Toy Review: SOTA Street Fighter Akuma

Akuma means in Japanese "Devil". In Japan's version of the game he is also called as Gouki or Great Demon. Akuma is one of the popular video game character from the Street Fighter series of fighting games. Akuma made his debut in Super Street Fighter II Turbo as secret game character, almost all gamers back in day were itching to finish just to see this secret character and hidden boss in action. According to the game storyline, Akuma is the younger brother of Gouken who is Ryu and Ken's sensei. In some games he also has an enhanced version named Shin Akuma, or Shin Gouki (真・豪鬼?, the "true Gouki") in Japanese. Unlocking the its dark desires, Akuma searches for the one that give him a true challenge one that also can channel the Dark Hado, Ryu.

In celebration of the 15th anniversary of Capcom's worldwide fighting game that paved the way to other fighting games. This 6 1/2 inch tall figure is highly articulated - 20 pivot points to be exact. In Akuma's case, he is fully poseable and faithfully replicate the look and attitude of the one seen in the game.Just like its evil incarnate character game, he is in every sense a badass figure. He came with an additional set of open hands enabling him to pose like he is about to unleash an unblockable fireball. Another accessory is a replaceable head with an open mouth sneer. One thing to note that even though he has an effects part, it doesn't clip into his right fist. This is cool as long as it works.

Unfortunately is doesn't. I never knew how to put it on. I don't call it part of the accessory but its good to note that you can remove the beaded necklace. Gouki would have the same thing (review to come soon). Making the necklace removable does open the possibility of losing it. At least the beads can be worked out to make Akuma more natural in most poses.