Sonic X (WBC dub and revival) (Johnsonverse)

From 2013 to 2015, Johnson Television prepared a new dub of Sonic X. The dub aired on WBC, and was produced via Johnson's 4K Entertainment division for both its New York and Los Angeles branches. In 2018, the series received a revival, produced in celebration of the series' fifteenth anniversary, which is still ongoing. The dub is part of the Johnson Aligned Universe.

Background
Upon buying 4Kids Entertainment (later 4K Entertainment), Tim Johnson was unsatisfied with the 4Kids dubs of some of their shows (much of which had been forced upon by FCC and network regulations), believing that the changes ruined the dubs for anime fans like him and his twin sister Chloe. He sought to make more accurate dubs of their shows under the new label, 4K Entertainment, which superseded 4Kids. One of the first new dubs 4K produced was Sonic X, which was dubbed by 4Kids and originally aired in the US between 2003 and 2005 in Japanese, with the remaining 26 episodes airing in the US from 2005 to 2006. With full knowledge of the Japanese language, Johnson personally translated all 78 episodes himself, and translated the opening and closing themes.

Casting
The voice cast of the video games reprised their roles, many of them also reprising their roles from the 4Kids version due to 4Kids also having signed a contract with Sega in 2004 to use their voice actors in the video games, an arrangement that still continues to this day, even after the Johnson acquisition in 2008 and the rebrand to 4K in 2010. Several big names were brought in to dub the human characters, such as Michael Douglas as Chris' father Nelson, and James Woods as Alfred Butler. Johnson himself voices Sonic's human companion Chris Thorndyke in both his teenage and adult forms. Jaleel White, who voiced Sonic in the three DiC-produced Sonic cartoons (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, which ran in 1993, Sonic the Hedgehog, which ran from 1993 to 2004 and again since 2010, and Sonic Underground, which ran in 1999) voices Elmer Johnson. Ryan Drummond, who voiced Sonic from 1999 to 2004 and again since 2010 after having been hired by 4K in 2009, also reprises his role.

Theme music
"Sonic Drive", "Future (Mi-Ra-I)", and "T.O.P." were all performed by Johnny Gioeli and Jun Senoue of Crush 40, while "The Shining Road" was performed by Nikki Gregoroff (who performed "My Sweet Passion" in both Sonic Adventure games). "Sonic Drive" and "The Shining Road" are both used in the revival.

Cast

 * Ryan Drummond as Sonic
 * Tim Johnson as Chris Thorndyke
 * Amy Palant as Tails
 * Dan Green as Knuckles
 * Mike Pollock as Dr. Eggman, Ella, and Professor Gerald Robotnik
 * Lisa Ortiz as Amy
 * Jason Griffith as Shadow
 * Rebecca Honig as Cream and Cream’s mom
 * Vic Migonogna as the President
 * Cree Summer as Christina Cooper
 * Will Ferrell as Sam Speed
 * Andrew Rannells as Decoe and Bokkun
 * Darren Dunstan as Mr. Tanaka and Bocoe
 * Kathleen Delaney as Rouge
 * David Willis as Espio
 * Amy Birmbaum as Charmy and Cosmo
 * Oliver Wyman as Big
 * Christopher Lloyd as Chuck Thorndyke
 * Michael Douglas as Nelson Thorndyke
 * Mila Kunis as Lindsey Thorndyke
 * Darren Dunstan as Mister Tanaka
 * Mark Hamill as Mister Stewart
 * Meredith Vieira as Scarlet Garcia
 * Tom Wilson as Jerome Wise
 * Jane Lynch as Topaz
 * Kweski Boakye as Danny
 * Sara Paxton as Frances
 * Anndi McAfee as Helen
 * James Yaegashi as Hawk
 * Moriah Angeline as Maria Robotnik
 * James Woods as Alfred Butler
 * Jaleel White as Elmer Johnson
 * William Shatner as Dark Oak
 * Stephanie Lemelin as Galaxina
 * Chloe Johnson as Molly

Changes from the 4Kids dub

 * The series is completely uncut, lacking the censorship imposed by regulations.
 * The original music and themes are all retained.
 * The cast from the video games is used.

Changes from the original version

 * Chris is made from Sonic's surrogate to his personal brother outside of Tails.

Reception
The 4K dub was praised for staying true to the original Japanese-language version, and is widely regarded as the definitive English-dubbed version of the series.