Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 film)

 Sonic the Hedgehog  is an 1991 American/Japanese animated action comedy film directed and produced by Yuji Naka and Tom Kalinske and is the first film in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. It was written by Naoto Ohshima and executive poduced by the famous Hirokazu Yasuhara. Distributed by worldwide film distributor Sega Enterprises and the first feature film produced by Sonic Team, the film stars Jaleel White as the titular title character Sonic the Hedgehog, who has the ability to run at supersonic speeds. On the peaceful land of South Island, Sonic sets out on a quest to free all his animal friends from the wrath of Doctor Ivo Robotnik, who stuffs them into animals that he calls "badniks." Sonic also traverses through multidimensional areas in order to gather the six Chaos Emeralds to restore peace to South Island. In order to stay alive, Sonic must collect rings to survive while going through seven zones before saving South Island, fighting Robotnik, and defeating him once and for all. Sonic the Hedgehog also stars Michael Keaton as Robotnik and Frank Welker as Robotnik's robotic machines, the Badniks.