Audience reviews
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Tactician
Warning at start of review -
When Hadou is introduced about half way through the show there are plenty of instances of bright light flashing as Ryu is training and even after when Vega (Bison in the US) gets introduced with his Psycho Power. Be mindful of that if seizures are a possibility for you
Street Fighter II V takes the game from the Super Nintendo system and brings it to life in a way. If you are familiar with the game you will notice some characters right as they are on screen even though it is centered around Ryu and Ken mainly. Anyone else catch the few scenes where Akuma was randomly in the background for a cameo?
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I personally don't remember the story elements of the game from back then, so if it has basis on that I wouldn't be able to link to it. However I…
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It's Street Fighter but know as we know it.
Following on from the success of the Street Fighter II Animated Movie in 1994, animation studio Group Tac and director Gisaburō Sugii would return to Street Fighter in 1995 with Street Fighter II V, or Street Fighter II Victory as it's also known, a 29 episode TV series (the show's title being a play on this as 2 V sounds like TV) that unlike it's movie predecessor which was a somewhat faithful adaptation of the Street Fighter II video game would take many liberties from it's source material, particularly with the characters in terms of their designs, personalities and back stories.
For example, Ryu is 17 years old who is more happy-go-lucky and simple minded as opposed to his more stern and stoic personality he's known for. His design has also…
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This is a show, i feel, that was made for Fans of the Street Fighter games who are already familiar with the characters and their affiliations. Though there are some interesting threads such as learning how Ryu and Ken harness their Hadou power, and learning who trained Chun-Li and Fei Long in Martial Arts
for the most part the story is quite light and flighty with very little character development or plot-twists or turns. This is where the show falls flat the most for me as i was looking forward to learning more about who trained Ryu and Ken how to fight and how they deal with obstacles differently in their own way.
I also feel that Chun-Li, who is a great fighter in her own right, never got her time to shine in the show like she did in the Street Fighter II Movie.
If you are looking for…
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This was a great anime, regardless if your a street fighter fan or not its worth a look at.
I personally love street fighter, and got hooked with this anime for sure. Its true to the story and the character representation is on point. What i like about this series it shows when Ryu was younger so he was not as serious as we see him to be in the games, but through his travel and experience and encouters with other characters, like Dhalsim and Sagat he matures, and grows as a person and character as well. The animation is really good, and the voice acting is nice as well
The thing i really love the music for this anime as well, particular the theme song, and motivational them they play from time to time, also a scene were ryu fights guile at a bar and the music in that particular scene is…
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Time again to look at a nostalgic "classic" of the past. Street Fighter 2: the anime, had everyone in the 1990s absolutely PSYCHED! After the laughably bad American movie and an even worse American cartoon adaptation on the USA channel, Street Fighter was finally going to get the masterful adaptation it deserved and bring our favorite characters to the small screen.
Unfortunately, Street Fighter 2V really dropped the ball in my opinion. I had already seen Street Fighter get two butchered adaptations, so I really wanted this version to actually stay true to the story of the games and the personality of the characters. It isn't like Street Fighter was a literary masterpiece, but if you want to change everything about the plot and characters, then why bother adapting Street Fighter? Why not…
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As a long time Street Fighter fan, I had high hopes for this anime revolving around the teenage life of Ryu and Ken. I also eagerly awaited certain episodes where they interacted with other Street Fighter characters in a new light (ie. Ryu being friendly with Sagat, Ken sparring with Fei Long).
Unfortunately, this series ultimately failed to live up to my hopes all because of one major flaw: PAINFULLY SLOW PACING. It's almost as if after every sentence is uttered, there's a dramatic pause in between to lengthen the show. It also takes an entire episode for a hadouken that Ryu is charging to finally fire; until then, it's just a horribly slow build up where they're staring down, and any viewers nearby have a mental monologue of what they think about the situation. That, right there, is ba…
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A simple yet thoroughly addictive piece or work.I watched this a few years back,and have watched quite a few anime since then but few comes across as being anywhere near as entertaining as this is.Ryo and Ken are long time buds.Ken is the son of a rich billionaire father in the USA while ryu live a more humble life in Japan.One day after many years ryu gets a letter from his friend ken asking him to visit him.Ken decides that the two should ''hit the town'' and '' live it up''.While getting into a bar fight over a woman {surprise,surprise !}lol. they get the worst beating of their teenage lifes as their opponent shows them how pitiful their skills truly are.
