"Street Fighter II: V" (1995) TV series 1995-

Writer:

Kenya Sawada

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Animation

Tagline:

Gonna burn some muscle!!!

Plot:

Based off of the video game, on an island off the coast of Japan, Ryu, a martial artist, was given an...

Plot Keywords:

Street Fighter | 1990s | Martial Arts | Chun Li | Based On Video Game

Cast

Skip Stellrecht	...	Ryu (29 episodes, 1995-1996)
Bridget Hoffman	...	Big Woman / ... (29 episodes, 1995-1996)
Stephen Apostolina	...	Ken Masters (27 episodes, 1995-1996)
Lia Sargent	...	Chun-Li (17 episodes, 1995)
Tom Wyner	...	M. Bison / ... (14 episodes, 1995)
Kirk Thornton	...	Guile (13 episodes, 1995)

Series Directed by
Gisaburo Sugii		(27 episodes, 1995-1996)
Matt Greenfield		(3 episodes, 1998)
Steven Rocket		(2 episodes, 1995)
Kevin Seymour		(2 episodes, 1995)

Series Writing credits
Mary Claypool		(29 episodes, 1995-1996)
Mary Mason		(29 episodes, 1995-1996)
Steven Rocket		(29 episodes, 1995-1996)
Masumi Hirayanagi		(27 episodes, 1995-1996)
Naoyuki Sakai		(27 episodes, 1995-1996)
Kenya Sawada		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Laurence Guinness	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Haruyo Kanesaku	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Yutaka Maseba	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Akio Sakai	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Kenzo Tsujimoto	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Masahiro Kawasaki		(29 episodes, 1995-1996)
Chage & Aska		(unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Mary Claypool	....	adr script (unknown episodes)
Andrew Ebert	....	adr script (unknown episodes)
Kevin Seymour	....	adr director (unknown episodes)

Distributors

• Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (YTV) (1995) (Japan) (TV)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

25 min (29 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-Y7 | Canada:14+ (TV rating) | USA:PG-13

Trivia:

The stance taught to Ryu by Master Yo Sen-Ko is actually the "San Ti Shi" stance taught in Xingyiquan.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): For those that are not familiar with the Japanese language. Ryu's name is pronounced (Ree-you), not (Rye-you). Also Ryu is a direct translation meaning Dragon in Japanese, thus making Ken's and Ryu's signature move Sho-ryu-ken literally translating Rising Dragon Punch.

Quotes:

Ryu:[about to do his special move to M.Bison] If you want a demonstration that bad, you got it. But, I have to warn you, you've bit off more than you can chew.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Spoony Experiment: Tekken: The Motion Picture (#4.12)" (2011)

Cool, Anime' gets a fine treatment in this Street Fighter

"Street Fighter II: V" is cool. It's been a while (since about 1994) from when I last played the video games but this animated series, done in true Japanese Anime' style, remains tasteful and respectful to the source material. But still, obviously it was meant to cash in on the "Street Fighter" craze of the early '90s. Ken and Ryu are two fighters who have trained together since childhood and embark on a worldwide odyssey to learn the secrets to fighting. They encounter many friends and enemies (including Chinese babe Chun-Li and American military hard-a** Guile) and run afoul of martial arts-trained nasties including ruthless dictator M. Bison. The "Street Fighter" movie with Jean-Claude Van Damme wasn't cool, but this piece of animation takes the cake. It's just too cool.