History Anime / StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie

* [[EditedForTV Edited for VHS]]: When this was first released in the US, there were two different VHS versions: One uncut (red box with a purple and blue logo) and one edited down to a PG-13 rating (yellow box with the standard red and orange logo) which features, among other things:
** The shot of Ryu's Shoryuken slicing open Sagat's chest, sending blood everywhere
** Vega calls Chun-Li a "witch" instead of a bitch
** Blanka biting into Zangief
** And of course, all of the nudity in Chun-Li's ShowerScene
** The uncut VHS notably described the movie as a "sensually charged, adult adventure" despite the fact that the only nudity was like 5 seconds of Chun-Li's breasts in the shower and most of the edits were for violence and swearing...

As opposed to [[{{Film/StreetFighter}} other movies]] [[Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi based off of]] ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'', ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' stays as faithful as possible to the original game and the [[UpdatedRerelease iterations]] of its day; any changes made to the storyline still do their best to represent the spirit of the series. Soon after the release of this film, {{Capcom}} made a [[RecursiveAdaptation video game]] following the events of an upgraded Monitor Cyborg recording various Street Fighter battles. Several fight scenes and new ideas introduced in this film -- including the fight between Ryu and Sagat at the beginning of the film, Ken's longer hair during his training days with Ryu, and a two-on-one battle with Ken and Ryu fighting Bison -- [[RetCanon eventually became part of]] the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' series (and, thus, ''Street Fighter'' canon). ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' remains a huge fan favorite to this day.

The film's original American release in 1995 had a healthy dose of censorship attached, including cuts to Chun-Li's infamous shower scene. Manga Entertainment rectified this in 2006 with a dual-sided DVD that contained a (virtually) uncensored version of the English dub and a (completely) uncensored version of the original Japanese version of the film. In 2008, Netflix began streaming a fully uncut version of the film's English dub with either the English or Japanese soundtrack backing the dub.

* [[EveryoneRemembersTheStripper Everyone Remembers the Shower]] / {{Fanservice}}: Chun-Li's shower scene became the most talked-about scene in the movie.

As opposed to [[{{Film/StreetFighter}} other movies]] [[Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi based off of]] ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'', ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' stays as faithful as possible to the original game and the [[UpdatedRerelease iterations]] of its day; any changes made to the storyline still do their best to represent the spirit of the series. Soon after the release of this film, {{Capcom}} made a [[RecursiveAdaptation video game]] following the events of an upgraded Monitor Cyborg recording various Street Fighter battles. Several fight scenes and new ideas introduced in this film -- including the fight between Ryu and Sagat at the beginning of the film, Ken's longer hair during his training days with Ryu, and a two-on-one battle with Ken and Ryu fighting Bison -- [[RetCanon eventually became part of]] the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' series (and, thus, ''Street Fighter'' canon). ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' remains a huge fan favorite amongst the ''Street Fighter'' fanbase to this day.

''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' is still a huge fan favorite.

* OneSceneWonder: The film's producers tried to fit in all sixteen fighters from ''Super Street Fighter II'' into the film somehow, so a few of them had to get the short end of the stick. The fight between Blanka and Zangief bears no significance to the plot, and as mentioned above, several fan favorite characters became bit players. Since Capcom had announced ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo'' just after the production on the film started, the animators included Akuma as a cameo to avoid shoehorning his presence into the film.

* NotWorthKilling: Once Bison considers Guile defeated, he invokes this trope.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Sagat disappears after Bison gives him the order to leave for America to dispose of Cammy and Vega.]]

The international criminal organization Shadowlaw covertly records fights of the world's top street fighters using human-like Monitor Cyborgs; these recordings help Shadowlaw's leader, M. Bison, figure out which fighters Shadowlaw should abduct and convert into brainwashed slaves. This happened to Cammy White, a young British woman who assassinated an English politician while under Shadowlaw's mind control. Similar attacks attract the attention of INTERPOL and its lead investigator, Chun-Li; once she figures out that Shadowlaw has plans for Ryu, a powerful fighter responsible for defeating Shadowlaw operative and former fighting champion Sagat, Chun-Li recruits U.S. Air Force Captain Guile to help search for Ryu and bring down Shadowlaw. Chun-Li and Guile both want revenge against Bison -- he killed both Chun-Li's father and Guile's military partner -- but Guile's drive for vengeance makes him initially hard to work with.

