Virtua Fighter (TV)
Alternative title: 
	
El Defensor Virtuoso (Spanish)
	El Luchador Virtual (Spanish)
	المقاتل النبيل (Arabic)
	バーチャファイター (Japanese)
	버추어 파이터 (Korean)
Objectionable content: 
	Mild
Plot Summary: 
	Based on the popular Virtua Fighter video game franchise, this series follows the adventures of Akira, a lone martial artist who has lost his ability to see the mystical constellations that reveal a truly strong man's destiny. Now, his path of wandering has forced him into the fighting ring with several martial arts champions and into an insidious international conspiracy that he must not only break out of, but find a way to destroy. With the help of Jacky, Sara, Pai, and other characters from the Virtua Fighter games, Akira must find the strength to take on greater powers than himself and regain his lost sense of destiny.
User Ratings: 
	71 ratings have been given [details]
Running time: 
	25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 
	35
Episode titles: We have 35
Vintage: 
	1995-10-02 to 1996-06-27
Release dates: We have 9
Opening Theme: 
	
"Akira's Song" by Scott Bailey [English Version] (eps 1-24)
	#1: "Wild Vision" by Kouji Hayashi (eps 1-24)
	#2: "Ai ga Tarinaize" (愛がたりないぜ; Can't Love Enough) by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (eps 25-35)
Ending Theme: 
	
"Pai's Song" by Leigh Jones [English Version] (eps 1-19, 21-24)
	#1: "Kuchibiru no Shinwa" (くちびるの神話; Mythical Lips) by Vivian Hsu (eps 1-18)
	#2: "Kyōhansha" (共犯者; Accomplice) by Vivian Hsu (eps 19-24)
	#3: "Eien no Mannaka de" (永遠の真ん中で; In the Middle of Eternity) by Akiko Seko (eps 25-35)
Insert song: 
	
	"Ai ga Tarinaize" (愛がたりないぜ; Can't Love Enough) by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (ep 35)
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| Blu-ray (Region A) | 
| Virtua Fighter - The Animated Series (Blu-ray) 2023-01-31 (from $49.99) | 
| DVD (Region 1) | 
| Virtua Fighter - Round One (DVD 1-2) 2003-05-27 (from $23.33) | 
| Virtua Fighter - Round Two (DVD 3-4) 2003-08-19 (from $26.90) | 
| VHS | 
| Virtua Fighter - Chinatown Brawl (Dub.VHS 1) 2000-08-22 | 
| Virtua Fighter - Behind the Battle (Dub.VHS 2) 2000-08-22 | 
| Virtua Fighter - Combat to the Death (Dub.VHS 3) 2001-02-27 | 
| Virtua Fighter - Shadow Heart (Dub.VHS 4) 2001-02-27 (from $91.68) | 
| Virtua Fighter - Brotherly Love (Dub.VHS 5) 2001-04-24 | 
| Virtua Fighter - Ancient Masters (Dub.VHS 6) 2001-04-24 | 
Chief Director: Hideki Tonokatsu Script: Katsuhiko Koide (ep 34) Kuniaki Kasahara (12 episodes eps 4-6, 10, 12-13, 17, 19, 21, 27, 29, 32 )Reiko Yoshida (5 episodes eps 9, 11, 15, 18, 22 )Ryou Tamura (ep 33) Tsutomu Kamishiro (16 episodes eps 1-3, 8-9, 14, 16, 20, 23-26, 28, 30-31, 35 )Storyboard: Hideki Tonokatsu (8 episodes eps 1, 7, 14, 20, 24-25, 30, 35 )Hiroshi Matsuzono (eps 2, 29) Michiyo Sakurai (4 episodes eps 10, 14, 17, 21 )Naoki Hishikawa (eps 28, 32) Naoto Kanda (ep 33) Shinichi Watanabe (6 episodes eps 5, 11, 16, 22, 26, 34 )Susumu Nishizawa (ep 9) Takaaki Ishiyama (9 episodes eps 4, 8, 12, 