Sonic Xceed

Sonic Xceed (Japanese: ソニックエクシード, Hepburn: Sonikku Ekushīdo), is a 2021 Japanese anime television series based on Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. Produced by TMS Entertainment under partnership with Sega and Sonic Team and directed by Hajime Kamegaki. Created for the 30th Anniversary of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, it is written and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino and features character designs by Mari Takada of Bakugan Battle Planet fame. Airing on the TV Tokyo Network from March 2021 to May 2022.

The series follows a group of anthropomorphic animals who accidentally teleport from their home planet to Earth after attempting to save one of their friends from their enemy Doctor Eggman. Separated, Sonic the Hedgehog is saved by a town sheriff named Tom Wachowski, who helps him find his friends while repeatedly scuffling with Doctor Eggman and his robots over control of the powerful Chaos Emeralds and becoming celebrities. The final story arc sees Sonic, and his friends return with Tom to their world, where they enter outer space with a newfound plant-like creature named Cosmo and fight an army of aliens called the Metarex.