!!''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' contains examples of the following tropes:

* CanonImmigrant: Dr. Senoh, the old scientist who works for Shadowlaw, makes a cameo appearance in ''[[{{VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha}} Street Fighter Alpha 2]]'' during Bison's ending.

The international criminal organization Shadowlaw covertly records fights of the world's top street fighters using human-like Monitor Cyborgs; these recordings help Shadowlaw's leader, the vile M. Bison, weed out the best fighters so Shadowlaw can abduct and convert them into brainwashed slaves. This happened Cammy White, a young British woman who assassinated an English politician while under Shadowlaw's mind control. Similar attacks attract the attention of INTERPOL and its lead investigator, Chun-Li -- once she realizes Shadowlaw has plans for Ryu, a powerful fighter responsible for defeating Shadowlaw operative and former fighting champion Sagat, Chun-Li recruits U.S. Air Force Captain Guile to help search for Ryu and bring down Shadowlaw. Chun-Li and Guile both want revenge for two of Bison's murders -- Chun-Li's father and Guile's military partner -- but Guile's drive for vengeance makes him initially hard to work with.

Ryu travels Asia searching for fights, improving his skills and kicking the ass of criminals he happens to run into, without the knowledge of Shadowlaw's interest in him. In the United States, Ryu's best friend, rival, and former training partner -- Ken Masters -- also searches for fights, but finds himself unsatisfied with his challengers; he desires another fight with Ryu to take care of their "unfinished business" and test the limits of his fighting skills.

Through the use of the Monitor Cyborgs, Shadowlaw keeps an eye on Chun-Li, Guile, and Ken. Bison sends Shadowlaw assassin Vega to deal with Chun-Li, while Bison himself kidnaps Ken (who uses the same fighting style as the elusive Ryu) and turns him into another mind-controlled slave. Guile eventually finds Ryu, but at the same time, Bison and Ken find them both -- and while Guile battles Bison, Ken and Ryu have their long-awaited rematch, only with Ken under the control of Shadowlaw...

As opposed to [[{{Film/StreetFighter}} other movies]] [[Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi based off of]] ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'', ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' stays as faithful as possible to the original game and its [[UpdatedRerelease iterations]]; whatever changes made to the storyline still do their best to represent the spirit of the series. Soon after the release of this film, {{Capcom}} made a [[RecursiveAdaptation video game]] following the events of an upgraded Monitor Cyborg recording various Street Fighter battles. Several fight scenes and new ideas introduced in this film -- including the fight between Ryu and Sagat at the beginning of the film, Ken having longer hair when he was younger, and a two-on-one battle between Ken, Ryu, and Bison -- [[RetCanon eventually became integrated]] into the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' series (and, thus, ''Street Fighter'' canon).

The film's original American release in 1995 had a healthy dose of censorship attached, including cuts to Chun-Li's shower scene. Manga Entertainment rectified this in 2006 with a dual-sided DVD that contained a (virtually) uncensored version of the English dub and a (completely) uncensored version of the original Japanese version of the film. In 2008, Netflix began streaming a fully uncut version of the film's English dub with either the English or Japanese soundtrack backing the dub. ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' is still a huge fan favorite.

!!''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* CanonImmigrant: Dr. Senoh, the old scientist working for Shadowlaw, makes a cameo appearance in Bison's ending in ''[[{{VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha}} Street Fighter Alpha 2]]''.

* ToThePain: Vega does this to Chun-Li and pays dearly for it.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Sagat isn't seen or heard from again after Bison gives him the order to leave for America to dispose of Cammy and Vega.]]

