
Capcom’s crappy 90s Street Fighter animated series is making a surprise comeback, courtesy of boutique Blu-ray publisher Discotek.
The re-release, which will feature all 26 original episodes, will be preserved using a format the publisher is dubbing SD-BD. This basically means that the content will be presented in its original resolution, without any upscaling. However, it points out that features like subtitles will look nicer.
The Blu-ray will come in VHS-style beat-up packaging, and a reversible cover will enable you to opt for a label inspired by the original Super Nintendo release of Street Fighter 2.
Extras in the bundle will include the original intro storyboards, scanned and synced to the theme music. You’ll also find an art gallery and commentary for every episode from YouTubers like Maximilian Dood.
In other news, the same company is also re-releasing the Darkstalkers cartoon series which first aired in the US, and is not to be confused with the Japanese OVA. This features 13 episodes, with extras still to be announced.
Discotek is on a bit of a tear this year, as it’s also plotting an Angel Heart Blu-ray in 2025, with all 50 episodes presented in HD, and Blu-ray versions of the two live action Nana movies.
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I greatly enjoyed it back then, but I don't think I would now.
I watched a couple of episodes wayyy back then and i find it really really bad, especially compare to the superior SF II: The animated movie and SF II-V tv show. I guess for some people this show is a guilty pleasure to watch lol.
But i missed the day when Capcom spent some good money to produced high quality anime for SF. That collabs with Spy x Family has nice short anime that show Chun Li fight Yor, which i thought it's a hint for SF 6 tv show. So i'm surprised Capcom didn't do it considering SF 6 popularity among Japanese. Even a charity tournament has 4000+ entrants just show how popular SF 6 in Japan.
@PuppetMaster to this day I continue to argue that SF II: The Animated Movie has some of the absolute best fight scenes I've ever seen. That Vega/Chun-Li fight is goated.
They'll do blu-rays for crap like this but not masterpieces like Scavengers Reign. FML.
@PuppetMaster Street Fighter 2 V doesn’t get the love it deserves. It’s great.
@Bri-Die I’ve got KMFDM - Ultra stuck in my head now. Haha. That movie had a great soundtrack.
@Bri-Die Yeah Chun vs Vega is chef kiss. I also love Ryu vs Sagat in the opening and Ryu vs Fei Long. Sadly Cammy didn't get enough screen time but her scene was pretty memorable that Capcom used her killing move again in SF 6 as super arts 2.
@SoulChimera Ikr. Back then my local tv broadcast the show every afternoon and me and my childhood friends watched it together and love it. It was one of our must watch anime tv series along with Virtua Fighter and Samurai X. Oh man, that was a good time ^^
@SoulChimera you're welcome. EVERY time I hear Them Bones I picture the Ken driving scene. That soundtrack really is great!
@PuppetMaster completely agree on all accounts. I am really going to have to watch that again soon.
I recently was cleaning out my garage and found my SF2:V collection on dvd. I am really tempted to rewatch it now. It's been decades since I have.
@Bri-Die You should keep your SF II-V DVD collection because it's quite rare. And so far there's no one who wants to re-release it on bluray. Weirdly Discotek got the license to released Darkstalkers OVA collection on bluray back in 2023.
I used to watch this back in the day. I liked it then but can’t get into now. 😂
@Bri-Die dude, you see her boob in that fight. The best
I never watched the Darkstalkers cartoon so I can't comment on that.
Regarding the Street Fighter cartoon; tbh, even without the other (more superior) SF animations in mind, I always found this show to be one of the more weaker 90's cartoons back then.
Nowadays I mostly remember/watch it for the memes and the 'funny bad' bits.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpr-YU6Xf8g&pp=ygUcc3RyZWV0IGZpZ2h0ZXIgY2FydG9vbiBmdW5ueQ%3D%3D
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