The History of ZANGIEF - A Street Fighter Character Documentary (1991

The History of ZANGIEF - A Street Fighter Character Documentary (1991 - 2021)

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Today Top Hat Gaming Man talks about the history of Zangief and every single one of his appearances in different games and media over the years. Let us explore the journey of one of the USSR's greatest athletes in this Street Fighter Biopic video.
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Street Fighter EX - Smetroid Randomizer - • STREET FIGHTER EX ZANGIEF
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@TopHatGamingManChannel 3 жыл бұрын

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@Invidente7 3 жыл бұрын

Andrew bynarski would go on to play lobo on the paramilitar christmas fan film and leatherface on the TCM remake and prequel.

@devingiles6597 3 жыл бұрын

Top Hat Gaming Man, you should do a Street Fighter documentary video on the main protagonist Ryu.

@devingiles6597 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, Top Hat Gaming Man! Can you please do a Street Fighter documentary video on Sakura Kasugano?

@jacobbaranowski 3 жыл бұрын

Powerful wrestler Zangefe

@jhd7147 3 жыл бұрын

How about profiling a character from the first street fighter game?

@Sin606 3 жыл бұрын

Zangief in wreck it Ralph was a masterpiece. It shows that he's more than just a meathead.

@ryanhau1073 3 жыл бұрын

"Just because you're a bad guy doesn't make you a Bad Guy" Best quote from the movie

@thescott7539 3 жыл бұрын

@@ryanhau1073 Except he's never been a bad guy other than in the movie.

@RyoUrawa777 3 жыл бұрын

@@thescott7539 yeah Zangief being a villain in Wreck It Ralph confused me big time as he was never a villain

@MoojinBoi 3 жыл бұрын

@@RyoUrawa777 it's an inside joke as one of the creators of the movie hated zangief as a kid cause he could never beat him, so he's a villain in his eyes

@RyoUrawa777 3 жыл бұрын

@@MoojinBoi Zangief was definitely a beast in the games alright lolol

@stevensonchambers5577 3 жыл бұрын

I will never forget mastering Zangief in SF2 back in the day. I picked him in the arcade and got laughed at by a bunch of Ken players who thought he sucks. They weren't laughing after I spinning pile drivered them all into oblivion lol

@omegarugal9283 3 жыл бұрын

his grabs were all gitchy, you could pull the oponent with a piledriver after almost any attack, mastering him made anyone invincible

@mitch075fr 2 жыл бұрын

@@omegarugal9283 that was the basis of combos - as it stood Zangief's chainings were more devastating than others, but Ryu's de-dizzy combo was also a pain, unplanned for by the developers. To be fair though, Zangief was harder to play on console mainly because the 360 motion needed for his spinning piledriver was quite easy to perform with a stick while doing so with a cross pad was a pain.

@WaffleKrushaTTV 2 жыл бұрын

YES! 🙌👏👏👏

@Shazam999 2 жыл бұрын

@@omegarugal9283 That wasn't a glitch, his SPD had massive range. Your opponent had to take care not to end up too close to him.

@omegarugal9283 2 жыл бұрын

@@Shazam999 not a glitch? pulling the opponent when its away by half the screen is not considered a glitch?

@doom3926 3 жыл бұрын

Good guy Zangief is best Zangief. Dude is such a bro to everyone, it’s great.

@mitch075fr 2 жыл бұрын

As long as you care for MUSCLE and eat your bortsch, that is.

@HypercatZ 3 жыл бұрын

Zangief was the best character in the live action movie of Street Fighter. "Quick! Change the channel!" Was the funniest line in the movie.

@donttalenostory1905 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@LostOneOmega 2 жыл бұрын

"Paid? You got paid!?"

@emanatingf 2 жыл бұрын

This is my version of his backstory and history. Zangief was born and raised in West Caucasus in the ussr and lived in a small house with his 2 parents. He would often enjoy going out in the grass and practising his stretches and jogging in the fields. He lived in an average income household with his 2 brothers.

@ZephirumUpload 3 жыл бұрын

I love what Zangief is about. "Hey Zangief, what could possibly be the secret to your power?" "No secret, just have absolute FUCKTON OF IT брат"

@drawingablankesq Жыл бұрын

In the lore, back in the day when Mike Haggar was wrestling full time, he and Zangief were great rivals to one another, going so far as to use each other's signature moves.

