The more footage I watch, the more I feel Akuma’s animations and general movement and heft looks off. He strikes me as perhaps incomplete in the polish department.
Both Ryu and Ken as a basis of comparison are animated fantastically, which is a shame as Akuma tends to have a little more care put into his presentation. Here’s hoping he seems some changes in this area, I recall a couple of Ryu’s animations saw a cleanup on release, in particular his forward throw which during the beta had a weird warping effect as he transitioned from grabbing you and going through the actual throw animation. Speaking of which, Akuma’s forward throw looks very strange - it happens very quickly and seems to have zero heft or impact to it.
Oh wow, I noticied the gloves in the nostalgia, but I didn’t notice the belt too. I didn’t like the gloves, but damn I don’t like the belt either. Rope belt and gloves are too awesome.
The SFV look has started to grow on me a bit. But i’ll be more likely to use his premium costume than the regular one.