Line #50 Anime/StreetFighterIIV


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4	''Street Fighter II V'' [[note]]That's "two-vee", not "two-five". It's a pun on the word "TV". So the title is more or less "Street Fighter TV", though the "V" stands for "Voyage" (or "Victory" if you're in Italy).[[/note]] is an anime series based on Creator/{{Capcom}}'s successful ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' games, which aired on Creator/NipponTelevision in 1995. Produced by Creator/GroupTAC and directed by Gisaburo Sugii, the same crew who worked on ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'', ''Street Fighter II V'' centers around alternate interpretations of the iconic World Warriors, with younger versions of the duo Ryu and Ken serving as the central characters.
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6	The story begins when filthy-rich heir Ken Masters, having grown bored with his lifestyle, calls his friend and former martial arts training partner Ryu to visit him in San Francisco. After an encounter with Sergeant Guile of the U.S. Air Force at a local dive that ends up badly for both of them, Ryu and Ken decide to travel the world to further improve their martial arts skills.
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8	Creator/MangaEntertainment and Animaze produced the original English dub in 1996 with most of the same cast from ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie''. Interestingly, Creator/ADVFilms provided an alternate dub for the UK market in 1997. Unlike the former, which had [=DVD=] releases, the latter was only released to PAL VHS. As such, it is hard to track down the ADV version.
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10	Not to be confused with ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' or ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', the fourth and fifth numbered installments in the fighting game series.
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13	!!This anime features the following tropes:
14	* ActionGirl: Chun-Li, it comes with the territory of being the daughter of Hong Kong's greatest police officer ''and'' kung fu teacher.
15	* AdaptationDyeJob: Ken has red hair instead of blond in this series, and Bison's outfit is blue instead of red.
16	* AdaptationPersonalityChange: This series has alternate versions of the main casts' personalities:
17	** Ryu is much more of a [[StockShonenHero typical shonen hero]], in stark contrast to his [[TheStoic stoic]] persona in the games.
18	** Chun-Li is [[GenkiGirl more innocent, cheerful, and outgoing]], as she appears ''[[BreakTheCutie before]]'' [[spoiler:her beloved father is murdered]].
19	** Fei Long not only has AnimeHair but is ''far'' more HotBlooded and emotional than in the games, bordering sometimes on {{Tsundere}}.
20	** Bison and Shadaloo want to conquer the world so they can force humanity to stop abusing the environment and save the planet, almost making them [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned extremists]]. In the games, Bison is just rapacious and power-hungry, and Shadaloo is merely his tool in world domination.
21	* AdaptationalBadass:
22	** Guile is able to defeat Ryu, and then despite suffering from a hangover, defeats Ken the next day.
23	** Not a character, but the [[KamehameHadoken Hadoken]] gets a power upgrade for the anime, going from a fairly standard ranged attack to [[spoiler:Ryu's ultimate move that finishes off the BigBad]].
24	** Cammy, who is not only older in this series, but is also an extremely competent and dignified assassin who bares a stern and cold personality. She's literally the only character in the series to come close to [[spoiler:killing Dorai]]. The ADV dub takes this a step further, as [[spoiler:[[GenreSavvy she knew from the start that Balrog had planned to kill her]]]].
25	* AdaptationalWimp: Balrog is reduced to being TheMole for Shadowlaw [[spoiler:and the only action he gets is attempting to shoot Cammy after revealing he set her up to kill Dorai, only for Cammy easily overpower him minutes later. Fei Long notes this afterwards, mentioning that Balrog wasn't much of a fighter.]]
26	* AdaptedOut: E. Honda, Blanka, T. Hawk, and Dee Jay are nowhere to be found in this series.
27	* AgeLift: Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Fei Long, and Vega are all in their teens, despite their game counterparts being in their 20s.[[note]]The year of births for the first three characters were changed from '64, '65 and '68, respectively, to '77, '78' and '80.[[/note]] Other characters like Guile[[note]]Birthdate changed from '60 to '73[[/note]] and Sagat[[note]]From '55 to '69[[/note]] are also noticeably younger, while Cammy, on the other hand, was made older.
28	* AgonizingStomachWound: At one point Ryu is thrown in a Thai prison where he meets Sagat. The prison warden using whippings to keep the prisoners in line, and towards the end, threatens to the pair of fighters with a gun, contemplating aloud where he should shoot them, saying that being shot in the gut could take weeks to kill you.
29	* AlternateContinuity: Unlike ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'', which attempted to be a faithful adaptation of the games up to ''Super Street Fighter II'', ''Street Fighter II V'' has no qualms about taking as many liberties as they can with its depiction and characterization of the iconic World Warriors.