@Captofthisship 3 жыл бұрын

I was just literally blasting his theme song on my way home from work, this is awesome!!

@shaggyd9431 3 жыл бұрын

Checkk ooutt the one ups verison

@busamharfit7291 Жыл бұрын

My favourite character since I started playing SFV I never changed zangief playing zangief is a lot of fun specially when you SPD your opponents you can feel their fear when zangief gets closer to them 😂

@mr.checkyourself4672 3 жыл бұрын

The Hulk of the Street Fighter universe

@perulv4090 3 жыл бұрын

Blanca goes:Hold my beer!

@shaggyd9431 3 жыл бұрын

I legit made him look like The Hulk in CvS2's color edit mode...as well as naked Mai 👍😂

@mitch075fr 2 жыл бұрын

Colossus is a much closer match - both Russians, both mountains of men, both driven for a single matter - and not only Colossus' metal form but Zangief's IRON BODY is INVINCIBLE so BEWARE ! Classic costumes also include red briefs and boots, but Zangief wears them better.

@renslo689 3 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid there was some bubblegum where you could get stickers inside, I got one of Zangief but he was called Bangief haha

@benwebb4424 3 жыл бұрын

I remember having pogs like this. I wonder if this was a common thing somewhere.

@renslo689 3 жыл бұрын

@@benwebb4424 They must have been all made in the same country haha

@labbaby189 3 жыл бұрын

I used to smoke shit with Zangief. His clothesline and 360 throw moves are a nightmare to fireball spammers. Sidebar: That Teddy Long cameo was masterful. Great job, sir.

@kadosho02 3 жыл бұрын

Ever since SF2, I always felt Zangief was one of the toughest around. Powerful, grappling, offense, and defense. A pile driver can cause so much frustration. Plus took time to master, his style does not hold back. A legend

@entropy6124 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. If a skilled Gief player can get someone in the corner it usually doesn't end well. Plus his Lariat goes right past projectiles which makes it even easier for him to get close

@mikehink4062 3 жыл бұрын

As an American whose favorite SF2 plater has been Zangief since I was 6 years old, o thoroughly enjoyed his character, especially in SF2 Turbo with his extended move lost (which my naive self) didn’t realize weren’t included in Champions edition and spend hour frustrated on why I couldn’t pull a gg of them off. Anyways, enough from me - thank you for the nostalgia and enjoyable trips downs memory lane and my childhood; I truly do appreciate it.

@tonygriego6382 3 жыл бұрын

I can no longer think about Zangief without thinking of High Score Girl.

@brandonjones5879 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I’m surprised that didn’t get a nod in this video.

@Pupppeteer 3 жыл бұрын

That zangief voice was absolute perfection

@vh-ali_n-teen 2 жыл бұрын

Designed by Akira Yasuda, Zangief was initially conceived for Street Fighter II as a character named "Vodka Gobalsky", planned to be a very strong but extremely slow character to play as . Concept origin Number 1 : Soda Popinski, originally known as Vodka Drunkenski, is a character in the Punch-Out!! series. He first appeared in the arcade version of Super Punch-Out!!! (1984) then later appeared in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!! (1987) as Soda Popinski. In Super Punch-Out!!, Vodka Drunkenski was the "Champion of the U.S.S.R." and the third opponent the player faces. He has a high defense and moves very fast with his "drunken punch". However, if the player dodges quickly enough and punches immediately afterward, they can set up a series of consecutive punches, which is very useful given Drunkenski's high defense. Concept origin number 2 : “Bear Hugger” is one of the opponents in the Punch-Out!! series (First in the arcade version 1984) . He has appeared in both the arcade and SNES versions of Super Punch-Out!! and will appear in the upcoming Punch-Out!! game for the Wii. He is the first opponent in the arcade game, and the second opponent in the SNES game. Concept origin 3rd and last : Hollywood Hogan young version of him chest and abdomen hair similar with Zangief and therefore Zangief being related to young Hollywood Hogan as well . For example: Hollywood Hogan chest hair : hardtickettohomevideo.com/2014/01/17/ask-professor-popcorn-the-hulk/hulk-hogan-chest-hair/ Zangief SF2 WW chest hair : weplay.tv/news/why-zangief-was-so-weak-in-street-fighter-ii-22701

@IRSculpts 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff!! His appearance is Street Fighter Alpha the movie was a bit weird to me as well; since it felt like they just made him act like he was blinded with rage going up against Shun, Ryu and Chun Li (who definitely got the worst of it in that fight lol). Overall, one of the most fun characters to play and always had love for this character; even though those grabs have CRAZY range haha

@mikethetowns 3 жыл бұрын

One second in and this is already one of my favourite vids of yours haha, holding that beautiful grail piece right there.

