Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie: Difference between revisions

 

As opposed to [[Street Fighter (film)|other movies]] [[Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li|based off of]] ''[[Street Fighter II]]'', ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' is mostly faithful to the original game and its [[Updated Rerelease|iterations]]; whatever changes that were made still do their best to represent the spirit of the series. Soon after the release of this film, [[Capcom]] made a [[Recursive Adaptation|video game]] after the movie following the events of an upgraded Monitor Cyborg recording various Street Fighter battles. Several fight scenes and new ideas introduced in the movie -- such as the fight between Ryu and Sagat at the beginning of the film, Ken having longer hair when he was younger, and a two-on-one battle -- were [[Ret Canon|eventually integrated]] into the ''[[Street Fighter Alpha]]'' series. ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' is still a huge fan favorite.

 

* [[The Anime of the Game]]

* [[Anime Theme Song]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uChauOW6CDI "Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokoro Tsuyosa to"], played during {{spoiler|Ryu and Ken's fight with Bison}}. ''Street Fighter Zero'', the Japanese version of the first ''Alpha'' game, even features an instrumental version for the Dramatic Battle mode.

* [[The Cameo]]: Akuma in Calcutta.

* [[Canon Immigrant]]: Dr. Senoh, the old scientist working for Shadowlaw, makes a cameo appearance in Bison's ending in ''[[Street Fighter Alpha]] 2''.

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Guile gets his ass firmly handed to him by Bison. He doesn't even get one hit in, because Bison keeps dodging.

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Cammy, Zangief, Blanka and Dee Jay.

* [[Gainax Ending]]: {{spoiler|Bison coming at Ryu with a semi-truck}}.

* [[Heroic Build]]: The number of guys in this movie who ''aren't'' utterly ripped to shit can be counted on one hand. Notably, Sagat and Bison take this to almost [[Top-Heavy Guy]] proportions.

* [[Improvised Weapon]]: After being wounded by Vega's claw, a slightly ticked off Chun-Li retaliates by throwing her couch at him.

* [[Lowered Monster Difficulty]]: M. Bison, who after mopping the floor with Guile using his Psycho Power, decided to fight Ryu and Ken without it. {{spoiler|He lost.}}

* [[Market-Based Title]]: Released in Japan as ''Street Fighter II Movie''. Retitled for its overseas release to avoid confusion with its live-action counterpart.

* [[Meditation Powerup]]: How Ken regains his strength and center after being nearly killed by Bison.

* [[Not Worth Killing]]: What Bison thinks of Guile after beating him.

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Given that the film's producers were tasked at trying to fit in all 16 fighters from ''Super Street Fighter II'' into the film somehow, naturally a few of them got the short end of the stick. The Zangief vs. Blanka match in particular bears no significance to the plot. Since ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo'' was barely announced right after the film has just started the production, the only way the animators could include Akuma in the movie without making his presence feel shoehorned was to include him as a background extra in Calcutta.

* [[Perfectly Cromulent Word|Perfectly Cromulent Pronunciation]]: Oh, Sagat? The "moo tie" champ?

** [[Adaptation Expansion]]: [[Group TAC]] animated a few new scenes specifically for the video game adaptation. Most of them were just scenes involving the advanced monitor cyborg controlled by the player, but one of them involved Akuma throwing a Hadoken towards the screen.

* [[Ret Canon]]: This movie influenced many aspects of the ''[[Street Fighter Alpha]]'' series.

 

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