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- "The fight is over. You lose."
- —Rosanov
Rosanov (ロザノフ Rozanofu?) is a character from the 2000 OVA film Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation and the secondary antagonist of the flim. He serves as a very dangerous and powerful foe, but only as Sadler's puppet through which he learns the Satsui no Hado.
His English voice actor, Tom Wyner, previously voiced Bison in Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie.
Biography
Appearance
Rosanov is a large, bulking, and unsettling cyborg created by Sadler, with long gray hair and pupil-less eyes, his left one containing a green camera lens that records data. He is always seen smirking for no reason (even when destroyed) and is dressed in a black coat, grey trousers, and what appear to be fur boots.
After being repaired/rebuilt, he appears with shorter hair which flares off in two directions from several bandages wrapped around his face. Occasionally, Shun protrudes from his body, restrained by several molds of flesh.
Personality
Rosanov exhibits a rather calm demeanor, often seen smiling both in and out of fights. He also displays a sadistic thrill for fighting as he attack his opponents with relentless force. Rosanov has a tendency to mock and insult his opponents on their weakness, as well as provoke them just as he does during his second fight with Ryu when tempting him to succumb to the Satsui no Hado.
History
Rosanov is a cyborg developed by Professor Sadler in order to collect the data of the strongest fighters in the world in a closed tournament. After detecting the immense energy of the Satsui no Hado from Ryu and Shun during their confrontation with Zangief, Rosanov is deployed to fight them in order to record their data. Ryu and Chun-Li try holding him off but their attacks are easily thwarted as Rosanov simply sends back their energy attacks with a wave of his hand. Rosanov then fires an energy blast at Ryu, only for Shun to step in between them to take the hit. Shun's unconsciousness provokes Ryu's Satsui no Hado. Sensing the power increase, Rosanov begins to record the energy of the Satsui no Hado while firing off his multiple energy blasts at Ryu. However, Ryu dodges all his attacks while charging a Metsu Hadoken as he advances. Rosanov is then destroyed when Ryu plunges the super projectile into his abdomen, utterly obliterating his body from within.
Following his first defeat against Ryu, Rosanov reappears at Professor Sadler's laboratory covered in bandages, acting as the lab's guard. He shows up when Ken and Chun-Li rescue Birdie from experimentation after his victory over Dan. He displays a far more intense fighting style and power increase, quickly subduing Ken and Chun-Li and brutally killing Birdie in the process. Ken tries to fight Rosanov on his own, but is soon overpowered when Rosanov fires an energy blast from his mouth. He corners both Chun-Li and Ken outside the lab, but Ryu intervenes.
Using this opportunity to record more data on the Satsui no Hado, Rosanov reveals the source of his newfound power: Shun was placed inside of his body, using him to directly tap into his power to unleash another Metsu Hadouken. He speaks through Shun's voice to goad him into giving into the Satsui no Hado whilst taunting him and revealing that Shun was never his brother. Though angered, Ryu resists the urge and instead fights him with his own power, firing multiple Hadoukens.
Unbeknownst to Ryu, the real purpose of this fight is for a now-plugged-in Sadler to absorb his power to make his body stronger by empowering himself with the Satsui no Hado. He gives him one last chance to kill him, the only way he can do so is to fire off another Metsu Hadoken. He forms one of his own and shoots it at Ken, who was lying on the ground. He prepares to finish him off this time, but Chun-Li rushes into save him. However, Rosanov shrugs off her attack and shoves her head into the pavement, knocking her unconscious.
Ken recovers and briefly breaks his vow to not kill, and attacks Rosanov with a fierce Shoryuken. However, the attack exhausts Ken of his stamina and only succeeds in dislocating Rosanov's jaw, which he snaps back into place. With both of Ryu's friends beaten badly in front of him, the Satsui no Hado awakens in him again and both prepare a Metsu Hadoken to fire at each other. Ryu's however proves to be too much for Rosanov, overwhelming his own destructive motion-wave and blasting a large hole through his body, freeing but also killing Shun in the process. Rosanov crumbles to the ground with a smirk still on his face, his mission accomplished as Sadler appears behind him after achieving the maximum amount of energy and data he needed.
Fighting Style
Rosanov has no distinct style. He mostly makes use of his intimidating size and strength to overwhelm his foes with brute force. He also relies on his incredible durability to grab his opponent when they attack him to perform deadly, life-threatening attacks. He can also fire black-green energy blasts from either his palms or his mouth when fighting from a distance. Despite his size, Rosnanov is incredible swift and is able to move fluently to overpower his opponents quickly.
After taking Shun into his body, he displays an increase in both strength and speed, able to harm the equally sized Birdie and can glide over the ground as he dashes towards his opponents. He also has access to Shun's Satsui no Hado, which allows him to fire off any Hadoken.
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Trivia
- Rosanov bears a slight resemblance to other in-game antagonists of the non-Alpha trilogy such as Sagat (Street Fighter), M. Bison (Street Fighter II), and especially Hugo (Street Fighter III).