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Virtua Fighter (Japanese: バーチャファイター Hepburn: Bācha Faitā?) is a 35-episode anime series based on the Virtua Fighter series of video games made by Sega-AM2. Targeted towards boys aged 9 to 15 years old, it originally aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from October 2, 1995 to June 27, 1996. A video game based on the series, Virtua Fighter Animation, was released in 1996.
The series follows Akira Yuki and his quest to see the eight stars of heaven after he had gotten overconfident in his Bajiquan skills from his days training with his grandfather. Initially traveling to figure out how to see those stars again, he learns that Sarah Bryant was kidnapped by robotics scientist Eva Durix as part of Eva's quest to create the "Perfect Soldier." Akira joins up with other characters in his journey such as Pai Chan, Jacky Bryant, Lion Rafale, Kage-Maru and Shun Di to save Sarah.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | Jap | USA | USA(Spanish) | Ita | Spa | Kor |
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Akira Yuki | Shin'ichirō Miki | Alessandro Quarta | ||||
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Pai Chan | Naoko Matsui | Ivette González | Federica De Bortoli | Jeong Misook | ||
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Jacky Bryant | Yasunori Matsumoto | Roberto Alexander | Vittorio Guerrieri | JoséJavier Serrano | ||
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Sarah Bryant | Barbara De Bortoli | |||||
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Lau Chan | Shigeru Chiba | |||||
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Shun Di | Kôichi Kitamura | |||||
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Lee Coleman | Roberto Alexander | |||||
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Blue Davis | Roberto Alexander | |||||
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Narrator | Shigeru Chiba | Roberto Alexander |