As opposed to [[{{Film/StreetFighter}} other movies]] [[Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi based off of]] ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'', ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' stays as faithful as possible to the original game and its [[UpdatedRerelease iterations]]; whatever changes made to the storyline still do their best to represent the spirit of the series. Soon after the release of this film, {{Capcom}} made a [[RecursiveAdaptation video game]] following the events of an upgraded Monitor Cyborg recording various Street Fighter battles. Several fight scenes and new ideas introduced in this film -- including the fight between Ryu and Sagat at the beginning of the film, Ken having longer hair when he was younger, and a two-on-one battle between Ken, Ryu, and Bison -- [[RetCanon eventually became integrated]] into the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' series (and, thus, ''Street Fighter'' canon).

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:The film ends on a shot of Bison trying to run down Ryu in a semi-truck]].

Thanks to its exploding popularity, the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series received an [[TheAnimeOfTheGame anime film adaptation]] in 1994: '''''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'''''.

Thanks to its exploding popularity, the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' franchise received an [[TheAnimeOfTheGame anime film adaptation]] in 1994: '''''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'''''.

The film's original American release in 1995 had a healthy dose of censorship attached, including cuts to the film's most infamous scene (Chun-Li's shower). Manga Entertainment rectified this in 2006 with a dual-sided DVD that contained a (virtually) uncensored version of the English dub and a (completely) uncensored version of the original Japanese version of the film. In 2008, Netflix began streaming a fully uncut version of the film's English dub with either the English or Japanese soundtrack backing the dub. ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' is still a huge fan favorite.

* AnimeThemeSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uChauOW6CDI "Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokoro Tsuyosa to"]] plays during [[spoiler:Ryu and Ken's fight with Bison]]. ''Street Fighter Zero'', the Japanese version of the first ''Alpha'' game, features an instrumental version of the song for its Dramatic Battle mode.

* BillingDisplacement: Almost every piece of merchandise and promotional material released in Japan featured Cammy -- she even received top billing on the [[http://eiga-chirashi.jp/view_item.php?titleid=3568 Japanese flyer]] (as seen above) -- despite her screen time totaling [[OneSceneWonder less than five minutes]]. Even Ken's girlfriend Eliza (a non-playable character in the series) has a bigger presence in the movie.

* CanonImmigrant: Dr. Senoh, the old scientist working for Shadowlaw, makes a cameo appearance in Bison's ending in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha 2''.

* CurbStompBattle: Guile gets his ass firmly handed to him by Bison. He doesn't even get one hit in, because Bison keeps dodging.

* [[EveryoneRemembersTheStripper Everyone Remembers the Shower]] / {{Fanservice}}: Chun-Li's infamous shower scene became the most talked-about scene in the movie.

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:The film ends on a shot of Bison driving at Ryu in a semi-truck]].

* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: Ryu's fight with a brainwashed Ken qualifies as this.
* ImprovisedWeapon: After Vega's claw slices her up, a pissed-off Chun-Li retaliates by ''throwing her couch at the psycho''.

* [[LickingTheBlade Licking the]] [[WolverineClaws Claw]]: Vega
* MarketBasedTitle: The film, known in Japan as ''Street Fighter II Movie'', received the ''Animated Movie'' retitling for overseas release to avoid confusion with the live-action film.
* MeditationPowerup: Ken regains his strength and center after Bison nearly kills him through a brief session of meditation.

* SeriesContinuityError: One of Bison's monitors lists the name of Ryu and Ken's sensei as "Goutetsu"; while the film's producers intended to use "Goutetsu" as the name for Ryu and Ken's sensei, nobody spoke his name. After Gouken (a CanonImmigrant from a ''Street Fighter II'' manga) became Ryu and Ken's sensei, Capcom used "Goutetsu" as the name of Gouken and Akuma's sensei.

* ToThePain: Vega does this to Chun-Li -- and pays dearly for it.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Sagat disappears from the film after Bison gives him the order to leave for America to dispose of Cammy and Vega.]]

* BillingDisplacement: Almost every piece of merchandise and promotional material released in Japan featured Cammy -- she even received top billing on the [[http://eiga-chirashi.jp/view_item.php?titleid=3568 Japanese flyer]] (as seen above) -- despite her screen time totaling [[OneSceneWonder less than five minutes]]. Even Ken's girlfriend Eliza has a bigger presence in the movie.

