Japan Synopsis
“Welcome to the next level.”
After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is eager to prove he has what it takes to be a true hero. His test comes when Dr. Robotnik returns, this time with a new partner, Knuckles, in search for an emerald that has the power to destroy civilizations. Sonic teams up with his own sidekick, Tails, and together they embark on a globe-trotting journey to find the emerald before it falls into the wrong hands.
Audience Engagement
4,225 audience reviews — more than 99% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 99th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Original Film
Action + Adventure in Japan
1030 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Sonic the Hedgehog 2 itself).
The 2021–2023 Japan Window
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 holds position #134 of 389 Japan films in the 2021–2023 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2020s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in Japan, 539 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Sonic the Hedgehog 2 premiered alongside 131 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 3m runtime, production spent $894K per minute on screen and earned $3.3M per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 131 other Japan films in 2022.
The 4399th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Sonic the Hedgehog 2, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- live action and animation · 5
- hedgehog · 2
- duringcreditsstinger · 26
- mad scientist · 12
- revenge · 210
- sequel · 143
- based on video game · 90
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,021 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (78th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #455 of 1,714 (top 27%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, French, Latin, Greek, Russian |
| Production Companies | Original Film, Blur Studio, Marza Animation Planet, Paramount, SEGA |
| Runtime | 2h 3m |
| Release Date | April 8, 2022 |
| IMDb | tt12412888 |
| Official Site | www.paramountmovies.com |