RyuKen's Bizarre Adventure: How JoJo influenced Street Fighter

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There are four character in the SF series who are inspired by various characters from the long-running manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure:

1.Lead designer of Street Fighter II, Akira Nishitani, stated in a interview with Polygon that the concept of Dhalsim's ability to stretch his limbs comes from the Ripple Zoom Punch technique.

Artwork of Dhalsim doing his thing:



Dhalsim strechy arms in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVpQ7fiKOpE

Here is the original manga panel from JoJo's (read it from left from right) :



Anime version of the zoom punch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abLLwSXLDLs

AND here is the interview from Polygon: http://www.polygon.com/a/street-fighter-.../chapter-2