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Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, known as Street Fighter II Movie (ストリートファイター II MOVIE, Sutorīto Faitā Tsū Mūbī) in Japan and Australia, is a 1994 anime film adaptation of the Street Fighter II fighting game written by Kenichi Imai, directed by Gisaburō Sugii and animated by Group TAC.
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The movie begins with Japanese martial artist Ryu facing off against Muay Thai champion Sagat. With the thunder roaring in the background, they both fight in an epic duel. However, despite his renowned strength and abilities, Sagat has some difficulty defeating his opponent. Channeling his chi, he unleashes his built-up internal energy at his chall...
1995 home video version
Two English dubbed version were released directly to VHS and Laserdisc in 1995: a tamer, PG-13 version and an unrated version which contains, among other things, a slightly more revealing shower scene featuring Chun-Li that is still censored from the original Japanese version. The UK version contains the Chun-Li shower scene and all the swearing and is rated 15 by the British Board of Film Classification. In addition, a slightly different version of this movie appears on both the PlayStation...
2006 DVD version
An Uncut, Uncensored, Unleashed DVD of the movie was released on July 18, 2006and addresses the complaints made about the censored English versions of the movie in 1995. Unlike the previous unrated version released in the US which was still censored, this release is uncut from the original Japanese version and for the first time ever (for non-Japanese releases of this movie), it contains the original Japanese soundtrack in addition to the Western soundtrack (both featuring a new Dolby Digital...
2015 Blu-Ray version
Released December 15, 2015, this release by Discotek contains the Japanese original cut and restores US PG-13, US Unrated and UK Unrated in 1080p HD quality by using original masters. Furthermore, it is possible to use the Japanese soundtrack with the English voices and vice versa. The movie's subtitles also went through a more accurate translation process. As an extra, the disc contains footage from Street Fighter II: The Moviegame footage, titleless ending, production art, linear notes and...
Japanese version
There were two CDs released in Japan of the movie's soundtrack. Both CDs were released in Japan by Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. The first CD was released on August 1, 1994, while the second CD was released on November 21, 1994. The entire second CD consisted of the musical score pieces by Tetsuya Komuro that did not appear on the first CD.
English version
The alternative/grunge-oriented musical score for the English version was composed by Cory Lerios and John D'Andrea of Baywatchfame. Songs featured in the movie include "Blind" by Korn; "Them Bones" by Alice in Chains; "Israel's Son" by Silverchair; ""Hallucinations (Dream World Mix)" by In the Nursery; "Evil Dancer" by Black/Note; "Ultra" by KMFDM; "Cuz I'm Like Dat" by Smokin Suckaz Wit Logic; and "Mantra" by Intermix.
Capcom released an interactive movie game based on the film, simply titled Street Fighter II Movie for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1995. The game involves the player taking the role of Shadowlaw's Monitor Cyborgs, who would simply observe the events of the movie to collect move data from fighters. The game's fight sequences features an inter...
The success of this movie prompted Capcom to create the Street Fighter Alphaseries and flesh out the backstory of many of the characters; in addition, several details from the film were included in the storyline of the series and other future games. Many references and homages to the film have been made as well. 1. The grass field in Australia wher...
The method the movie uses to introduce the title (Ryu performing the Hadoken onto the screen) is exactly the same as the intro to Super Street Fighter II.
- THE U.S. VERSION HAD A BETTER SOUNDTRACK. While Japanese audiences may prefer the original soundtrack, U.S. audiences would no doubt have found the music jarring, to say the least.
- BRYAN CRANSTON VOICED FEI LONG. Yes, that's right! You aren't seeing things! Actor extraordinaire Bryan Cranston lent his voice acting talents to the English dub of Street Fighter II for the character of Fei Long, who gets unceremoniously whooped by Ryu near the start of the film.
- THE DOSSIERS ARE INCORRECT IN THE U.S. VERSION. During an early scene in the film, Chun-Li runs down a list of the film's notorious Grand Masters, including Sagat, Vega, and Balrog.
- THE NUDE SHOWER SCENE CAUSED A STIR. Hyperactive 14-year old fanboys were already over the moon about a Street Fighter animated movie, and once they got their hands on one (courtesy of Manga Entertainment), you could be certain the neighborhood kids poured in to watch it.
In this animated film, M. Bison (Jôji Nakata), leader of the international crime syndicate Shadowlaw, is recruiting the world's greatest fighters. Bison targets Japanese fighting master Ryu ...
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Jul 16, 2022 · Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie manages to take every single fighter from the game and make them look completely badass. Whether it's Ryu, M. Bison, or Chun-Li, each and every character is...
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