30	* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: Instead of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFEQvJ3lBNg original Japanese]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsIuzxjDDUQ openings]], the Animaze/Manga dub of ''Street Fighter II V'' used an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YvspShqS_0 entirely different opening]] with an original theme song. Also counts as an example of AmericanKirbyIsHardcore. The Japanese openings were kept in the ADV dub. In Italy, the series is famous for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YvspShqS_0 localized opening]] used.
31	* AntiVillain: Cammy. [[spoiler:She’s hired and manipulated by Balrog into believing that Dorai was responsible for Hong Kong’s drug smuggling operation and has no problem attempting to eliminate Fei Long in the process, who she eventually collaborates with once she finally knows the truth]].
32	* ArousedByTheirVoice: After getting of the phone with their new tour guide Chun-Li, Ken immediately assumes that she's a total babe while Ryu claims that there's no way of telling from her voice. This leads to Ryu betting 100 finger push-ups for whoever's wrong, and it's pretty obvious that he had to eat his own words.
33	* AwkwardSilenceEntrance: Happen to Ryu in a prison cafeteria. Silence greets him as he enters the cafeteria after recovering from a [[HellHolePrison brutal torture session with the warden]]. Some chatter starts up about Ryu being the new guy and how he lasted through the warden's physical torture as he heads over to get some food.
34	* BareMidriffsAreFeminine: During the "Hong Kong arc", Chun-Li wears a short blouse, exposing her belly button. The same goes for Cammy's standard outfit.
35	* BattleDiscretionShot: The latter half of Ken's fight with Guile is never revealed. After Guile turns the tables on Ken by tossing sand in his eyes, it cuts to later in the day, and Ken is stuck in bed nursing his injuries.
36	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Ryu, normally an easygoing fellow, snaps pretty bad in the episode where he is sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit.
37	* BigEater: As even Rinko points out, Ryu has a bottomless gut and will swiftly scarf down most foods he's given, further cementing his shounen personality shift in this series.
38	* BigFancyHouse: Ken's family mansion.
39	* {{Brainwashed}}: Chun-Li, [[spoiler:after Vega gives her a "love potion"]]. This is [[FanDisservice creepy]] since Chun-Li is only ''fifteen'' in this particular continuity.
40	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Bison brainwashes both Ryu and Chun-Li later in the series. Ken and Guile, respectively, have to defuse both kids.]]
41	* BarBrawl: To celebrate Ryu and Ken's reunion, Ken bribes the boys way into a brawl which doesn't sit right with Ryu at first. Ken purposefully hits on one of the air force dudes' girls. They instantly surround Ken who effortless takes them out as Ryu proceeds to do the same. They both bite off more than they can chew when Guile enters the picture.
42	-->'''Ken''': Welcome to your first party in America, Ryu. Let's mingle!
43	* BreakTheCutie:
44	** Poor, unfairly imprisoned, tortured Ryu. He doesn't come out any worse from the experience, however.
45	** Chun-Li suffers a near identical fate, engaging in a HopelessBossFight against Bison, nearly being strangled to death, and then [[spoiler:getting BrainwashedAndCrazy along with Ryu.]]
46	* CanonForeigner: Notable examples include Rinko, Tyler, Nucchi, Zoltar, Chief Barrack, and the entire Ashura syndicate.
47	* CastingGag: Dorai, a member of Interpol and police inspector, was voiced by Creator/RokuroNaya in the Japanese version, whose brother Creator/GoroNaya voiced a near identical role in the form of Inspector Zenigata in ''Franchise/LupinIII''.
48	* ChainsawGood: Zochi has a chainsaw hand in "Dark Omen".
49	* ChickMagnet: Vega is especially popular with his female fans. Ken also have has share of admirers, notably, the ladies at the bar in episode 1 and the two girls at the mall in episode 6. There's also [[UnresolvedSexualTension Chun-Li and Ken's ambiguous relationship]] towards the end of Vega's arc, and Rinko's crush on Ryu.
50	* ClearMyName: Ken does this for Ryu after the latter is falsely accused of drug possession and sent to ''a prison in Thailand''.
51	* ClipShow: The beginning half of "The Icy Light of Their Eyes", which features the events from "The Bloodthirsty Prince" and up to that point.
52	* ClothingDamage: This happens to Chun-Li when Bison rips her dress in "Shudder! The Despot's Commander".
53	* ColdBloodedTorture: Ryu endures this at the hands of Nucchi, the cruel and sadistic warden of the Thai prison.
