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Art of Fighting (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Battle Spirits Ryuko no Ken (Japanese)
バトルスピリッツ 龍虎の拳 (Japanese)
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: After events involving a home invasion, a house cat, an ancient artifact, and an unpaid electrical bill, martial artist Ryo Sakazaki and his best friend Robert Garcia must fight their way into the Southtown underworld to save Ryo's sister Yuri from the crimelord known as Mr. Big.
Video:
User Ratings: 75 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
 Excellent: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Very good: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Good: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:2)
 Decent: 11 votes (dub:7, sub:4)
 So-so: 9 votes (dub:5, sub:2, ?:1, Fre.dub:1)
 Not really good: 8 votes (dub:5, sub:3)
 Weak: 13 votes (dub:8, sub:5)
 Bad: 9 votes (sub:4, dub:3, edit.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Awful: 7 votes (dub:3, sub:2, ?:1, raw:1)
 Worst ever: 10 votes (dub:6, sub:2, ?:1, Spa.dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 166 users, rank: #1896
Median rating: Not really good
Arithmetic mean: 3.560 (Not really good-.44), std. dev.: 2.3452, rank: #4174
Weighted mean: 3.825 (Not really good-.17), rank: #4156 (seen all: 3.73 / seen some: 4.65)
Bayesian estimate: 4.258 (Not really good+.25), rank: #3197
Running time: 46 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Vintage: 1993
Releases: We have 1
Comment:
Loosely based on SNK's best-selling videogame of the same title.
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Related releases:
    Art of Fighting (DVD) 2003-07-08 (from $7.49)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Hiroshi Fukutomi

Script: Nobuaki Kishima

Character Design: Kazunori Iwakura

Art director: Junichiro Nishikawa

Chief Animation Director: Kazunori Iwakura

Animation director:
Kenichi Shimizu
Mamoru Taniguchi
Shinji Satoh

Sound director: Kazuya Tanaka

Director of Photography: Seiichi Morishita

Producer:
Kenji Shimizu
Yoshiro Kataoka

Dramatization:
Eiichi Sato
Naoyuki Kuzuya
Yorinobu Habu
Yoshikata Nitta

Music Director: Akira Konishi

Special Thanks To: Takashi Nishiyama

 

Masanori Ikeda as Robert Garcia

Tetsuya Bessho as Ryo Sakazaki

Ayumi Hamasaki as Yuri Sakazaki

Iemasa Kayumi as Mr. Big

Masako Katsuki as King

Ginzo Matsuo as Jack Turner

Kaneto Shiozawa as John Crawley

Kazunari Tanaka as subordinate

Takeshi Aono as Lt. Toudou

Japanese companies 

Broadcaster: Fuji TV

Distributor:
AB distribution
Starchild Records

Original Concept: SNK

Producer:
Fuji TV
NAS

Production: Starchild Records

English staff 
English cast 

Executive producer: John O'Donnell

Producer:
Jim Malone
Larry Juris
Michael Haigney
Stephanie Shalofsky

Adaptation:
Jim Malone
Larry Juris
Michael Haigney

Dubbing Manager: Peter Bavaro

Dubbing supervisor: Anthony Salerno

Titles & Graphics: Phil Poli

Video Editor: Jeff Venables

 

Alden Crews as Ryo Sakazaki

Nick Sullivan as Robert Garcia

Cliff Lazenby as Mr. Big

Sharon Becker as King

Veronica Taylor as Yuri Sakazaki

Carter Cathcart as Lt. Toudou

Eric Stuart as
Jack
John

English companies 

Distributor: U.S. Manga Corps

Licensed by: Central Park Media

Post Production Audio: Sonomat Post

French staff 
French cast 
(none)
 

Catherine Conet as King

French companies 

Broadcaster: Mangas

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dubbing Director: Rossana Bassani

Dialogues: Marinella Armagni

 

Dania Cericola as King

Giulia Franzoso as Yuri

Marco Balzarotti as Robert

Maurizio Scattorin as Fujidon

Patrizio Prata as Ryo

Italian companies 

Dubbing: S.E.D.E. - Milano

Publisher: Yamato Video

Portuguese staff 
Portuguese companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: Rede Manchete (U.S. Mangá)

VHS Distribution: Flashstar

Portuguese cast 
(none)
 
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