15, 18, 23-24, 27, 31 )Takahiro Okao (ep 6) Takehiro Nakayama (ep 3) Yoshihiro Oda (ep 19) Episode Director: Akihiko Nishiyama (eps 25, 30) Akira Mano (eps 25, 27) Atsuko Tanaka (ep 17) Hideki Tonokatsu (eps 1, 20, 35) Hiroshi Ishiodori (ep 31) Hiroshi Matsuzono (ep 2) Hitoyuki Matsui (ep 3) Keitarō Motonaga (eps 4, 9, 14) Kenichirō Watanabe (ep 15) Masahito Otani (eps 26, 29, 34) Masami Furukawa (eps 27, 32) Masami Shimoda (eps 12, 18) Naoki Hishikawa (eps 21, 24, 28) Naoto Kanda (ep 33) Shinichi Watanabe (4 episodes eps 5, 7, 16, 22 )Takahiro Okao (ep 6) Yasuchika Nagaoka (ep 11) Yoshihiro Oda (ep 19) Yoshio Suzuki (ep 23) Yūichirō Yano (eps 8, 10, 13) Music: Kaoru Ōhori Original creator: Yū Suzuki Character Design: Ryō Tanaka Animation Director: Akio Kawamura (ep 2) Daijirō Sakamoto (ep 3) Hideyuki Motohashi (ep 19) Hiroyuki Aoyama (eps 8, 13) Hroyuki Aoyama Katsutoshi Kobayashi (ep 15) Kazuo Takigawa (ep 6) Kenji Hachizaki (ep 10) Masafumi Yamamoto (eps 12, 18) Masanori Shino (5 episodes eps 4, 9, 14, 20, 24 )Michiyo Sakurai (eps 5, 7, 22) Rie Nakajima (eps 11, 16, 21) Ryō Tanaka (5 episodes eps 1, 7, 16, 28, 35 )Sawako Miyamoto (ep 17) Seiji Muta (5 episodes eps 23, 25, 27, 30, 34 )Shinsuke Terasawa (ep 29) Takashi Tomioka (eps 26, 28, 31) Takeo Kitahara (ep 32) Toshiharu Sato (ep 33) Yūki Kinoshita (5 episodes eps 25-26, 28-29, 31 )Director of Photography: Motoaki Ikegami Producer: Hirokazu Ige (Yomiko Advertising) Keisuke Iwata (TV Tokyo) Yasumichi Ozaki (Tokyo Movie Shinsha; / Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie) Background Design: Hiroshi Ōno Ending Animation: Ryō Tanaka (ED 2) Key Animation: Akio Kawamura (ep 2) Akira Matsushima Eiji Nakada (ep 20) Emiko Momose (ep 20) Hidetsugu Itō (ep 9) Hideyuki Motohashi (eps 7, 21) Hiroaki Akagi Hiroshi Kugimiya (ep 13) Hiroyuki Mori (ep 20) Hitoshi Kamata (8 episodes eps 1, 9, 16, 20-21, 24, 31, 35 )Junichi Yokoyama (5 episodes eps 12, 18, 21-22, 29 )Kazuhiko Ishii (ep 2) Kazunori Ōta (ep 20) Kazuya Miura (ep 20) Keiichi Sasajima (ep 3) Ken Ōtsuka (ep 20) Kenji Hachizaki (ep 8) Kōhei Yoneyama (ep 20) Kumiko Shishido (ep 2) Mamoru Hoshino (ep 32) Masaharu Morinaka (Studio Wave; ep 3) Masanori Shino (eps 1, 21, 24) Michiyo Sakurai (ep 20) Motoki Yagi Naoyuki Konno (ep 6) Noboru Jitsuhara (ep 16) Noriko Gotō (ep 20) Rie Nakajima (6 episodes eps 1, 5, 16, 21-22, 24 )Ryō Tanaka Sawako Miyamoto Seiji Muta (8 episodes eps 1, 5, 11, 14, 19, 21, 24, 35 )Takashi Kawaguchi Takeshi Baba (eps 8, 17) Tamotsu Tomaru (eps 3, 26, 28) Teruhiko Yamazaki (ep 3) Wataru Abe Watashi Morika (ep 2) Yasuhisa Katō (ep 20) Yuji Hosogoe (eps 27, 32) Key-animation: Fuminori Kizaki (OP 1) Music producer: Junji Fujita Music Selection: Yutaka Gōda Opening Animation: Ryō Tanaka (OP 2) Planning: Minoru Ohno Recording Director: Satoshi Katō Script Supervision: Tsutomu Kamishiro Sound Effects: Masakazu Yokoyama Special Effects: Yoshimi Hayashi Story Supervisor: Masahiro Muto Theme Song Performance: Akiko Seko (ED3) Kōji Hayashi (OP1) Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (OP2) Vivian