You know, sometimes I really enjoy watching a crappy anime. No, I don't enjoy the anime itself, I just enjoy writing REVIEWS for crappy anime. And man, am I gonna have a blast writing this one... it was just that bad.

Created by the mastermind behind such atrocities as Virus Buster Serge, Gravion, Gowcaizer, and oh-so-many other floaters, Masami Obari has once again managed to exceed my expectations of how low an action anime can go. I have to give him some credit for his work, though. His character designs look better than the stick figures I occasionally doodle. A few "features" of Masami Obari's style are as follows: giant chests (both on women AND men), eyes that look like he copied a parallelogram from a geometry book, and barbie-like hips for both the men and women. Ever wanted to see a man with an hour-glass like figure? Well, you're in luck!

With the artwork out of the way, I guess it's time to talk about what some people like to call the "story". If I were to describe the story, I'd compare it to the following scenario: You're sitting on your chair, reading the newspaper. All of a sudden, you hear the doorbell ring. When you open the door, what do you find? That's right, a burning paper bag. When you try to put out the flames, you realize that your favorite boots now smell like dog feces. In order to grasp the story fully, forget everything in that synopsis. I'll explain it all to you right now...

Some lady meets up with Terry, our hero, because she's being chased. For some reason, some other random guy beats up one of the guys that's chasing the girl, Sulia. Then he disappears for the rest of the movie. The rest of the gang goes with Sulia for some bizarre reason, then we're treated to some tales about Alexander the Great and the Armor of Mars. After that, we see Mai in a shower scene (quite possibly the most character development in the entire movie takes place in that scene). Then, some guys fight. Some more guys fight. Then, the gang fights some giant fireball for some reason. Umm... that's about the whole movie right there.

Now then, since you haven't fled for your lives yet, why don't I talk about the exciting conclusion of Fatal Fury? Basically, we are treated to a romance scene between Terry and Sulia. It was quite an interesting scene to watch, but for some different reasons. This was quite possibly the FUNNIEST romance scene I've ever had the pleasure of watching in an anime! I know, I know. It was meant to be a really serious scene, but come on! How could the creators make the dialogue THAT horrible in such an "important" scene? The actors' lines then were just so horrible they were actually FUNNY! I was laughing by the time it all finished, and I wasn't even watching the movie anymore at that point. I had already moved my attention from my DVD player to my computer, but I could still hear the awful dialogue. After that particular scene was over, I shifted my attention back to my television to watch them fight, you guessed it, a disembodied fireball.

Ah, and how could I go this far without mentioning the fight scenes? They truly are a work of art, each lasting something like ten seconds before the "bad guy" gets defeated. For an anime that's based off of a fighting game, one might expect it to have long fight scenes, or at least GOOD fight scenes. That's just not the case here though, and it's only made worse by character movements that aren't very fluid and really cruddy looking characters. The only fight that lasted more than ten seconds in the ENTIRE movie was the one againt Leocorn in the Armor of Mars, and that was probably the only saving grace this clunker had.

Thank you, Fatal Fury. I had a nice time writing about you.