Introduction
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?
Audience reviews
8 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
_Adrian02_
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 a…
Read at the sourceSinankooesa
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…
Read at the sourcePedophileFucker
This animated short which seems to be unrelated to any Sonic game story-wise takes place in a haunted mansion inhabited by ghosts who fight for the affection of an attractive female ghosts by taking pictures of visitors they scare, a concept which is whimsical and I daresay cute for the fact said ghost girl has an affinity for collecting said photos. At one point Sonic and Chip visit the house and the duo once again have an opportunity to impress their love interest. The ghosts manage to take a few photos of the scared Chip much to the girl ghost's delight, until she notices Sonic's face on the picture and throws a tantrum, I assume because on said shots he's not showing fear of any sort.
The duo then make their mission to try and scare Sonic to have his picture taken, but then he turns…
Read at the sourceInuyoujo
If you're looking for a deeply involved story with fleshed out characters and all that, you won't enjoy this. If you're already familiar with Sonic and the game this stems from and you want something cheeky, cute, and short this will tickle you pink! Or, blue... Or, whatever.
We have a cheeky, easily entertained female character. Bumbling, selfish male antagonists. Our impatient hero, and he's scared-cat sidekick! A story that only takes 2 or 3 minutes worth setup, right there!
They didn't cheap out on the sound and picture quality, at all. Everything is well put together in the tech area. You'll be able to tell all characters emotions and movements without a hitch.
Overall 9/10
I give it a 9 instead of a 10, because I feel like it would have been funnier if it were 15 instead of 11 to…
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sonic visits luigis mansion but the two ghosts from casper are there and taking pictures of children. sonic forgets that he is still a werehog and that it is a full moon so transforms inside luigis mansion which is now inhabited by the pokemon, gardevoir. he then proceeds to tear up the place.
the story wasn't that great but the animation was pretty amazing
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Sega made a very good short for their new Sonic game, 'Sonic Unleashed'. The game is very good too but this review is on this short so I won't say much about the game. Anyway, the story is cute and it's pretty funny. Chip was especially hilarious in it. The characters where enjoyable in this short and I really liked the graphics and animation in this. Sega really improved on the animation in the Sonic games and this short and it made it seem alot like something that Pixar or Dreamworks made. The whole thing felt like watching one of those shorts that Pixar made, especially the credit sequence. My only complaint is the voices. Jason Griffith does not fit Sonic well and also in the Japanese version of 'Sonic Unleashed', Chip had a cute little kid voice while in this short (and the game), he…
Read at the sourceIlyaoh
Edit: I got several PMs, that I gave this ONA a TOO GOOD rating because I'm a Sega/Sonic fanboy. But let me say this: I. AM. NOT. A. FANBOY. I despise Sega and I don't like Sonic, so the good rating it actually... cause it's good.
the story isn't that much, everything else actually impressed me.
The story starts off with two kids going into a haunted mansion, when out of nowhere, two ghosts scare the shit out of them and take a photograph of their scared expressions, this to please a fellow female ghost who likes photographs of scared people/things. Quickly followed by Sonic and his pink little friend.
The art's good, a nice style which fits the kind of animation and short very nicely. The animation's very good, something I didn't expected, but in the fight and other scene's, it's truel…
Read at the sourceRetro8bit
Slipping under the radar of a lot of fans out their, "Sonic: Night of the WereHog" is basically a promotional video made for the newest video game, where Sonic changes into a werewolf at night by one glimpse of a full moon. And you know what? This thing has potential at being a great series someday!
Story: 6/10
Sadly this was the weakest part of the show. Basically we have two kids wandering into a haunted house, after which they are scared by two ghost who are taking pictures of any passers by who happen to come a callin. All the while making sure they get to capture them when they are in their most terrified look, only to take it for their female love interest ghost which seems to have a weird fetish for it. Sonic happens to make his way into the mysterious house later on, and it all pl…
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