Directed by:
Gisaburō SugiiCinematography:
Hiroaki EdamitsuCast:
Kaneto Shiozawa, Miki Fujitani, Shōzō Iizuka, Unshō Ishizuka, Chikao Ohtsuka, Jōji Nakata, Yasunori Masutani, Ginzō Matsuo, Tetsuo Kanao, Shigezō Sasaoka (more)VOD (1)
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In the not too distant future, civilization is under attack. Leading the forces of darkness is the evil mastermind Bison, who is determined to capture the minds and bodies of the world's greatest fighters for use in his manic plan to conquer the world. The only people on Earth with the potential to stop him are Ken and Ryu, two powerful legendary martial arts warriors. Together they face the fights of all fights. The final battle of good against evil is about to begin! (official distributor synopsis)
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I was about eight years old when the first two arcade game machines were brought into our local shop. One had a racing game on it and the other had Street Fighter II. My two cousins and I, who were of a similar age, were helping out like mad at home to earn some pocket money so we could go and play this game... I remember that I was the best at being Blanka, because I could spam my opponents with the Electric Thunder attack just at the right moment, although unfortunately my opponents then adapted quite quickly and I still remember one of my biggest losses as a kid, when one of my cousins just used Guile to spam attacks from a distance so Blanka could not reach him with his Electric Thunder attack... We had a lot of wonderful experiences during the era of arcade game machines, which actually only lasted only a few months before one of my cousins got an Atari console and the other got an Intel 486 computer, and Street Fighter II was abandoned for Mortal Kombat... When I was older, I discovered there had been a Street Fighter movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme which was so bad I did not get to the end of it, and I decided then to leave that universe behind... Well, I made a mistake, because this anime adaptation is really quite good. It has most of the characters from the game, they have a lot of the major attacks, and even the fight scenes have some spunk and substance. Sure, it is irritating that my favorite character Blanka is only in it for a minute along with Zangief, and Dhalsim is only in it for about five minutes. I could go on, although you have to remember they do have a lot of characters in the game… This anime series is rather average plot-wise, there is nothing too epic, surprising, or challenging going on. But if you have ever played the game, there is a high possibility, that you will enjoy the movie a bit more and because of it give it some extra points... 7/10.
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