Anna Williams (Tekken)
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| Anna Williams | |
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 Anna Williams in Tekken: Blood Vengeance |
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| Series | Tekken |
| First game | Tekken (1994) |
| Voiced by (English) | Claire Hamilton (The Motion Picture) Lenne Hardt (5-6) Debra Jean Rogers (Death by Degrees) Tara Platt (Blood Vengeance) |
| Voiced by (Japanese) | Kaori Yamagata (The Motion Picture) Akeno Watanabe (Blood Vengeance) |
| Portrayed by | Marian Zapico (film) |
| Fictional profile | |
| Birthplace | Ireland |
| Fighting style | Koppo and aikido |
| Weapon | Bazooka |
Anna Williams (アンナ・ウィリアムズ Anna Wiriamuzu) is a fictional character in the Tekken fighting game series, first appearing in Tekken in 1994. She is the younger sister of Nina Williams and the aunt of Steve Fox.
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[edit] In video games
Anna plays only a very minor role in the first game. In Tekken 2, as in the first tournament, Nina was once again hired to assassinate the sponsor of the current tournament, Kazuya Mishima. Whether at Kazuya's discretion or Anna's own volition, Anna became a bodyguard for Kazuya, along with Ganryu and Bruce Irvin, who were all charged with Kazuya's protection. Nina was later captured by Mishima Zaibatsu forces and used in Doctor Boskonovitch's cryonics research. Learning about this, Anna volunteered to be another test subject, requesting that she be woken in the future at the same time as Nina. In Tekken 3, after being placed in suspended animation during the second tournament, Nina was awoken 19 years later by the influence of the recently excavated Ogre, who compelled her to assassinate Jin Kazama. As per her request, Anna was awoken at the same time as her sister, though she was unaffected by Ogre's influence. Nina also began to suffer ill effects from the 'cold-sleep', resulting in long term memory loss. In an act of compassion, Anna set out to stop Nina from once again becoming an assassin, and to help her recover her memory loss.
Anna is absent in Tekken 4, though she is mentioned in Nina's Tekken 4 prologue. In Tekken 5, Nina decides to make contact with Anna in hopes of restoring her memory, but their meeting triggers Nina's lost feelings of hostility towards her sister, and she immediately opens fire. Anna retaliates, and the reunion descends into a gunfight which lasts for days. The sisters eventually reach a stalemate and agree to settle things for good at The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. A portion of their gunfight can be seen in the introductory sequence of the game. In Tekken 6, after being defeated by her sister Nina, Anna seeks revenge. However, Nina has already gone into hiding. Anna hears rumors she has become Jin's new bodyguard, thus being involved with the Mishima Zaibatsu, so Anna decides to join forces with G Corporation.
Anna appears in Nina's own spin-off action game Death by Degrees as a member of the Tekken Force. Like in the Tekken games, Anna fights using her fists and her feet, appearing in several encounters. After Nina wins the game's final boss fight against her, Anna almost falls into the water below. Nina grabs her hand, and then she reminisces about when her father Richard Williams was killed with gunfire and Anna comforted her afterwards. Another explosion almost sends them both into the water, but Anna jumps rescues Nina in turn. She then smiles and says, "Now we're even, sis." Once the game is completed, Anna becomes a player character in her own mini-game ("Anna Mode").
Anna also appears in Tekken Card Challenge, Tekken Tag Tournament and Tekken Tag Tournament 2. However, Anna has been confirmed not to appear in Street Fighter X Tekken, with Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono reasoning "As much as I personally wanted to have a cool Nina and Anna tag battle, the director was against putting Anna because we already had Nina in. Sorry to all of the Anna fans out there!".[1]
[edit] Design
Anna is sexy, sultry and curvy,[2] wearing stylish outfits in matches. Usually, she's shown wearing a modified silk qipao/cheongsam with matching gloves and shoes, often high heels, and she keeps her hair well-coiffed and cut to the neckline. She is often among the few characters who are given a third outfit option, as opposed to the standard two. Her third outfit is usually a catsuit with white fur trimmings running over the shoulders and black-striped white pants.
In Death by Degrees, Anna is wearing a more Nina-style outfit. Her look got also revamped for Tekken Tag Tournament 2.[3]
[edit] Gameplay
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Anna was featured as Nina's sub-boss in the original Tekken game (also appearing in Anna's ending) and did not become a usable character until the console version of the game. She is Nina's sub-boss in the other Tekken games as well, except for Tekken 4. In Tekken 5 she is also a sub-boss for Craig Marduk.
