Street Fighter II V

Premise

The series stars Ryu and Ken, teenage martial artists who embark on a journey to improve their skills after experiencing brutal defeat at the hands of Guile. Along the way, they become acquainted with other Street Fighter characters, such as tour guide Chun-Li, martial arts movie-star Fei Long, Muay Thai champion Sagat, and Indian monk Dhalsim. Eventually, they find themselves in the crosshairs of the criminal syndicate Shadowlaw and their leader, the enigmatic M. Bison, after defeating Ashura, one of their subordinate organizations.

Among the agents of Shadowlaw are Russian bear wrestler and hired muscle Zangief, seductive British assassin Cammy, who is unaware of her employer's connection to Shadowlaw, and Interpol double agent Balrog. The Spanish nobleman Vega also appears as an antagonist, although he is not connected with Shadowlaw.

Unlike Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, which stayed close to the original game's storyline, Street Fighter II V takes several liberties with its source material. It features redesigned versions of most of the game's characters, whose appearances, backstories, and personalities deviated greatly from their traditional depictions. While the show was set in 1995, the present year of its original airing, the ages of the characters were altered to make most of the cast younger than they were in the games. For example, Ryu's year of birth was changed from 1964 to 1977. Out of the seventeen characters featured in *Super Street Fighter II Turbo,*the latest game in the series at the time, only Blanka, Dee Jay, E. Honda, and T. Hawk do not appear in the show.

Akuma makes several cameo appearances during crowd scenes, but is not actively involved in the story.

Characters

• Ryu Hoshi
• Voiced by: Kouji Tsujitani (Japanese), Brett Weaver and Tommy Drake (English ADV dub), Skip Stellrecht (English Animaze dub)

• Ken Masters
• Voiced by: Kenji Haga (Japan), Jason Douglas (English ADV dub), Stephen Apostolina (English Animaze dub)

• William Guile
• Voiced by: Tesshō Genda (Japan), Rob Mungle (English ADV dub), Kirk Thornton (English Animaze dub)

• Chun-Li Zang
• Voiced by: Chisa Yokoyama (Japan), Tamara Lo and Junie Hoang (English ADV dub), Lia Sargent (English Animaze dub)

• Fei Long
• Voiced by: Kazuki Yao (Japan), Andrew Klimko (English ADV dub), Randy McPherson (English Animaze dub)

• Viktor Sagat
• Voiced by: Banjō Ginga (Japan), Andrew Klimko (English ADV dub), Peter Spellos (English Animaze dub)

• Dhalsim
• Voiced by: Shōzō Iizuka (Japan), Mike Kleinhenz (English ADV dub), Steve Blum (English Animaze dub)

• Vega Fabio La Cerda
• Voiced by: Kaneto Shiozawa (Japan), Vic Mignogna (English ADV dub), Richard Cansino (English Animaze dub)

• Gerard Balrog
• Voiced by: Tomomichi Nishimura (Japan), Werner Richmond (English ADV dub), Joe Romersa (English Animaze dub)

• Cammy White
• Voiced by: Yōko Sasaki (Japan), Carol Matthews and Shawn Taylor (English ADV dub), Debra Jean Rogers (English Animaze dub)

• Zangief
• Voiced by: Yasuro Tanaka (Japan), John Swasey (English ADV dub), Kevin Seymour (English Animaze dub)

• M. Bison
• Voiced by: Kenji Utsumi (Japan), Markham Anderson and Mike Kleinhenz (English ADV dub), Tom Wyner (English Animaze dub)

• Inspector Dorai
• Voiced by: Rokuro Naya (Japan), John Swasey (English ADV dub), Michael Forest (English Animaze dub)

• Charlie Nash
• Voiced by Ryōichi Tanaka (Japan), Jay Hickman (English ADV dub), Dean Elliott (English Animaze dub)

• Zoltar
• Voiced by Matsuo Matsuo (Japan), Peter Errol (English ADV dub), Milton James (English Animaze dub)

Episodes

Music

Japanese

• Opening Themes

1. "Kaze Fuiteru" by Yuki Kuroda (eps 1–19)
2. "Ima, ashita no tame ni" by Shuji Honda (eps 20–29)

• Ending Themes

1. "Cry" by Yuki Kuroda (eps 1–19)
2. "Lonely Baby" by Shuji Honda (eps. 20–29)

The American and Australian release of the Manga/Animaze English dub uses untitled instrumental theme music by Mike Egan composed specifically for the dub. The ADV Films version kept the original Japanese intro and outro themes.

Development

The work on the anime was influenced by Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie.

Home video releases

Two English adaptations of the series were produced. The first one was by the dubbing group Animaze and Manga Entertainment in 1996, and was released in Australia and North America as a series of VHS tapes in 1997–1998. Each tape included three episodes, and was released in both a dubbed version and a subtitled version (which was priced 5 US dollars more than the dubbed version). The US CLV Laserdisc was released between March and June 1998 on 10 discs. In 1997, ADV Films produced a second English dub exclusively for the UK market, also released on VHS. The Animaze/Manga dub had a DVD release on 29 April 2003 in a four disc set in North America and was then released on DVD in Australia.

In Japan, the anime was released via DVD box set on July 15, 2009.

Notes

References

References

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