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“Animated prequel to Street Fighter IV: Ryu uncovers global fighter kidnapping plot for bioweapons after SFII.”
Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind
ストリートファイターIV 新たなる絆
6.25
9,287 rank · 9,218 viewers · 7 favorites
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Synopsis
Animated prequel to Street Fighter IV: Ryu uncovers global fighter kidnapping plot for bioweapons after SFII.
An animated prequel to the video-game Street Fighter IV. Set after the events of Street Fighter II, the film follows Ryu and his allies as they discover a conspiracy to kidnap powerful fighters from around the world and use them to create deadly biological weapons.
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Derived from 3 sampled reviews
4.3
/10
What 3 viewers settled on.
0%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 6
σ 2.36
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Polarized
σ 2.36 · split reception
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.67
Running avg · Mar 2009 → Jul 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 6 “This movie was average at best. The only reason I watched it was to find out what happened prior to the SF4 game. Even then they don't tell you very much. The storyline was similar to the other...”
- 6 “Hard to describe my feelings about this movie. It kind of fails its basic concept by just not having a lot of actual fights between characters from the games, and when they do come they're so...”
- 1 “Jiro Kanai (JK)- "Hey guys, I have a brilliant idea! Let's make an anime adaptation of Street Fighter...without any fights!" Studio 4 Executive (SE)- "What?" JK- "Hey, we'll even go one step...”
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Short · 67%
Medium · 0%
Long · 33%
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- Format 1 × 65′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 05m all episodes
- Aired Feb 2009 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-4097 catalog