Street Fighter II, Vol. 1

Starring:Kenji Haga, KÃ´ji Tsujitani, Chisa Yokoyama, TesshÃ´ Genda, RokurÃ´ Naya, Kazuki Yao, BanjÃ´ Ginga, ShÃ´zÃ´ ÃŽzuka, Kaneto Shiozawa, Kenji Utsumi, Tomomichi Nishimura, YÃ´ko Sasaki, YasurÃ´ Tanaka, RyÃ´ichi Tanaka, Takashi Taniguchi, Akio Ã”tsuka, Richard Epcar, Skip Stellrecht, Tom Fahn, Stanley Gurd Jr.
Director: Gisaburo Sugii
Studio: Manga Video
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

Boring, and unrelated to the game.
Actually quite good
Boring, and has little relationship to the game
ideal
Street Fighter and martial arts fans will love this.

Street Fighter II, Vol. 1
Starring: Kenji Haga , Kôji Tsujitani , Chisa Yokoyama , Tesshô Genda , and Rokurô Naya
Director: Gisaburo Sugii
Manufacturer: Manga Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000059H9G
Release Date: 2001-02-27

Customer Reviews:

Boring, and unrelated to the game........2005-08-31

I'm actually surprised so many people have given SF2V pretty high ratings. I'm a hardcore Street Fighter fan, and was VERY disappointed with this anime. I was expecting this anime to stay true to the game like SF 2: The Animated Movie did, but unfortunately, SF 2V has very little to do with the game.

Ryu has spiked hair, and if not for the fact that he is called "Ryu" in the series, you'd never guess that he is the Ryu of the game. In fact, a lot of characters that are supposed to be from the game, look nothing like their SF 2V counterparts. The worst is Charlie Nash. If you're familiar with the game, and see Charlie Nash in the SF 2V anime, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.

Apparently, Ken is a red head (not blonde like the game) and his mother is Japanese! We learn this little revelation pretty early on.. yes, the all-American, blonde haired Ken that SF fans have known for nearly two decades is now a red head and is apparently half-Japanese.. talk about absurd.

I don't want to give away spoilers, but Gouken (Ryu and Ken's Master according to the game's storyline) is never mentioned, and in SF 2V, he isn't the one who teaches Ryu and Ken the Hadou.

The animators also screwed up on the "Dragon Punch", which is one of Ryu and Ken's trademark moves. In the game, if the right arm is performing the punch, then the right leg is up; instead, in SF 2V, if the right arm is performing the punch, the right leg is down..! They couldn't draw the Dragon Punch right, at the very least!

If this weren't all bad enough, the there is an occasional implication that Ryu and Ken are "more than just friends" if you know what I mean.

The animation is very low quality for an anime, and pals in comparison to SF 2: the Animated Movie. The music is very low quality, and is more like elevator music. The dialogue just plain sucks, and the characters overact their parts a lot. The fight scenes aren't nearly as intense as they are in SF 2: The Animated Movie, because sound effects and implied hits seem to make up the bulk of the fighting.

Overall, it would have been better if this series had no relation to the SF franchise.

Actually quite good.......2005-06-27

I bought all 4 of these DVDs some time ago and only started to watch them now. I liked the Street Fighter II animated movie but I was put off watching this one as I wasn't too keen on Street Fighter Zero, even if this series is directed by Gisaburo Sugii who did Street Fighter II (as well as the brilliant Night on the Galactic Railroad). How is that for confusing?

What makes this better than the rather dour Street Fighter Zero is that it has a pretty good sense of humor, great fight scenes, interesting plots and the occasional moment of cartoonish goofiness. Each episode is made up of a brand new adventure as Ken and Ryu travel the world, getting into mischief. A simple formula, but it works.

Since the show is from the mid-nineties the animation isn't as smooth as more recent stuff, but you shouldn't let that ruin your enjoyment. The only thing I can complain about is the opening credit sequence, which just takes too long.

The DVD is in 1.33:1, as originally drawn with Dolby Stereo sound. Extras are limited to a few Manga trailers.

