First Thoughts
First off I would like to say that this anime was sort of a gateway
for me. It was the first anime that I saw, that really made me hooked.
From beginning to end this movie was excellent, and a true gem to hold
dear to one's heart. The characters, story, music, fight scenes are
all spectacular. Although I do have some gripes, for the most part this
is a perfect anime.
Story
Pretty basic, bad guy tries to take over the world, good guy tries to
stop him yadda yadda yadda. It is rather predicable, in some ways, but
that doesn't really matter. What matters is how the story is told, and
the overall, general feeling you get after watching it (or reading if
that be the case). And after I watched this movie chills ran up my spine.
As for the highlites of the story, the best was the main characters,
the fact that some characters from the other movies made sort of a little
'guess' appearence, and the ending was quite spectacular as well. As
for the negatives, my only major gripe is that at some points
the story becomes a little blah. There are a few spots that I would
definatly skip because it gets a little dull in some areas. Overall
a great story, but certainly not perfect. 8.5/10
Style
Fatal Fury has a unique style to it. It uses an idea called 'kai,' or
sometimes called 'psi,' energy. This has been seen in other animes such
as Dragon Ball Z, and it has also been seen in other games such as Street
Fighter. The first time I saw Terry perform a Burning Knuckle, or his
famous Power Gueyser, or the first time I saw Laocorn trancend into
a god my mouth dropped to the ground. Another good point to mention
is the humor. This movie wasn't meant to be a comedy, however there
are a few moments that are quite funny and it certainly adds to the
style factor. The greatest style factor of this movie, however, was
definatly the ending. It is impossible to have made that ending any
more stylish. 9/10
Audio
Fatal Fury the Motion Picture's audio was definatly far above the standards.
To start off the characters voices were great. I loved all of them,
especially Terry and Andys' voices. Next is the music. I loved the music
from this movie. Especially the last song, Oh Angel. I have listened
to that song a countless number of times. It is just one of those good
songs to listen to, and it is certainly spirit-uplifting as well. Overall,
definatly good, definatly great... definatly perfect! 10/10
Visuals
Well to say that my jaw dropped every twenty minutes or so would be
some what of an understatement. The animation in this movie is far above
supurb. With most animes I can usually look at some of the angles of
different faces and they seem distorted. Or drawn wrong or something.
However that never happened with this movie. The characters looked perfect
and moved fluidly as well. My only gripe is that very often you can
look at the background people and they never move an inch. Like when
Terry was at this party at the beginning of the movie, I looked behind
him and the whole time none of the people moved. It was as if they were
just pictures or something. Overall, near perfect, so near it is rather
scarey. 9.5/10