Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Sonic X

Sonic X

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/April 6, 2015 by — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:30, 21 March 2015 (UTC)



Sonic X is a Japanese anime series created by TMS Entertainment and based on Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. The series initially ran for 52 episodes, broadcast in Japan from April 6, 2003 to March 28, 2004; a further 26 were aired elsewhere from 2005 to 2006. The show's American localization was done by 4Kids Entertainment. The plot follows a group of anthropomorphic animals from the games—such as Sonic, Tails, Amy, and Cream—and a human boy named Chris, whom the animals meet after teleporting from their home planet to Earth. While there, they repeatedly scuffle with Dr. Eggman and his robots over the Chaos Emeralds. The final story arc sees the friends return with Chris to their world, where they meet a plant-like creature named Cosmo and fight an army of robots called the Metarex in outer space. Sonic X received mixed reviews; writers criticized its localization and some characters, but were more generous toward its story and aesthetics. Merchandise included an edutainment game for the Leapster, a trading card game, and a comic book series. The phrase "gotta go fast", the title of the show's North American theme song, has been a Sonic catchphrase for over a decade.
 * Most recent similar article(s): School Rumble (September 26, 2014 – most recent anime/manga TFA), Sonic: After the Sequel (October 29, 2014 – pertaining to same franchise, but a game rather than alternate media, and fan-made rather than official)
 * Main editors: Tezero
 * Promoted: September 29, 2014
 * Reasons for nomination: Date: 12th anniversary of initial airing. Article: This would be the first spin-off work based on a video game or game franchise to be a TFA. Owing to the Anime and Manga WikiProject's general difficulty with finding enough content to produce FAs, there have only been a few anime/manga TFAs in Wikipedia's history.
 * Support as nominator. Tezero (talk) 23:38, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Support - This is an outstanding and thorough article. I am inclined to agree with Tezero's rationales. Mz7 (talk) 02:13, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Support - per Mz7.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:42, 7 March 2015 (UTC)