Boring, and has little relationship to the game.......2004-10-19

I never watched the entire run of the show, because the first few episodes; the ones represented on this DVD, were phenomenally boring.

Probably the biggest reason for this is that the game bears very little resemblance to the game at all. The characters have all been reimagined, and not in a good way. A lot of the distinctiveness and personality of the original characters was lost in this translation. In fact, the entire show feels very little like the game, which begs the question: why bother getting the license to do it as Street Fighter if you're not going to stay true to the Street Fighter feel and characters?

ideal.......2003-07-20

First of all, I'd just like to start off by saying how sorry I am that I have to give this DVD four stars instead of five. The reasons are the following:
- The animation and art quality of this series is kinda bad...although at times it will look great, most of the times the characters keep changing how they look- sometimes they look buff, other times they look thin and ugly, other times they look stupid... as if the artists were always taking turns drawing.
- At times, the DVD color will screw up a little. Though, not really a major problem after you get used to it, but in the beginning, it might become very annoying.
- The biggest flaw in the DVD- They took away the intro theme song(Kaze fuiteru- which, btw, is the best anime song I'v ever heard by far.) and video, and they also took out the ending theme. These were replaced by a techno like theme which is ok, but I'd much rather have Kaze Fuiteru instead.
- Even though the Japanese voices are the perfect choice for the characters, sometimes they're moving their lips and instead we will either listen to laughing(which wont match the lips) or nothing at all...

But, now for the pluses of this wonderful series and DVD:
- The japanese voices are P E R F E C T for every single character, even the Director of Fei Long's movie. I specially like Chun- Li's voice, which is as cute as you can get.
- The english voices are OK...although at times I feel like Manga only casted these voices for their battle cries and yelling. Ken and Chun- Li's battle cries are pretty good, but their voices are awful, they dont match the characters at all.
Fei Long's voice is good, although his Bruce Lee like yelling during his fight with Ken was not Bruce Lee at all...more like a high pitched rip off of the american Fei Long voice in Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie.
Ryu and Guile's voice are excellent. If I'm not mistaken, they are the same voices from SFII, which is very pleasing, as I loved Guile's voice in the animated movie aswell.
In the american dub, they also change around alot of the things the japanese voices are saying, and sometimes they even add words where they shouldn't be. This doesn't bother me, though.
- The DVD has seven episodes. This is great, because the VHS only had three.
- It contains a trailer of various Manga Animes(which is pretty cool if you enjoy anime), including the trailer to the series.
- It contains a catalogue of Manga Anime.
- It has the intro theme song remix- I'd still prefer Kaze Fuiteru, or Cry.
- The character development is great. The characters are really unique, and you'll end up either loving them, or hating them.
- The fights are superb- specially Fei Long vs Ken and Ryu vs Guile. AWSOME FIGHTS.
- The music. The music which plays during the fights and such is really catchy and enjoyable.

Overall, if you like Anime, Martial Arts, or Street Fighter, this DVD is for you!
I cant wait to recieve Volume 2, which I will order in a couple of days.

Street Fighter and martial arts fans will love this........2003-06-04

If you are a martial arts, Street Fighter or anime fan, you should do yourself a favor and pick up Street Fighter II V. I am a fan of all three and my enjoyment with this DVD was very high. I like how they retold the Street Fighter mythos, instead of just rehashing the same story from the video games. I think Ryu and Ken are very interesting people and there adventures moved at such an exciting and fast pace, I couldn't stop watching until the entire DVD was over.
The first volume is my favorite. The first episode really gets you on Ryu and Ken's side and you can't wait to see how they will become world class street fighters.
The animation was great, especially the martial arts sequences. I really like how they drew all the Street Fighter guys and the original characters were also very well drawn.
The sound is great. I prefer the english dub over the japanese voices with subtitling, but thankfully both options are available with this DVD. The opening and closing theme music are great. Street Fighter II V is my favorite martial arts anime. Try to find the box set instead of buying each individual volume though, because you won't want to miss a single episode. This DVD is worth owning.

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