History Anime / StreetFighterIIV

** Cammy, who is not only older in this series, but is also an extremely competent and dignified assassin who bares a stern and cold personality. She's literally the only character in the series to come close to [[spoiler:killing Dorai]].

* ActionGirl: Chun-Li, it comes with the territory of being the daughter of Hong Kong's greatest police officer ''and'' Kung-Fu teacher.

* ActionGirl: Chun-Li.

* AdaptationalWimp: Balrog is reduced to being TheMole for Shadowlaw [[spoiler:and the only action he gets is attempting to shoot Cammy after revealing he step her up to kill Dorai, only for Cammy easily overpower him minutes later. Fei Long notes this afterwards, mentioning that Balrog wasn't much of a fighter.]]

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Ryu and Ken.

* ParentsInDistress: [[spoiler:Chun-Li's dad Dorai is left comatose after Cammy's beatdown on him. When she returns to finish the job, however, Fei Long is the one who steps in Dorai's defense and defeats Cammy. This triggers her heel face turn.]]

* AdaptationalWimp: Balrog is reduced to being TheMole for Shadowlaw [[spoiler: and the only action he gets is attempting to shoot Cammy after revealing he step her up to kill Dorai, only for Cammy easily overpower him minutes later. Fei Long notes this afterwards, mentioning that Balrog wasn't much of a fighter.]]

* YouGotGuts: Guile's impression of Ryu after [[Determinator refusing to stay down]] during their bar fight.

** Ryu is much more of a typical {{shonen}} hero, in stark contrast to his [[TheStoic stoic]] persona in the games.

* AdaptationalWimp: Balrog since he doesn't get in any fights [[spoiler:and Cammy easily overpowers him when she finds out that he lied to her about Dorai. Fei Long notes this afterwards, mentioning that Balrog wasn't much of a fighter.]]

* AntiVillain: Cammy. [[spoiler:She’s hired and manipulated by Balrog into believing that Dorai was responsible for Hong Kong’s drug smuggling operation and has no problem attempting to eliminate Fei Long in the process, who she eventually collaborates with once she finally knows the truth.]]

* BigEater: Ryu.

* ChickMagnet: Vega is especially popular with his female fans. Ken and Ryu also have their share of admirers, notably, the ladies at the bar in episode 1. There's also Chun-Li's relationship with Ken and Rinko's crush on Ryu.

* KnightOfCerebus: Vega's introduction and battle with Ken marks a tonal shift in the series, which was comparatively lighthearted and episodic up to that point. Vega's battle with Ken is one of the most brutal in the series, if not the entire franchise, and his defeat marks the first appearance of Bison. The series quickly becomes even darker from that point on. It also develops a MythArc that lasts until the finale.

* ParentsInDistress: [[spoiler:Chun-Li's dad Dorai is left comatose after Cammy's beatdown on him. When she returns to finish the job, however, Fei Long steps in Dorai's defense and defeats Cammy. This triggers her heel face turn.]]

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''Street Fighter II V'' [[note]]That's "two-vee", not "two-five". It's a pun on the word "TV". So the title is more or less "Street Fighter TV", though the "V" stands for "Voyage".[[/note]] is an anime series based on Creator/{{Capcom}}'s successful ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' games, which aired on Nippon Television in 1995. Produced by Creator/GroupTAC and directed by Gisaburo Sugii, the same crew who worked on ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'', ''Street Fighter II V'' centers around alternate interpretations of the iconic World Warriors, with younger versions of the duo Ryu and Ken serving as the central characters.

** Cammy, who is not only older in this series, but is also an extremely competent and dignified assassin who bares a stern and cold personality. She's literally the only character in the show to come close to [[spoiler: killing Dorai]].

* RealityEnsues: In the games, Vega's claw acted as an extension of his fist and only gave him more range in his attacks. In this series, his claw enables him to wound, stab, and impale Ken until he's in danger of bleeding out.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Chun-Li's father survives in the end, despite ending up in a coma.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Thanks to the series being CutShort, Vega is never seen after Bison recovers him following his defeat. Similarly, [[spoiler: Dorai, despite surviving Cammy's assassination attempt, is never seen again after Fei Long and Cammy end their battle.]]

