Super Street Fighter IV

The ova have beautiful and fluidly detailed animation you would not expect from a 20 plus mins short ova episode. The fights are cool and exciting to watch. Clearly showing the producers had made the most and the best out of the short episode. And also clearly it's down fall is that it lack enough story development for the short episode itself. Story: 7 There isn't much story in it, as the episode is quite short, it mainly focus on the powers of Juri and her ability overwhelm others with her new combat weapon the evil eye. If anyone who likes to watch female villain whocan take hits and overwhelm, I would recommend this episode. At least this episode is a great way to new viewers interested in it's other series and franchise. Art: 9 The art is very detailed and beautifully drawn, and cool to watch, it allows one to understand the effort the animators put into animating the episode. Sound/Music: 8 Good and exciting to listen Character: 8 The story revolves mainly about the female villain Juri, A Korean who had overwhelming martial art skills supported by her evil eye that can overwhelm the three other protagonists Cammy, Chun-Li and Guile. There isn't much development in other characters itself nor was there an intention or a need to since it is an ova. So for people who does not know about the characters, they can just take them as three other soldiers fighting the female villains, as that seems to be the point for it, as they are mainly involved in the story as an opponent for Juri the main villain for this episode. Enjoyment: 9 Aside, from enjoying how detailed and well animated the animation is, I find the battles exciting, the battle is fluid with great execution, flow, sequence and pacing, Something I would not expect to enjoy from a short episode. But I did enjoy the most out of it. Overall: 8

I've reviewed multiple anime based off of the Street Fighter games. I've done films based off of Street Fighter II and Street Fighter Alpha. This time around, we're looking at a 2010 Gonzo anime based off of Street Fighter IV. Which is an interesting studio choice given that they haven't done any other Street Fighter anime. Story: We open with a mechanical eye being implanted in Juri Han by the criminal organisation, S.I.N because Capcom is bad at names. Juri is sent to test the weapon by fighting a bunch of dudes who are on the run from S.I.N and capturing Vega's squad of mind wipedbodyguards. While doing her tasks, she finds herself up against the trio of Chun Li, Guile and Cammy. There's not much here in terms of story. The OVA mainly exists to give Juri some back story and go into details about her powerful fake eye. The biggest problem with it is simply that it's not that interesting. Juri does something for her stupidly named organisation, the heroic characters interfere, she beats their asses because her eye makes her OP. It's basically a really dull plot that serves as a vehicle to justify the action sequences. Although that may well be the main reason some people would want to watch an anime based off of a fighting game, in all fairness. Characters: While I credit this as the only Street Fighter anime I've seen without Ryu as the focus, they don't exactly do anything interesting with Juri, Chun Li, Guile or Cammy. I'm not saying any of them are bad characters in the games, but in this they're portrayed as very bland. Art: I will give the OVA some credit here. The artwork looks pretty nice. The issue that comes up with the action sequences is just that they're far too one-sided. Juri just beats everything's ass in this OVA without trying all that hard. It's kind of like watching Dragonball before Goku gets involved in the battle and the antagonist just beats the shit out of everybody else. Sound: The actors are pretty good. Orikasa Fumiko, Kitamura Eri, Sawashiro Miyuki and Yasumoto Hiroki all perform their roles nicely. I imagine if this was a longer thing with actual character development, they'd make for a really strong cast. The music is decent. Areas of Improvement: 1. Go into some actual details about how Juri's eye works. The whole purpose of this OVA seems to be to provide details about Juri, but all we know about the eye is that it's basically a magic eye that makes her stronger. At least give us a cursory explanation using some technobabble. 2. Give us at least one close battle in the OVA. It's not really interesting to watch one-sided fights. I don't mind if Juri always wins in the end, but at least give us one match where she's actually pressed. 3. Give the OVA something of an arc. This really would benefit a lot from some kind of story with a beginning, middle and ending. Even if it's an open ending to segue into the game. As is, it's just Juri going on a couple missions and beating the shit out of some better known characters. Final Thoughts: Super Street Fighter IV isn't a bad OVA. It has some nice artwork from Gonzo. They got strong actors. It's just a very uncompelling piece without anything to really recommend it. Even the action sequences, which should be the main draw, are just too one-sided to be interesting. As such, my final rating is a 4/10.

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