Street Fighter II V

First aired in Japan in 1995, Street Fighter II V is a 29 episode anime series which focuses on the adventures of a younger Ryu and Ken. As they make their way across the world, they encounter many other fighters and learn the ways of the hadou. The series would be dubbed into English and released in America throughout 1997 and 1998. A UK exclusive dub would be released throughout 1999 to 2002. Whilst the first half of the series is generally liked by fans, the latter half quickly falters due to a slow moving plot and heavy use of stock footage. Many wonder if there were some kind of production troubles behind the scenes, which is why there are several unresolved plot holes by the end of the series.

Contents

1) Episode List
2) Releases
3) Voice Cast


Episode List

Releases

As of 2023, the series has not had a Blu-ray release. The series is available on video but the best option is still the DVD sets. In 1997, Manga Entertainment released the series on video in America. In total they released 10 tapes, most of them had 3 episodes on each tape (the last one only had 2). There were two versions of the tapes: one with the English dub, and then another with the Japanese dub, and English subtitles (the latter had a slightly higher price). Manga also released the entire series on Laserdisc. Alternatively, four separate volumes were also released on DVD by Manga, with each disc having 7 or 8 episodes on it. Due to an error, the cover art of three of these volumes were incorrect. Volume 2 features art which should have been used on volume 3, volume 3 has art which should have been on volume 4 and volume 4 has art which should have been used for volume 2. All volumes include the English dub, along with the Japanese dub and optional English subtitles. Manga also release The Street Fighter II V Collection, a box set which contained all four of their previous DVDs.

In 1998, ADV started to release Street Fighter II V in the UK on video. Like the Manga Entertainment tapes, most volumes have three episodes each on them. The main difference is that the ADV version features a completely different English dub. It also retains the original Japanese intro and credits sequences (with the Japanese credits translated into English), although the intro only plays with the first episode on each tape. The eyecatcher is also still present in this version, but the next episode preview segments were removed. This version has everyone pronounce Ryu's name as "Roo" (it should sound like "Ree-you") and also makes some other changes. Probably the most notable is that Dorai was changed to "Do Lai" (and is even spelt that way in the credits).

The fourth episode was also censored -originally, Ryu, Ken and Chun Li have a confrontation with the Flying Black Snake clan. This scene was almost entirely cut from the ADV version, due to the clan members using nunchaku weapons, and UK film censors hate those. The episode was edited to show that Ken's group are being followed, but then tries to imply that it was the Hockey Blade gang who had been following them. This doesn't really work, as the Hockey Blade gang wear masks, whilst the Snake clan don't. Interestingly, Kokuja, the leader of the Flying Black Snake clan, is still credited as being voiced by Jason Lee. This suggests that the scene was dubbed for this version, but was cut later, and the audio was never used.

Voice Cast