Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994)

this movie is everything that the first street fighter with van damme should be and wasn't. the characters are exactly like the characters of the game, they even have the same special moves. the main character is ryu like it should be in the first movie and wasn't. the animation in great, you only have to say that is manga, the anime works beautifully in the street fighter. if you like street fighter and good animation please watch this movie, if you like it the street fighter with van damme you surely are not a street fighter fan therefor don't watch this movie, 'coz you don't deserve it.

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As a huge Street fighter fan, I was more than gladdened when I heard that Manga had decided to produce an animated movie based on perhaps the greatest video game series of all time. When I say more than gladdened, I in fact mean ecstatic! I hit the roof! Locking myself in a room for 6 months, I refused to look at any pictures of the film for fear of disappointment and as it finally hit the shelves, I was first in line to receive a copy.

As you may have guessed, this film is an action movie, and although the plot itself is a little on the cheesy side, the fight sequences are the best your likely to see in an animated film. The animation itself is very impressive, with some superbly drawn characters (Sagat, Ryu, Ken and Bison) and each of the world warriors looks exactly as you would want them to. The music score, although a little heavy metalish, is brilliantly used in sync with the fights. It really gets you're the adrenaline pumping. The dubbing is usually very good and 90% of the voices being perfectly chosen. I say 90% because the voice of Ryu is badly selected. His dubbed voice is way too American for a `Japanese fighter.' Bison on the other hand has the best voice in Manga history and is in my opinion the greatest animated bad guy ever to grace my screen. Yes, he's even better than Roau the Conqueror in Fist of the North Star. Why? Because not only is Bison insidiously evil, but also he's tremendously funny. For example, when Ryu darts off to save Ken, Bison chuckles `Well, aren't you the big He-man.' Amazing! A bad guy who uses pop culture references! Yes, this film is a masterpiece of Manga entertainment, and apart from Akira, is the only animated movie to come close to perfection. So I'm a little biased, but what ya gonna do?

Hail Capcom, Hail Manga and Hail Bison! Psycho Crusher!

Overall: 7.5/10

As ever Manga succeeds in delivering a film that aims to please. True it may not be the emotional Manga film ever, but then again that wouldn't be Streetfighter would it? This is action all the way, and a bloody good laugh it is too!

Note: Do not under any circumstances confuse this with the action Movie starring Jean Claude Van Damn! This film is a work of genius, not a joke!

G.John 21/5/99

Well, I must say I LIKED THIS FILM!!! The drawings were great (manga, what else?), and combined with the magic touch of manga artists for dramatic scenes and action, this is a PIECE OF FINE ART. A lot is being revealed and we are finally aware to a little of the characters' background (if you want more try Street Fighter Zero or Alpha, which is the same movie...). This movie should be replaced with that dumb variations that had been made before (with all doe respect to Mr. Van Dam, Ryu still kicks his ass).

I would very recommend watching Street Fighter Zero after this.

Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie fmovies. In my opinion the movie didn't exist. This Animated version of the Streetfighter story is a zillion times as good. The characters are stronger and although there are quite a few of them they are all developed enough for us to sympathise/hate them. It seems as if the makers of this film paid extra attention to every area of production in order to make a film that couldn't possibly be improved upon. They almost succeeded.

Unfortunately I saw the "Americanised" version of the film which replaces an awesome musical score with grunge rock music and cuts out Chun Li's nudity before her fight with Vega.

Speaking of Vega, doesn't he remind of Jason Voorhees. He was definitely a cool character. They all were apart from M. Bison. He is the only fault the film has because for a central villain. He doesn't do much apart from stand statue still and say in a very deep (that MUST make him evil) voice that he is superior to everyone else and that they are all "weak pathetic fools" and that his henchmen must "seize them". Boring. It is such a shame that a great movie had such a lame villain.

But it's the set (?) pieces that make this film stand out from other Anime movies. The fight on the wing of the plane is ultra cool. Ken Masters is just driving thru the Pacific Northwest countryside when this huge plane comes out of nowhere and he is suddenly fighting M. Bison on top of it. The final battle outside Honda's shack in the mountains is also very cool. I reckon Honda is my fave character.

The ending was a little suspicion tho. Just what is the deal with that truck? Anyways, the Streetfighter franchise knows it's full potential and I recommend that you check out all of the DVDS that are available out there.

If movie justice existed, this movie would've been in theatres instead of that disastrous movie version. It has action, drama, even a bit of humour. Although I could only see the dubbed version, it was still excellent. The main characters are portrayed well, much better than your typical action flick. The only (possibly) sorry part is how some characters are given bit parts just so they could be there, this does nothing to detract from the movie. I enjoyed every minute of it. Let's hope movies like these encourage more people to check out anime. The only reason someone might not like it would be because their favourite character wasn't given enough screentime!

I am a big fan of the Street Fighter II video games. If anyone wanted an alternate source for the title other than the game and the live action movie then this is your great alternative! All of the classic characters are in it! M. Bison, Ryu, Ken, Blanka, Zangief, T. Hawk, Chun-Li, Sagat, Vega, Guile, E. Honda, Fei Long, Dhalsim, Cammy, DeeJay, Vega, and Balrog! In My opinion all of the characters look exactly like they do in the video game. The male characters look super and the female fighters look absolutely gorgeous! The animation is so crisp and clean! I have read that are two versions but I have seen the American version. This film may not be suitable for youngsters because of the minor language such as "hell" and "damn" and blood coming from the characters' wounds. Another is a very surprising scene where Chun-Li is taking a shower and then she puts on a night gown type shirt and some underwear and when she fights Vega you see this and even though that this may be uncalled for in an animated feature but I thought it was cute and animated very realistically. More on that in a second. Another thing was the music. Really music though out the entire film! M. Bison and his men were really introduced properly. It was like this was a real movie. One thing to explain is when Chun-Li was in her apartment minding her own business after she got out of the shower and Vega just came barging in. I really liked the fight between Chun-Li and Vega! That scene was really animated well. Another is near the end when M. Bison, Ryu, and Ken are fighting. I believe that the fight scenes in this feature are some of the greatest fight scenes I've seen and I'm commenting on an animated movie! The fighting in the animated feature is simply amazing and I really liked how realistic everything was! If you like the Street Fighter II video games and the Street Fighter live action movie with Jean Claude-Van Damme and the late great Raul Julia (which by the way I think Julia's role as M. Bison was arguably his greatest ever!) then I strongly recommend that you watch this movie now!