Maria's VA is Stephanie Sheh, who has been in the voice acting industry since the early 2000s. She most prominently voices Orihime from Bleach and Hinata from Naruto. So yeah, she's excellent at her job.
4:37 OH, YOU'RE RIGHT! You're the first person I've seen pointing that out, and I went to check after you mentioned it because I got curious... Shadow's fight in Sonic Gens ACTUALLY gives you the yellow Emerald indeed! Shadow has the yellow emerald with him! That's such a good attention to detail, omg, they made a wonderful job
@@DolphynsDeck Not to mention it's the same color as fake emerald which Sonic used to save himself and eventually led to their final rematch! The yellow emerald seems to connect Sonic and Shadow together in multiple ways through the continuity!
@@FluppietheRockruffFan Never thought about that, I guess if the Green Emerald is often associated with Shadow, the Yellow Emerald should also be associated with the interactions beetween Sonic and Shadow
Here’s my theory, G.U.N hacked emerl and told it to capture or kill Gerald so they would not have to storm the ark but shadow damaged emerl and defeats him forcing gun to do their own dirty work which means inadvertently shadow got Maria killed which is what shadow will find out in this series as like an emotional gut punch makeing him feel more guilty.
I think it's Black Doom screwing with Shadow's head, making "The G.U.N raid" look like it happened sooner than it actually did to mess with Shadow, as the hedgehog does state upon noticing the G.U.N fleet that "It's too soon!", which, followed by the trippy hell afterwards, makes me think Black Doom was screwing with Shadow's psyche. As for Emerl, that likely actually happened in-universe at some point due to the Gizoid being nothing but a weapon of mass destruction by that point.
@@ComradeVenus like what!? I know it’s off screen but it actually shot fired and you can hear them and then there’s Maria in the heart but I know TH-cam doesn’t want kids traumatized! Right!?
I’m probably wrong, but I think Shadow is either referring to Black Doom or Infinite. Since they’re the only ones who hold a grudge against him and could make him see things.
It's probably Black Doom. I was just confused why he'd instantly think of Black Doom but it makes sense given the psychosis episode while he was just standing near a tree (thematically fitting considering Shadow 05)
It's 110% Black Doom. At the end of the "nightmare," you can see the 3 red lights slowly turn into Black Doom's face as his alien 3 fingered hands slowly come forward and clasp together.
I think Biolizard did escape containment because Shadow knocks him out in the Shadow manga. As for who Shadow is referring to, I believe he's referring to Black Doom, thinking of the possibility that he survived his fight with Shadow somehow. I find it funny they finally show that the moon is still in half, when Iizuka was saying for years it's turned on it's side. I always knew that was a load of crap. I'm not sure if this does take place during Generations, "present day" seems to imply that this is post-Frontiers. That would explain why Sunset Heights is there.
The idea of this anime canonically running alongside the manga deserves tears of joy dude. This is some BIG TIME franchise stuff. Hope this is the norm from now on. I honestly kinda hope it's Shadow from Generations... I was hoping for his 2010s character to get some kind of redemption honestly. I liked the idea of him being sent into the future a lot.
I don’t think there’s been a better time to be a Sonic fan I’m so happy I especially like that it’s shadow from the present day because I was worried that if this was shadow from the time when gens took place then that meant all his character development would be pointless cuz he would immediately regress in forces and stuff but now that it’s present day this can have a real impact
Seems like this short is deeply tied to game events. Feels like the time eater entity or how it's called breaks and distorts reality and consequently - all living beings' memories. Maybe first memories are distorted and only then reality starts to change and break apart. Thats why we have that Emerl fight, as far as I know Emerl was created before Shadow? Then how was that fight possible then. Seems like Time eater and Black doom team up or something like that. Also, coming from a person with CTPSD - that's how traumatic dreams are usually like. You either wake up crying, or jump from your bed ready to fight and act. Very good emotional impact.
