Street Fighter II V

Street Fighter II V (ストリートファイターⅡ Ｖ), also known as Street Fighter II Victory, is an anime series based on Street Fighter II. Directed by Gisaburo Sugii, who also directed Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, the series first aired in Japan in 1995, from April 10 to November 27, on YTV. An English adaptation of the series was produced by Manga Entertainment in 1996 and was originally released on home video in North America and shown on television on SBS in Australia before being released on VHS (and later DVD) by Madman Entertainment.

Premise
The show is a loose adaptation of the Street Fighter II games, taking several liberties with the established storyline and characters from 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. During the course of the series, Ryu and Ken become acquainted with other Street Fighter characters such as Chun-Li, Fei Long, Sagat, and Dhalsim. Eventually the duo find themselves involved with the criminal syndicate Shadowlaw, led by M. Bison, after defeating one of their subordinate organizations.

At the time of the show's production, Super Street Fighter II Turbo was the latest installment in the video game series. Out of the 17 characters appearing in Super Turbo, only E. Honda, Blanka, Dee Jay, and T. Hawk were not featured in the TV show. Akuma makes several cameo appearances during crowd scenes.

Themes
Japanese
 * Opening Themes
 * 1) "Kaze Fuiteru" by Yuki Kuroda (eps 1-19)
 * 2) "Ima, ashita no tame ni" by Shuji Honda (eps 20-29)


 * Ending Themes
 * 1) "Cry" by Yuki Kuroda (eps 1-19)
 * 2) "Lonely Baby" by Shuji Honda  (eps. 20-29)

The American and Australian release of the Manga/Animaze English dub uses an untitled instrumental theme music by Mike Egan composed specifically for the dub. The European release by ADV Films retains the original Japanese theme songs and uses a different dub.