Cytonius here...I made the video...ummm to all the people complaining that Street Fighter II V wasn't forgotten...that's not the point of the video. This video was made to pay homage to an under appreciated anime series from the 90s.

This series should have been on Toonami back in the day

I had the entire series in a DVD box set. Definitely underrated.

I’m so happy you made this video. I been telling people for years about this anime. From the martial arts to the buddhist philosophy. This is such an underrated anime.

Classic. Remember the entire series on VHS when I was in Suncoast video. Great era in my life.

"He's Goku, They made the mother fucker Goku" Took me the fuck out

I loved the video, congratulations. I'm from Brazil and I watched this series in the 90s. This anime was a success here. We Brazilians have immense affection for this animation. I didn't imagine that this series had failed in other places in the world, I found out from your video, it's a shame, because here this animation is remembered to this day, with great affection. One of the most popular animes here of all time, without a doubt. 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

The music, particularly the Hadoken Theme, is epic. Edit: I made this comment before you played it. 🤐

That’s was one of my favorite anime I watched it so much back in the day 💯

A1 bro appreciate the look back to one of the animes that I hold very close to the heart still got the box set at the crib 🌊🌊🌊

Forgotten? How is this anime forgotten??

This was a silent masterpiece , I got it on my 13 birthday! I watched it with my brother. I also loved the creative way they introduced characters . Guile at a Bar,Sagat in Prison,Fei Long on set,Chun Li as a Tourguide, Chun Li's dad Detective Dorai in an underground crime ring, Dhalipsim with a doctor and Vega as matador! I at the time was practising competitive sports and in my later years watched it with new friends of mines! I have to say it holds a special place in my heart. There is also the beautiful Japanese song "Forever Friends"

Ken vs Vega is so good. Slightly injuring Bison is an understatement. He never said a word after that punch lol

I loved Street Fighter II V. This video essay unlocked a lot of memories. One of the greatest animes ever. I wish the series had more seasons.

You left out the best line from Guile during the fight with Ryu. "Haha, you youngsters run out of steam before you get started. Now me.. I could kick your ass all night"

GREAT to see you fellas back! Thanks for this retrospective. I went to look if it was on KZfaq and sure enough, it was!

I love how Akuma was a Easter egg in this series, if you pay close attention you can see him as a extra in the background in some of the scenes

He really said "knock this kamikaze crap out!".

The fact you mentioned Fight Quest makes me a fan for life

You know. Street Fighter 2 the animated movie deserves to have a sequel with the same art style of 1994 when Ryu and Chun-li getting married and live happily ever after. Do you guys agree with that idea?

Omni Frame this took me back down memory lane when my friends & I devoured this show in HS / college. You and I lived through Street Fighter mania and its effects on the arcades and media at large and for all you young kids out there, it was a sight to behold. The days where kids and adults would crowd around a fighting game cabinet all over North America might be over, but those memories live on... This was a neat video for sure, so thank you for making this. It definitely needed a little trimming in the beginning and the OST sections, but so much was spot on. What I'm gonna say is controversial but I actually enjoy the first half of SF2V as the globe-trotting gang busting was fun. Man I hope younger kids check this show out. I love the Japanese opening and I actually find homoerotic Ryu & Ken fine...it's young karate guys being idiots and more movies need to embrace that like John Woo. :D

I remember this was available to stream on Netflix & outta nowhere it was pulled from the service!!

This should be part of the Street Fighter lore. this is a great part of the Street Fighter history.

The lost Street fighter anime, Where Ryu is Jin Kazama, Fei Long is actually Maxi of Soul Calibur, Ken is Hwaorang of Tekken 4, Charlie is Peter Gutenberg, etc..... good times

Me and my buddy were obsessed with this anime. Use to go to the mall to see if the next tape was out yet. 3 episodes per vhs. Took a year for the series to come out

Love this retrospective!!! We were about the same age when we came across series. I remember reading about it in Animerica magazine in late 96 or early 97 and Manga video were releasing those joints on VHS with 3 episodes for $20 a pop🤦🏿‍♂️. I didn't actually finish the watching the series until years later finding the series used on DVD. This really does take me back to the high school years in the late 90's for real. Good job 🙏🏿🔥🔥🔥

me and my brother have watched this anime every year for almost every year since we were children and now im almost 30 and hes 34. Streetfighter 2 V will always be my streetfighter since my father had the VHS box set. and because its so hard to find i've archived it for historical purposes on both hard drive and cloud.. also this has got to be the most hyped intro of any anime ive seen. Now its time to watch it again BOYEEEEEE TIME TO BURN SOME MUSCLE

Ryu definitely got his azz whooped by Guile. Great job with the video.

