 Japanese title card · “Memories of the Wind” | |
| Series | Sonic X (ソニックX), TMS Entertainment |
| Season | Season 2 (2003–2005) |
| Episode | Season 2, episode 26 · no. 52 of 78 |
| English title | “A New Start” (4Kids) |
| Japanese title | 風の思い出 (Kaze no Omoide, “Memories of the Wind”) |
| First aired (Japan) | 28 March 2004 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 26 March 2005 · Fox Box / 4Kids TV (Fox) |
| Directed by | Hajime Kamegaki |
| Written by | Yoshio Urasawa |
| Storyboard | Hajime Kamegaki |
| Previous episode | Friends ‘Till the End (S02E25) |
| Next episode | A Cosmic Call (S03E01) |
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A New Start is episode 26 of Season 2 of Sonic X and the 52nd of the anime’s 78 episodes. In Japan it is called “Memories of the Wind” (風の思い出). It premiered on TV Tokyo on 28 March 2004, and the 4Kids English version followed on Fox Box / 4Kids TV (Fox) on 26 March 2005. It was directed by Hajime Kamegaki and written by Yoshio Urasawa.
Synopsis
Back in their own world, Sonic’s friends are getting on with their lives – Cream is living with her mother again, though Amy turns down her offer to move in – but nobody knows where Sonic is. Even Eggman, announcing his return from his flying fortress, is hoping to lure him out, and Knuckles and Rouge trade theories about what is keeping him.
Tails takes on Eggman’s ship alone and is chased by a homing Interceptor Missile. Just as it closes in, Super Sonic bursts out of a portal and blows it up. Sonic is home, and everyone is back where they belong.
On Earth, Chris gazes up at the Moon and remembers his friend. Six years later, a teenage Chris and Frances are still working on a portal, though it is useless until he can create Chaos Control – and as he thinks back to the goodbye, to Super Sonic’s tears and his own, the stage is set for Season 3.
Key Moments
- Sonic returns to his world.
- Super Sonic saves Tails from Eggman’s missile.
- Six years later, a teenage Chris works on a portal.
Japan vs 4Kids
- The Off Course insert songs heard in the original Japanese broadcast are not in the 4Kids version, which uses its own score.
More on the English version’s changes in the Season 2 dub differences box.
Trivia
- The original Japanese broadcast featured two Off Course songs (“Midori no Hibi” and “Natsu no Hi”); on home video they were swapped for “Hikaru Michi” and Sonic Adventure 2’s “Event: The Last Scene”.
- The last Sonic X episode shown on Japanese TV until 2020. Wikipedia’s episode list notes that it was meant to be the series finale before the third season was made.
- On home video: Japanese DVD/VHS volume 13 (Victor Entertainment, 21 July 2004); 4Kids/FUNimation volume 10, The Beginning of the End (16 May 2006); the The Egg Moon, Emerl & Homebound Sagas DVD set (2009); and Discotek’s Sonic X Collection 1 (2016) and complete-series Blu-rays.
Watch the Episode
The full 4Kids English episode, uploaded by TMS Entertainment’s official “Anime! on TMS” YouTube channel (checked 6 November 2026).
Part of our Sonic X Season 2 guide. See the Sonic X series page for the cast, theme songs and home video.
Sources: titles, credits and air dates from Wikipedia’s list of Sonic X episodes and Sonic Wiki Zone, cross-checked with each other and with Luke’s original Sonic Scene episode table; synopsis written for Sonic Scene from the episode, Wikipedia’s summary and Sonic Wiki Zone’s plot notes; title card and screenshots via Sonic Wiki Zone, copied to our media library.