Anna uses bone breaking martial arts (koppou) and aikido[4] and she shares some similar moves with Nina, but has developed a more unique moveset overtime. Anna's grappling moves have changed over the series, reflecting less of her bone breaking martial arts. Anna only appears as a playable character in the console release of Tekken 3; in the arcade version, she was just an alternate costume for Nina, and therefore had the same moves as her.
[edit] In other media
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Anna appears in the anime Tekken: The Motion Picture as one of the primary antagonists. Her rivalry with Nina is also one of the film's subplots, with a few differences, such as the two vying for the attention of Lee Chaolan (their unfaithful contractor) and Anna being responsible for the death of their father. During her fight with Nina, Anna is attacked by Alex. Her fate is left ambiguous. It is unlikely she was killed since she appears is later games and movies although the film has been revealed to be non-canon.
In the live-action film Tekken, portrayed by Marian Zapico as a Yakuza assassin working alongside Nina.
Anna also appears in the CGI-animated film Tekken: Blood Vengeance, in which she works under Kazuya Mishima and forces Ling Xiaoyu to find Shin Kamiya.
Her manga and comic book appearances include Tekken: Tatakai no Kanatani, Tekken Saga, Tekken Forever and Tekken 2.[5]
[edit] In merchandise
In 2000, Epoch Co. released a 1/6 scale Anna Williams action figure, based her appearance from Tekken 3.[6] A small PVC figure was also released by Yujin in the SR Namco Girls Part 5 series in 2004.[7]
[edit] Reception
In 2008, GameDaily listed Anna as one of its top 50 "hottest game babes".[8] In 2011, both UGO.com and Complex also featured her in their own respective lists of the 50 "hottest" female characters in video games.[4][9] In 2011, Joystiq wrote they "can't help but be saddened by the news" that Capcom producer Yoshinori Ono wanted Anna to be included in the character roster of Street Fighter X Tekken, but "the director was against putting Anna because we already had Nina in."[10] Kenneth Richardson from Dual Shockers, however, doesn't mind Anna's exclusion, stating "In a game where you want to get as many different play styles as possible in, with characters from both sides, Nina and Anna are simply too similar in some ways".[11] Anna was also included on a 2010 list of top 10 "bitches in games" by Play, as "She’ll make you think you’re in with a chance, then stamp on your face with her stiletto heels".[12] GameFront ranked Anna's breasts as the 24th best in gaming history.[13]
[edit] References
- ^ Spencer (2011-07-27). "These Two Characters Are Not In Street Fighter X Tekken, Paul Might Make The Cut". Siliconera. http://www.siliconera.com/2011/07/27/these-two-characters-are-not-in-street-fighter-x-tekken-paul-might-make-the-cut/. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
- ^ "The warriors of Tekken 6". GamesRadar. 2009-02-12. http://www.gamesradar.com/the-warriors-of-tekken-6/. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
- ^ Does This Tekken Lady Look Better?, Kotaku, April 22, 2011
- ^ a b UGO Team (2011-10-27). "Anna Williams- Hottest Girls in Games". UGO.com. http://www.ugo.com/games/video-game-hotties-anna-tekken. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
- ^ Anna Williams (comic book character)
- ^ Databases › Figures › Tekken 3 - Anna Williams - 1/6 (Epoch) - MyFigureCollection.net
- ^ Databases › Figures › Tekken - Anna Williams - SR Namco Girls Part 5 (Yujin) - MyFigureCollection.net
- ^ Top 50 Hottest Game Babes on Trial. GameDaily. Retrieved on 2008-12-30
- ^ The 50 Hottest Women In Video Games | Complex
- ^ Dan and Anna knocked out of Street Fighter X Tekken's final roster, Joystiq, July 30th 2011
- ^ Kenneth Richardson (2011-07-28). "Two Characters De-Confirmed for Street Fighter X Tekken". DualShockers. http://www.dualshockers.com/2011/07/28/two-characters-de-confirmed-for-street-fighter-x-tekken/. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
- ^ "Top 10 bitches in games | PLAY Magazine". Play-mag.co.uk. http://www.play-mag.co.uk/features/top-10-bitches-in-games/. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
- ^ "The Greatest Boobs In Video Game History (Gallery)". GameFront. http://www.gamefront.com/the-greatest-boobs-in-video-game-history-gallery/. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
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