This was a fantastic video essay 🙏 Very dope work as always bro 💥 🥊

ONE OF MY FAVOURITE ANIME OF ALL TIME.

I had the DVD collection back as ahh jit. This gem was my childhood. Just hearing the theme gives me nostalgia.

The good one

long xing of the 12 animals of xing yi looks a lot like shoryuken. im just saying. wasnt ryus original win quote "you have to beat shen long if you wis to defeat me!" ? but just for bringing up santishi in a video, you get a like and a sub, my good sir. keep on doing gods work.

oh thank god ! someone is talking about that Anime ! I love it so much ! and I don't forgot it, even I have some scenes in my channel ! especially when Ken escape the M.Bison prison ! and by the way : very good OST in that Anime ! ❤

Yoooo! I forgot all about Fight Quest. I'm gon look for that💪

Love this intro !!! My favorite

this usually re-runs on the streaming network Toonami Aftermath if anyone is interested in watching it again. there's a few weird character tweaks in this anime, but its pretty dope. having Tom Wyner who also played Bison in the anime film is a genius casting.

Two best things from this series. Ken is as strong and capable as Ryu. And the Hadouken Theme. That gat dang AMAZING theme song. Whole soundtrack really.

Underrated masterpiece

The intro mad fire 🔥 with that voice screaming street fighter classic

I loved it, it fleshed out the characters very good and took it seriously before alpha series came along and made their canon version. While some were good in think V did many of them better, Charlie's fate was better portrayed here and you can see how it impacted Guile . Vega was portrayed way better here , Fei Long was cocky and competitive kinda like Bruce was in when he was young , Cammy was a very cool assassin, even better than the movie. And Balrog actually being clever and deceptive instead of a money hungry simpleton was much better. Last but not least Ken and Ryu's rivalry have never been portrayed as good as this in imo. Truly underrated and I hope SF6 or any future movies takes elements from this.

SHIN.. KU.. SSSHHHOOORYUKEN!!!!

More Top 10 fun facts about Street Fighter II V: 10. The entire story takes place on May 1995. 9. In this anime: Ryu is 17, Ken Masters is 17, Sergeant Guile is 21, Chun-Li is 15, Fei Long is 17, Sagat is 31, Vega is 18 and Zangief is 28. (Source: The official Street Fighter II V trading cards) 8. The giant characters had their heights toned down in this anime so they can match the live-action casting choices from Street Fighter: The Ultimate Battle (1994), ones such as Balrog being 6'0", Zangief being 6'6" and Sagat being 6'9". 7. This is the only adaptation in the Street Fighter franchise to recycle and repeat animation shots, the show was criticized because of this. 6. Balrog was done the worst out of all villains of the show. The Japanese intro (as well as some art work) shows Balrog in his boxing attire, possibly hinting that he was planned to show his fighting skills at some point. 5. Sagat doesn't wear an eyepatch, nor does he have a scar on his chest. He also has no connection with the Shadaloo. These three traits were instead briefly given to Ryu where he has deep whip-lashes, blindness on one eye, and being forced into working for Shadaloo. 4. There are three mangas based on this series: Seiden Street Fighter II V, Street Fighter II V Retsuden and Street Fighter II V: This Is Animation (an art book). 3. The first of every Street Fighter media to feature the Ken's parents Dalton Masters and Yuki Masters. However Ken's fiancé Eliza (who made an appearance in Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie) is written out of the story due to her lack of character development and no plot involvement, but she still can be seen as a cameo in one of Ken's official Street Fighter II V trading cards. 2. The Hadou-Shoryuken move can be used by Ryu in ULTIMATE Marvel vs. Capcom 3. 1. This is Fullmetal Alchemist star Vic Mignogna's first voice acting debut, he played the role of Vega in the English dub of this anime.

