STREET FIGHTER II V - Episode 2

Street Fighter II V Episode 2 : "King of the Air Force"

Guile and Ryu fight each other, though it is obvious Guile has the upper hand. He has much more experience and military combat training, and even though Ryu has mastered martial arts, he still cannot beat Guile in the least. Guile easily overpowers Ryu, and then leaves the bar with his men, telling Ryu that he has guts. Ken takes Ryu home, then fights Guile at the Air Force Base in San Francisco. Ken loses badly as well, and then Ken and Ryu travel to Hong Kong in hopes of improving their fighting skills (their defeat at the hands of Guile gave them that motivation).

Character Background - Who is Ken ?

Ken - Ryu's best friend and the only son of the rich Masters family. Ken is extremely rich. He lives in San Francisco with his parents in a very large mansion (it takes 20 minutes to drive from the front yard to the main house). He too spends a lot of time training as well, but not as much as Ryu. Ken also rides a motorcycle.
His mother is Japanese. Ken also learns to use the power of Hadou later on while being held captive by Shadowlaw. Only Ryu knows the Hadoken, while both he and Ken know the Shoryuken. Ken later upgrades the Shoryuken to the Hadou Shoryuken, and then shortens it to the Hadou Shoryu. Interestingly, in the English dub Ken still called the move Shoryuken while Ryu called it by its English translation; Rising Dragon Punch.

STREET FIGHTER II V - Episode 1

Street Fighter II V Episode 1 : "Beginning of a Journey"

Ryu receives an unexpected letter from his best friend Ken Masters. The letter tells him to come to America for a visit. The two of them have not seen each other in years, and so this is the reason Ken sends the letter. Ryu, after thinking about it, decides to go to America at Ken's request. When he arrives at the San Francisco airport, he finds Ken. The two of them then drive home to Ken's place, relax a bit, then go out for the night on Ken's motorcycle. They go into the pub called Mt. Fuji, where they beat up some military thugs. Afterward, the leader of the military thugs, Guile, enters the bar and sees what Ryu and Ken have done to his men.

Character Background : Who is Ryu ?

Ryu is the main character. He's very dedicated to his martial arts and is always trying to better his own skills. He was raised in the Japanese countryside, and is as such a sort of country bumpkin.He and his best friend, Ken, have been training together since they were little kids. During their travels, he learns how to use a chi-based power called "Hadou" in the form of the Hadauken.Ryu does not wear a headband and sparring gloves through out the series. Instead, he wears prayer beads on his hands, and has spikey hair.

Street Fighter II V anime Series

Street Fighter II V is an anime series based on the fighting game Street Fighter II. Directed by Gisaburo Sugii, the series first aired in Japan in 1995, from April 10 to November 27, on YTV. The series is a loose adaptation of the games, taking several liberties with the established canon of the games. The show follows the adventures of a young Ryu and Ken, as they go through a journey to improve their martial arts skills after they both experienced a brutal defeat at the hands of Guile. Other characters such as Chun-Li, Cammy and Sagat appear through the course of the series with radically different character designs and backstories from their original counterparts.

Synopsis :

Ryu and Ken Masters are close friends and both are martial artists. In order to become better fighters and learn new techniques, they travel the world and are exposed to many different fighting styles, as well as meeting new people. During their journey, they find themselves caught up in a conspiracy perpetrated by a mysterious organisation called Shadowlaw, both now face their ultimate challenge and must fight for their lives as they combat the evil M. Bison.

Release Information

Contains 29 episodes

Release Date: 06/12/2006
Audio tracks: English 5.1, Japanese 2.0
Languages: English, Japanese
Genre: Anime, Martial Arts
Subtitles: English subtitles
Number of Discs: 4
Runtime: 696.0 mins
Format: DVD, (PAL)
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Original Aspect Ratio
Catalogue: MMB206