Mai Shiranui
The character has received mostly negative reception in regards to her film appearances. GamesRadar's Henry Gilbert commented in 2014 that "Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture" director Masami Ōbari "never miss[ed] a chance to fill the screen with her heaving chest" while devoting more attention to her shower segment than to the film's fight scenes. In "The Complete Anime Guide", Trish Ledoux noted that "the animation of modern-day ninja girl Mai Shiranui gave an all-new meaning to *bouncy* anime girls". John Funk of "The Escapist" wrote that Mai's costume in the live-action "The King of Fighters" was "not nearly as cleavage-tacular as it needs to be" and recommended "getting some members from Tecmo's Team Ninja as consultants". Jeff Gerstmann of "Giant Bomb" remarked in 2009: "Maggie Q … as Mai Shiranui? Let me be the last to say 'that seems like an awful choice'. That seems like an "awful" choice". Tein Hee Seow of "Stuff.com" described the "oddball" casting as "quite a departure from how the amply endowed character is portrayed in the game". However, Peter Rubin of "Complex" placed Mai second in his 2011 ranking of the "hottest women in video game movies": "We're sold. Beautiful, badass, and more proof that 'SNK Games' stands for 'Sexy with No Klothes'".