Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie

Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
Original Title	ストリートファイター II MOVIE Sutorīto Faitā Tsū Mūbī
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	Animaze
Voice Director	Kevin Seymour
Translation & Adaptation	Mary Claypool Mary Mason
Recorded	1995
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Year	1994

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) 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. 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.

Synopsis Shadowlaw, an organized crime syndicate that deals in drugs and weapons all over the world, is becoming a global threat to all democratic governments on earth, reaching levels of international terrorism that is increasingly worrying for world stability. An investigation by Interpol, led by Chun-Li and Guile, aims to uncover the paramilitary base from which the terrorist attacks of Shadowlaw are organized, to later eliminate it in a surprise attack. Ryu, one of the best martial arts fighters in the world, is called on to carry out this mission. Unfortunately, his best friend, Ken, has been captured by Shadowlaw and becomes their powerful and faithful servant.

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
	Ryu	Kojiro Shimizu	Skip Stellrecht
	Ken Masters	Kenji Haga	Eddie Frierson
	Chun-Li	Miki Fujitani	Lia Sargent
	Guile	Masane Tsukayama	Kirk Thornton
	M. Bison (Vega)	Takeshi Kusaga	Tom Wyner
	Vega (Balrog)	Kaneto Shiozawa	Richard Cansino
	Balrog (Mike Bison)	Jōji Nakata	Joe Romersa
	Sagat	Shigezō Sasaoka	Peter Spellos
	Master Gouken	Hideyo Amamoto	Michael Forest
	Eliza	Hiromi Tsuru	Wanda Nowicki
	Edmond Honda	Daisuke Gōri	Richard Epcar
	Dhalsim	Yukimasa Kishino	Michael Sorich
	Fei Long	Masakatsu Funaki	Bryan Cranston
	Cammy White	Yōko Sasaki	Debra Jean Rogers
	Dee Jay	Ginzō Matsuo	Beau Billingslea
	T. Hawk	Shōzō Iizuka	Steve Blum
	Zangief	Tetsuo Kanao	Michael Sorich
	Blanka	Unshō Ishizuka	Kevin Seymour
	Senoh	Chikao Ōtsuka	Milton James
	Interpol Agent		Steve Bulen
	Movie Director		Kevin Seymour
	Bookie		Hank Crowell, Jr.
	Interpol Director	Masayoshi Nagasawa	Christopher Carroll
	Fight Security Guard		Mike Reynolds
	Terrorist	Yasunori Masutani	Donald Salin
	Little Girl	Machiko Toyoshima	Julie Maddalena

Additional Voices

• Stephen Apostolina - Reporter 2, Airforce Officer, Investigator 2
• Arlene Banas - Promoter
• Steve Blum - Reporter 1, Calcutta Soldier, Ring Announcer, VTOL Pilot
• Christopher Carroll - Biers' Partner
• Hank Crowell, Jr. - Fei Long's Bud
• Leo Gray - Old Man
• Mike Reynolds - Minister Sellers, Moll Man
• Lia Sargent - Waitress, Voice on Phone
• Kevin Seymour - Fight Security Guard 2, Shadowlaw Business Partner

Notes

• Two versions of the English dub were created; a tamer PG-13 version, and an unrated cut which contains, among other things, a slightly more revealing shower scene featuring Chun-Li that is still censored from the original Japanese version.
  • Though various releases would be less censored, the full uncut version would not be released in North America until Discotek Media's 2016 Blu-Ray release. Prior to that, the Australian release by Madman Entertainment was the only version of the movie that was completely uncut outside Japan.
• For the original English release, an alternative/grunge-oriented music score was composed by Cory Lerios and John D'Andrea. The dub would later be released with the original Japanese score reinstated on the 2006 Uncut, Uncensored, Unleashed DVD.
• Most of the English cast would later reprise their roles for Street Fighter II V, with some exceptions.
  • Stephen Apostolina replaces Eddie Frierson as Ken.
  • Randy McPherson replaces Bryan Cranston as Fei-Long.
  • Steve Blum and Kevin Seymour replace Michael Sorich as Dhalsim and Zangief respectively.

Transmission

Date(s)	Channel	Country
—	The Sci-Fi Channel	United States

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Region	Country
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment	1996		NTSC	United States
	1997		1 NTSC
Manga Entertainment	1999		PAL	United Kingdom
	2001		2 PAL
	2006		1 NTSC	United States
			4 PAL	Australia
	2007		2 PAL	United Kingdom
	2013		B DVB-T
Discotek Media	2015		1 NTSC	United States
	2016		A DVB-T

See Also

• Street Fighter II V
• Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie
• Street Fighter IV: The Ties that Bind

External Links

• Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (anime) at the Anime News Network
• Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie at the Internet Movie Database