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canon wise from SatAM, it was commonly believed for a while that the comics and novels were canon to the show, albeit, more B tier canon, meaning canon unless proven otherwise.
This is similar to something like the IDW MLP G4 comics compared to the show, or-
Sally Acorn and her ever changing jacket colors lol.
We all know the blue jacket is classic, but what your thoughts on the purple (early VHS cover) and pink (Troll Associates books) colored jackets?
It's likely it was part of a larger amount of stock art which was given to different companies, which a modern streaming service or digital release of SatAM used for their release.
Find out more about SatAM's home media release history in the upcoming book!
Did you know the Art Mawhinney actually did storyboards for Sonic SatAM in a different state than the show's main production staff?
Back then, board artists weren't normally kept on staff are were mainly freelance. Art was located in Wisconsin, not LA. Boards were initially-
Did you know that Tails' initial rename from "Miles Prower" to "Tails" was directly the result of a meeting with ABC regarding Tails in SatAM?
In the January 1993 issue of the Japanese magazine Beep! Mega Drive, there was an interview with Yu Suzuki and Yuji Naka. Naka revealed-
More UK Sonic ads! This time from the second issue of the magazine "MEGA Machines". Once again, it confusingly mixes the two shows together, mentions Nate Morgan, and misspells Mobius as Moebius and Bunnie as Bunnue,-
creation of Archie, which is also incorrect, as the version seen in Archie was developed by DiC and was simply a heavily developed version of the SoA created story bible Sally, who he mentions earlier (it'd basically be like saying Boom Knuckles is a completely original-
He also played the Keeper of the Time Stones.
Interestingly, he was renamed Nigel Acorn in the reboot of the comic, as the name Max originally was coined by Ken Penders. The name Nigel is actually a reference to Nigel Thornberry from the Wild Thornberrys who Tim also played.
Did you know the reason for the lack of SatAM related merch was due to a separation of a "classic" Sonic license and a "TV" Sonic license?
As Cynthia Modders, director of licensing at Sega, told me in an interview for the book, the license for TV characters were different to-
Here's an early version of SatAM Sonic's model sheet which, interestingly enough, gives Sonic blue arms!
It's likely this was an early version of Sonic's model sheet, probably pre-pilot, and features different colors and a different shading style.