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Street fighter the animated movie is a well animated fight fest that serves as a superior companion piece to the revolutionary fighting game on which this anime is based .

Its silly plot is full of holes and would make little sense to a non street fighter fan but not to worry, the story is merely an excuse for street fighter characters to dragon punch and shin kick the hell out of each other, and its in this department that the film delivers on a huge scale.

The battles that these characters have are truly incredible to watch! Well thought out, well animated and just astounding to gawk at, they work just as well as the best live action fight sequences out there. The two stand out fights are a masterfully executed battle between Chun li and Vega that will make your jaw drop and the final climatic battle of the film which wraps everything up in an adrenalin pumping fashion .The animated fighting on display here more than makes up for the films faults like its annoyingly slow establishing shots that seem to go on forever.

Street fighter the animated movie is first-rate animated action that does its source material justice and allows you to contemplate on how good that garbage live action version could have been.

Knowledge gives this : 4 out of 5 (It makes me want to throw fireballs baby!)

Now this is what the live action street fighter should have looked like. At least in this movie the characters stories are right (most of them). The fight scenes in this movie are really good. Especially the bloody fight between Vega and Chun-Li, for the most part of that Chun-Li is dodging Vega's claw as KMFDM is playing in the background. The soundtrack was changed for the dubbed version, adding bands songs that we know or don't know so well for a few scenes but leaving most of the film score the same during most fight scenes. The songs actually fit with what's going on. The only one that I think was playing in a fight scene was Ultra, and that went really good matching the fast paced action that was happening on screen. The only thing that bugs me a bit is that part of the shower scene was cut. It was a scene that showed Chun-Li's breasts for about 5 seconds. It's not the fact that the nudity was cut out that bugs me it's the fact that I don't like it when I movie gets cut and I find out about it knowing that if I was in another country it could see it. The movie was great overall and anyone who wants to see a good Martial arts film should see it.

My review 8.

"Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie" is an anime that packs everything you could ever wish for in a Street Fighter-anime, and it is everything that the movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme should have been. I think of myself as a fan of the glorious Street Fighter videogames, and especially the original Street Fighter II videogame. This movie brings you brilliant martial-art-sequences and it really captures the atmosphere of the videogame. Pretty much all of SFII`s characters appear in this movie, and although Ryu and Ken are the main characters, every character from the game that is present here gets to fight. An excellent musical score is also worth noticing. This is in my opinion the finest pure martial-art-anime available today. This movie`s intro, where Ryu fights Sagat, is probably the best intro ever for an anime, and it really makes you expect an extraordinary film, and this movie more than delivers. Everyone with an interest in action-anime will love this, and it is completely perfect for the fans of the videogame-series. So, if you fancy watching an anime where you get to see old favorites such as Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li go head-to-head in explosive battles against villains such as Balrog, Vega and Bison, then this is your movie.

10/10

I am a big fan of the Street Fighter II video games. If anyone wanted an alternate source for the title other than the game and the live action movie then this is your great alternative! All of the classic characters are in it! M. Bison, Ryu, Ken, Blanka, Zangief, T. Hawk, Chun-Li, Sagat, Vega, Guile, E. Honda, Fei Long, Dhalsim, Cammy, DeeJay, Vega, and Balrog! In My opinion all of the characters look exactly like they do in the video game. The male characters look super and the female fighters look absolutely gorgeous! The animation is so crisp and clean! I have read that are two versions but I have seen the American version. This film may not be suitable for youngsters because of the minor language such as "hell" and "damn" and blood coming from the characters' wounds. Another is a very surprising scene where Chun-Li is taking a shower and then she puts on a night gown type shirt and some underwear and when she fights Vega you see this and even though that this may be uncalled for in an animated feature but I thought it was cute and animated very realistically. More on that in a second. Another thing was the music. Really music though out the entire film! M. Bison and his men were really introduced properly. It was like this was a real movie. One thing to explain is when Chun-Li was in her apartment minding her own business after she got out of the shower and Vega just came barging in. I really liked the fight between Chun-Li and Vega! That scene was really animated well. Another is near the end when M. Bison, Ryu, and Ken are fighting. I believe that the fight scenes in this feature are some of the greatest fight scenes I've seen and I'm commenting on an animated movie! The fighting in the animated feature is simply amazing and I really liked how realistic everything was! If you like the Street Fighter II video games and the Street Fighter live action movie with Jean Claude-Van Damme and the late great Raul Julia (which by the way I think Julia's role as M. Bison was arguably his greatest ever!) then I strongly recommend that you watch this movie now!

