Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. What with the success of the entirely wonderful Sonic Mania ...

Sonic Mania artist Tyson Hesse has revealed that he was recruited to head up the recreation of the Sonic the Hedgehog movie design following fan rejection of the film’s original character design.

Fans are loving what new lead character designer Tyson Hesse, who worked on the Sonic video games themselves, has brought to the movie. Jennifer Bisset was a senior editor for CNET. She covered ...

As it turns out, Paramount enlisted the help of a Sonic game developer veteran to help create a revised look for the film. Tyson Hesse, an American animator who worked on Sonic Mania and various ...