Street Fighter II V : Sutorīto Faitā Tsū Bui

Street Fighter II V (Japanese: ストリートファイターⅡ V Hepburn: Sutorīto Faitā Tsū Bui?), is an anime series produced by Group TAC based on the fighting game Street Fighter II. Directed by Gisaburo Sugii (who also directed the earlier Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie), the series first aired in Japan in 1995, from April 10 to November 27, on YTV. An English adaptation of the series was produced by the dubbing group Animaze and Manga Entertainment in 1996, and was released in Australia and the USA as a series of VHS tapes in 1997−1998. In 1997, ADV Films produced an English dub exclusively for the UK market, also released on VHS. The Animaze/Manga dub had a DVD release on April 29, 2003 in a four disc set in North America and was then released on DVD in Australia.

The series chronicles the adventures of Ryu and Ken, two teenage martial artists who embark on a journey to improve their skills after experiencing brutal defeat at the hands of Guile. Along the way, they become acquainted with other Street Fighter characters such as the 15-year-old tour guide Chun-Li, martial arts movie-star Fei Long, Muay Thai champion Sagat, and Indian monk Dhalsim. Eventually, they find themselves in the crosshairs of the criminal syndicate Shadowlaw, led by the enigmatic M. Bison, after defeating one of their subordinate organizations (Ashura). Among the agents of Shadowlaw include Russian bear wrestler and hired muscle Zangief, seductive British assassin Cammy (who is unaware of her employer's connection to Shadowlaw), and Interpol double agent Balrog. The Spanish nobleman Vega also appears as an antagonist, although he is not connected with Shadowlaw in this series.

In contrast to Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, which hewed very closely to the original game's storyline, Street Fighter II V takes a number of liberties with its source material. It features radically redesigned versions of most of the game's characters, whose appearances, backstories, and personalities deviated greatly from their traditional depictions. While the show was set in 1995, the present year of its original airing, the ages of the characters were altered to make most of the cast younger than they were in the games (for example, Ryu's year of birth was changed from 1964 to 1977). Out of the seventeen characters featured in Super Street Fighter II Turbo (the latest game in the series at the time), only Blanka, Dee Jay, E. Honda, and T. Hawk never appear in the show. Akuma makes several cameo appearances during crowd scenes, but he is not actively involved in the story.

Cast

Image	Character	Jap	Col	USA	Bra	USA(ADV)	Fran	Ita	Spa(Catalan)	Spa	Phil
	Ryu		Armando Duque				JeanMarc Delhausse	Andrea Ward
	Ken Masters			Jason Douglas	Sérgio Moreno			Vittorio Guerrieri		Ángel DeGracia	Vincent Gutierrez
	Chun-Li	Chisa Yokoyama	Nancy Cortés		Tânia Gaidarji			Stella Musy			Grace Cornel
	Guile	Tessho Genda		Kirk Thornton						JuanCarlos Gustems
	Vega		JoséManuel Cantor		Antônio Moreno			Roberto Pedicini
	Cammy		Klaudia Kotte		Denise Simonetto
	Fei Long	Kazuki Yao
	Dhalsim	Shôzô Iizuka	Rafael Gómez	Steve Blum
	Mike Bison	Tomomichi Nishimura	JoséManuel Cantor						Pepe Mediavilla

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