If movie justice existed, this movie would've been in theatres instead of that disastrous movie version. It has action, drama, even a bit of humour. Although I could only see the dubbed version, it was still excellent. The main characters are portrayed well, much better than your typical action flick. The only (possibly) sorry part is how some characters are given bit parts just so they could be there, this does nothing to detract from the movie. I enjoyed every minute of it. Let's hope movies like these encourage more people to check out anime. The only reason someone might not like it would be because their favourite character wasn't given enough screentime!

In my opinion the movie didn't exist. This Animated version of the Streetfighter story is a zillion times as good. The characters are stronger and although there are quite a few of them they are all developed enough for us to sympathise/hate them. It seems as if the makers of this film paid extra attention to every area of production in order to make a film that couldn't possibly be improved upon. They almost succeeded.

Unfortunately I saw the "Americanised" version of the film which replaces an awesome musical score with grunge rock music and cuts out Chun Li's nudity before her fight with Vega.

Speaking of Vega, doesn't he remind of Jason Voorhees. He was definitely a cool character. They all were apart from M. Bison. He is the only fault the film has because for a central villain. He doesn't do much apart from stand statue still and say in a very deep (that MUST make him evil) voice that he is superior to everyone else and that they are all "weak pathetic fools" and that his henchmen must "seize them". Boring. It is such a shame that a great movie had such a lame villain.

But it's the set (?) pieces that make this film stand out from other Anime movies. The fight on the wing of the plane is ultra cool. Ken Masters is just driving thru the Pacific Northwest countryside when this huge plane comes out of nowhere and he is suddenly fighting M. Bison on top of it. The final battle outside Honda's shack in the mountains is also very cool. I reckon Honda is my fave character.

The ending was a little suspicion tho. Just what is the deal with that truck? Anyways, the Streetfighter franchise knows it's full potential and I recommend that you check out all of the DVDS that are available out there.

I haven't played a Street Fighter game in twenty years, so I didn't approach "The Animated Movie" expecting spot-on character treatments, backstories, etc. The story on this thing's fairly nonsensical, everyone's either a mercenary or government op. But it does benefit from great production values; this looks damn good. And no one comes to this expecting anything deep, I mean it's full of 'roided out physiques squaring off against each other. It's whether or not the movie delivers on the fight scenes, which are top-notch (especially the tense Vega/Chun Li face-off). I imagine that, were I a more devoted fan of the games, I would've given a rip about the story. But again, fights and quality animation are the focus. My only gripe with the U.S. version are the songs, none of which fit (Korn, seriously?).

Scratch that, I've got one more gripe. Internet lore tells of an extended Chun Li shower scene, the juicy parts of which were missing here. Manga Entertainment apparently forgot that "sex and violence" is a package deal. You put that T&A back where it belongs! Are we really pretending teens aren't this movie's target audience?

6/10

Viewed on: Amazon Prime Video.

Adaptation of the popular fighting game franchise of the same name, it follows a wandering warrior known as Ryu (the "face" of the franchise) as he's hunted down by the villainous M. Bison (series long villain & usual endboss in the games, here he heads off a terrorist organization known as Shadaloo that is capturing powerful "street fighters" & brainwashing them into supersoldiers). Interpol & the U. S. military (represented by series regular good guys Chun-Li & Guile) involve themselves by trying to warn Ryu before he's endangered.

It doesn't have a deep narrative, and it probably won't appeal to anyone not already familiar with the games, but if you do fall into the fan base there's a lot to like here. Ryu's wandering nature provides ample opportunities for most (if not all) of the playable characters of the time to make an appearance, most of which are involved in at least one scuffle. The fights themselves (as well as the true to the game character design) are expertly animated & detailed, with weighty, crunchy impacts that hit hard. The infamous Chun-Li shower scene is another plus (& uncensored on my viewing platform of choice), and is directly followed up by the most tense confrontation in the entire film.