The film's original American release in 1995 had a healthy dose of censorship attached, including cuts to the film's most infamous scene (Chun-Li's shower). Manga Entertainment rectified this in 2006 with a dual-sided DVD that contained a (virtually) uncensored version of the English dub and a (completely) uncensored version of the original Japanese version of the film. In 2008, Netflix began streaming a fully uncut version of the film's English dub with either the English or Japanese soundtrack backing the dub.

'''''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie''''' is [[TheAnimeOfTheGame an anime movie]] based on the wildly popular ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' franchise.

The international criminal organization Shadowlaw is covertly recording fights of the world's top street fighters using human-like Monitor Cyborgs -- the purpose of these recordings is to help Shadowlaw's leader, the vile M. Bison, weed out the best of the best so that Shadowlaw can abduct those fighters and convert them into brainwashed slaves. This was the case for Cammy White, a young fighter who assassinated an English politician while under Shadowlaw's mind control. Similar attacks get the attention of Interpol and their lead investigator, Chun-Li; realizing that Shadowlaw may be after Ryu, a powerful fighter who had beaten ex-champ (and Shadowlaw operative) Sagat, Chun-Li recruits U.S. Air Force Captain Guile to help search for Ryu and bring down Shadowlaw. Both Chun-Li and Guile seek revenge on Bison (Chun-Li for the murder of her father, Guile for the murder of his military partner), but Guile's drive for vengeance makes him initially hard to work with.

Ryu is traveling Asia searching for fights, improving his skills and kicking the ass of criminals he happens to be running into, not knowing the danger he is in due to Shadowlaw's interest in him. In the United States, Ryu's best friend/rival/former training partner -- Ken Masters -- is also searching for fights, but he is unsatisfied with his challengers; Ken wants to fight Ryu again and take care of their "unfinished business", as well as test the limits of his abilities.

Through the use of the Monitor Cyborgs, Shadowlaw has been following Chun-Li, Guile, and Ken; Bison sends the assassin Vega to deal with Chun-Li, while Bison himself kidnaps Ken (who uses the same fighting style as the elusive Ryu) and turns him into another mind-controlled slave. Guile eventually finds Ryu, but at the same time, Bison and Ken find them both -- and while Guile battles Bison, Ken and Ryu have their long-awaited rematch, only with Ken under the control of Shadowlaw...

As opposed to [[{{Film/StreetFighter}} other movies]] [[Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi based off of]] ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'', ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' is mostly faithful to the original game and its [[UpdatedRerelease iterations]]; whatever changes that were made still do their best to represent the spirit of the series. Soon after the release of this film, {{Capcom}} made a [[RecursiveAdaptation video game]] after the movie following the events of an upgraded Monitor Cyborg recording various Street Fighter battles. Several fight scenes and new ideas introduced in the movie -- such as the fight between Ryu and Sagat at the beginning of the film, Ken having longer hair when he was younger, and a two-on-one battle -- were [[RetCanon eventually integrated]] into the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' series. ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' is still a huge fan favorite.

* AnimeThemeSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uChauOW6CDI "Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokoro Tsuyosa to"]], played during [[spoiler:Ryu and Ken's fight with Bison]]. ''Street Fighter Zero'', the Japanese version of the first ''Alpha'' game, even features an instrumental version for the Dramatic Battle mode.
* BattleInTheRain: The opening scene of the movie features the famous fight between Ryu and Sagat.
* BillingDisplacement: Cammy is featured prominently in almost every piece of merchandise and promotional material released in Japan, even getting top billing on the [[http://eiga-chirashi.jp/view_item.php?titleid=3568 Japanese flyer]] (as seen above), [[OneSceneWonder despite having a total screen time of less than five minutes]] (even Ken's girlfriend Eliza, a non-player character in the games, has a bigger presence in this movie).
* TheCameo: Akuma in Calcutta.

* DemotedToExtra: Cammy, Zangief, Blanka and Dee Jay.

