I'VE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS

(Special thanks to for bringing this to my and many others' attention)

For anyone not in the know, it was recently announced that Capcom is bringing back its famous Vs. series for another go. They tussled with Marvel super heroes and fellow SNK fighting legends in the past and now, they are going to do battle with classic anime faces in "Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes". Tatsunoko was responsible for many classic animes such as Speed Racer and Gatchaman, but one property that throws itself in front of me the hardest would be Kyattou Ninden Teyandee.

Better known to us American audiences as SAMURAI PIZZA CATS.

While the chances of some Pizza Cats Vs Street Fighter action might not be as slim as I thought, seeing how KNT/SPC is a bigger staple in Tatsunoko history than I imagined it to be, there is still an absurdly strong chance that this game may never see American shores (strong enough evidence being that this is, so far, only going to be an arcade game and where do THOSE exist anymore here in the States?). Regardless, I would LOVE to see, at the very least, Speedy/Yattarou in the roster to prove to me that KNT/SPC is more than just an underground internet cult classic.

I toyed around with an altered shading style in this one. First I cell shaded it, then I blurred the shading on a different layer in an attepmt to emulate the coloring style seen in X-Men/Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter. Also, I have to say that even if it's from the back, Ryu came out more badassly than I thought he would. Hell, even FROM the back, I NEVER draw back views. SCORE ONE FOR ME.

MAKE IT HAPPEN, CAPCOM