Sonic: Night of the WereHog

Published on SEGA's website in November of 2008, Sonic: Night of the Werehog is an ONA made to promote the release of Sonic World Adventure, also known as Sonic Unleashed in North America and Europe.

Sonic and Chip venture to an abandoned haunted house on a rainy night, soon to be caught up in the antics of two mischievous ghosts, who scare any of the house's visitors in order to take their picture and impress the ghost girl who lives there with them. Though they succeed in scaring Chip out of his wits, the two can't seem to make Sonic bat an eye at them. Furious, the two band together in order to get the best of Sonic; will he be able to put a stop to the duo with a little help from the full moon?

Sonic the Hedgehog Main

Seki, Tomokazu Japanese

Light Gaia Main

Shiraishi, Ryouko Japanese

Uh Supporting

Lah Supporting

Ishikawa, Momoko Japanese

Su Supporting

Drees, Ryan Japanese

Imamura, Masahito Producer

Itou, Takeshi Producer

Tanaka, Masayuki Director

Gurihiru Character Design

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Jun 8, 2022

Stinky_Dreams

Recommended

Well, I sure wasn't expecting this on MAL, but I ain't complaining. It's just more Sonic content, so that's a W in my book.

The story isn't anything special, just a fun little story for a short.

The art (or animation in this case) is outstanding, very much like the cutscenes in Sonic Unleashed, It is very well done, and the style the credits used is also great.

The sounds are very well done, and it's pretty neat how it doesn't have characters talking, rather making noises to convey what they are feeling.

The characters are pretty good! Sonic and Chip were nice to watch, the antagonists are also ... pretty funny.

Overall, I enjoyed this a lot. It's also very short, so you can check it out and add something to your list in less than 20 minutes. I am still surprised it got on My Anime List though.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jan 25, 2022

_Adrian02_

Recommended

Through pure coincidence I found out that this promotional video or what I thought to be just a fanmade video on youtube (yeah I watched this ONA a few years ago) is actually in the database of myanimelist. I thougt ''Why not let's rewatch this 11 minute thingy and''... yeah it's nearly exactly as I remembered it to be.

It's just a promotional video for entertainment reasons with some comedy and funny things going on in a mansion which Chip and Sonic enter as a shelter from the thunderstorm that is going on outside. I guess it's primarly made for a younger audience but you ... won't regret giving this episode a try especially when you're a Sonic fan and actually have played Sonic Unleashed (played it for the first time in 2011). There's nothing much to point out despite the outstanding and awesome artwork and animation which to my surprise really dates back to 2008.

So... is this ONA worth to be watched? Sure why not give it a try but don't go in it with high expectations... really it's just a promotional video which fits the energy of those cutsences and clips from the game itself especially when it comes to comedy and entertainment.

So overall for me because I'm a Sonic fan since my childhood to this day and also think Sonic Unleashed is one of the best Sonic games out there this rates for me as:

overall:
7/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Dec 21, 2020

Sinankooesa

Mixed Feelings

Sonic has had quite a few different appearances in animation and while this is really just…”another one”, it’s still pretty good, if you look for a quick, fun watch and it has to have something to do with the blue hedgehog. Then it easily has what you are looking for.

There isn’t much story really, it’s just Sonic and Chip in a haunted house fighting against ghosts that love taking pictures of scared people, to impress a girl ghost. Outside of the Werehog and Chip, there isn’t even much reason for this to be a Tie-in or promotion for the Sonic Unleashed videogame. Though I will ... say, I like that this story isn’t told in any dialogue and it’s just the actions and expressions of the characters, that give you the full context of everything you need to know.

The definite star of this short is the animation. 3D is always something that anime struggled with back then (and even nowadays, it still can look rather rough), but this has some pretty great use of it. The look and the expressions of the characters are nice and the reactions to cartoony, which really helps making some of these really funny to watch. The characters move pretty nicely too, there’s especially a cool fight scene between Sonic and the ghosts at the end that makes great use of the cameras movement to help elevate it a little more. Making this a really good looking 3D ONA.

And, as previously mentioned, even without any dialogue at all apart from the occasional grunt, the animation helps to give these characters just enough personality. So then you can easily understand, that’s how they would react in that situation or something like that. Even if there isn’t too much character in it after all, but enough to keep things fun.

Like I said before, this is a pretty fun, if nothing too special ONA. It has some pretty good 3D and while the story certainly isn’t anything special or anything like that, it has some funny moments in it and is a good way to spend 11 minutes. And especially, if you’re a big fan of Sonic.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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