Sonic X: (dub)

To meet strict American broadcast standards, 4Kids edited out any scene containing mild violence, text written in Japanese, and even instances of characters holding glasses of wine (which were magically turned into orange juice).

This dub introduced us to the legendary voice cast from 4Kids. Mike Pollock’s spectacular performance as Dr. Eggman was so perfectly bombastic that SEGA kept him as the official voice for the video games long after the show ended! Sonic X (Dub)

The original Japanese version of the show features an incredible, emotional orchestral score. In the English dub, 4Kids replaced almost all of it with generic, repetitive synthesizer music. They even famously removed the song "Live and Learn" from the climax of the Sonic Adventure 2 arc! To meet strict American broadcast standards, 4Kids edited

If you ask purists why they dislike the dub, they will point directly to the production company, . Known for aggressively localizing anime to make it "kid-friendly," their treatment of Sonic X resulted in heavy alterations: Eggman was so perfectly bombastic that SEGA kept