken instead. This in turn sends the girl ghost into a fit of laughter that looks more like she's having an epilectic seizure, to which the male ghosts then decide to unite forces and turn into a menacing spectre to fight Sonic out of retribution for having their pride dishonored. What transpires can be depicted as a very shoddy fight scene, filled with slow-downs and unnerving camera shaking, the likes you would most likely experience in current Sonic games in fact. Sonic as the Werehog manages to defeat the duo as the girl ghost suddenly falls for him after seeing a photo on his Werehog estate.
On the next scene we see Sonic still transformed even though its daylight and Chip acting strangely affectionate towards him and forcing Sonic in taking a picture with with and surprise, in the revealing photo shows that Chip is in fact the ghost girl that decided to go on venturing with Sonic after leaving the mansion. On the post credits scene we see Chip tied up to a chair struggling to set himself free as the two remaining ghosts watch Sonic and the transformed ghost girl walk off in despair through a window.
The first thing that bothered me was the fact that this animation seems to come out of nowhere and out of the blue, being that it doesn't seem to be adapted from Sonic Unleashed itself so I am not sure where Sega intended to go with this in the first place. I agree that it is a random short and the story would not really matter as with other animated shorts of any kind done before, but if there is no connection between the scenario and characters introduced with said videogame world then it leaves watchers a bit confused as to what exactly this has to do with everything overall, this includes the fact that Sonic and Chip simply stumble into the mansion with no reason in the least. While the lack of spoken words seem ideal, it would had help if there was dialogue including Sonic's reason to enter said mansion in the first place.
The animation can be nice but blurry at times, some movements seem awfully awkward, as with Chip when he gives Sonic tips on dealing with the ghosts and the ghost girl having a giggling fit for instance. The ghost girl is awfully cute, and probably the best designed character of all, but her affections towards Sonic seems trivial at best. Another aspect of the animation is the fact Sonic remains as a Werehog even during sunlight, when he and the ghost girl posing as Chip leave the mansion. I cannot judge this episode to oharshly either, being that it looks more like an innocent animation project more than anything else, and its reasons seem equally as innocent. I just wish it could had been a bit more memorable and related to the game that it supposed to be derived from.
Inuyoujo
If you're looking for a deeply involved story with fleshed out characters and all that, you won't enjoy this. If you're already familiar with Sonic and the game this stems from and you want something cheeky, cute, and short this will tickle you pink! Or, blue... Or, whatever. We have a cheeky, easily entertained female character. Bumbling, selfish male antagonists. Our impatient hero, and he's scared-cat sidekick! A story that only takes 2 or 3 minutes worth setup, right there! They didn't cheap out on the sound and picture quality, at all. Everything is well put together in the tech area. You'll be able to tell allcharacters emotions and movements without a hitch.
Overall 9/10
I give it a 9 instead of a 10, because I feel like it would have been funnier if it were 15 instead of 11 to give it time for more comedy, and/ or more of the female character's reaction to Sonic.
This is all my opinion. I suggest you watch it, and take it for what it is for yourself.
That's it from me. Enjoy!
_Adrian02_
Through pure coincidence I found out that this promotional video or what I thought to be just a fanmade video on youtube (yeah I watched this ONA a few years ago) is actually in the database of myanimelist. I thougt ''Why not let's rewatch this 11 minute thingy and''... yeah it's nearly exactly as I remembered it to be. It's just a promotional video for entertainment reasons with some comedy and funny things going on in a mansion which Chip and Sonic enter as a shelter from the thunderstorm that is going on outside. I guess it's primarly made for a younger audience but youwon't regret giving this episode a try especially when you're a Sonic fan and actually have played Sonic Unleashed (played it for the first time in 2011). There's nothing much to point out despite the outstanding and awesome artwork and animation which to my surprise really dates back to 2008.
So... is this ONA worth to be watched? Sure why not give it a try but don't go in it with high expectations... really it's just a promotional video which fits the energy of those cutsences and clips from the game itself especially when it comes to comedy and entertainment.
So overall for me because I'm a Sonic fan since my childhood to this day and also think Sonic Unleashed is one of the best Sonic games out there this rates for me as:
overall:
7/10
