Street Fighter II V (Japanese: ??????????II V, Hepburn: Sutor?to Fait? Ts? Bui), is an anime series produced by Group TAC based on the fighting game Street Fighter II. Directed by Gisaburo Sugii (who also directed the earlier Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie), the series first aired in Japan in 1995, from April 10 to November 27, on YTV. An English adaptation of the series was produced by the dubbing group Animaze and Manga Entertainment in 1996, and was released in Australia and the USA as a series of VHS tapes in 1997-1998. In 1997, ADV Films produced an English dub exclusively for the UK market, also released on VHS. The Animaze/Manga dub had a DVD release on April 29, 2003 in a four disc set in North America and was then released on DVD in Australia.
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Premise
The series chronicles the adventures of Ryu and Ken, two teenage martial artists who embark on a journey to improve their skills after experiencing brutal defeat at the hands of Guile. Along the way, they become acquainted with other Street Fighter characters such as the 15-year-old tour guide Chun-Li, martial arts movie-star Fei Long, Muay Thai champion Sagat, and Indian monk Dhalsim. Eventually, they find themselves in the crosshairs of the criminal syndicate Shadowlaw, led by the enigmatic M. Bison, after defeating one of their subordinate organizations (Ashura). Among the agents of Shadowlaw include Russian bear wrestler and hired muscle Zangief, seductive British assassin Cammy (who is unaware of her employer's connection to Shadowlaw), and Interpol double agent Balrog. The Spanish nobleman Vega also appears as an antagonist, although he is not connected with Shadowlaw in this series.
In contrast to Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, which hewed very closely to the original game's storyline, Street Fighter II V takes a number of liberties with its source material. It features radically redesigned versions of most of the game's characters, whose appearances, backstories, and personalities deviated greatly from their traditional depictions. While the show was set in 1995, the present year of its original airing, the ages of the characters were altered to make most of the cast younger than they were in the games (for example, Ryu's year of birth was changed from 1964 to 1977). Out of the seventeen characters featured in Super Street Fighter II Turbo (the latest game in the series at the time), only Blanka, Dee Jay, E. Honda, and T. Hawk never appear in the show. Akuma makes several cameo appearances during crowd scenes, but he is not actively involved in the story.
Characters
- Ryu
- Voiced by Kouji Tsujitani in Japan, Brett Weaver the 1st voice in the English ADV dub, Tommy Drake the 2nd voice in the English ADV dub and Skip Stellrecht in the English Animaze dub.
- Ken
- Voiced by Kenji Haga in Japan, Jason Douglas in the English ADV dub and Stephen Apostolina in the English Animaze dub.
- Guile
- Voiced by Tessh? Genda in Japan, Rob Mungle in the English ADV dub and Kirk Thornton in the English Animaze dub.
- Chun-Li
- Voiced by Chisa Yokoyama in Japan, Junie Hoang 1st voice in the English ADV dub, Tamara Lo 2nd voice in the English ADV dub and Lia Sargent in the English Animaze dub.
- Inspector Dorai (?? D?rai)
- Voiced by Rokuro Naya in Japan, John Swasey in the English ADV dub and Michael Forest in the English Animaze dub.
- Fei Long
- Voiced by Kazuki Yao in Japan, Andrew Klimko in the English ADV dub and Randy McPherson in the English Animaze dub.
- Sagat
- Voiced by Banj? Ginga in Japan, (ADV dub ?) and Peter Spellos in the English Animaze dub.
- Dhalsim
- Voiced by Sh?z? Iizuka in Japan, (ADV dub ?) and Steve Blum in the English Animaze dub.
- Vega (Balrog in Japan)
- Voiced by Kaneto Shiozawa in Japan, Vic Mignogna in the English ADV dub and Richard Cansino in the English Animaze dub.
- Balrog (Mike Bison in Japan)
- Voiced by Tomomichi Nishimura in Japan, Werner Richmond in the English ADV dub and Joe Romersa in the English Amimaze dub.
- Cammy White
- Voiced by Y?ko Sasaki in Japan, Carol Matthews 1st voice in the English ADV dub, Shawn Taylor 2nd voice in the English ADV dub and Debra Jean Rogers in the English Animaze dub.
- Nash
- Voiced by Ry?ichi Tanaka in Japan, Jay Hickman in the English ADV dub and Dean Elliott in the English Animaze dub.
- Zangief
- Voiced by Yasuro Tanaka in Japan, (ADV dub ?) and Kevin Seymour in the English Animaze dub.
- M. Bison (Vega in Japan)
- Voiced by Kenji Utsumi in Japan, Markham Anderson 1st voice in the ADV English dub, Mike Kleinhenz 2nd voice in the ADV English dub and Tom Wyner in the English Animaze dub.
Episodes
Themes
Japanese
- Opening Themes
- "Kaze Fuiteru" by Yuki Kuroda (eps 1-19)
- "Ima, ashita no tame ni" by Shuji Honda (eps 20-29)
- Ending Themes
- "Cry" by Yuki Kuroda (eps 1-19)
- "Lonely Baby" by Shuji Honda (eps. 20-29)
The American and Australian release of the Manga/Animaze English dub uses an untitled instrumental theme music by Mike Egan composed specifically for the dub. The ADV Films version kept the original Japanese intro and outro themes.
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