History Anime / StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie

After the unexpected success of the original ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' and its subsequent revisions and console ports, Capcom decided to produce [[TheAnimeOfTheGame a feature-length anime movie]] based on the series. The movie, simply titled ''Street Fighter II Movie'' in Japan and later released internationally as ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'', was first announced in 1993 at the same time as ''Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers'' (the fourth version of the game) began distribution in the arcades. It was released theatrically on August 8, 1994.

* MartialArtsUniform: It's ''Street Fighter'', so all relevant characters wear one:
** Ryu wears his traditional white dogi for the entirety of the film. Ken's is red, but he's only seen wearing it in flashbacks and during the final battle against Bison.
** Cammy is dressed in her Delta Red attire when she assassinates the British Minister of Justice, Albert Sellers, near the beginning of the film.
** All four agents of Shadowlaw wear their respective combat attire.

* FootFocus: The audience gets treated to multiple close-ups of Chun-Li's bare feet, between her ShowerScene and her fight with Vega. [[FeetFirstIntroduction They're the first thing you see]] at the start of said shower scene, again when she finally steps out of the shower, another when she slumps against the couch after Vega kicks her, again when she steps on his chest (then his face), another when he places his feet against hers and pushes her back toward the rafters, [[SecondPersonAttack the entire time]] [[SpamAttack she's kicking the crap out of him]] against the wall, and finally we get a gratuitous close-up of both her soles when the force of her final kick shoves him straight through the living room wall of her apartment!

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:The film never shows Sagat again after Bison gives him the order to dispose of Cammy and Vega. Judging by how he just stood alone after Bison left with Balrog, it's likely Sagat was having a HeelRealization from being denied his rematch with Ryu. Also, Bison tells Sagat to kill Vega if he wasn't dead already, so we don't know if Vega was killed by Chun Li or not.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: Leagues more than the games. From the amount of blood that occurs with Vega's claws, to Cammy snapping the British Prime Minister's neck like a twig, to ''everything'' Bison does to Ryu and Ken. This was the movie that firmly cemented there's more than simply bloody fighting tournaments at hand, and that the villains are murderous psychopaths that are threatening to the entire world.

Unlike [[Film/StreetFighter the live-action movie based on the franchise]], ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' stays as faithful as possible to the original game [[UpdatedRerelease and its various iterations at the time]]. Several fight scenes and new ideas introduced in this film[[note]]like the fight between Ryu and Sagat at the beginning of the film, Ken's longer hair during his training days with Ryu, how Ryu got his red headband, and a two-on-one battle with Ryu and Ken fighting Bison[[/note]] [[RetCanon eventually became part of]] the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' series. Soon after the release of this film, Creator/{{Capcom}} made [[RecursiveAdaptation a video game]] that follows the events of an upgraded Monitor Cyborg recording various Street Fighter battles. A manga adaptation was also released.

** In this movie, Cammy assassinates British Minister of Justice Albert Sellers with an attack where she vaults herself upside down on top of his neck, twists it to the point where it breaks and she's able to turn him around a full 180 degrees, then proceeds to slam him down hard into the ground while kicking his knees forward, breaking both them and snapping his spine in the process, killing and leaving him in a grotesque crab lock. This move would finally make its way to the games in ''VideoGame/StreetFighter6'', nearly 19 years later, as her Level 2 Super.

** In this movie, Cammy assassinates British Minister of Justice Albert Sellers with an attack where she vaults herself upside down on top of his neck, twists it to the point where it breaks and she's able to turn him around a full 180 degrees, then proceeds to slam him down hard into the ground while kicking his knees forward, breaking both them and snapping his spine in the process, killing and leaving him in a grotesque crab lock. This move would finally make its way to the games in ''VideoGame/StreetFighter6'', nearly 18 years later, as her Level 2 Super.

* In this movie, Cammy assassinates British Minister of Justice Albert Sellers with an attack where she vaults herself upside down on top of his neck, twists it to the point where it breaks and she's able to turn him around a full 180 degrees, then proceeds to slam him down hard into the ground while kicking his knees forward, breaking both them and snapping his spine in the process, killing and leaving him in a grotesque crab lock. This move would finally make its way to the games in ''VideoGame/StreetFighter6'', nearly 18 years later, as her Level 2 Super.

* OffModel: A minor case. When Balrog is fighting Honda towards the climax, his eyes are constantly pointing in different directions.

** While Bison's profile in ''Street Fighter II'' stated that he was an unrivaled street fighter and was able to form Shadaloo strictly by way of AsskickingEqualsAuthority, his actual skills and abilities weren't that far beyond what other characters in the game were capable of. In this movie, Bison has full-blown StoryBreakerPower to the point that no other character even comes ''close'' to touching him. This was later copied over to the ''Alpha'' series, where this form of Bison was dubbed "Final Bison" and is the absolute peak of Bison's Psycho Power.