I'm pretty sure if Shadow had all 7 emeralds at the time, he could have been able to cure Maria and save the Ark. I mean the 7 emeralds could literally bring Sonic Back to life, Curing a terminal illness could be no challenge. I feel Gerald wanted to make a being that could consciously harness the power of the 7 emeralds and use it to cure Maria. The Biolizard wasn't fully sentient and it was unstable. It's a given that hedgehogs in the Sonic Universe are the most proficient at harnessing the Chaos emeralds so Shadow was made as a hedgehog as per Black Doom's advice. Using his DNA to make this, Doom wanted the 7 emeralds in return, but Gerald never planned on keeping that promise as he knew those emeralds would be the Key to healing his granddaughter. Shadow's purpose was to use all 7 emeralds to cure Maria's illness
@@DolphynsDeck I hope someday we get a kind of "What If" scenario type thing in like a game, animation or official comic to see how differently things would have played out. But I'm just wishful thinking
Maria's VA is Stephanie Sheh, who has been in the voice acting industry since the early 2000s. She most prominently voices Orihime from Bleach and Hinata from Naruto. So yeah, she's excellent at her job.
she's also zeena from sonic lost world (lol)
4:37 OH, YOU'RE RIGHT!
You're the first person I've seen pointing that out, and I went to check after you mentioned it because I got curious...
Shadow's fight in Sonic Gens ACTUALLY gives you the yellow Emerald indeed! Shadow has the yellow emerald with him! That's such a good attention to detail, omg, they made a wonderful job
In continuity we trust!
@@DolphynsDeck Not to mention it's the same color as fake emerald which Sonic used to save himself and eventually led to their final rematch! The yellow emerald seems to connect Sonic and Shadow together in multiple ways through the continuity!
@@FluppietheRockruffFan Never thought about that, I guess if the Green Emerald is often associated with Shadow, the Yellow Emerald should also be associated with the interactions beetween Sonic and Shadow
This really does feel like the 2010's era is truly over. THIS is the Shadow I love and remember
10:14 "In *_Shadow Frontiers_* Shadow got some cool moments"
If only 😔
I keep calling Shadow Gens 'Shadow Frontiers' by complete accident 🤧
Here’s my theory, G.U.N hacked emerl and told it to capture or kill Gerald so they would not have to storm the ark but shadow damaged emerl and defeats him forcing gun to do their own dirty work which means inadvertently shadow got Maria killed which is what shadow will find out in this series as like an emotional gut punch makeing him feel more guilty.
I think it's Black Doom screwing with Shadow's head, making "The G.U.N raid" look like it happened sooner than it actually did to mess with Shadow, as the hedgehog does state upon noticing the G.U.N fleet that "It's too soon!", which, followed by the trippy hell afterwards, makes me think Black Doom was screwing with Shadow's psyche.
As for Emerl, that likely actually happened in-universe at some point due to the Gizoid being nothing but a weapon of mass destruction by that point.
Im glad i wasn't the only one watching this like "AMV content!!!"
came here bc of that damn YT Kids curse on Sonic!
glad to see you soldier 🫡
I don’t even know why TH-cams bot system even does that.
@@Gamerbropart2 because when it sees Sonic, it thinks "This is for kids"
"for kids" and it shows Gerald robotnik being executed by firing squad and maria being shot in the heart
@@ComradeVenus like what!? I know it’s off screen but it actually shot fired and you can hear them and then there’s Maria in the heart but I know TH-cam doesn’t want kids traumatized! Right!?
I’m probably wrong, but I think Shadow is either referring to Black Doom or Infinite. Since they’re the only ones who hold a grudge against him and could make him see things.
It's probably Black Doom. I was just confused why he'd instantly think of Black Doom but it makes sense given the psychosis episode while he was just standing near a tree (thematically fitting considering Shadow 05)
It's 110% Black Doom. At the end of the "nightmare," you can see the 3 red lights slowly turn into Black Doom's face as his alien 3 fingered hands slowly come forward and clasp together.