@AASLT405 3 жыл бұрын

We are gonna need the whole rosters history. Thanks mate!!!!

@JeremyGill-xz6bd 3 жыл бұрын

"Quick Change The Channel" was the best line

@jasmineredford1923 3 жыл бұрын

Loving this series--thank you!

@Mart5000. 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks top hat gaming man.im really enjoying these bio's they make my day👍

@tidusdm 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. You should check out High Score Score Girl on Netflix. The main female character uses Zangief as her main character throughout the arcade challenges and tournament.

@thegreathadoken6808 3 жыл бұрын

I seem to remember early versions of Streetfighter 2 spelling the wrestler's name 'Zangiev', and I certainly remember the SF2 anime from the mid 90s pronouncing it 'Zan-gee-eff'. And Viktor Zangiev's name was certainly not pronounced 'ZAN-geef'. You could also argue the proper pronunciation is 'Zang-gee-off', as pronouncing the 'ev' at the end of Russian names is commonly done this way. One only need look to Mikhail Gorbachev for one example of this.

@oddlyonlyjack9560 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making a cover on Gief! He's been an odd character, having several changes throughout the years, but a great character to play.

@jayb8934 3 жыл бұрын

Zangief in SF5 is basically just Major Alex Louise Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist. If the two of them ever met face to face, their muscles would destroy and then recreate the entire universe!

@c.a.r.n.a.g.e4288 3 жыл бұрын

Lets pray it never happens a armstrong zangieff battle as epic as would be would indeed be the end of everything we know

@mitch075fr 2 жыл бұрын

@@c.a.r.n.a.g.e4288 This would be EPIC - Armstrong's earth-based alchemy would soon be emulated by Gief vibrating his MUSCLES to create local EARTHQUAKES, forcing the battle into one of PURE MUSCLE ! KHOROSHO !!! (yeah, I'm hamming it up)

@GVGINU 3 жыл бұрын

I know he isn't the most popular character from Street Fighter III, but I would like to see a deep dive on Sean Matsuda and then you tell us why you think Capcom did him dirty.

@juiceala 3 жыл бұрын

I’d like to see you cover one of the EX Street Fighter characters, there are a good bunch of them I like and it’s difficult to choose so pick whoever you desire, or pick all, the more the merrier.

@SuperRobert56 3 жыл бұрын

These videos are amazing!

@heartbreakkid2 3 жыл бұрын

These street fighter docs are awesome

@adrianlujan4116 3 жыл бұрын

The scene where he fights Blanka in street fighter two anime made me wish there was a whole movie of just that and an underground fighting scene

@AcornElectron 3 жыл бұрын

Entertaining as always

@robertdanker6193 3 жыл бұрын

Love this!!! Zangief is my all time favorite!!!💪

@PROPAINZERO 3 жыл бұрын

Love the teddy long reference lol

@DuoDynamo 3 жыл бұрын

In Johnson's defense, I remember one specific, very frustrating afternoon of trying to beat Zangief in the SNES to no avail when I was about 6 or 7 myself. That occasion did leave me with a pretty strong image about Zangief. Get it? "Strong"?

@HDCE-nv1uy 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Would love to see a video about Hugo!!

@Jayvee4635 3 жыл бұрын

Geez, now I want to see Zangief with eating a whole Pizza.

@BklynE12 2 жыл бұрын

Hey what's up Top Hat love the videos man...but hey will u ever do one on Oro? Legend has it he was Akuma's toughest opponent.I would love to hear that story..thanks for all the hard work

@mclockwork777 3 жыл бұрын

Hell Yeah Top Hat!

@ironkage8701 3 жыл бұрын

11:31 bro I just subscribed because of that holla holla holla 😂 😂 😂 😂

@enigma9273 3 жыл бұрын

about time you cover my main!

@sajmeister 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite video game wrestlers after Mike Haggar, of course.

