Street Fighter Zero (1999) (V)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Directors:

Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Joe Romersa

Writers:

Joe Romersa (English version)
Kirk Thornton (English version)
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Release Date:

30 January 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Animation

Plot:

A dark power threatens to consume famed fighter Ryu, who is visited by a long-lost little brother. Meanwhile, a mad scientist wishes to harness this power for himself.

Plot Keywords:

Street Fighter | Loss Of Powers | Martial Arts | Chun Li | 1990s

Cast

Kane Kosugi	...	Ryû (voice)
Kazuya Ichijô	...	Ken Masters (voice)
Yumi Tôma	...	Chun-Li (voice)
Tomomichi Nishimura	...	Gouki (voice)
Ai Orikasa	...	Rose (voice)
Chiaki Ôsawa	...	Sakura Kasugano (voice)
Reiko Kiuchi	...	Shun (voice)
Bin Shimada	...	Wallace (voice)
Miki Nagasawa	...	Kei Chitose (voice)
Ken Yamaguchi	...	Gôken (voice)
Daiki Nakamura	...	Professor Sadler (voice)
Hisao Egawa	...	Rosanov (voice)
Kazuyuki Ishikawa	...	Balrog Fabio La Cerda / Dan Hibiki (voice)
Hidenari Ugaki	...	Zangief (voice)
Sadao Fuda	...	Buddhist Priest (voice)
Kokoro Shindô	...	Kid (voice)
Katsuhiro Harasawa	...	Rolento Schuberg / Man (voice)
Ryûzaburô Ôtomo	...	Birdie (voice)
Wataru Takagi	...	Adon (voice)
Masao Fuda	...	Sodom Shogun (voice)
Kumiko Yokohira	...	Boy (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mathew Austin	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Steve Blum	...	Ken Masters (voice) (as David Lucas)
Keith Burgess	...	Akuma (voice)
Richard Cansino	...	Vega (voice: English version) (as Richard Hayworth)
Casey Hart	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
R. Martin Klein	...	Adon / Street Thug (voice: English version) (as Bob Marx)
William Knight	...	Monk (voice: English version) (as William Frederick)
Lex Lang	...	Guard (voice: English version)
Ramona Lee	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Peter Lurie	...	Professor Sadler (voice: English version) (as Chuck Farley)
Sherry Lynn	...	Kei Chitosi (voice: English version) (as Katie Ashley)
Mona Marshall	...	Shun (voice: English version)
Michael McCarty	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Michael Devon)
Matthew Mercer	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Masamune Miller)
Kim Nguyen	...	Rose (voice: English version)
Bob Papenbrook	...	Dan Hibiki / Street Thug (voice: English version) (as John Smallberries)
Simon Prescott	...	Gouken (voice: English version) (as Simon Isaacson)
Joe Romersa	...	Birdy / Zangief (voice: English version)
Michelle Ruff	...	Sakura Kasugano (voice: English version) (as Georgette Rose)
Adam Sadler	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Lia Sargent	...	Chun-Lei (voice)
Adam Sholder	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Brianne Siddall	...	Little Boy (voice: English version) (as Ian Hawk)
Skip Stellrecht	...	Ryu (voice: English version) (as Henry Douglas Grey)
Dan Woren	...	Bar Thug (voice: English version) (as Jackson Daniels)
Tom Wyner	...	Rosanof / Street Thug (voice) (as Abe Lasser)

Directed by
Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Joe Romersa		(English version)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Joe Romersa		English version
Kirk Thornton		English version
Reiko Yoshida		script

Produced by
Marvin Gleicher	....	executive producer
Haruyo Kanesaku	....	producer
Yutaka Maseba	....	producer
Kaoru Mfaume	....	producer
Yoshiki Okamoto	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Kazushi Torigoshi

Art Department
Daichan	....	art

Sound Department
Les Claypool III	....	additional sound effects and final mix: English version
Michael McCarty	....	digital sound tracking: English version

Special Effects by
Kaoru Tanifuji	....	special effects

Animation Department
Yoshihiko Umakoshi	....	animation director

Editorial Department
C.P. Booth	....	on-line editor

Other crew
Matt Perrier	....	script advisor

Also Known As:

Street Fighter Alpha (USA)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Finland:K-18 | UK:15

Goofs:

Continuity: Ryu's eyes change from light gray to brown and back in several scenes.

Quotes:

Gouki: A true warrior enters the battle with all his powers at the ready.

Movie Connections:

Follows Chao ji xue xiao ba wang (1993)

WHY?!?

Ok. Being an semi-anime fan for a few years, I once fell upon street fighter 2, as an animated movie it was pretty good. The drawing was top notch, and the plot made sense. Not to mention most of the fights were pretty well done. In this, street fighter zero(alpha?) I found it sucked. The drawing was nowhere near as good as SF2. The plot was crap, I mean, the kid shows up and this amazing hardcore die hard fighter dude just believes he's his little brother? What's with that? The whole dark ha-do(sorry, don't know how to spell) thing is kinda cool, but if this had been pursued as more of a sequal to SF2 using some continuity between them, not to mention better drawing in general, I would be more pleased. I can't say the movie didn't entertain me at all, I still like whatching people get beat up, but I think it lacks some of the more apealing features of most plain old let's kick some tail movies.