Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie | |
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Japanese promotional pamphlet.
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Directed by | Gisaburō Sugii |
Produced by | Mitsuhisa Hida Akio Sakai Takeshi Sekiguchi Megumi Sugiyama |
Screenplay by | Kenichi Imai |
Based on |
Street Fighter II by Capcom |
Starring |
Kojiro Shimizu Kenji Haga Miki Fujitani Masane Tsukayama Masakatsu Funaki Ginzō Matsuo Shōzō Iizuka Yoko Sasaki Daisuke Gōri Yukimasa Kishino Unshō Ishizuka Tetsuo Kaneo Kaneto Shiozawa Shigezō Sasaoka Jōji Nakata Hiromi Tsuru Hideyo Amamoto Takeshi Kusaka |
Music by |
Tetsuya Komuro Yuji Toriyama |
Cinematography | Hiroaki Edamitsu |
Edited by | Masashi Furukawa |
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Distributed by |
Toei Company Manga Entertainment 20th Century Fox (international prints, release theatrical) StudioCanal (later Europe prints) Discotek Media (Current US DVD & Blu-Ray Rights) |
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Running time
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102 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, known as Street Fighter II Movie (ストリートファイター II MOVIE Sutorīto Faitā Tsū Mūbī?, not to be confused with the live-action version) in Japan and Australia, is a 1994 anime film adaptation of the Street Fighter II fighting game written by Kenichi Imai, directed by Gisaburō Sugii and animated by Group TAC. The film, originally released in Japan on August 8, 1994, was released theatrically in the United Kingdom, France, and Spain, and was adapted into English in dubbed and subtitled format by Animaze for Manga Entertainment. It was also distributed by 20th Century Fox in other countries. Following the film's release, Group TAC later produced a loose adaptation of the Street Fighter II game, the anime series Street Fighter II V.
In the prologue, a fight between Japanese martial artist Ryu and Muay Thai champion Sagat rages until Ryu severely scars Sagat across the chest with a Shoryuken. As Sagat charges towards Ryu in a rage, Ryu fires a Hadouken at the screen, leaving the battle unattended.
Years later, following the assassination of a Justice Minister in by Cammy, a hypnotized British MI6 Agent, Interpol agent Chun-Li suggests that they join forces with the United States Military to destroy the enigmatic crime syndicate known as Shadowlaw led by M.Bison, a foul tempered dictator. Captain Guile, who is out for revenge against Shadowlaw's leader, M. Bison, for the death of his best friend, refuses, but eventually relents when Chun-Li tells him that Bison killed her father years ago and she herself wants revenge, but knows that her duty comes first. At the Shadowlaw base, Bison, along with his bodyguards Balrog, Vega, and Sagat, orders a worldwide manhunt for Ryu, determined to induct him into his organization, and sends out hundreds of monitor cyborgs to find more valuable martial artists for their cause. However, Ryu, who is traveling the world to seek out worthy challengers, such as Fei-Long, Dhalsim, and E. Honda, remains undetected, because he knows how to suppress his Ki.