No subtitles for those minis. Straight up Japanese.
No subtitles ? No fighting ? Damn…
I like how Sagat’s scar keeps dissapearing. The best part of that whole show is when Sakura throws Guile. LOL
The title for this item is “Street Fighter II RYU vs. Yomigaeru Fujiwara-kyou.” It is a book + DVD boxed package item, released by CAPCOM on 3/31/2004 as a part of its Street Fighter 15th Anniversary campaign.
The book is a single-volume re-release of Kanzaki Masaomi’s “Street Fighter II RYU” manga series (originally published in Family Computer Magazine from 1992-94, then compiled as 3 bound vols in May’93, July’93, and Jan’95). This 400-page volume includes an “afterword” page from Kanzaki (with a new sketch of Chun-Li), and 2 full-page illustrations of the SFZERO and SFIII characters (but only the characters who were not among the original 12 world warriors from SFII). Tokuma Shoten published an English-language adaptation of Street Fighter II RYU for the American market, using Viz Communications as their distributor. The English edition was colorized, edited & censored for content, retitled “Street Fighter II,” and covered only the primary story arc found in vols. 1-2 of the original Japanese publication. The second story arc found in the 3rd Japanese volume has never been published in English.
The DVD contains the short anime film “Street Fighter II: Yomigaeru Fujiwara-kyou ~Toki o kaketa Fighter-tachi,” and an anime chara design gallery. Yomigaeru Fujiwara-kyou is a 23-minute short anime film produced in 1995 by Studio Pierrot (according to the copyright date at the end of the film and on the DVD packaging). While it utilizes the character design sets used in production of the 1994 theatrical anime film “Street Fighter II” (and the new anime scenes found in the Saturn & PlayStation interactive movie game “Street Fighter II MOVIE” based on the theatrical anime film), there are some changes in the character voices. While Honda is still played by Gouri Daisuke, the roles of Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li are handled by Ootsuka Akio, Nanba Kei’ichi, and Tomizawa Michie, respectively. The film was written and supervised by anime veteran Toriumi Hisayuki, director of Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman (director 1973, director/co-writer 1978) [known in the U.S. as “Battle of the Planets” or “G-Force”], general supervisor of Uchuu Senshi Baldios (1981), supervisor of Area 88 (1985), and supervisor of Baoh Raihousha (1989) [known in the U.S. simply as “Baoh”].
Fujiwara-kyou is the name of one of the capitals of ancient Japan. It was established in 694 A.D., but the capital was shifted to Heijokyo only 16 years later in 710 A.D. In the short anime film, Yomigaeru Fujiwara-kyou, Honda wishes to show off a new fighting technique he’s developed, so he has invited Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li to meet with him in Japan. As each of the four nears the meeting place, they are suddenly whisked away by some strange, mystical bolt of energy, which deposits them 1300 years in the past, in the ancient capital of Fujiwara-kyou. The four fighters arrive separately, and so the viewer follows Ryu as he enters Fujiwara-kyou, struggling to figure out what has happened and where he is. Fortunately for him, Ken finds him fairly quickly. Ken has already figured out that they’ve inexplicably time-slipped into the Japanese capital of the late 7th century. The majority of the film involves Ken and Ryu wandering through the city, with Ken explaining different points of interest, from architechture to technology to social hierarchies to finance – apparently, Ken’s formal education has left him much better informed on matters of Japanese history than Ryu. Toward the end of the film, the two finally run across Chun-Li – Ken figures Honda must be here as well, and wonders if the key to returning to their own time might not simply be getting all four of them together in the same place. As they search for Honda, they notice that time seems to be flowing forward around them in fits and spurts – ultimately, they witness the disassembly of the palace at the center of the city, and the eventual abandonment of Fujiwara-kyou. Shortly after locating Honda, Ken’s theory is proven correct as the mysterious energy bolt returns, dropping all 4 of them (together, this time) in their proper time period.
Originally, I had wondered if Yomigaeru Fujiwara-kyou might not have been utilized as a theatrical short, before each viewing of the theatrical anime film “Street Fighter II” during its run in Japanese movie theaters. However, the SFII anime film went into Japanese theaters in Spring 1994, so the 1995 copyright date on Yomigaeru Fujiwara-kyou (and the fact that the short film is not mentioned in the SFII movie program pamphlet) would seem to indicate that this theory was not correct. The function of the short film seems to be very much that of an historical documentary, albeit a fairly elementary one. This makes me wonder if perhaps CAPCOM had Yomigaeru Fujiwara-kyou created for use in Japanese grade schools as an educational film – utilizing the popularity of the SFII characters, games, and anime film as an aid to teaching. This would seem to fit – given the content of the film, I really can’t think of any other reason for CAPCOM to have it made – but, again, this is just a personal theory and one which I have not yet been able to confirm.
–Chris
Dash No Chris - Thanks a lot! :tup:
Yeah , Thanks for that info. Talk about wow ! I’m really impressed.
I started watching 2v last week. If you have Cox Cable you can catch it every weekday at 2:30 pm on Encore:WAM, and every tuesday and friday at midnight on Encore:ACTION. I’m really enjoying it thus far. Does anyone know where I can order the whole series on DVD? If that’s even possible.
SF2V is horrible. Every episode is 5 minutes recap of the last episode, followed by 10 minutes of crappy story interspersed with Ryu charging a fireball or Ken charging a dragon punch, followed by 5 minutes previewing the next episode.
I think Ryu finally did his fireball in episode 36.
Ryu does the Hadou Ken 5 or 6 times in the series. Ken does the Hadou Sho Ryu about 3 times.