Well you don't have to be familiar with the lore of the games to enjoy this movie, it would definitely enhance it and clear up any confusion. The action scenes definitely make this movie feel somewhat believable. It's well choreographed, and well illustrated. Another place where this movie shines is in its writing. Now don't get me wrong, sometimes the dialogue sounds so far in left field it doesn't even remotely sound like a normal conversation. But some of the conversations between Chun-li and Guile are great and they seem so cute together! My biggest complaint is the unnecessary panning shots of unimportant scenes, and unimportant fights. And by unimportant fights I mean fights that don't have enough time or story relevance to be impactful. But over all I enjoyed it! It's a good movie for it's time and sense I knew the lore of the main characters I feel like they did a great job staying faithful to the series! 7/10.

Why isn't this movie on digital or blu ray to buy I need it.

I can say that it is completely faithful to the game, the characters and their actions. Despite the weak storytelling, they handled Ryu and Ken's friendship well. The fight between Ryu and Sagat in the opening scene makes an impressive start. The fight between Chun Li and Vega was interesting. Ryu and Ken's last fight against Bison can be called the best. The fights are short and some characters have little role or story. Since anime productions mostly satisfy fans of the games, they can add this movie to their to-watch list. There could have been more fighting and action. However, overall it wasn't boring. My favorite move in this game, the hurricane kick, was fun to watch a few times.

When I first bought this film, I bought it for two reasons: it's based on the popular video game (of which I play often) and I wanted to start off my own collection of anime films. I probably would have trashed it right away because the live-action film version of the video game wasn't that great, but after watching my newly bought anime, I actually enjoyed it. The people who made SF2TAM managed to keep the movie faithful to the video game it was based upon and managed to fit every character into it in one shape or another. The characters themselves are portrayed the way they should be and the fights were well drawn. Worth watching if you're a fan of the series and even if you're not, do watch this film. It's a good movie on its own right.

People would like to think that the Anime Film version of Street Fighter II - The Fighting Game is far more true to its origins than the live Hollywood version starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. Well, we have every character from the Super-edition present, many of them perform their signature moves such as Hadoken etc., Blanka and Charlie are not the same person and they stuck to the original character back-stories.

Is it more true to its origins? Yes. Is it a better movie? Nope.

Here's why. Although the Anime had a lot more fight-scenes and on average they were quite impressive, the movie has no plot to speak of. The anime reeks of fan-service, starting with bit-appearances by Fei Long, Cammie, DeeJay, Dhalsim, Zangief, Blanka and T.Hawk and truth-be-told Sagat didn't get to do anything cool either. Plus, the film contains a shower-scene with Chun-Li where the director made a point of showing off her "womanhood" as often as possible.

By comparison, the Hollywood film at least had a plot and was rather funny. This film has that "anime-magic" about it, but is really nothing more than a theatrical "TV-special".

Let me start off by saying that I have never enjoyed anime, ever since i was a kid I always thought that it was pretty lame. However, being a huge fan of the Street Fighter series I was aware of this film but I avoided it assuming it would be something along the lines of Pokemon or something to that respect, or worse yet being similar to the terrible live action film of the same title. I finally was able to watch this film with the recent release of the Street Fighter Anniversary, being a fan i picked up a copy of course and decided to finally give the film a chance, wow I cant believe I put this film off for so long.

All 16 characters from the game are in the film, however the center stage is clearly on Ryu and Ken, leaving some characters to have little more than cameos which is a bit disappointing for Cammy, who is one of my favorite characters but in the film had very little screen time, sure seeing her take out several body guards and then assassinating a political figure was cool, but i was hoping for more. The film follows Ryu who is a traveling martial artist seeking other worthy fighters and he does get into many fights throughout the film, and his old friend Ken who is a wealthy man who trained with Ryu in Japan when they were younger, however it seems that money bores him and is eagerly awaiting Ryu's arrival. Chun Li and Guile fans would probably be very happy as well since they have very prominent roles in the film as well, however the hero's of the film would be nothing with out a villain. Bison is recruiting powerful fighters around the world for his own evil goals, and currently he has his eye on Ryu and Ken.