* PantyShot: There are several glimpses, including two close-ups, of Chun-Li's bra and panties, during her fight with Vega. This is facilitated by [[KickChick her frequent use of kicks]], while wearing a nightshirt, [[ClothingDamage which gets torn]] by Vega's claw.

->"''The ultimate battle computer game "VideoGame/StreetFighterII" is now a [[TheAnimeOfTheGame full-length animation motion picture!]] [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters Your favorite Street Fighters]] stand up against the [[BigBad evil]] [[DubNameChange Vega]] [[TakeOverTheWorld who plots to conquer the world.]] In an all-ensuing battle, the rivals {{Ryu and Ken}} join forces to confront Vega with the never-before-seen technique "[[CombinationAttack the double fireball]]". A must-see super battle action movie for All Street Fighter fans.''"

* BigDamnHeroes: {{Subverted|Trope}} by the Chun-Li vs Vega fight; her ringing phone gets knocked off the hook during the struggle, letting Guile hear that she's under attack, so he starts racing to her apartment as fast as he can to help her. However, [[DamselOutOfDistress Chun-Li finishes Vega off on her own]] mere seconds before Guile kicks the door down. Possibly {{Downplayed|Trope}} because Guile arriving so fast saved her from bleeding out from her injuries (they're severe enough that she still has to be hospitalised afterwards).

* BigDamnHeroes: {{Subverted|Trope}} by the Chun-Li vs Vega fight; her ringing phone gets knocked off the hook during the struggle, letting Guile hear that she's under attack, so he starts racing to her apartment as fast as he can to help her. However, [[DamselOutOfDistress Chun-Li finishes Vega off on her own]] mere seconds before Guile kicks the door down. Possibly {{Downplayed|Trope}} because Guile arriving so fast saved her from bleeding out from her injuries (they're sever enough that she still has to be hospitalised afterwards).

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* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Chun Li defeats Vega by kicking him through a wall; he falls to the alleyway behind her apartment and disappears for the rest of the movie. Even Bison doesn't know if Vega survived, so he sends Sagat to MakeSureHesDead.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:The film never shows Sagat again after Bison gives him the order to dispose of Cammy and Vega. Judging by how he just stood alone after Bison left with Balrog, it's likely Sagat was having a HeelRealization from being denied his rematch with Ryu.]]

** Despite being a main character in the game itself, Ken's role [[MinorMajorCharacter is minor]]. ''The Animated Movie'' changed this by fleshing out his history with Ryu and reveals that his iconic red headband [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUlZnM-Trd0 used to be Ken's hair ribbon.]] This was later canonized in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Street Fighter]]'' ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKG699RzsrE Alpha 2]]'', albeit under different circumstances.[[note]]In ''The Animated Movie'', Ken ties it around Ryu's forehead as a form of apology after accidentally injuring the latter during one of their sparring sessions. In ''Alpha 2'', Ken simply gives it to him as reminder of their promise to settle their rivalry once and for all.[[/note]] Ken is also given plot relevance, by having Bison target him as a means to get to Ryu, and makes him jointly responsible for [[spoiler:Bison's defeat at the end]].[[note]]In the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series, Bison has no interest in Ken. In addition, Ken hadn't taken part in any of the major battles against the series' main villains until ''V''.[[/note]]

** Guile was made a U.S. Air Force Captain whereas the original game hadn't specified what branch of the military he served or his rank. It also marked the beginning of the collaboration between the U.S. Air Force and Interpol in the game series itself.[[note]]There is one key difference: in the ''Alpha'' series, Chun-Li was partnered with Charlie, rather than Guile. She doesn't meet him until near the end of her story mode in ''Alpha 3''.[[/note]]

* 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 that name for him, nobody spoke it. After Gouken, a CanonImmigrant from a ''Street Fighter II'' manga, was established to be Ryu and Ken's sensei, Capcom used Goutetsu as the name of Gouken and Akuma's sensei instead.

** Despite being a main character in the game itself, Ken's role [[MinorMajorCharacter is minor]]. ''The Animated Movie'' changed this by fleshing out his history with Ryu and reveals that his iconic red headband [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUlZnM-Trd0 used to be Ken's hair ribbon.]] This was later canonized in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Street Fighter]]'' ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKG699RzsrE Alpha 2]]'', albeit under different circumstances.[[note]]In ''The Animated Movie'', Ken ties it around Ryu's forehead as a form of apology after accidentally injuring the latter during one of their sparring sessions. In ''Alpha 2'', Ken simply gives it to him as reminder of their promise to settle their rivalry once and for all.[[/note]] Ken is also given plot relevance, by having Bison target him as a means to get to Ryu, and makes him jointly responsible for [[spoiler:Bison's defeat at the end]].[[note]]In the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series, Bison has no interest in Ken. In addition, Ken has never taken part in any of the major battles against the series' main villains.[[/note]]