Street Fighter Alpha: Generations

Synopsis:

Characters:

• Gouki (Main) - Voice Actors: Gouri, Daisuke, Burgess, Keith, Matsumoto, Yasunori, Spinhayer, Martin, Bressant, Alan René
• Ryuu (Main) - Voice Actors: Cansino, Richard, Kase, Yasuyuki, Mora, Toni, Hespel, Christophe, Escalante, Rafael
• Gouken (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mallow, Dave, Vallés, Alfonso, Moreau, Mathieu, Villela, João Pedro, Horiuchi, Kenyuu
• Goutetsu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: McConnohie, Michael, Dury, Daniel, Muñoz, Eleazar, Arimoto, Kinryuu
• Kasugano, Sakura (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ruff, Michelle, Kawasaki, Mao, Ostrowski, Marielle, Langarica, Erika
• Masters, Ken (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hanawa, Eiji, Beck, Tony, Cassling, Steve, López, Óscar, Valença, Renato

Staff:

• Kuwana, Ikuo (Director, Storyboard, Character Design)
• Honda, Yasunori (Sound Director)
• Yoshida, Reiko (Script)
• Capcom (Original Creator)
• Díaz, Azucena (ADR Director)
• Imaishi, Hiroyuki (Key Animation)
• Kobayashi, Toshimitsu (Assistant Director, Animation Director)
• Matsumoto, Takehiko (Key Animation)
• Miyake, Masakazu (Art Director)
• Nakayama, Takehiro (Key Animation)
• Oota, Kazuhiro (Key Animation)
• Shida, Naotoshi (Key Animation)
• Shimomura, Makoto (Key Animation)
• Watanabe, Akio (Key Animation)

Reviews:

• User Texture_Surprise (Score: 9/10):
  Totally sick, loved every second. They were super shredded, loved those muscles. The old man was kind of lecherous but it wasn't so bad. I wish there was more drum and bass in the final fight, not really a fan of the slow tribal chanting vibe, but still very cool. Maybe a family tree at the start would have helped, as I was confused who was who for a while. It worked it self out though and I had a great time. Would reccomend. Great animation and character design. Super cool. Loved it. Very unique story. Great art style, super fitting, they looked very buffand cut. Characters where well rounded and demonstrated lots of human emotion. Ryu was totally hulking out and it was realistic because his parents were killed. I don't care if others don't enjoy it because I thought it was great and they would be wrong.
• User Tape (Score: 8/10):
  To be up front this movie isn't anything really special. What it is, is a good watch in my opinion. If you know some about street fighter and have seen other movies or series I feel you will like this movie. If you have never seen either of them but like a good action movie, I still feel like you may like this movie. Pretty much its all about the main character battling the choice of the light side, or the dark side. That is it in a nut shell. The main character comes back to his Doujou after many years to fight the man that killed hismaster. His master and the evil dark man used to be members of the same doujou but one chose the light way and one chose the dark way.nnThe main character cant help feeling the strong intense power coming from the dark side, and knows how powerful it made the dark evil guy that beat his master. nnThe movie introduces characters you will recognize from other Street Fighter works, and they are there to help or at least influence the main characters choice to go light or dark, and the whole movie is leading up to the battle of revenge.nnIf you like my review please add me as a friend : )
• User Luquillo (Score: 3/10):
  When this movie first came out a some years ago. I remember setting my expectations very low. The reasons happen to be: 1) It's a video game to anime. Therefore, the red flag should automatically go up. 2) The first movie was a bomb. And 3) Outside of series with an already established storyline. I haven't seen too many anime movies with such a short length turn into anything special. Battle Angel, Neo Tokyo, and Voices of a Distant Star are the only real exceptions I can think of. Strangely enough, Street Fighter Alpha: Generations still managed to surprise me. Fortunately, the movie has gottenslightly better over time but it's still not a good one, no matter how you slice it up. This movie has been universally panned by almost ALL fans of the franchise. Albeit, some of their reasons are kind of ridiculous in some ways. Still, their anger and disappointment is understandable for the most part.nnStreet Fighter Alpha: Generations is billed as the prequel to Street Fighter Alpha, and is based on the video game of the same name. I can't exactly put my finger on it just yet, but I just have a hard time buying this as a prequel. Anyway, the film already has enough issues so there's no real sense in searching deeper for more.nnOne of the issues fans have with the movie is the different look. The characters really aren't faithful to their video game counterparts. The production team clearly went for an original design here. Personally, the new look has grown on me, and I really don't think it's all that bad. The characters have a more traditional anime look to them, and the character designs seem a bit more detailed. The backgrounds are also pretty nice with dark silhouettes blanketed by the rainfall. The soundtrack also fits very well giving most of the scenes a nice feel.nnUnfortunately, the problems are poured on as thick as tar here. The run time really does the movie in. The entire movie has a rushed feel. I mean everything is crammed in, and at least one character makes a completely unnecessary appearance. I have absolutely no problem with centering the story only on Ryu and Akuma. Since their rivalry is pretty much the most interesting one in the game, and you get a good amount of background on Akuma, but Ken is reduced to a side character in the worst way, and his cameo appearance was better off left on the cutting room floor. He was of no use here at all.nnThe action scenes have some good animation and choreography at times, yet it was never taken to its full potential due to the time restraint. The final act was badly damaged. The writers decided to mesh the final battle with the back story narrative. This caused the two different segments to bounce back and forth, which resulted in an unfulfilling climax. The confrontation between Ryu and Akuma should be epic. However, this could easily rank…
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• Street Fighter Zero The Animation (anime - Prequel)
• Street Fighter II Movie (anime - Alternative Version)