Of course the plot isn't what the fans want to see, it was almost nonexistent in the games, no sir, its the fights! There are plenty and they all pack a punch(pun intended), the film begins with a fight between Ryu and Sagat done very stylishly in a grass field, it looks very low lit at first but its the roaring lightning that suddenly flashes and lights up the fight, it truly has to be seen. Apparently one of the most acclaimed fights in the film is the Chun Li vs Vega fight, which is absolutely brilliant. A helpless Chun Li in her PJ's is attacked in her apartment by the psychotic Vega, this fight is easily the bloodiest though it never gets to extreme, the finale of the fight is just fantastic and very satisfying. The last twenty or so minutes of the film is just non stop action, Ryu vs Ken then Ryu AND Ken vs Bison, i wont go into details to avoid spoiling anything but the film couldn't have ended any better. The best part is, thats not all, there are still about half a dozen more fights in the film, and I have to say i really enjoyed the flashback scenes showing Ryu and Kens training together that really adds more depth to their friendship.

Visually the film is a wonder to behold, the animation is detailed and is very smooth and crisp, clearly a lot of time went into this. The film is also notorious for having the fight scenes professionally choreographed to give them a realistic feel and it shows since every movement really feels like the characters do put their entire bodies into it, there really is a sense of movement and power behind ever punch. The soundtrack is a mixed bag, when it is actual scored music it is great full of guitars and other instruments, i particularly like the recurring theme around the flashbacks, although i found that mixing in popular(at the time) grunge tracks just awful, they don't fit the tone of the film and are what keep the film having a timeless feel. Overall, if you are a fan of the game you will love this film, its very true to the source material and really adds layers to many of the characters, and its cool just to see your favorite fighters in animated form talking and doing their trademark moves in a different medium, this is a must see!

After the VERY disappointing release of the motion picture (ugh) I was completely certain the anime would do the series justice. It does. Most of the characters are there even the newer ones, surprisingly, and who else to center on than the favourite Ryu?

The storyline is very, very well done. All the characters are done well, especially Ryu, and to a lesser extent Ken. The animation is very smooth, and the fight scenes are outright amazing. The characters actually fight like they do in the video games, special moves and all. The dialogue wasn't so great, and the ending was good up until the last 10 seconds, but I highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys Street Fighter II.

While I haven't exactly seen that many of them, I keep hearing over and over that anything based on a video game is bad. This was a wonderful exception and it is without a doubt one of the best things ever made based on a video game! It's just great to see all of these wonderful classic characters together and looking and acting just like they do in the games. I admit that I am not that big a fan of the "Street Fighter" series, but seeing as how it's been referenced so many times, it's very hard for me to not be familiar with it. My only complaint is that some of the appearances of the characters don't mean that much.

I have yet to see any other Street Fighter adaptations at all, which mostly can't be better than this. Chun-Li is probably the best here. She is indeed represented as a powerful woman. She's also smart, funny and just enjoyable to watch. While I don't like the idea of her being taken out of commission halfway through the movie, it doesn't matter that much. I appreciate how realistic this was represented. The animation is absolutely gorgeous in this and it perfectly represents the characters. M. Bison is possibly the best one, if only because he's presented just how a villain should be, strong, stern, and scary. This more or less featured him trying to take over the world ("Of course!"). A pity the bad live-action movie came later this year. It still doesn't tarnish a wonderfully colorful film. ***1/2

This is one of my favorite anime/animated films of all time, it's also one of my favorite video game anime films of all time as well. This film came out at the time when the franchise "Street Fighter" was at its absolute peak and continued peaking afterward. Of course, from the adaptations to film were inevitable there was of course the live action 90's film which I like (and a story for another time). And then there was the anime film which came out about the same year as that film and it's no contest to say that it was clearly better than the live action film and part of what it should have been. Of course, after this film there were some other "Street Fighter" anime films, but they were just forgettable and passible in my book, which is why this film remains still the one and only best anime adaptation.

Not a whole lot I can say as the plotline is rather simplistic on the super villain M Bison from the game is both trying to take over the world but also tracking down a worthy opponent to take down Ryu as he's the final obstacle and prize in total supremacy. Yeah like I said simplistic much like the kind for many Shonen manga/anime storylines but that's a good thing as that is part of what the "Street Fighter" franchise is by its nature and simplicity is the best way to go to produces and create action.

The film has multiple characters which most of the time is a recipe for disaster, but the good news is this film isn't one of them, because it balances them out, has it's focus on the central characters while also including other characters but like puzzles from a jigsaw having them all in the right places and serving their functions all to create a big picture.

