kev071985 call yourself a fan of SF but u don't even know how to spell Dark Hadou.do you know what's art all about?SF alpha used different art direction comparing to SF2 and it used clean finishing on their characters.it was smoother not as rough as the previous drawings and they did a very good job on the face expressions which gave a good sense of humour especially Ken and Sakura.bear in mind that the animation was from a director who also masterminded the classic animation,Dragonball.the background art used in this movie went very well with the characters and i must say it is much better than SF2.to be honest,Ryu's look in SF alpha makes sense as he was a young martial art artist as told in the original story,not uncle ryu in his mid 30's that was how SF2 ryu portrayed.

deepion by now, you've probably heard that Street Fighter Alpha movie is not as good as Street Fighter II: The Movie. However, Street Fighetr Alpha is still amazingly good. Take the example of Matrix Reloaded. On it's own, it would have been a major success and everyone would have loved it. However, before that came The Matrix. The Matrix was so unbelievably good, so perfect in every way that Reloaded didn't really stand a chance. And it is the same here. Street Fighter II movie was so good, exactly what fans of the game wanted to see that anything after that would pale into comparison, which is exactly what happened to Street Fighter Alpha. The truth of the matter is, Street Fighter Aplha is an amazingly good movie. Sure, it has it's faults, but so did Street Fighter II. Still, Street Fighter Alpha is very entertaining and sticks well with the whole street fighter universe, and it is perfect for those who have played the ASlpha games, introducing new characters in the movie. The whole movie is more dark and mysterious and incredibly fascinating. You will not be disappointed, although Akuma could have done so much more in the movie, it was a waste of a good character.

edge_net_web I have this on video (the english version) the voice acting is sound and the characters look detailed. However sometimes it goes a little too far.For example Professor Sadler isnt in any Street Fighter title so you can't really take to him as a villain. this film does show many of the SFzero fighters but they dont play big roles. the only ones who do are Ryu,Ken,& Chun-Li. Akuma has a tiny role and as I have never found a sequel to this it leaves SFzero film very unfufilling.7/10

mc12000 It's true that movies adapted from arcade games have never had an original or involved storyline. All of them rely on action and special effects to carry them through . However, each movie has it's own style. Mortal Kombat followed a similar storyline to 'Enter The Dragon' where a group of warriors travelled to a deserted island and kicked the bad guy's butt. Street Fighter has stayed on the anime canvas all the way through this (apart from the s*** which featured Jean Claude Van Damme which I personally do not count as a movie) and the first feature made in Japan was a great success even though there wasn't a great storyline. The thing that did it for me was the character portrayal and the relationship between Ryu and Ken. I remember being so disappointed when they did not fight each other. In addition, the touching flashbacks to their past really added to the film's magnetism. As many a SF2 fan would know, the original Japanese script and soundtrack was taken by Manga and translated into English. The soundtrack was completely wiped and replaced with grunge metal. Imagine my disapointment when I found that SF Alpha contained the same sounding grunge. It became apparent to me that this was a Manga-produced project and it really shows in the difference in drawings. For instance, Ryu does not look Japanese at all. Whoever designed his facial profile should be lynched and whoever decided to give him blue eyes should be slashed to pieces as well. Ken, on the other hand, looks far better (though by no means an improvement on his original look in the first movie). Aside from all this, the film focuses far too much on Ryu's personal struggle with is powers. They really should've gone with sticking to a good guys vs bad guys storyline. A few characters from the Alpha game are featured but are cameo roles to make up the numbers. Chun Li is also present but the animators seem more interested in drawing her crotch than anything else. To summarise, disappointing storyline, disappointing animation and even worse soundtrack. Manga should've left this to the 'real' experts in anime.