Hsu (ED #1 & 2)  | Maya Okamoto as  Naoko Matsui as  Shinichirō Miki as  Yasunori Matsumoto as  Akio Ōtsuka as  Asako Dodo as  Atsuko Tanaka as  Kaneto Shiozawa as  Kiyoyuki Yanada as  Kōichi Kitamura as  Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as  Shigeru Chiba as  Taiten Kusunoki as  Tetsuya Iwanaga as  Toshiyuki Morikawa as  Unshō Ishizuka as  Akemi Okamura as  Akimitsu Takase as  Aruno Tahara as  Ayumi Kida as  Dai Matsumoto as  Daisuke Gōri as  Eiji Maruyama as  Eiji Sekiguchi as  Eriko Kawasaki as  Hiro Yūki as  Hiromi Ishikawa as  Hiroshi Yanaka as  Ikuo Nishikawa as  Isshin Chiba as  Junichi Sugawara as  Kaho Kōda as  Kan Tokumaru as  Katsuhisa Hōki as  Kazuo Hayashi as  Kazusa Murai as  Kenichi Ono as  Kinryū Arimoto as  Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi as  Kōzō Shioya as  Kyōko Minami as  Masaharu Satō as  Masashi Sugawara as  Masayuki Nakata as  Masuo Amada as  Michiko Satō as  Minoru Inaba as  Miyuki Tanaka as  Motomu Kiyokawa as  Naoki Bandō as  Nobuyuki Furuta as  Osamu Saka as  Osamu Sakuta as  Rie Iwatsubo as  Sachi Asakura as  Satomi Koorogi as  Sayuri Ikemoto as  Shigeru Chiba as  Shinpachi Tsuji as  Shunsuke Sakuya as  Takashi Irie as  Takumi Yamazaki as  Takurō Kitagawa as  Tamio Ōki as  Tarō Arakawa as  Tōru Furusawa as  Urara Takano as  Yoshiko Suzuki as  Yoshiko Takeda as  Yutaka Shimaka as   | |||
Animation: Tokyo Movie Shinsha Animation Production: Tokyo Movie Shinsha Backgrounds: Studio Uni Broadcaster: TV Tokyo Distributor: Taki Corporation Editing: Jay Film Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory Finish Animation: Mizo Planning In-Between Animation: Anime R Anime World Osaka Far Eastern Animation MI Mizo Planning Nakamura Production Studio Boomerang Studio Egg Studio Wanpack Tokyo Animation Center Music Production Cooperation: TV Tokyo Music Original Concept: Sega Photography: Studio Cosmos Production: Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie Sega   TMS Entertainment Tokyo Movie Shinsha TV Tokyo Yomiko Advertising, Inc. Sales Agency: Sega Sound Effects: Sound Effects, Inc. Sound Production: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation Titles: Maki Production  | ||||
Script: Scott Simpson Executive producer: John Sirabella Associate Director: Pamela Weidner Audio Engineer: Nick Stuteville Blu-Ray Authoring: David Miranda (Discotek) Commentary: Audi Sorlie (Discotek; 6 episodes eps 1, 3, 5, 13, 23, 35 )John Linneman (Discotek; 6 episodes eps 1, 3, 5, 13, 23, 35 )Dialogue Mixer: Ron Abfalter FX Designer: Skip Bowerman Menu Design: Gary Swarer (Discotek) Production manager: Amy Tipton Production Supervision: Sean Molyneaux Quality Control: Marc Levy (Discotek) Subtitle Editor: Logan Rebholz (Discotek) Subtitling: Anna Yamamoto Supervising Producer: Justin Sevakis (Discotek) Theme Song Performance: Amy Tipton (OP; Background Vocals) Leigh Jones (ED; Lead Vocals) Pamela Weidner (OP; Background Vocals) Scott Bailey (OP; Lead Vocals) Voice Direction: Scott Houle  | Amy