In the ending, Bruce Banner theorizes that gamma radiation caused Blanka's mutations, as they did his. Street Fighter, Blanka appears in the ending of another green-skinned powerhouse, The Incredible Hulk. Aside from his green skin, Blanka also has vivid orange hair. Early Street Fighter II artwork of Blanka showed him having pure green skin, despite the in-game renders showing him with yellowish skin color. In Street Fighter II Blanka's skin is yellowish-green, but later versions of the character are bright green. However, when Street Fighter was brought to the US, Blanka's coloring was attributed to his being struck by lightning during the electrical storm in which his plane crashed. The staff then adopted Blanka's feral appearance, because they felt the game would be "dull" with only human characters.īlanka's most prominent physical characteristic is his green color, initially attributed to his consumption of chlorophyll from plants to blend into his jungle environment, a color change that eventually became permanent. His design later changed to a large man with thick hair and sideburns, named "Hammer Blanka". His prototypical name was "Big Dean Caves". Yet, when angered, Blanka attacks like a wild animal let loose from a cage, ferociously attacking his opponents with predatorial rage.ĭesigned by Akira "Akiman" Yasuda, the concept behind Blanka emerged in an early design as an African man named Anabebe who was raised by a lion.Īfter the release of Final Fight, Capcom again approached Street Fighter II and considered several designs for the Blanka character (including a masked wrestler modeled after Tiger Mask and a ninja-style warrior). 6.1 Street Fighter II: The Animated Movieīlanka is generally passive and docile, and is fond of family connections and friendships as well as children, as seen in the animated Street Fighter series.
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