54	* CombatPragmatist: During Ken and Guile's fight in "The King of the Air Force", Guile throws some sand in Ken's face. Ken calls Guile out for using a dirty trick, and Guile's response sums it up beautifully:
55	--> "There ain't no rules in a street fight, kid!" (cue ViolenceDiscretionShot).
56	* CurbStompBattle: The series has several instances, most notably:
57	** In the second episode, Ryu and Ken go to a bar near the Air Force base and pick a fight with Guile's squad, where they mop the floor with them. It ends on a cliffhanger just as the man, himself, arrives. Suffice to say, Guile wasn't happy with what he saw, as he proceeds [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to beat the crap out of Ryu]]. Ken tries to return the favor in the following episode, but gets his ass handed to him as well, due to Guile's combat pragmatism.
58	** When Ryu [[TheDogBitesBack has had all he can take between Nucchi's torture and the abuse from Sagat's yes men]], he quietly apologizes to Ken for disregarding his plea to avoid more trouble and proceeds to mop the floor with the two punks. It is definitely an awesome moment for Ryu.
59	* DarkActionGirl: Cammy, who is a freelance assassin in this series.
60	* DramaPreservingHandicap: Guile, who previously utterly destroyed Ryu, is put on the ropes by Ken the following day due to a bad hangover. Guile still manages to come out on top in the end by [[CombatPragmatist tossing sand in Ken's eyes]].
61	* DrivenToSuicide: Zoltar makes a brainwashed test subject smash his head on the wall in "Compulsion Towards Vengeance".
62	* DubNameChange: As with the games themselves, Boxer = Balrog, Claw = Vega, Dictator = Bison.
63	* EasterEgg: Akuma is hidden in one frame in several episodes.
64	* EvenEvilHasStandards: After Bison [[spoiler:kills Nash, he tells Zoltar to give his lifeless body a proper burial]].
65	* FashionShopFashionShow: As a way to say thanks for putting up with them, Ken takes Chun-Li shopping in episode 6, showing her and several different outfits made by [[ProductPlacement Chanel]].
66	* FatBastard: One of Ryu's opponents in the underground tournament at Kowloon Palace. Also, Nucchi.
67	* FinalBossNewDimension: The final battle with Bison takes place at the focal point of the universe.
68	* FreezeFrameBonus: Akuma's appearances are limited to single frames.
69	* GenkiGirl: The younger, cheerful Chun-Li in this particular continuity.
70	* {{Gonk}}: Nucchi. He's just as ugly on the inside, too.
71	* GratuitousEnglish: Ken's "Welcome to Hong Kong" line in original Japanese release.
72	* GroinAttack: Chun-Li accidentally gives her opponent one during her match in "Appearance of the Secret Technique."
73	* GrowlingGut: Sometimes, when Ryu is hungry.
74	* HeadbuttingHeroes: Ryu and Ken get a terrible first impression of Guile and vice versa, due to them first encountering each other while Ryu and Ken were in the process of beating up several of Guile's men in a bar, with Guile completely demolishing Ryu.
75	* HellholePrison: Ryu gets sent to a Thai prison after being framed for drug possession.
76	* HeroicBSOD: Fei Long suffers one when [[spoiler:he learns that his mentor Dorai almost died]]. He ends up breaking down in tears. [[spoiler:He recovers in time to fight the person who almost did Dorai in, Cammy, and makes her have a HeelFaceTurn.]]
77	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Ryu and Ken's friendship dynamic in the series is fleshed out more in this series than in any other continuity. Much of the ending credits is filled with the two taking goofy pictures with each other, and they surprisingly have no problem with swimming in a pool naked with each other. Chun-Li even notes that they're just as inseparable as twins.
78	* HighPressureBlood: Vega's claws have this effect on Ken when he impales his feet, toeing the line between horrifying and unintentionally funny.
79	* HotBlooded: Ryu and Fei Long. Even the episode title for the latter's debut appearance is called "Hot Blooded Fei Long".
80	* HowMuchMoreCanHeTake: Ken's fight with Vega has him bleeding profusely from multiple wounds and getting both his feet impaled and broken, but he still manages to defeat Vega.
81	* IHaveYourWife: Despite letting Ken travel the world with Ryu, Ken's father gets a rude awakening once [[spoiler:Bison holds him for ransom, demanding one billion dollars to see him alive.]]
82	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: After physical attacks seem to [[NoSell do absolutely no damage to Bison]], Chun-Li manages to stab him in the gut with a broken metal pole. It ''does'' injure him and he goes completely berserk on her.
