Sonic the Hedgehog: X-treme Adventures (2026 anime)

Sonic the Hedgehog: X-treme Adventures (often shortened to Sonic: X-treme Adventures or simply Sonic X-treme and simply called ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ (Sonic the Hedgehog) in Japan) is an anime adaptation of SEGA’s Sonic the Hedgehog series, and is the 11th animated adaptation of the series (counting the OVA, Sonic Colors: Rise of the Wisps, and the 2 online series, but not counting the live action movies), as well as the 3rd anime adaptation of the series (after Sonic the Hedgehog (1999 OVA) and Sonic X). It airs in TV Tokyo in Japan and Toonami (Adult Swim) in the USA and United Kingdom.

Plot Summary:
Meant as a light-hearted reboot of the Sonic series, “Sonic X-treme Adventures” takes place in Planet Mobius, a planet where humans and anthropomorphic animals live in peace. Enter Sonic, a teenage hedgehog from Station Square with the power to run at the speed of sound and an aditude cooler than the coolest mountains. Upon discovering a secret laboratory, he encounters the evil Dr. Ivo “Eggman” Robotnik, who secretly plans to take over Mobius and make everyone his personal slaves using the magical Chaos Emeralds. To ensure this won’t happen, Sonic teams up with his best friends; Tails, a genius two tailed fox, Chris, a young but clever human boy, and Sara, an over-enthusiastic cat girl with a fangirl-crush on Sonic. Together, this quartet fights Robotnik‘s robotic forces on the regular in comedic encounters hailing back to the first Sonic cartoons. Other characters from the games and cartoons, such as Knuckles, the leader of the Echidna Tribe and Sonic’s rival, Amy Rose, Sonic’s self-appointed girlfriend and Sara’s love rival, Robotnik Jr, Eggman’s non-biological son who disobeys his father regularly and befriends Sonic, and Shadow, a highly advanced clone of Sonic and one of his closest friends, make recurring appearances.

Episodes:
Season 1 (2026-2027)

Episode 1: Meet Our Heroes! (ENG)/So, What’s the Story Here? (JPN): The city of Station Square is attacked by an evil scientist. Our hero Sonic explains how it came to be like this...

Episode 2: Chris the Human (ENG)/A Mysterious Kid-napping ! (JPN): Chris is kidnapped by Robotnik, who threatens to hurt him if Sonic doesn’t find the Chaos Emeralds to power his machines.

Episode 3: Flying High and Digging Low! (ENG)/Tails and Knuckles, Sonic Heroes! (JPN): Sonic and his friends, Tails the Fox and Knuckles the Echidna, must stop Gamma, a rouge Eggman robot who has a mind of its own.

Episode 4: Tales of Infinite Realities (ENG)/Sonic the Hedgehog Halloween Special! (JPN): In a Treehouse of Horror-styled setting, the god Infinite shows us what would happen if events in the first 3 episodes had gone differently...

Episodes 5-26: TBA

Episodes 27-30: Past, Present, Future (ENG)/The Genesis Bomb!?! (JPN): Eggman sets off a terrible bomb that turns everything into pixels! (Note: This episode, along with its OPs and Eds, are animated by Dorkly and Level UP, two YouTubers famous for making Sonic sprite animations, among other things.)

Season 2 (2028-2029)

Episodes 31-60: TBA

Trivia:

 * This show was inspired by Sonic X, Sonic Adventure, Sonic X-treme, and Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, hence the name.
 * Dring the Genesis Bomb arc, Classic Sonic is voiced by Jaleel White in Japan, a reference to him voicing the character in the first 3 Sonic cartoons.