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3	''Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation''--released in Japan as ''Street Fighter Zero: The Animation'' (ストリートファイターZERO?) and also known as ''Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie''--is a 1999 [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]] film loosely based on the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' series. It was directed by Shigeyasu Yamauchi, with character designs by Yoshihiko Umakoshi. An English adaptation was produced by Creator/MangaEntertainment and released in 2000.
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5	The film commemorates the tenth anniversary of the arcade release of the original ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''. It is not a prequel or sequel to either ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'' or ''Anime/StreetFighterIIV'', but an independent installment, although a handful of voice actors from the previous adaptations reprised their roles for the English version.
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7	The story starts when Ryu is thinking of Gouken's death, then intervenes in a shoot-out to help Chun-Li. Afterwards, he and Ken are contacted by a boy named Shun -- who claims to be Ryu's younger brother. Neither is really convinced by Shun's claim, but they decide that there's no harm on letting the boy tag along with them. Things start getting hairy, however, when the three decide to enter the Street Fighter tournament: not only Ryu is starting to show more and more sympthoms of the Satsui no Hado awakening within him, but Shun's background and the people behind it start to unfurl...
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10	!!Tropes in the anime include:
11	* AdaptationalHeroism: Birdie teams up with Ken and Chun-Li to battle Rosanov, despite being a member of Shadaloo in the games.
12	* AdaptationalVillainy: In the games, Zangief, while HotBlooded, is nonetheless a GentleGiant, a FriendToAllChildren, and even TheBigGuy for the World Warriors by the time of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV''. Here, he's nothing more than a mindless brute who ruthlessly [[WouldHurtAChild beats Shun]], something his game counterpart would never do.
13	* AdaptationalWimp: In the games, Sakura is, while untrained, a legitimate badass who is able to copy some of Ryu's moves just by ''looking'' at them. Here, she's just a normal high school girl. This is justified, as she's only just started to train seriously at the end.
14	* AdaptedOut: M. Bison and Balrog are not present despite Shadaloo still playing a major role. Oddly enough, Vega does appear, but as an arena fighter without much relevance to the story.
15	* AdvertisedExtra: Akuma is teased as the main antagonist of the film in promotional material, but in the movie proper, he only shows up for a single scene, and doesn't even fight with Ryu until the credits, where it's left off in a cliffhanger. The real villain is CanonForeigner Dr. Sadler.
16	* AttemptedRape: This is heavily implied when Sakura enters a bar and tries to fight the drunk thugs, only to fail and they start grabbing her. Thankfully, [[BigDamnHeroes Ken saves her before they could do anything else]]:
17	--> '''Man A:''' "Hehe... That was fun, let's play some more."
18	--> '''Man B:''' "We'll have a good ol' time!"
19	* BadassAdorable: Shun. It later gets subverted when he brutally beats up street thugs and is really a CreepyChild.
20	* TheCameo:
21	** Several characters from ''Alpha'' and ''II'' show up for a few second scenes, but play absolutely no role in the actual story.
22	** [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Ibuki]] can be seen when Sakura plays the Platform/WonderSwan version of ''VideoGame/SuperGemFighter'' in the hospital.
23	* CanonForeigner: Shun, Wallace, Rosanov and Dr. Sadler.
24	* CreepyChild: Shun at first looks like your average kid, but as the movie develops, he gains more than one trait of this.
25	* CurbStompBattle:
26	** When the heroes fight Saddler's cyborg [[TheDragon Dragon]], Rosanov, they get their asses handed to them easily.
27	** Dan twice gets his rear end handed to him, by Vega and Birdie.
28	* CurbStompCushion: A {{downplayed\|Trope}} example, but Ken's Shinryuken is able to visibly damage Rosanov's face. He shrugs it off though.
29	* DamselInDistress: Sakura when she tried to fight a group of drunkards, Ken saves her. She later gets a broken leg after the tower holding the tournament collapses, Ken has to carry her to safety.
30	* DarkerAndEdgier: This is one of the darkest and most violent entries in the overall franchise. There's lots of blood, nightmarish imagery, implied AttemptedRape, ColdbloodedTorture, and a child getting brutalized and even [[spoiler:dying at the end]]. Overall, the movie has a depressing tone compared to the more upbeat, while still intense, series in general.
31	* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Shun's death in Ryu's arms.]]
32	* DistressedDude: Shun spends the second half of the movie held captive by Dr. Sadler.
33	* {{Flanderization}}: Poor Dan gets curbstomped even more than usual.
34	* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Rosanov has literally no other characterization besides being fodder for Ryu's Hadouken. And besides Ryu's Hadouken, [[InvincibleVillain nothing else hurts him]]. This is {{justified\|Trope}} as Rosanov is an android created by Dr. Sadler to test and study Ryu's powers, with no will of his own.
35	* GroinAttack: [[spoiler:Chun-Li, of all people, suffers a vicious shot in her pelvic region by Romanov while she, Ken, and Birdie are fighting it. The quick reaction on her face underscores it.]]
36	* ImplacableMan: Rosanov. He shrugs off almost everything thrown at him.
37	* InvincibleVillain: Nothing Ken, Chun-Li or Birdie throw at Rosanov seem to be able to damage him. Even Ryu can't do much to him without giving into the Dark Hado.
38	* KamehameHadoken: Ryu's Dark Hadoken and Shinku Hadoken pretty much just look like a Kamehameha in this version.
39	* LongLostSibling: Shun claims to be Ryu's younger brother. He and Ken don't believe him at first, yet they still let him hang around them. However, there are also some ''really'' troubling details about the kid [[spoiler:like him apparently being able to summon ''the Satsui no Hado''.]]
40	* MercyKillArrangement: Ryu at one point implicitly enlists Ken to stop him should Ryu completely fall to the Satsui no Hado, and even have a match to make sure Ken is still capable of keeping up with him if need be.
41	* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Sadler.
42	* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: The English dub gives Birdie an American accent when he's supposed to be British.
43	* RecursiveCanon: Sakura is seen playing ''Super Gem Fighter'', a game she herself is in.
44	* StealthMentor: Rose tries to be this to Ryu.
45	* SuperpoweredEvilSide: The Satsui no Hado. It's called the Dark Hado in the English dub.
46	* TheWorfEffect: Despite Ken often being considered Ryu's equal, he gets viciously thrashed by Rosanov alongside Chun-li and Birdie to show that only Ryu is a match for him. Even Ryu himself spends both of his fights with Rosanov taking a beating and only by giving into the Dark Hado can he truly put him down.
47	* WouldHurtAChild: Zangief during his match with Shun. If it weren't for Ryu interrupting the fight, he would've ''killed'' him.

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