Street Fighter II To Be Re-released On DVD

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On July 18, 2006, Manga Entertainment will release Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (Uncut, Uncensored, Unleashed) on DVD. The DVD features a completely uncensored version of the original Street Fighter II animated movie, which is based upon the popular video game franchise. The DVD will be available for the MSRP (Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price) of $19.98.

According to the press release for the DVD, "Manga's new DVD release is the first-time ever US release of the UK unrated version, featuring a soundtrack by KMDFM and never-before-seen footage of graphic violence and nudity that North American Street Fighter fans have been waiting for - including the notorious Chun Li shower scene!" Additionally, the Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (Uncut, Uncensored, Unleashed) DVD will feature the following additional materials:

• Never-Before-Seen Comic Book

Great news for all you Street Fighter fans out there. Finally, us American fans are treated to the infamous Chun-Li nude shower scene :biggrin:

I'm also hoping that Manga at least touches up the transfer for this release, as the orignal DVD release from Sony was released during DVD's infancy, and suffered from a sub-par transfer that can look better now that more resources are available.

Here's a look at the cover art (Ill admit I prefer the orignal DVD's artwork though):

This cover art would be awesome if it actually punches people in the face.

Seriousely, if they had a just plain white or plain black with Street Fighter II written on it, it would still look better then this.

Yea, that'd be nice. Better yet, if you could feel the fury of a Shoryuken.

And yea, I'm not a fan of the cover art either, especially when compared to when the original DVD used the theatrical poster:

I remember buying this dubbed on VHS years ago. Ohhhh god was the dub job bad. Don't know if I'll try this even through download. They still botch up and reverse the names, with Vega, Bison, & Balrog.

Though the dub was pretty terrible, it had some funny moments.

I fondly remember when E.Honda gives Ryu a share of his winnings after fighting Dhalsim and he goes something like "Us Japanese fighters should stick together....BECAUSE WE'RE BROTHERS!!!"

Always gives me a good laugh

Though it isn't stated in the article I posted, I would hope that Manga would have more sense than to just have the English dub on there. After all, they've released both Street Fighter Alpha OVAs with the Japanese track included. Wouldn't make sense for them to go with just the English track now.

Originally Posted by Gechmir

I remember buying this dubbed on VHS years ago. Ohhhh god was the dub job bad. Don't know if I'll try this even through download. They still botch up and reverse the names, with Vega, Bison, & Balrog.

You mean reverse from the American or Japanese version?

Goddamnit! Well I'll wait to see what the uncut shit is. I have it on DVD and I really hate having to get another copy of it because some special edition of it comes out later. *grumbles at Predator*

Well, the largest thing that was edited when it originally came out on DVD was the famous Chun-Li shower scene, where it showed her exposed breasts.

Of course that wasn't shown on the original DVD, so that's what we're getting now. Also, the fight she had with Vega (or Balrog, to be technical) had some scenes cut out for being too bloody.

I'm not sure what else, if anything, was cut from the movie.

I saw some footage of the movie that might or might not have made it into the movie but chun li does her kikkoken against vega in the clips I saw, I wonder if that will be in it.

Saw an ad for this in the latest issue of "Play" as well. It's about time they gave the movie a re-release. This is, like, the first time an uncut version with the Japanese voice track has been released on this side of the coast. I think that in itself deems DVD worthy of purchase.

Oh and regarding the comic (supposedly, prequel to the movie itself), it looks like it's going to be penned by UDON (who's been doing the SF comic series). So that should be a quality comic.

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i was thinking in buy this movie, ill wait for this release

I noticed it said the "Chung-Li shower scene". The PAL DVD atleast has it though, whats so special? I'm assuming this is just the PAL version (which is already uncut, uncensored etc anyway) But why was the American version edited?

censored for a pg-13 comes to my mind, im not sure thought

wow I'm waiting for this very long time.no,is not ture,there some scens cut on usa and uk versions like full show Chung-Li shower on Japanese version.

I taped this when it was on HBO ^^;. I guess i can cop' this widescreen now.

As for the chun-li scenes.. Its not a big deal. Though i really want a sequel of this movie..

Here's the deal : I saw two versions of the movie, one was where the 'nude' Chun-Li scene was edited out (almost), and the fight had its bloody moments in full, but didn't have anything too suggestive in it (She was fighting in her panties, so yeah there were some "up-shirts" :P ) But the bloody parts were all intact, like when vega (Balrog) slashes her and licks the blood, etc..

Another one with the full shower scene (it's short, and leaves much to be desired if you're into Chun-li, believe me) all the 'suggestive' parts in the vega fight up-shirts (!!) and all, including her kickoken attack (Which was pretty hot, considering her thighs were drawn beautifully) but parts like vega licking her blood off his claws and others were edited out.

Believe it or not the first version i saw didn't have the fight with Sagat, which was kickass and i was like O_O when i saw the second one, i loved it.

Overall the movie's well worth paying for, once and even twice, it's that good and i can confidently venture say it's the best conversion of a game-to-movie, ever.

Yeah hey, wasn't the uncut version featured on the Street Fighter Collection PS2 game disc?

Yea, I'll have to agree with you CryHavoc.

Compared to all the other video game to anime conversions that are out there (Fatal Fury, Samurai Showdown, Tekken, Darkstalkers), this movie is easily the best of the bunch, though Fatal Fury and Darkstalkers are tied for second. This anime just captured the essence of the various characters perfectly, and everything flowed together beautifully. Hell, even DeeJay was looking good in this movie. Though I was saddened that Cammy didn't get anymore screen time...

And Russ, no. The version of the movie that was on the SF Anniversary Disc was the same edited PG-13 version that was previously released on DVD. Either way, the movie on the Anniversary Disc is plagued with horrible pixelation and macroblocking, mainly due to the fact that the movie was literally crammed onto the DVD itself. And as a result of the movie not getting enough space on the disc itself, the picture quality took a big hit. So you're better off just getting this new DVD, as it's sure to have a cleaner-looking transfer than the original Sony DVD.

That, and you get to see Chun-Li's jumblies :biggrin:

Originally Posted by ShinBojack

That, and you get to see Chun-Li's jumblies :biggrin:

That and the Japanese dub track. Which came with a catchy theme song (Ryoko Shinohara's, with T.Komuro "Itoshisato Setsunasato Kokoro Tsuyosato").

Speaking of that song, does anyone know if they actually kept the intrumental version in the Alpha Anthology. I remember reading in the Eternal Challenge book that in Alpha/Zero for the dramatic fight against Bison with Ryu and Ken, an instrumental version of the movie's theme song is played.

I'll ask again : WHAT THE HELL?? DARKSTALKERS MOVIE??

(Fuck you, lord)