83	* ImprovisedWeapon: Chun-Li uses her bookbag, with a pretty long strap, to whack some dudes. She later weaponizes lighting equipment against Bison.
84	* InconsistentColoring: Vega is depicted as a dark-skinned blonde in his debut episode, but afterward his skin is a lighter tone while his hair is darker.
85	* KamehameHadoken: Ryu's signature Hadoken is present and accounted for. However, in this continuity, he first learns about the Hadou when he meets an old master named Yo Sen-ko, and Dhalsim helps him further in channeling the Hadou.
86	* KnightOfCerebus: Vega's introduction and battle with Ken marks a tonal shift in the series, which was comparatively lighthearted and episodic up to that point. Vega's battle with Ken is one of the most brutal in the series, if not the entire franchise, and their battle marks the first proper appearance of Bison, who proceeds to shape the series into becoming even darker from that point on. It also develops a MythArc that lasts for the remainder of the series.
87	* LastNameBasis: Guile's doomed combat buddy is called Nash for most of the English dub rather than Charlie, only switching to his first name as [[spoiler:Bison kills him]].
88	* LaughingMad: Bison does this when he finds out that two of the attendees at the masquerade ball are Chun-Li (Dorai's daughter) and Ken (a member of the Masters family) in "The Unveiled Ruler".
89	* LegFocus: During the final arc, Chun-Li wears a skimpier version of her traditional outfit, without the tights.
90	* {{Leitmotif}}: Various versions of Ryu's theme from the games.
91	* LickingTheBlade: Vega [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WggDKa7bBWc does this]] while he's looking in a mirror admiring himself.
92	* LoneWolfBoss: Unlike the games, Vega is not part of Shadaloo and attacks the heroes for his own reasons.
93	* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Vega becomes obsessed with Chun-Li after seeing her in a crowd, and even sneaks into her bedroom to steal a kiss from her while she was sleeping. The kiss somehow drugs her, taking effect during Vega's match with Ken.
94	* TheManBehindTheMan: Bison, though Shadowlaw, is this to the Ashura organization.
95	* MasqueradeBall: Subverted. Vega cordially invites Chun-Li and Ken to be his guests of honor for what they think will be a ballroom dance, not knowing Vega's true intentions. The alleged "ball" is actually a brutal cage match between Ken and Vega.
96	* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Just like in [[Film/StreetFighter the live-action film]], Zangief is a NiceGuy who just happens to be working for some very evil people.
97	* ModestyTowel: In "Special Orders to Iron Men", Cammy leaves the bathroom wrapped in a towel.
98	* TheMole:
99	** Balrog is a Interpol agent who is secretly a member of Shadowlaw.
100	** Police officer Soong is an informant from Ashura, explaining why the Thai police force had been having such a hard time with them.
101	* MrFanservice:
102	** Both Ryu and Ken have some shirtless scenes and they also get naked in "Landing in Hong Kong".
103	** As in the games, Vega fights shirtless.
104	* MsFanservice: Cammy is this for the series. For example:
105	** In "The Beautiful Assassin", she got a ToplessnessFromTheBack scene.
106	** She has a ShowerScene in "Special Orders to Iron Men".
107	** Later, Cammy wears a very sexy leotard in two episodes.
108	** All of her outfits show a lot of cleavage.
109	* MythologyGag:
110	** In the second Japanese opening, Balrog, known as M. Bison in Japan, is seen wearing his boxing gear, though he doesn't actually wear it in the series. Also, the ID he shows to Cammy states that he likes fighting and gambling.
111	** Fei Long's director is the same one from ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'', even sharing the same English voice actor.
112	** Cammy's photo during her time with [[UsefulNotes/SecretIntelligenceService MI6]] has her looking like her appearance in the games, albeit without the scar.
113	** While under the influence of Bison's brainwashing, Chun-Li dresses just like she does in the games, albeit with several changes.[[note]]Her outfit is gray on white rather than blue on gold, the lower part is fashioned after a pair of shorts, she wears kneepads and she doesn't wear her hair tied up in buns.[[/note]]
114	* NamedByTheAdaptation:
115	** Chun-Li's otherwise unnamed father is given the name of Dorai in this series. While this was just one of many names given to him in various adaptations in Japan, it was later reused in UDON's comic book series.
116	** Vega is given the full name of "Vega Fabio La Cerda".
117	* NeckLift: Bison does this to both Chun-Li and [[spoiler:Nash]] at different points.
118	* NeckSnap:
119	** Guile and a brainwashed Chun-Li do this to a couple of Bison's guards in "Nightmare Reunion".
120	** Nash, Guile's war buddy, is (rather eerily) skilled at doing this.