Fight Quest and the Human Weapon were my shit🤣

The Boosie clip after asking about Fight Quest is 😅😅😅😅😅😅

I remember watching this as a kid. The episode where ryu learns the hado especially. Chun li shadow lady design in this was pretty dope and a nice callback to her original design.

I had these on VHS tapes as a child

Loved your summary of Street Fighter II V, would you be interested in talking further on the series on another platform?

Glad That you mencioned the show's popularity in Brazil. The dubed intro bring's a tear to my eye

This anime was as popular on Brazilian tv as Cadillacs and Dinosaurs in the arcades here.

This anime needed a bigger and better sequel series like how Dragon Ball has. • Titled *SUPER Street Fighter II V* • Ryu and I come back wearing the ruby and gold colored sparring-gloves seen in Alpha and mastering each other's moves where I now have the Hadou-ken. • The other street fighters also having ki-summoning moves like Guile's Sonic Boom, Chun Li's Kiko-ken, Sagat's Tiger Shot, etc. • The newcomers being E. Honda, Blanka, T. Hawk, Dee Jay and Akuma as a major villain. • The other major villain being a 2nd Bison who wears red, the plot twist reveals that was who the original Bison was talking to through the eagle-head, his own clone.

Bison looks cool in the blue

Watched it on encore wam, sweet memories

I originally had the whole series on VHS !

I used to watch this on Encore Wam, Street Fighter and Vandread every weekday, they would just loop the shows when they ended until they eventually swapped them out. I also call this version of the Hadouken the Street Fighter Kamehameha.

Yes!!!! This used to randomly come in the e3 gaming channel in the late 90s early 2000s.

Yo this show was DOPE. I remember renting the VHS tapes around 1998 and fell in love with this series

I remember this. "Gotta burn some muscle!" I only saw like the first 3 or 5 or however many was on the first VHS I rented from Blockbuster.

I liked this show a lot when I saw it when I was younger and didn't know anything the show was talking about. This video makes me want to go back to it. I don't like it when adaptations change character personalities, but this show feels like a rare good exception to that, since it talks about the kinds of things the games versions of Ryu and Dhalsim would talk about, so it's not TERRIBLY out of character for the series as a whole despite a few individual players getting done dirty.

Thank you for taking the time to spread knowledge on this series. I skipped it as a kid cuz the miniscule design changes gave me a bad vibe. I'm glad I went with my gut.

Saw this very late in life like 3 years ago very good show the voice acting the music the way it was drawn worth my time

9:26 what is the name of that beat with those Street Fighter voice samples in them? Thanks.

Literally the REASON why I fell in love with anime. The one that started it all for me.

It’s not forgotten by me. I own the DVD collection. Not quite as good as the animated movie ( the beginning episodes have pacing problems for the type of story they’re telling), but it certainly deserves more recognition than it gets. Even the live action movie and the American cartoon that aired on the USA network for two seasons are more well received, and they’re both awful representations of what street fighter is all about and why it’s popular.

You knew you was in for some heat when that 24 minute box showed up twice for 11:00 pm and 11:24 pm on Friday night on Encore. MAN THIS WAS THS SHIIIT.

shouldve been obvious about Vega being a ninja, he jumps around and uses that claw and i think its mentioned somewhere in the media. maybe the old booklet?

Who forgot about this? Lol I remember watching it very well! I remember buying the VHS tapes so I didn't forget.

This is awesome!

I like V more than the movie.

Forgotten? Oh no, nobody who watched this series has forgotten. It was arguably the best streetfighter show/anime/story out there, only surpassed by the actual SF2 animated movie. This show was absolutely amazing and leagues above anything else that came out.

I remember fight quest!!!!

Forgotten in the USA, but here in Italy it is remembered fondly as one of the best adaptation of the game. Exspecially about the openings, remade by a local group, the Dhamm. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i8uIl7Vjm8utdKM.html

I really love this show! in all of latín America is very well regarded, that opening hit the fells of a lot of ppl here(well the Spanish one but yeah in Brazil is huge too) thank you for the video! greetings from Guatemala.