* [[EveryoneRemembersTheStripper Everyone Remembers the Shower]]: It's THE most talked about scene in the movie.
* {{Fanservice}}: Chun-Li's shower scene!
** FanDisservice: It horribly turns into this when Vega shows up and almost kills her.
* FootFocus: There are tons of sole shots of Chun-Li's bare feet in her fight with Vega, as well as when she is walking around her apartment barefoot.
* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:Bison coming at Ryu with a semi-truck]].
* HeroicBuild: The number of guys in this movie who ''aren't'' utterly ripped to shit can be counted on one hand. Notably, Sagat and Bison take this to almost TopHeavyGuy proportions.
* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: Ryu with Ken who's been brainwashed by M. Bison.
* ImprovisedWeapon: After being wounded by Vega's claw, a slightly ticked off Chun-Li retaliates by throwing her couch at him.
* LoweredMonsterDifficulty: M. Bison, who after mopping the floor with Guile using his Psycho Power, decided to fight Ryu and Ken without it. [[spoiler:He lost.]]

* MarketBasedTitle: Released in Japan as ''Street Fighter II Movie''. Retitled for its overseas release to avoid confusion with its live-action counterpart.
* MeditationPowerup: How Ken regains his strength and center after being nearly killed by Bison.
* NotWorthKilling: What Bison thinks of Guile after beating him.
* OneSceneWonder: Given that the film's producers were tasked at trying to fit in all 16 fighters from ''Super Street Fighter II'' into the film somehow, naturally a few of them got the short end of the stick. The Zangief vs. Blanka match in particular bears no significance to the plot. Since ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo'' was barely announced right after the film has just started the production, the only way the animators could include Akuma in the movie without making his presence feel shoehorned was to include him as a background extra in Calcutta.

* RecursiveAdaptation: Much like its [[Film/StreetFighter live-action counterpart]], there was a video game based on the film for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn, but it was only released in Japan.
** AdaptationExpansion: GroupTAC animated a few new scenes specifically for the video game adaptation. Most of them were just scenes involving the advanced monitor cyborg controlled by the player, but one of them involved Akuma throwing a Hadoken towards the screen.
* RetCanon: This movie influenced many aspects of the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' series.
* SecondPersonAttack: A lengthy example at the end of Chun-Li's fight with Vega.
* SeriesContinuityError: The name of Ryu and Ken's sensei is displayed as "Goutetsu" on Bison's monitor. This isn't a mistake. The name "Goutetsu" was going to be used for Ryu and Ken's sensei in the movie, but it was left unspoken. After Gouken (a CanonImmigrant from a ''Street Fighter II'' manga) was made into Ryu and Ken's sensei in the games, the name "Goutetsu" was instead used for Gouken and Akuma's sensei.
* ShowerScene: With [[{{Fanservice}} Chun-Li]]; changes to a ShowerOfAwkward thanks to Vega.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Bison's organization is referred as "Shadowlaw" instead of "Shadaloo", even on printed documents. Admittedly, Capcom was using the spelling "Shadowlaw" in the manuals for the home versions at the time, before they made "Shadaloo" into the standard spelling.
* StatOVision: One of the Monitor Cyborg's abilities.
* TitleTheAdaptation
* ToThePain: Vega to Chun-Li. This serves as a BerserkButton for Chun-Li, and Vega pays dearly for it.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:After Bison gives Sagat the order to leave for America to dispose of Cammy and Vega, he is not seen, or acknowledged for the rest of the movie.]]
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* TheCameo: Akuma in India.

* OneSceneWonder: Given that the film's producers were tasked at trying to fit in all 17 fighters from ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo'' into the film somehow, naturally a few of them got the short end of the stick. The Zangief vs. Blanka match in particular bears no significance to the plot and Akuma appears only as a non-speaking extra.

* HoYay: Ryu and Ken get this ever so much.

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* BillingDisplacement: Cammy is featured prominently in almost every piece of merchandise and promotional material released in Japan, even getting top billing on the [[http://eiga-chirashi.jp/view_item.php?titleid=3568 Japanese flyer]], [[OneSceneWonder despite having a total screen time of less than five minutes]] (even Ken's girlfriend Eliza, a non-player character in the games, has a bigger presence in this movie).