The full version of Look-a-Like has been found

[Sean]

Courtesy of illuminor, uploaded by Mefiresu.

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Special thank to Sonic & All Characters (https://twitter.com/SAAC_RUS) and illuminor (https://vk.com/illuminor)

The universe of Sonic the Hedgehog is full of its own secrets and mysteries. And so it happens that some interesting things might be hiding in the most unexpected places. And today we would like to share with you an amazing discovery our good friend and the community member illuminor has made.

illuminor specializes in translations - Japanese translations in particular. Having looked the Japanese version of Sonic OVA he noticed that the credits song «Look-a-like» has certain words that have never been used anywhere else and that differ from what fans usually document.

«Look-a-like» is the ending theme of Sonic OVA performed by Riyu Konaka. Its full version was never officially released, though most of the song can be heard in the original Japanese release of the movie. And its short edit was later released in the official «True Colors: The Best of Sonic the Hedgehog Part 2» album.

In all variations available on the Internet we can hear the line «A short while ago, I was born» which then repeats twice, but in the movie the first time sounds as «A long time ago…», though we cannot hear the rest due to the dialogue of the characters.

illuminor decided to get to the bottom of it and reached out to one of the people who was involved in creating of Sonic OVA. We will not disclose the identity of this person not to cause them any troubles. The original plan of illuminor was to ask for the song's lyrics, but his interlocutor exceeded all expectations and just sent the whole track instead of the plain text. And so, friends, for the first time in history we are happy to introduce you the full and original version of the song «Look-a-like». Have a nice listening!

We are thanked to illuminor for the news and for such a great material!

1:37 to 2:07 contains a verse that can only be heard during the scene in which the gang is heading towards Robotropolis.

[Soniman]

There's something really funny about the full song being lost to time for over two decades and all it took to dig it up was just some guy asking someone on the production team really nicely (and even then they didn't ask for the song just the lyrics LOL)

[Plumbers_Helper]

I can't express how happy this makes me! Look-a-like has always been one of my favorite Sonic songs. I've been listening to a low quality patched together version for years and to hear it in better quality with a new verse- Oh the new verse! I was clapping and squeeing like a child at that part!

Looking forward to the original file release next week.

[ILikeKirbys]

I grew up watching the OVA frequently, so seeing this after all this time makes me quite happy... even if I didn't know there was a full version until today. Still, this was a good way to end my day, so thanks for posting about it.

[Plumbers_Helper]

Even more of the OVA soundtrack has been released!

We basically have the full soundtrack now plus some unused themes!