I got so excited seeing a RetroSpective on SF2V in my feed I had to hit this comment section first before I watched the video.😅 I just wanted to say I appreciate that light is being shed on this. This Series alone got me interested in Street fighter when I was in like 6th grade (I watched the whole thing on KZfaq back in ‘06) . I assumed it was popular because some of the rips were from when it aired on WB (iirc) back In the day. I’m like “why have I never heard of this!” This sent me down a rabbit hole of SF Lore and by the time I emerged… SF4 Came out 😂.

This series not forgotten I use to watch on the STARZ channel back then in the mid 00's.

Damn I never got to watch much later until it was on Netflix.

I appreciate it. You leaving the full I two of the IS cartoon. And the full fights 😊... And yes this series. Still is the best SF a imation Yet

Underrated show. Should have lasted as long as One Piece because I couldn’t get enough 😊 Great job on the deep dive. I didn't know too much about the making of it. (But i did know Vega was a ninja- its in the SFII game booklet!) So glad I was talked into buying these on DVD when I was at a comic convention. I had a feeling it would be hard to find in the future. Theme song goes so hard. It's up there with X-Men the Animated Series for me.

BRO!!!!! I only discovered the anime tv series because i was looking for the next time the live action movie was coming back on tv and there it was on the starz encore channel at 430am in 2004. I deadass got up at 430 am everyday just to watch it and maaaan after that ryu guile fight, i was hooked on the anime. Yea i didnt like that ryu or ken never used their iconic gloves or ryu had a whole new fighting stance which i wasnt a fan of but that didnt take away the show was awesome.

Oh I have not forgotten it in fact I still have a copy of the series

My point of view of this, I loved it! :D This was a very good Anime series made-up version of it with some much details a bit differently. I still have the DVD set of this, keeping it. :D

I'm glad I have the series on dvd

It is not forgotten. It is just that Capcom knows that story is better than most story's they have told. It was awesome. I own the DVD.

Man, I love this series so much!! “Gonna Burn Some Muscle!” P.S the full 29 episodes is on YT to watch.

Not sure if it's still there but I remember catching this on prime

I remember that it took forever for Ryu to do a hadouken.

I watched a few episodes on cable. Great hero journey for Ken and Ryu.

it aired on the Sy-Fy Channel from 2006 to 2007 on mondays

I still have my DVD box set of this series, an underrated gem for sure, I have a ton of the soundtracks from the series on my playlist too.

I know it’s probably because of nostalgia but I always thought the American intro to the anime series was the best version. I thought it really gave the best tone to the show.

I had this on box set DVD. I really enjoyed it overall. Some great scenes; e.g., when Guile beats up Ryu in the bar, when Ryu and Ken fight each other in the cave, when Ken fights Vega in the cage ("I'll finish you with one punch!"), and of course the end battle. The music really sells it, too. :)

In this version, Ryu becomes Seth and uses everyone's shit to assert dominance.

Forgotten?! I own this series!

Man I remember seeing it for the first time and it was the bar scene and it was in 03

I watched this in my basement on Netflix on the Wii kicking it in a bean bag a hella long time ago but never finished it.

For me, Street Fighter II V is "what if" Capcom try to keep the hype between production but end with unexpected bad reception. The funny thing is, Virtua Fighter animated series was aired 6 months after. The initial concpet design of Akira and Pai Chan also almost the same with Ryu and Chun Li (those spiky hairs and qipao) before they got changed. You can tell that Sega and TMS staff peeked some stuff from the show

Could somebody please tell me what is the song in the intro of the video?

Forgotten? No for me! This anime rocks❤. Guile is my inspiration

9:05 I wouldn't say this is a male friendship. Those dudes are brothers. Honestly, they could have just left it as two opposites who are related by a common belief, but they go above and beyond to show how they support, learn from, and love each other. The episode with the Temple Treasure shows it well, but you get that connection more whenever they're under duress and the other can sense that danger.

It would be so cool if they made a SFV fighting game with the art style from the anime.