@tracyndiyob162 3 жыл бұрын

muscle power!!!(no i'd agree with richard in some versions of 2 i did find zangief hard and he did help start ralph's journey.) loved him becoming r. mika's mentor in 5(along with laura,r. mika/to an extent ibuki,birdie,rashid,charlie,juri,karin and dhalsim had my favorite moments in story mode especially him tanking and beating up balrog/breaking a dolls sword alongside referencing his rival battle with abel in 4.) ,his appearance in 2 v(kinda felt bad for him as he was like the movie but didn't get to be a good guy and either got crushed by the collapsing base/sucked into the dimension the eagle idol made.)/the animated movie(hated his appearance in the alpha movie where he's a mindless brute when they could've had his moments with r. mika with how it was released during 3's release.) and is one of my favorite characters in the live action movie. zangief & mike haggar should face off(and if chun li gets in super smash bros. fighters pass be funny if incineroar went against zangief only for her to step in.).

@almightyegg8667 2 жыл бұрын

Necro needs some love from SF3 third strike. He has the deepest backstory of all

@snapclub8751 Жыл бұрын

I completely agree. He’s my favorite character introduced in SFlll.

@snapclub8751 2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite SF characters.

@ShadowedAgony 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite Grappler is getting his own vid. Huzzah!

@troymcclure681 2 жыл бұрын

I can't believe you didn't mention mech zangief I still use him in MvC2

@TenchiFanatic3 2 жыл бұрын

Awww here i was hoping that mecha-zangief would get mentioned or shown, but still nice.

@YusofPillay-qt7xd 10 ай бұрын

He's a wrestler who joined the song tournament

@cedricfenech3860 Жыл бұрын

Daaaaaaaamn you didn’t talk about Robot Zangief. It is soooo saaaaaaad 🥲😥😭🫠

@en6853 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah he of my all time favorite game looks. He’s so damn cool. Sf4 he was a beast

@thanosrings5007 3 жыл бұрын

Zangief is my go to guy in street fighter games and he is part of my main team in marvel vs capcom 1 and 2. 😤eeeeeee

@guycooke457 3 жыл бұрын

Balrog please and thank you great video

@olschoolTonyCarter 3 жыл бұрын

Top Hat forgot to talk about Metal Zangief.

@marcusprime6766 3 жыл бұрын

Yun and Yang please? I love this sort thing.

@Zaros96 3 жыл бұрын

Tells Zangiff story *plays Guile theme

@krebyrocks77 3 жыл бұрын

I agree to an extent with the Wreck It Ralph Guy that Zangief can be a pain to fight against. In Street Fighter 2 through until Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo I have had multiple matches on the harder and hardest difficulty where he's beaten me with only 3 spinning pile drivers. The amount of range the AI gives him is insane and much more than you get compared to when you play as Zangief. There is a strategy I use but it's not full proof. Either straight up jump kicks (then sweeps) or jumping backwards kicks with sweeps. Of course he could still grab you in a spinning pile driver which takes off as much damage as maybe 3 jump kick sweep combos. We know before he got the Banishing Fist that Zangief was weak against projectiles but since not every character has one, I've resorted to the jump kick/sweep tactic even with projectile users.

@devingiles6597 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, Top Hat Gaming Man. Can you please do a Street Fighter documentary video on Chun-Li? She is the first female Street Fighter character.

@Machete87 3 жыл бұрын

fun fact Undertaker and Sting already crossed paths back in WCW's early days when Undertaker was once known as Mean Mark Calous. Course this was when both sting and Taker were still trying make name for themselves. Sting wound up winning the match in the end. in all honesty if i wanted to see WCW vs WWF dream match i would of picked DDP vs Stone Cold only we got Taker vs DDP which page promptly buried months prior to their feud.

@kerbal666 3 жыл бұрын

Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson is probably the only human that could play Zangief in real life.

@lerojo 3 жыл бұрын

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaah!!

@nathangeise2009 3 жыл бұрын

When Zangief isn't crushing mans skull like sparrow egg between his thighs, he's a pretty nice guy

@ayara8157 2 жыл бұрын

Yeeeeeeeeeah!

@shikarbabulall3897 3 жыл бұрын

Please give us Dhalsim !, absolutely not much is known about him , even in Street fighter 2 .For the 30 years I played the game the character is like extremely secretive.None of the other channels have done him either so go on Top Hat you be the 1st!

@ExplodingMusicSyndrome 3 жыл бұрын

Dunno mate that might be abit of a stretch

@Invidente7 3 жыл бұрын

Why do people keep thinking zangief is a villian? Someone with such a cute apprentice such as R.Mika can't be evil!

