{"product_id":"street-fighter-ii-the-animated-movie-original-japanese-b0-billboard-poster-first-japanese-theatrical-release-campaign-ultra-rare-large-display-format-c-103-145-6-cm","title":"“STREET FIGHTER II: THE ANIMATED MOVIE” – ORIGINAL JAPANESE B0 BILLBOARD POSTER First Japanese Theatrical Release Campaign | Ultra-Rare Large Display Format | c. 120 × 145 cm","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-end=\"650\" data-start=\"450\"\u003eSTREET FIGHTER II MOVIE \/ ストリートファイターII MOVIE\u003cbr data-end=\"497\" data-start=\"494\"\u003eJapan (Capcom), 1994\u003cbr data-end=\"520\" data-start=\"517\"\u003eOriginal first-release Japanese theatrical \u003cstrong data-end=\"586\" data-start=\"563\"\u003eB0 billboard poster\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"589\" data-start=\"586\"\u003eColour-printed poster on paper, original unrestored condition\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1094\" data-start=\"652\"\u003eA monumental survivor from one of the most desirable Japanese video-game cinema campaigns of the 1990s: the \u003cstrong data-end=\"788\" data-start=\"760\"\u003ehuge B0 billboard poster\u003c\/strong\u003e for \u003cem data-end=\"818\" data-start=\"793\"\u003eStreet Fighter II Movie\u003c\/em\u003e, released in Japan in 1994 and known internationally as \u003cem data-end=\"914\" data-start=\"875\"\u003eStreet Fighter II: The Animated Movie\u003c\/em\u003e. This is the large-format theatrical display version, produced for maximum public visibility rather than ordinary collector retail, and is far scarcer than the standard B2 poster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1580\" data-start=\"1096\"\u003eIssued at the peak of \u003cem data-end=\"1137\" data-start=\"1118\"\u003eStreet Fighter II\u003c\/em\u003e’s cultural dominance, the poster captures Capcom’s arcade phenomenon at the moment it crossed decisively into feature animation. At B0 scale, the composition has extraordinary wall presence: Ryu launches across the left side of the sheet, the metallic \u003cem data-end=\"1409\" data-start=\"1390\"\u003eStreet Fighter II\u003c\/em\u003e logo dominates the centre, and Ken, Chun-Li, and Vega — the character known as M. Bison in Western releases — gather at lower right beneath the diagonal Japanese tagline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1704\" data-start=\"1582\"\u003e“An ultra-rare Japanese \u003cem data-end=\"1631\" data-start=\"1606\"\u003eStreet Fighter II Movie\u003c\/em\u003e B0 billboard: vast, graphic, unrestored, and exceptionally displayable.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1719\" data-start=\"1706\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1719\" data-start=\"1706\"\u003eKey Facts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2500\" data-start=\"1721\"\u003eFilm: \u003cem data-end=\"1752\" data-start=\"1727\"\u003eStreet Fighter II Movie\u003c\/em\u003e \/ ストリートファイターII MOVIE\u003cbr data-end=\"1776\" data-start=\"1773\"\u003eInternational title: \u003cem data-end=\"1836\" data-start=\"1797\"\u003eStreet Fighter II: The Animated Movie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"1839\" data-start=\"1836\"\u003eDirector: Gisaburō Sugii\u003cbr data-end=\"1866\" data-start=\"1863\"\u003eScreenplay: Kenichi Imai and Gisaburō Sugii\u003cbr data-end=\"1912\" data-start=\"1909\"\u003eOriginal concept \/ setting: Capcom\u003cbr data-end=\"1949\" data-start=\"1946\"\u003eCharacter design: Shuko Murase \/ Shukou Murase\u003cbr data-end=\"1998\" data-start=\"1995\"\u003eAnimation production: Group TAC\u003cbr data-end=\"2032\" data-start=\"2029\"\u003eMusic: Tetsuya Komuro and Yuji Toriyama\u003cbr data-end=\"2074\" data-start=\"2071\"\u003eRelease: 1994, first Japanese theatrical release\u003cbr data-end=\"2125\" data-start=\"2122\"\u003ePoster format: Japanese \u003cstrong data-end=\"2191\" data-start=\"2149\"\u003eB0 billboard theatrical display poster\u003c\/strong\u003e — approx. 