Sonic Boom bothers me. I use to blindly hate the new show for several reasons, being that most of its jokes fall flat and there's only two characters I like humor-wise, Knuckles and Eggman. But not visually. I have no idea they went with the setting and designs they did for Sonic Boom. I know the main focus is comedy, but it's also an action-adventure. Those two genres are mostly neglected in favor for its hit-and-miss jokes. SB's comedy is on the same level as a slice-of-life sitcom. There's nothing wrong with having situations where Sonic and friends get to hang out and do something that doesn't involved adventure or being heroes. The thing is that there's no balance of the 3; Comedy comes first, Action is secondary, and adventure is barely there. I was hoping this show would've done what early Adventure Time did and blend the three genres together in clever way. Instead the main cast are on the same island, same village, and will at times go to the desert/ice areas.
The first time watching this, I didn't hate right away. But I also was the same "cartoons in a retirement home" feel when I used to watch 'The Looney Tunes Show'. Most times the show seem slow, boring, or relied on awkward pauses for comedy. I'm not sure if the animation team is under-budgeted or in a tight schedule, but why are the episode visually inconstant? I'll be watching an episode where the character movement looks stiff but rendered beautifully By TV standards, and then the next one has under-saturated color with good animation. The bad visuals is what put me off the most this cartoon.
Speaking of cartoons, SB's a cartoon that just does mostly verbal humor. The jokes feel at the same of decent web-comic writing. Sure, I like verbal humor, but its a cartoon
Like >>51 said, Aosth takes advantage of being a cartoon and adds slapstick and over-the-top actions with its verbal humor. SB's just mostly sits and stands around taking. They fight battles too, though it looks like more of chore for the main cast and not so much believable.