* AgeLift: Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Fei Long, and Vegas are all in their teens, despite their game counterparts being in their 20s.[[note]]The year of births for the first three characters were changed from '64, '65 and '68, respectively, to '77, '78' and '80.[[/note]] Other characters like Guile[[note]]Birthdate changed from '60 to '73[[/note]] and Sagat[[note]]From '55 to '69[[/note]] are also noticeably younger while Cammy, on the other hand, was made older.

* AgeLift: Ryu, Ken and Chun-Li are in their teens, despite their game counterparts being in their 20s.[[note]]Their year of births were changed from '64, '65 and '68, respectively, to '77, '78' and '80.[[/note]] Other characters like Guile[[note]]Birthdate changed from '60 to '73[[/note]] and Sagat[[note]]From '55 to '69[[/note]] are also noticeably younger.

* CanonForeigner: Notable examples include Rinko, Ken's parents, Tyler, Nucchi, Zoltar, Chief Barrack, and the entire Ashura syndicate.

* CanonForeigner: Rinko, Tyler, Zoltar, and Barrack.

* ClipShow: The beginning half of "The Icy Light of Their Eyes".

* CutShort: ''Street Fighter II V'' was planned to last a full 51 episode run, but because of underwhelming ratings (due to the show airing against ''Manga/CrayonShinChan'' on the same time slot), it was cut down to 29 episodes. As a result, the series underwent drastic rewrites at the last minute, with the most notable changes being Balrog's portrayal as an Interpol double agent without any fighting skills (despite earlier promotional art showing him in full boxing gear), in order to wrap up the show's storyline as quickly as possible. This also meant that four of the fighters from the games (E. Honda, Blanka, T. Hawk and Dee Jay), never got to show up.

* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Vega becomes obsessed with Chun-Li after seeing her in a crowd, and even sneaks into her bedroom to steal a kiss from her while she was sleeping. The kiss drugs her, taking effect during Vega's match with Ken.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Bison, though Shadaloo, is this to the Ashura organization.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Thanks to the series being CutShort, Vega is never seen after Bison recovers him following his defeat.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: Instead of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFEQvJ3lBNg original Japanese]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsIuzxjDDUQ openings]], the Animaze/Manga dub of ''Street Fighter II V'' used an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YvspShqS_0 entirely different opening]] with an original theme song. The Japanese openings were kept in the ADV dub. In Italy the anime is famous for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YvspShqS_0 localized opening]] used.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: Instead of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFEQvJ3lBNg original Japanese]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsIuzxjDDUQ openings]], the Animaze/Manga dub of ''Street Fighter II V'' used an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YvspShqS_0 entirely different opening]] with an original theme song. The Japanese openings were kept in the ADV dub.

** Guile is able to take on Ryu and Ken at the same time.

** Cammy's photo during her time with [[SecretIntelligenceService MI6]] has her looking like her appearance in the games, albeit without the scar.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Ken has red hair instead of blond in this series.

* YoungerAndHipper: Several characters are teenagers.

** The English dub uses the phrase "Gonna burn some muscle!

* OnTheNextEpisodeOfCatchPhrase: The Brazilian dub caps off the next episode recaps with "Nós vamos ao encontro do mais forte!" ("We journey to meet the strongest!"). The English dub, meanwhile, uses the phrase "Gonna burn some muscle!"

* OnTheNextEpisodeOfCatchPhrase: The Brazilian dub caps off the next episode recaps with "Nós vamos ao encontro do mais forte!" ("We journey to meet the strongest!")

* InconsistentColoring: Vega is depicted as a DarkSkinnedBlonde in the opening and his debut episode, but during the ball and his fight with Ken, his skin is a lighter tone.

** Not a character, but the [[KamehameHadoken Hadoken]] gets a power upgrade for the anime, going from a fairly standard ranged attack to [[spoiler: Ryu's ultimate move that finishes off the BigBad.]]

* AdaptationDyeJob: Ken has red hair instead of blond in this series.

* DrivenToSuicide: Zoltar makes a brainwashed test subject smash his head on the wall in the episode "Compulsion Towards Vengeance".

* KnightOfCerebus: Vega's introduction and battle with Ken marks a tonal shift in the show, which was comparatively lighthearted and episodic up to that point. Vega's battle with Ken is one of the most brutal in the series, if not the entire franchise, and his defeat marks the first appearance of BigBad M. Bison. The show quickly becomes even darker from that point on, also developing a MythArc that lasts until the finale.