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Fatal Fury OVA - Double Impact

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FATAL FURY

The Fatal Fury franchise is full of promises and this first animated feature takes the characters beyond the video game boundaries. It's cool how the fighters (Terry Bogard especially) are written as being normal and sensitive rather than always butch, evil and trying to start a fight. The characters in the Street Fighter series were too much like this but Terry Bogard always appears innocent and his adult form still looks like the child he was at the beginning.

But my fave character in Fatal Fury was always Geese Howard. He is such a cool bad guy and live action bad guys should be more like him. Andy Bogard and Joe Higashi are amusing supporting characters and make great sidekicks for Terry.

The ending is a little too quick but when you consider that there is a follow up and a great animated movie it ain't so bad. If you like this one then the others should give you a good fix.

FATAL FURY 2

Not a revolutionary animated movie by any means but this sequel to Fatal Fury has a reasonably good story and interesting characters. The color scheme is bright and easy on the eye and the animation style is better than most Japanese anime in which everyone looks like Asian/American to appeal to both audiences.

I thought that Krauser was a cool bad guy and, for once, one that I doubted the hero (Terry Bogard) couldn't defeat so easily. His costume was a bit excessive and it is hard to believe that he could be so agile under such a suit but one can overlook such a flaw easily.

Terry's brother Andy returns and so does Joe Higashi but it's the 2 new characters that are the best thing about this movie. Kim is a teenage boy who idolizes Terry and considers him to be a real role model. But he is gutted when he discovers that Terry is just a burnt out drunk and will do anything for him until he gets back on his feet. The other new character is Mai and she is a very "bouncy" character if you know what I mean.

The fight scenes are very well thought out and vivid. Every punch and kick looks painful and the other heavies look pretty mean too. But we all know that in the end Terry is gonna beat the crap out of them. Just like the video game says...Terry Bogard is the King of Fighters.

But at 68 minutes you feel a little cheated. But with such a short running time there is no room for fat.

The DVD is in 1.33:1 with a nice picture transfer with brilliant colors and the Dolby Stereo soundtracks are adequate but not impressive. Many trailers are available and there are some cool motion menus.

Two of the best action specials on one DVD- how about that? Of course there's the dual language option, and also a character sketch portfolio. One thing about the subtitles is that they're not very accurate. If you know any Japanese at all, you'll notice that the subtitles are kinda different from what is being said. But, that's a small qualm since the original story is intact, so if you enjoyed the VHS tapes, definitely grab a copy of the DVD.

Fatal Fury I love the series Including the Movie!I just wish they continued it more! Japan had 20 Eposides!We American's always get to miss the good part's! But it was good that we at lest saw some of the cool stuff! : ) My way I would buy it! ...

This is a great dvd it has two great anime movies with good audio & video. Don't buy the cheap Japanese/Chinese edition it is inferior the audio sucks on it.

Very good price for one dvd with 2 movies. And it is great 2 movies based on the fatal fury and king of fighters series of fighting games.

The only problem I have with this is I have to go to some other room besides mine to see this DVD.

These two OVAs are an hour a piece and revolving around the same video game franchise. So how do we decide on which?

The first OVA is your typical game-to-movie. It squishes as many characters as it can into one piece, and mainly tries to put in as much fighting as possible. There isn't much in the way of plot, just characters duking out moves one by one. As usual, there's a fighting competition the main characters enter and, as usual, things get heated and moved to the bad guy's terrain. If you've seen this sort of formula before, you've seen them all.

The second OVA is different. Even if it still shows all the characters from the game, it has two thing the first OVA didn't: plot and character development. It does it much better than any other game-to-movies I've seen. Its as if they took every thing they heard was wrong with the first OVA and improved on it. They do a very good job, and the one hour OVA has all the qualities of a real film, with the exception of perhaps theatrical quality, but the animation is good enough for you to forget that.

Basically, they are all around good OVAs, but one is mediocre and saved by the second. Who knew a sequel could improve the original so well?

This is a solid double feature. For me it's a classic because it definitely helped burrow a spot deep in my heart for anime. The animation is great and fluid, especially during the fight scenes. Unfortunately this DVD is not remastered so the picture quality isn't what we're use to these days. Still, if you're a fan then it's a must have. Especially if you grew up playing the game like I did. Enjoy.

I have been looking everywhere for this movie and i finally found it on amazon. wooo! thanks for those who were selling this product! You are the best. And this is the best anime. To watch based from the game.

I enjoy anime where people fight in Giant Robots or fight with super powers. Fatal Fury Double Impact satifies the latter in a major way.