They then decide to embark on a journey to travel the world and gain strength by fighting new opponents.Along the way they get thems…
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Ahhh, "Street Fighter II V"... this brings back memories! I watched this series (dubbed) in my ignorant youth when anime, to me, was all about badassery and hot blooded action. Needless to say, I really enjoyed this series: it had "Street Fighter II" connections, and the action seemed uber cool, making most western cartoon seem tame in comparison. Despite being vaguely aware of the corny-ness of the dub and the atrocious amount of reused animation, it was everything that anime meant to me at the time.
Now, this trip down memory lane might seem out of place in a review, but (in addition to being self indulgent,) there's actually a point buried within my ramblings: while I now look back and acknowledge that this probably isn't a great anime, it's tricky for me to judge it properly through…
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(Note: I just copy+pasted this from my review at tv.com)
(Also note that I watched the English dub)
"There was a Street Fighter anime?" I thought to myself when my sister had three Street Fighter DVDs in her hands; a Street Fighter movie and the complete first season of Street Fighter II: V. I watched the movie first; it was nothing special, and somewhat boring. A couple of weeks after that I started watching the anime. The theme song and opening was pretty lame... I would have preferred some Jpop or Jrock for the theme song over some sort of rockish song that's trying to be cool... and that opening sequence just went on and on... I was like, "When does the show start?".
So the show started, and almost everyone's personalities were very suiting for their characters. The show had a few fu…
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Street Fighter's run in anime may have been a commercial success, mostly due more to Capcom's monsterous marketing as opposed to making any kind of sense whatsoever, but I feel cheated. I expected a lot more from an animated adaptation of the most popular fighting game ever made. SF: The Animated Movie, while it towers over the rest, isn't satisfying, and the Alpha movies are just wretched. So I thought I'd put a retrospective on what may be the most forgettable Street Fighter rendition since the U.S. Saturday morning cartoon, Street Fighter II V, from Manga Entertainment.
[STORY 5] I felt this TV series had a lot going for it. Where the other movies failed is that we already know that Ken and Ryu are good friends, but very little is emphasized on that aspect. Audiences are kind of robbed…
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When I first heard about this anime, I was highly skeptical about it. Although the idea of an anime based on Street Fighter was exciting to me, I had serious doubts as to whether it would be worth watching. Furthermore, when I learned that the anime was in English, it further deterred me from watching it. During my anime watching experience, I have always despised the thought of dubbed shows because IMHO it loses a lot of character originating from the Japanese language (subbed). Anyway, for weeks the title SF2V was persistently sitting at the back of my mind until I finally decided to watch the first episode. To my amazement, I was shocked to learn that all my preconceptions of this anime were wrong. Now don't get me wrong, I am not saying that this is one of the best anime ever because i…
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Personally, I really liked the approach the staff did with this series by making Ken and Ryu teenagers. Putting them at that age gives better and more sensible opportunities for character development and sets things in a whole new perspective. OK, what I am going to say is a spoiler, but I need to mention it for multiple reasons, one of the reasons is to mention a negative and to inform those who are fans of those characters who want to see this series: T.Hawk, E. Honda, and Blanka are not in this series, and Akuma only has on screen cameos. So fans of those characters may find it disappointing. But I don’t see how they could fit at some points and it’s better to not have them, than have them and be useless which was a problem I had with Final Fantasy VII Advent Children which…
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Okay I'll admit I'm a little biased when writing this review I'm a huge fan of the street fighter video games so it would be obvious that I would like the anime as well.
Story- I felt the storyline was good considering what it is based off I mean beat em up as they come matches the style perfectly.
Art- I was really impressed actually given when this was made the animation and art was pretty good.
Sound- I loved the sound effects and I loved the opening my only problem is that no existing copy of the opening's name seems to exist to my disapointment. I didn't like the voice actors though...go figure.
Character- All your favorites from street fighter are here so yes enjoy.
Enjoyment- I love martial arts and I love street fighter so I enjoyed this anime a lot.
Overall- It's good I mean it's…
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