The voice acting is solid, each of them fits and feels like that's what the characters from the game sound like. Really like how each of the characters are handled as their personas are all spot on to the ones from the game, even like they included some bits of each character's story from the game to fit into this movie which help reinforce the film.

The animation is great, it's all done with great care as each of the characters looks true to the game counterparts. From my main man Ryu, main woman Chun Li, Ken and Guile whom are pretty much our central focus good guy team in the film.

But also of course one of the main bad boys in both fighting games and video game M. Bison. I'll admit as a kid I was a little nervous about this guy from the game to even seeing him in the anime, this guy is practically the living definition of intimidation. To me I always felt M Bison is "Superman" but evil if Clark/Superman decided to go to the dark side of the force. From how strong he was physically along with his super powered abilities to accompany it, along with that uniform of his which just screams out fascism as it looks a bit like a Nazi unform which implicit irony. Just one look at this guy and seeing what he can do, I couldn't help but worry for the lives of the good guys, knowing anime along with fighting games, I knew neither of them were safe.

Music in the film is awesome, there are plenty of memorable tracks. There are a lot of memorable fights in the film all well-choreographed, I'll just say a couple of them as I don't want to give away too much and these fights to me were the ones that stuck out the most and made it on my personal favorites list of one on one fights. From the fight with Chun Li and Vega, I really liked the fight because it takes place within condensed space and also liked seeing both of them just put on their best moves. I even like the jeopardy element in it, it was also really suspenseful as we see the damage Vega's claw weapon can do, which at times made me concerned for Chun Li's life.

Down of course to the final fight which consists of Guile, Ryu, Ken and M Bison. Not much to it as it was your classic good versus evil motif, but I really like the way it play outs it's predictable and yet non predictable at the same time as you already know the good guys are going to win but you don't know how and it doesn't all goes as expected.

This anime and video game movie classic just like the "Street Fighter" franchise packs a punch.

Rating: 3 and a half stars.

Do not confuse this film with "Street Fighter the Movie". his movie is much better. It's about Ryu who is a wanderer who ends up in a lot of trouble. It tells the story from different points of view, but is a good movie.

Cheesy dialogue, mild stereotypes and a few one dimensional characters are really the only qualms I have with this movie. Not being a fan of anime some of the character expressions looked kind of weird to me but that's just a personal thing and it didn't hinder the rest of the viewing experience. Character expressions aside, I loved the visual style of the movie and the design of the characters was bursting with creativity and effectively brought to life set pieces that captured the backdrops of the video game in the very best way. I also loved the fight scenes. The music accompanying them worked fantastically, and they were no lazy, annoying cuts. It's clear the creators of this film actually cared and weren't just trying to cash in on the street fighter fandom by half-heartedly throwing together a horrible movie and giving it worldwide theatre release. I can recommend this to both fans of the game and also those who love a good martial arts movie

I love watching certain scenes from this animated romp through videogame-land. Frankly, you don't often see better fight scenes than the hotel fight between Chun-Li and Vega. Amazing!

The film isn't as bloody or gory as you'd expect (the level of gore being probably along the same lines as Batman: Mask of the Phantasm). That being said, neither was the video game. They did a good job of creating a storyline which didn't try and pack too much in, although I get the feeling some of the work got lost in the translation.

There are some other classic quotes in the film, many centering around E. Honda and Ryu. All in all, an entertaining film, even if you're not a fan of the video games, however, it's still not for everyone. Really, unless you're a fan of cheezy anime, you may not want to watch this movie. Still, it ranks as one of my favourites in the genre. Much better than the Tekken or Battle Arena: Toshinden movies.

Instead of wasting your time on the live-action Van Damme movie (poor Roshan Seth and Raul Julia should never have been associated with trash like that), check out this fun little film.

Well, I must say I LIKED THIS FILM!!! The drawings were great (manga, what else?), and combined with the magic touch of manga artists for dramatic scenes and action, this is a PIECE OF FINE ART. A lot is being revealed and we are finally aware to a little of the characters' background (if you want more try Street Fighter Zero or Alpha, which is the same movie...). This movie should be replaced with that dumb variations that had been made before (with all doe respect to Mr. Van Dam, Ryu still kicks his ass).

I would very recommend watching Street Fighter Zero after this.