120 × 145 cm\u003cbr data-end=\"2240\" data-start=\"2237\"\u003ePresentation: Original large-format theatrical promotional poster, unrestored\u003cbr data-end=\"2320\" data-start=\"2317\"\u003eOn-sheet campaign notes: \u003cstrong data-end=\"2397\" data-start=\"2345\"\u003e劇場用長編アニメーション \/ 夏休み全国洋画系ロードショー \/ CAPCOM THE MOVIE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"2400\" data-start=\"2397\"\u003eVerso notation: Green handwritten \u003cstrong data-end=\"2441\" data-start=\"2434\"\u003e展示用\u003c\/strong\u003e — “for display \/ display use” — not visible from the front\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2531\" data-start=\"2502\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"2531\" data-start=\"2502\"\u003eRarity and Market Context\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2586\" data-start=\"2533\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"2586\" data-start=\"2533\"\u003eThe B0 billboard factor: scale changes everything\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2907\" data-start=\"2588\"\u003eJapanese B0 theatrical posters were working display materials. Their size made them difficult to store, costly to handle, and vulnerable to edge wear, tape, creasing, and disposal after use. Standard B2 posters are more often encountered; \u003cstrong data-end=\"2862\" data-start=\"2827\"\u003eB0 is four times the area of B2\u003c\/strong\u003e and belongs to a different display category.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3187\" data-start=\"2909\"\u003eIn the case of \u003cem data-end=\"2949\" data-start=\"2924\"\u003eStreet Fighter II Movie\u003c\/em\u003e, the B0 billboard format is exceptionally difficult to find, particularly with such strong front presentation. This is the form designed to announce the campaign at distance, in large theatre spaces and high-traffic display environments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3243\" data-start=\"3189\"\u003e“Not just rare — rare at the proper arcade-era scale.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3521\" data-start=\"3245\"\u003eCollectors of Capcom material, 1990s anime, and Japanese theatrical advertising will understand the significance immediately. This is not a small-format souvenir sheet or later decorative print, but an original oversized campaign poster made for the film’s theatrical release.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3586\" data-start=\"3523\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"3586\" data-start=\"3523\"\u003eStreet Fighter II Movie and Its Place in Anime\/Game History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3630\" data-start=\"3588\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"3630\" data-start=\"3588\"\u003eA landmark video-game anime adaptation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3938\" data-start=\"3632\"\u003eDirected by Gisaburō Sugii and animated by Group TAC, \u003cem data-end=\"3711\" data-start=\"3686\"\u003eStreet Fighter II Movie\u003c\/em\u003e adapted Capcom’s defining fighting-game property into a serious feature-length anime. It is remembered for its kinetic fight animation, darker tone, and unusually faithful treatment of the game’s world and character rivalries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"4271\" data-start=\"3940\"\u003eThe film arrived at the height of \u003cem data-end=\"3993\" data-start=\"3974\"\u003eStreet Fighter II\u003c\/em\u003e’s influence, when the arcade title had helped create the modern head-to-head fighting-game boom. The poster therefore represents more than a film campaign: it is a major Japanese visual artifact from the moment Capcom’s arcade phenomenon became a multimedia cultural franchise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"4314\" data-start=\"4273\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"4314\" data-start=\"4273\"\u003eThe 1994 Japanese theatrical campaign\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"4419\" data-start=\"4316\"\u003eThis Japanese B0 poster presents the film as a premium summer roadshow event. The top-right copy reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"4536\" data-start=\"4421\"\u003e劇場用アニメ、夏休み全国洋画系ロードショー。\u003cbr data-end=\"4446\" data-start=\"4443\"\u003e“Theatrical anime — summer vacation nationwide roadshow through the foreign-film circuit.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"4751\" data-start=\"4538\"\u003eThis is an important period detail. 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