Anecdotes

In a rare instance of an animated movie cutting out a completely finished sequence, director Gisaburô Sugii decided to leave out a moment where Sagat was attacking Ryu's upper body with a series of knee strikes during their introduction fight in Australia (on the Field of Fate). Sugii's belief was that even though using the knee is a very common Muay Thai grappling move, it was that Sagat is so large and so muscular that each knee strike would have broken Ryu's arms while he was trying to block them. You can still see this sequence in the trailer for the Japanese laserdisc release that is included as a supplement on all DVD and Blu-ray releases.

The character Fei Long is voiced by Breaking Bad actor Bryan Cranston, however his name is not seen in the credits. His name is replaced by Phill Williams, for voice actor union legalities.

The monitor cyborg's visual printout lists Chun Li's master as "B.Lee". This is a reference to Bruce Lee who is also an inspiration to the Hong Kong street fighter Fei Long.

A post-credits message in the original Japanese version promotes a Spring 1995 Japan release for the Le bagarreur de rue (1994) live-action film which stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and the late Raul Julia.

The movie served as the basis for Street Fighter Zero (1995). Many elements and character designs were integrated into future games of the series (the Street Fighter Alpha series in particular) and the film's final battle is loosely adapted into Ryu's story in Street Fighter Zero 3 (1998), where Ryu's sub-boss is a brainwashed Ken, whom he must defeat before facing Bison.