Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie

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Summary: Koxson
Review: I hate hyper people who put 5 stars like they havent seen a movie before. But this movie defines the word "Brillance" and is one of my all time favourites. I wish I could go back in time and experience seeing it for the first time, again.

I can go on about the effects of the music from Alice In Chain's Them Bones & Korn's Blind to the woodwind & orcastrasted music. Or I could go on about how great the story and the action is. This really is a window into another reality that leaves you wanting more.

The intro, the one-liners.. everything you can think of.... all the little and important things, such as a plot, that make a proper movie are sitting right here!

Don't miss out!

Lloyd Harris

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Summary: Good movie, but skip this release if you have a PS2 or X-Box
Review: Insofar as anime based on games go, this one was surprisingly good, with an intelligent and mature plot and some of the best fight scenes in existence. The English dub, despite changing the music and the edits, is actually not all that bad. I would still like to see the original Japanese version, but this is pretty good for what it is.

But as I said, skip this if you have an X-Box or a Playstation 2, because this movie is included as a part of the Street Fighter Anniversary Collection (a collection consisting of Street Fighter II Anniversary Edition, and Street Fighter III: Third Strike). The only problem with that version is that you have to actually watch it on a PS2 or an X-Box, but otherwise it is the EXACT same version as what is included on this DVD.

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Summary: a little sterilized, but still a classic
Review: Not one to take anime seriously, I otherwise enjoy watching the animated version of my all-time favorite quarter muncher. As far as animated presentations (can I say cartoons?) go, it's about a good a story as one can watch as far as video games go. I remember the Japanese version having a bit better music and other few other dynamics such as voice acting, but those are trite points. I'm glad they kept the film intact and it's still a joy to watch a decade later. Colors are bright and sound is great (at least better than the VHS that got played endlessly.) And Chun-Li is still hot (wink, wink).

To my knowledge, there is nothing on the DVD other than the movie but I'm over it :). Thanks to Sony for the release. Hadoken!

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Summary: Super Cool Anime EVER!!!
Review: This the best anime I've ever seen!! Sure it's slightly edited but, who cares (It was a tiny scene with Chun-Li in the shower and some stronger cursing.)? The best scenes are Cammy's 1st cameo (Her 2nd one is quite boring.), Ryu and Sagat's fight, Ryu and Fei Long's fight, and (My personal favorite...) Vega and Chun-Li's fight. The voice acting is actually quite good (Except for Dee Jay, he's supposed to sound Jamaican, not American!) and Honda is quite funny. However, there is another American dub, but with more cursing (Dee Jay always ends his sentences with a curse word and Vega called Chun-Li a word that rhymes with witch when she hits him in the face during the fight.)and surprisingly the "uncensored" cuts out Chun-Li's nudity (But I really don't care because I'm a girl.). Although many people hate the music, I think it's cool (Especially the song Chun-Li plays while fixing her hair and her fight with Vega.). All 'n' all, this movie is very good and should go out and buy it or rent it.

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Summary: Ultimately disappointing
Review: Sunday, August 01, 2004 / 3 of 5 / Ultimately disappointing.
An ultimately disappointing anime based on the famous Capcom franchise. Due to the volume of characters that would populate the SF2 world, the inability to give each their due is a failing. Zangief and Blanka and numerous others are given short shrift in favor of the Shotoklones. There are story arcs that die in dead ends, almost as if this was only part of a larger story. I'm told the Alpha movie is better and will investigate that. While it was neat to see the combatants rendered to screen as anime, it just didn't measure up, joining other conversion disappointments like Toshinden, Tekken, and Night Warriors. Oh well, at least we have Mame32 to play them all.