I love the art style, but I'm just so happy they didn't forget Emerl
He's my goat forever
from a gameboy game to an HD big budget anime..
@@DolphynsDeck Technically from Gameboy, to Anime, to big budget HD-
I think Biolizard did escape containment because Shadow knocks him out in the Shadow manga. As for who Shadow is referring to, I believe he's referring to Black Doom, thinking of the possibility that he survived his fight with Shadow somehow. I find it funny they finally show that the moon is still in half, when Iizuka was saying for years it's turned on it's side. I always knew that was a load of crap.
I'm not sure if this does take place during Generations, "present day" seems to imply that this is post-Frontiers. That would explain why Sunset Heights is there.
The idea of this anime canonically running alongside the manga deserves tears of joy dude. This is some BIG TIME franchise stuff. Hope this is the norm from now on.
I honestly kinda hope it's Shadow from Generations... I was hoping for his 2010s character to get some kind of redemption honestly. I liked the idea of him being sent into the future a lot.
I don’t think there’s been a better time to be a Sonic fan I’m so happy
I especially like that it’s shadow from the present day because I was worried that if this was shadow from the time when gens took place then that meant all his character development would be pointless cuz he would immediately regress in forces and stuff but now that it’s present day this can have a real impact
I loved this episode, and I can't wait for the others.
Child-me would be obsessing over these...
@@DolphynsDeck I liked the fake-out in the beginning, making us think it was the ARK raid.
THIS IS SO GOOD I AM SO HAPPY I LOVE THIS FRANCHISE
Sonic's never leaving 🔥
@@DolphynsDeck YES SIR
8:00 yesterday late at night the second playable character was revealed to be movie shadow
Shadow does NOT count as a second character Imma be real
@@DolphynsDeck I understand but if not who is it maybe like u said emerl?
Seems like this short is deeply tied to game events.
Feels like the time eater entity or how it's called breaks and distorts reality and consequently - all living beings' memories. Maybe first memories are distorted and only then reality starts to change and break apart.
Thats why we have that Emerl fight, as far as I know Emerl was created before Shadow? Then how was that fight possible then.
Seems like Time eater and Black doom team up or something like that.
Also, coming from a person with CTPSD - that's how traumatic dreams are usually like.
You either wake up crying, or jump from your bed ready to fight and act. Very good emotional impact.
I'd like to believe Black Doom is somehow manipulating Time Eater or Mephiles is behind Time Eater and is working with Doom.
The Sonic and Pokemon animated shorts be better than the actual shows.
I'm pretty sure if Shadow had all 7 emeralds at the time, he could have been able to cure Maria and save the Ark. I mean the 7 emeralds could literally bring Sonic Back to life, Curing a terminal illness could be no challenge.
I feel Gerald wanted to make a being that could consciously harness the power of the 7 emeralds and use it to cure Maria. The Biolizard wasn't fully sentient and it was unstable. It's a given that hedgehogs in the Sonic Universe are the most proficient at harnessing the Chaos emeralds so Shadow was made as a hedgehog as per Black Doom's advice. Using his DNA to make this, Doom wanted the 7 emeralds in return, but Gerald never planned on keeping that promise as he knew those emeralds would be the Key to healing his granddaughter.
Shadow's purpose was to use all 7 emeralds to cure Maria's illness
They also cured the Metal Virus which was capable of infecting even Shadow! I'm on board with this idea tbh.
@@DolphynsDeck I hope someday we get a kind of "What If" scenario type thing in like a game, animation or official comic to see how differently things would have played out. But I'm just wishful thinking
@Dolphyn's Deck this is actually after frontiers but the time eater brings Shadow back in time
What a pleasant surprise i have that same shirt :D
YEAAHHH
I also have the Mighty one! Sometimes Yetee cooks
5:56 its called ptsd :')
God the year of Luigi sucked ASS!