Great show!
This was a very cool show. Continuing after "Street Fighter: the Movie" (1994), (I don't care what anyone says, I liked that movie.) this cartoon followed Colonel William F. Guile and his co-horts as they tried to stop Major Bison (and some other villains, when it wasn't him).
Being a fan of the games and flick, I thought this show was perfect for someone like me. "Street Fighter: the cartoon" tied-in the movie's universe with the games'. The characters kept true to both universes, and truly became one of my favorite shows based off a video game.
Guile's main team consisted of man-beast Charlie Blanka, (his friend in the game, who was mutated into a beast by Bison and Dhalsim) news reporter Chun-Li Zang, (who also has a score to settle with Bison) and Ken Masters and Ryu Hoshi, two con men who Guile previously partnered with. His other teammates included action movie star Fei-Long (who was not in the movie), Native American T. Hawk (one of his aides), Jamaican kickboxer Dee Jay (back on Guile's side...cool!), sumo wrestler E. Honda, Professor Dhalsim (the aforementioned doctor-he and Blanka didn't always get along), and his other aide, Cammy (who temporarily teamed with Bison) Bison's team had his gun-runner Viktor Sagat and his protege, Vega, and Bison's hired muscles Zangief and Balrog (who could operate a computer pretty good...like Dee Jay in the movie.)
This show started tying in the movie with Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo. Some other characters, like Akuma Long, Ken and Ryu's master's evil brother, and Captain Sawada appeared in this show, too. Later, Street Fighter Alpha characters like Sodom, Birdie and Rose appeared, and Alpha elements like Bison controlling Cammy's mind came into play, keeping in date with the games.
Essentially, Guile and Bison were the lead hero and villain, but sometimes they would stray from it a little and focus on Ken and Ryu, who, in the game, are the leads. One episode I remember involved Ken having many problems, like drinking and staying out too late, while forgetting his Shotokan training. Ryu and Fei-Long had to assist Ken back to his old ways. It ended with Ken and Ryu joining hands in friendship in the end.
I remember this show aired on the USA network. Does anyone know if it's still on? If not, Toonami should definitely pick it up. I am convinced that video games can make great cartoons. Other good examples are the Super Mario Brothers shows, Pokemon, Sonic the Hedgehog (the ABC cartoon, not AoStH or Underground) and Donkey Kong Country. Some can be total stinkers, (*Cough cough* Double Dragon *Cough*) but still, this is another good one. Give this show a shot, even if you didn't like the live-action movie. In my opinion, it blows away the Street Fighter anime movie.
*Street Fighter will never die*
Being a fan of the games and flick, I thought this show was perfect for someone like me. "Street Fighter: the cartoon" tied-in the movie's universe with the games'. The characters kept true to both universes, and truly became one of my favorite shows based off a video game.
Guile's main team consisted of man-beast Charlie Blanka, (his friend in the game, who was mutated into a beast by Bison and Dhalsim) news reporter Chun-Li Zang, (who also has a score to settle with Bison) and Ken Masters and Ryu Hoshi, two con men who Guile previously partnered with. His other teammates included action movie star Fei-Long (who was not in the movie), Native American T. Hawk (one of his aides), Jamaican kickboxer Dee Jay (back on Guile's side...cool!), sumo wrestler E. Honda, Professor Dhalsim (the aforementioned doctor-he and Blanka didn't always get along), and his other aide, Cammy (who temporarily teamed with Bison) Bison's team had his gun-runner Viktor Sagat and his protege, Vega, and Bison's hired muscles Zangief and Balrog (who could operate a computer pretty good...like Dee Jay in the movie.)
This show started tying in the movie with Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo. Some other characters, like Akuma Long, Ken and Ryu's master's evil brother, and Captain Sawada appeared in this show, too. Later, Street Fighter Alpha characters like Sodom, Birdie and Rose appeared, and Alpha elements like Bison controlling Cammy's mind came into play, keeping in date with the games.
Essentially, Guile and Bison were the lead hero and villain, but sometimes they would stray from it a little and focus on Ken and Ryu, who, in the game, are the leads. One episode I remember involved Ken having many problems, like drinking and staying out too late, while forgetting his Shotokan training. Ryu and Fei-Long had to assist Ken back to his old ways. It ended with Ken and Ryu joining hands in friendship in the end.
I remember this show aired on the USA network. Does anyone know if it's still on? If not, Toonami should definitely pick it up. I am convinced that video games can make great cartoons. Other good examples are the Super Mario Brothers shows, Pokemon, Sonic the Hedgehog (the ABC cartoon, not AoStH or Underground) and Donkey Kong Country. Some can be total stinkers, (*Cough cough* Double Dragon *Cough*) but still, this is another good one. Give this show a shot, even if you didn't like the live-action movie. In my opinion, it blows away the Street Fighter anime movie.
*Street Fighter will never die*
- tweiss1981
- Mar 8, 2001