Tipton as  Tony Schnur as  Geoff Whitesell as  Jonathan Frappier as  Alex Wharff as  Boise Holmes as  Chip Straka as  Chris Hill as  Chris MacPherson as  Chris Nubel as  Daniel Richani as  Dave Underwood as  Deborah Spoto as  Drew Stinnett as  Gabrielle Gibbs as  Heather Hamilton as  J.P. Houle as  Jordan Rhodes as  Juliet Cesario as  Katherine Vernon as  Kirby Heffner as  Marc Matney as  Megan Hancock as  Michael Granberry as  Michael Langley as  Paul Johnson as  Richard Prather as  Rob Zapple as  Scott Simpson as  Sheila Brothers as  Steven Stokes as  Steven Tylor as  Thomas Bruning as  Tony Schnur as  Traci Dinwiddie as   | |||
Distributor: AnimeWorks Theme Song Lyrics: Coastal Carolina Sound Studios  | ||||
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Dubbing Director: Roberto Colucci Opening Song: "Wild Vision": Carlos Carrillo  | Elisabet Bargalló as  Ivette Gonzalez as  Jordi Pons as  José Javier Serrano as  Nuria Doménech as  Alfonso Vallés as  José Antonio Jiménez as  Mario Arpal as  Rafael Ordonez as  Adrià Frías as  Aleix Estadella as  Andres Esparza as  Angel de Gracia as  Angelines Santana as  Carlos Carrillo as  Elisabet Bargalló as  Enrique Hernández as  Francisco Garriga as  Gloria Gonzalez as  José Antonio Jiménez as  Luis Espinosa as  Luis Grau as  Marc Zanni as  Pep Ribas as  Santiago Cortés as  Tasio Alonso as   | |||
Broadcaster: Buzz Channel (Spain) Canal C (Spain) ETC...TV (Chile) Magic Kids (Latin America) Megavision (Chile) Televisa Canal 5 (México) Distributor: Cloverway (Latin America; expired) Lain International, Inc. (Latin America; expired) Manga Films (Spain) Producer: TMS Entertainment USA  | ||||
Dubbing Supervision: Tiziana Valenti Sound Technician: Sergio Viscardi  | Alessandro Quarta as  Barbara De Bortoli as  Federica De Bortoli as  Vittorio Guerrieri as  Andrea Ward as  Dario De Grassi as  Diego Reggente as  Giorgio Locuratolo as  Maurizio Reti as  Pierluigi Astore as  Stefano Crescentini as  Vittorio Battarra as  Christian Iansante as  Giorgio Borghetti as  Laura Lenghi as  Luciano Roffi as  Massimo Rinaldi as  Maurizio Romano as  Oliviero Dinelli as  Vittorio Battarra as   | |||
Distributor: Hobby & Work Dubbing: PIM  | ||||
Assistant Director: Bilal Shartouh Mixage: Samer Abu Asali Montage: Samer Abu Hamad Preparation: Ammar Shikh Gabr Production manager: Radwan Hijazi Sound: Ghassan Harfush Supervision: Louis Abu Asali  | Adel Abu Hassoon as  Amal Omran as  Hazar Al-Hrk as  Iyas Abu Ghazala as  Mansour Al-Salaty as  Muhammad Haddaki as  Adel Abu Hassoon as  Hanan Shokeir as  Muhammad Kharmasho as  Muhammad Mustafa as  Muhammad Kheir Abu Hassoon as  Rafat Bazoo as   | |||
Broadcaster: Spacetoon Distributor: Animation International Dubbing: Al Zahra Centre - VENUS (Syria) Internet Streaming: Spacetoon Go Production: Animation International  | ||||
Script: Francis Ibanez  | Lloyd Navera as  Rose Barin as  Rowena Raganit as  Vincent Gutierrez as  Francis Ibanez as   | |||
Broadcaster: GMA Network  | ||||
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