121	* OnTheNextEpisodeOfCatchPhrase:
122	** The English dub uses the phrase "Gonna burn some muscle!"
123	** "The Brazilian dub caps off the next episode recaps with "Nós vamos ao encontro do mais forte!" ("We journey to meet the strongest!").
124	* OverlyLongGag: Bison spends a good 30 seconds laughing insanely in "The Unveiled Ruler."
125	* ParentsInDistress: [[spoiler:Chun-Li's dad Dorai is left comatose after Cammy's beatdown on him. When she returns to finish the job, however, Fei Long is the one who steps in Dorai's defense and defeats Cammy. He had previously claimed that [[ParentalSubstitute Dorai was more important to him than even his own father.]]]]
126	* PsychoElectro: Bison often crackles with electricity when he's going into an extended EvilLaugh, or when he's about to use his Psycho Power. He also seems to be immune to electric shocks.
127	* ReligiousBruiser: Cammy. Being a Roman Catholic, she wears a crucifix around her neck and asks God to forgive her after [[spoiler:she attacks Dorai.]]
128	* RiddleForTheAges: [[spoiler:The exact nature of the eagle-headed idol from which Bison draws his Psycho Power is never explained, as the series got cancelled shortly after its reveal.]]
129	* ShowerScene: Cammy has one in "Special Orders to Iron Men." No nudity is shown.
130	* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Chun-Li's father survives in the end, despite ending up in a coma.]]
131	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Rinko, Ryu's female friend in Japan, is erroneously referred to as "Linko" a few times in the Animaze dub.
132	* StalkerWithACrush: Vega towards Chun-Li. So much so that he gives her a "love potion" while she's asleep during the middle of the night.
133	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In the games, Vega's claw acted as an extension of his fist and only gave him more range in his attacks. In this series, his claw enables him to wound, stab, and impale Ken until he's in danger of bleeding out.
134	* TeenGenius: Chun-Li is a tour guide who knows a great deal about Hong Kong, never mind her being a talented ActionGirl already attending a university at age 15.
135	* ToBeAMaster: Ken and Ryu's goal. This is ''especially'' true concerning the latter.
136	* {{Tsundere}}: Rinko acts this way in her only appearance. She's shown to have feelings for Ryu but is more frustrated when he does nothing but think about food. She also offers great concern for him, fearing that he'll never return to Japan again once Ken invites him to California.
137	* UnclePennybags: Ken frequently uses his family's "over five billion-dollar"[[note]]in 1995 USD value[[/note]] fortune to get by during the series; usually to get whatever he wants in an instant from manipulating his and Ryu's way into a bar just so they can hold Ryu's "[[BarBrawl welcoming party]]" with some other guests, and paying a random guy what seems to be thousands of dollars in cash just to let him hijack the dude's motorcycle and catch up with Donu and Zochi in a moving limousine. However, he's not cheap and will go out of his way to support his friends and genuinely good people when they need it. He hooks him and Ryu up with a 5-star penthouse suite and buys their friend Chun-Li clothes and jewelry as a gift/payment for her serving as their tour guide and equally putting her in danger the previous night. Most shockingly of all, he single-handedly arranges for a massive donation and Red Cross assistance to a remote Indian charity hospital.
138	* UnstoppableRage: Ryu, after being tortured and bullied at the Thai prison.
139	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: What's Zoltar's response to Bison bursting into a 30 second long giggle fit upon learning who Ken and Chun-Li are while radiating Psycho Power everywhere?
140	-->"You destroyed your chair, I'll get you another one."
141	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Vega is a champion bullfighter from Spain who the crowd loves his performances. He's also a psychopath who lusts after Chun-Li and nearly kills Ken.
142	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Thanks to the series being CutShort, Vega is never seen after Bison recovers him following his defeat. Similarly, [[spoiler:Dorai, despite surviving Cammy's assassination attempt, is never seen again after Fei Long and Cammy end their battle.]]
143	* WorldTour: The main plot. Ryu and Ken go around the world to find other martial artists so they can defeat them.
144	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness:
145	** This is done to Ashura's right-hand man Donu [[spoiler:by Soong, the mole planted in the police by the organization]].
146	** [[spoiler:Balrog attempts to do this to Cammy when she finds out that he lied to her about Dorai being a rogue Interpol agent. Lucky for her, Fei Long distracted Balrog long enough for her to easily overpower him.]]
147	* YouGotGuts: Guile's impression of Ryu after [[{{Determinator}} refusing to stay down]] during their bar fight.
148	* YoungerAndHipper: Several characters are teenagers.
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