@BradleyBoy 3 жыл бұрын

Sentiments of Russia at the time of the game's development

@Invidente7 3 жыл бұрын

@@elgatofelix8917 he's not a commie anymore.

@Invidente7 3 жыл бұрын

@@elgatofelix8917 he turned good at the end

@Francesc1983 3 жыл бұрын

@@Invidente7 He actually didn't know he was bad. He thought Bison was the good guy XD.

@VM-hl8ms 3 жыл бұрын

@@Invidente7 the thing is that in ussr only those who had very close connections to kgb were allowed to travel abroad freely. since zangief was never a political refugee, it is obvious where his loyalties were.

@markandrewpaul4233 3 жыл бұрын

Did avgn send a scout out to you in his latest video?

@TheRealKaiProton 3 жыл бұрын

What Cross over Game is it when you can see old Zanners in the background all metalled up like Colossus ?

@olympusgolemoflight7198 Жыл бұрын

If we ever get a third Project X Zone game, Haggar and Zangief need to be a team.

@zu_1455 3 жыл бұрын

Big DADDY top here

@cverebelyi 6 ай бұрын

I would like you to cover Sagat, Birdie, Blanka, and E Honda.🎉

@RawPower867 2 жыл бұрын

Do one on Vega if you haven't already

@knickerbocker04 3 жыл бұрын

DO HAKAN NEXT

@RichLuciano1 3 жыл бұрын

The first arcade game I ever saw someone beat was SFII and with Zangief.

@mingtranvice 3 жыл бұрын

the good ol' red cyclone 🔥👌❤

@shaggyd9431 3 жыл бұрын

The Red Cyclone 👊👍

@farleysmoke5130 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! My favourite character!

@batman-gu7pm 3 жыл бұрын

There was such a small opportunity for taker to wrestle sting. Thanks to Rollins injury everybody

@MrMurder0321 3 жыл бұрын

Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson is the only one who could play him in a live action movie

@omegarugal9283 3 жыл бұрын

bryan shaw could play him too

@jayb8934 3 жыл бұрын

You forgot to mention his appearance in the Street Fighter Alpha Anime movie, where he fought Ryu's "brother".

@Eldagusto Жыл бұрын

Didn’t mention his appearance in Street fighter alpha movie!

@jacobbaranowski 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah

@fearofgod4 8 ай бұрын

💪🏻

@MatthewCLewis 3 жыл бұрын

Do Q (SF 3rd street) next.

@s3np411 3 жыл бұрын

If you featured European or Japanese wrestling on your second channel I would check it out, as those are the regions of wrestling on where I have the least access to information.

@TopHatGamingManChannel 3 жыл бұрын

The stories cross into Japan and Europe. Gangrels run was covered across all regions recently and Taka's Japan runs are touched on in the Kaientai episode.

@s3np411 3 жыл бұрын

@@TopHatGamingManChannel I'll be sure to check on the Kaientai episode as I'm sure they had a long career outside the USA before and after the WWF/E. Speaking personally, American wrestlers who did short stints outside the country for some exhibition matches are less appealing. I'm just one person though, I look forward to your increasing success!

@mrhashcon78 3 жыл бұрын

Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix / pocket fighter ?

@robjackson4050 3 жыл бұрын

i think undertaker vs sting happnend in the 80's when taker was known as mean mark callous

@KoolKumasi 3 жыл бұрын

Nope never happened

@zachariahscott6648 3 жыл бұрын

I mopped the floor with Seth in Ultra Street Fighter 4 arcade easily, using Zangief! It's not difficult to do, as long as you keep looking for an opening in Seth's defense to keep pulverizing him with the Spinning/Double Spinning Pile Driver! 😎

@AmazingSpider-Man 3 жыл бұрын

Next, The History of Mai Shiranui.

@aidanmurphy4963 2 жыл бұрын

Zangief I have always believed must of been modelled off Kimo Leopoldo. Look him up and tell me that he isn't a living day Zangief.

@Zafersan 3 жыл бұрын

GIIIIEEEEEFFFF!

@DolFunDolhpinVtuber 3 жыл бұрын

I really like wrestling.

@IamLegend1221 Жыл бұрын

In the movie, Chun Li and E Honda tell bison and a bunch of other bad guys that a truck armed with a bomb is gonna crash in the tent they are occupying Zangief is in the tent as soon as the truck heads towards the tent zangief says quickly turn the Channel 🤣🤣🤣