Sonic the Hedgehog Will Meet Godzilla In Summer time 2026

Sonic the Hedgehog and associates are about to tackle their most atomic foe but: Godzilla.

IGN revealed {that a} Sonic the Hedgehog and Godzilla comedian e book miniseries is ready see two much-loved popular culture icons cross over in a monster-sized occasion. From IDW Publishing, IGN reported that “Sonic the Hedgehog X Godzilla is written by Nick Marino (Godzilla Rivals) and drawn by Jack Lawrence (Sonic the Hedgehog), with colours by Reggie Graham.”

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Whereas each Sonic the Hedgehog and Godzilla have amassed long-standing and passionate fandoms, Sonic the Hedgehog X Godzilla would be the first time that the 2 iconic IPs meet each other. By way of the creativeness of comedian books, actually something is feasible, and the surprising occasion practically seems like an ideal match that is been lengthy overdue. Sonic Editorial instructed IGN that “IDW is consistently brainstorming new potential crossovers, and we’ve at all times been particularly enthusiastic about the potential of bringing these two iconic licenses collectively.” They continued so as to add, “This crossover particularly can be one which followers have been asking us for loud and clear for years, so it’s been excessive up on the checklist to attempt to make occur. Who wouldn’t wish to see the Blue Blur vs the King of the Monsters, in spite of everything? So this concept has really been on the IDW crew’s radar for a really very long time, nevertheless it wasn’t till the final yr or so that each one the items fell into place, and we may get to work on it! We’re fortunate to have such an ideal artistic crew to convey this story to life, and naturally, this crossover wouldn’t have been potential with no great quantity of assist from Sega and Toho!”

Mariano expounded on what Sonic the Hedgehog and Godzilla followers can sit up for within the comedian, and promised that there could be a main focus placed on the titular characters. “The principle distinction between writing Godzilla and writing Sonic X Godzilla? HUMANS! Except for Dr. Eggman (who, let’s be actual, is a really particular form of human), SxG is populated solely by speaking animals, kaiju, and robots,” the comedian’s author stated. “The battle in that story was all about how the kaiju disrupted human life in that very actual metropolis, and my very own human expertise knowledgeable the narrative. SxG takes the Toho monsters to Sonic’s world, a spot the place sassy technicolor animals transfer at blinding speeds.”

Sonic the Hedgehog x Godzilla Goals For Steadiness Between SEGA and Toho

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There’s an understanding that Sonic the Hedgehog x Godzilla will got down to strike a stability between every franchise’s distinctive tone, whereas nonetheless complimenting each other when going head-to-head. Sonic Editorial particularly famous that “Nick has achieved an ideal job establishing the tone of the story proper off the bat and holding in thoughts the size distinction of our Sonic characters and Godzilla characters, which positively helps inform the artwork, however we even have additionally labored carefully with Toho to be sure that Jack’s designs for the kaiju are staying true to those beloved characters whereas additionally having a little bit little bit of a Sonic-inspired aptitude to them. They’re coming into into Sonic’s world, in spite of everything, and we needed to ensure this crossover had a singular look that will make these variations of the Godzilla monsters memorable.”

The final word aim was to tug Godzilla‘s kaijus into Sonic the Hedgehog‘s universe in a method that felt extremely pure and seamless. The Sonic crew was extremely cautious in regards to the total execution of the comedian. “With crossovers, there may be a number of difficult components to stability – we wish to create one thing new and recent however nonetheless recognizable and true to each IPs,” the artistic crew added. “In the end, as we have been arising with concepts for what we may do, we landed on Sonic’s world being invaded by kaiju. A kaiju battle in a metropolis is such a traditional touchpoint in Godzilla media that we couldn’t move that up, and Sonic’s world is so wealthy and developed that we thought it will be a number of enjoyable to place areas that Sonic followers already know and love beneath risk.”

Sonic the Hedgehog X Godzilla releases from IDW Publishing in Summer time 2026.

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  Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, Hirokazu Yasuhara

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  Tomoyuki Tanaka

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  Godzilla (1954)

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  Godzilla vs. Kong

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