If you ask purists why they dislike the dub, they will point directly to the production company, . Known for aggressively localizing anime to make it "kid-friendly," their treatment of Sonic X resulted in heavy alterations:
This dub introduced us to the legendary voice cast from 4Kids. Mike Pollock’s spectacular performance as Dr. Eggman was so perfectly bombastic that SEGA kept him as the official voice for the video games long after the show ended! Sonic X (Dub)
Admit it—the English opening theme song is an absolute masterpiece of hype. It is impossible to listen to those pounding drums and shredding guitars without wanting to run through a wall at Mach 1. If you ask purists why they dislike the