UDON Entertainment has announced a brand new publishing collaboration with the legendary Japanese illustrator Hidetaka Tenjin. It’ll take place at San Diego Comic-Con, which takes place this year July 20-24th. The world-renowned illustrator will attend Comic-Con in person this year, as an honored guest of the show with the support of CCI and UDON.
Hidetaka Tenjin (known to fans as simply Tenjin) is known throughout animation and collector circles for his beloved concept and box art. His iconic work has helped to define the look of Macross Zero and Macross Frontier, and he has created dazzling and intricate mecha-focused pieces for properties from Gundam to Star Wars, Hellsing to Star Blazers 2205, and many, many more.
The full nature of this publishing collaboration will be unveiled closer to Comic-Con, but fans of Hidetaka Tenjin’s work, and all mecha fans in anime and manga fandom, will absolutely not want to miss this!
Steins;Gate: The Complete Manga (Exclusive to Barnes & Noble)
Return to the worlds of Steins;Gatewith new manga from UDONEntertainment! UDON has announced Steins;Gate: The Complete Manga Hardcoverand new alternate-world sequel storySteins;Gate 0manga coming this fall! What do you get when you cross a microwave with a cell phone? Well if you’re in the smash-hit Steins;Gate universe, you get a time machine that can change the world!
UDON Entertainment has announced that it will collect the sold-out 3-volume Steins;Gate manga series by Yomi Sarachi, Saitoh Sakae, and Nitroplus into a brand new omnibus edition, Steins;Gate: The Complete Manga! This omnibus collection will be released in an exclusive hardcover edition for retailer Barnes & Noble on October 21st, 2021, with a standard softcover edition releasing in Spring 2022. Weighing in at over 500 pages, this omnibus covers the thought-provoking, gripping, beloved time-travel story as seen in the Steins;Gate game and anime into one impressive edition.
In addition, UDON Entertainment’s release of the exciting sequel series Steins;Gate 0 will begin this fall! Return to the world of Steins;Gate in this new series that explores one of the many possible alternate futures from the original… but, that radically alters everything you thought you knew! Big changes and new events mark this harrowing new story from creators Taka Himeno, MAGES./Chiyo St. Inc., and Nitroplus! Fans will absolutely not want to miss Steins;Gate 0.
Steins;Gate 0 Volume 1 and Volume 2 will also be released in exclusive Barnes & Noble editions featuring new cover art and fold-out character posters!
An inventor creates a time machine to change the world, but his invention may cause the end of everything he knows and loves…
Don’t miss this amazing sci-fi story, beloved across multiple manga, anime, and games, and return to the world of Steins;Gate with UDON!
The Persona 5: Mementos Mission manga series is ready to steal your heart! Following the success of the highly popular Persona 3 and Persona 4 manga series, UDON Entertainment has announced the release of Persona 5: Mementos Mission Volume1. A side adventure to the ATLUS video game, this all-new, 3-volume manga mystery series features the cast of Persona 5 and is written and illustrated by Rokuro Saito. The attempted poisoning of an influential CEO, suspicious happenings at a local doctor’s clinic, sketchy job requests at a back-street military shop: follow high schooler and phantom thieves leader Ren Amamiya, AKA Joker, as he tackles a series of mysterious incidents together with his trustworthy friends and the famous high school detective, Goro Akechi!
UDON is excited to partner with Barnes & Noble to release an exclusive edition of Persona 5: Mementos Mission Volume 1! Featuring brand new cover art made specially for this edition by Rokuro Saito and an exclusive fold-out mini poster, the Barnes & Noble exclusive edition will ONLY be available in store and online at barnesandnoble.com. Fans of ATLUS’ iconic Persona 5 series will not want to miss out on this special edition!
The Persona 5: Mementos Mission Volume 1 standard cover and Barnes & Noble Exclusive editions will be released on December 7,2021 and are available for pre-order now.
Get ready Steins;Gate fans! UDON Entertainment has announced the return of the heroes of Steins;Gate for a new time-altering story! Set in an alternate world where the Future Gadget Lab members failed in their original mission, can one final chance lead to a happy ending? Picture it: November 2020, the Beta World Line… In this world, Rintaro Okabe has given up. After suffering through indescribable grief and untold heartbreak, he gives up on saving the girl he loves. But one day, he meets her again, just not as he knew her. From this chance encounter, the gears of fate would begin to turn once more.
Based on the Steins;Gate 0 visual novel and featuring art by Taka Himeno, the Steins;Gate0 series will be released in three volumes, each collecting two of the original Japanese books in an oversized manga format. Andrew “Steiner” Hodgson, the original Steins;Gate visual novel translator, will provide the translation for the new manga volumes. UDON will also release a new, revised edition of the classic Steins;Gate manga alongside this new series!
Steins;Gate 0 Volume 1 will be released on September 7, 2021 and is available for pre-order now!
Charge up your Mega Buster and look to the sky! UDON Entertainment has announced the upcoming release of the Mega Man X: Maverick Hunter’s Field Guide. The fan-favorite Mega Man X games took the classic platforming franchise in a dynamic new direction. In this future world filled with conflict and strife, sentient artificial beings known as Reploids have grown in population. When rogue Reploids called Mavericks threaten humanity, the daring Maverick Hunters rise up to meet them. Written by David Oxford and Nadia Oxford, The Mega Man X: Maverick Hunter’s Field Guide is your ultimate handbook to the Reploids of the 22nd century!
Inside you’ll find detailed profiles of every dangerous Maverick, plus other important characters like X, Zero, Axl, Sigma, Vile, and many more. The book also includes a detailed appendix section covering X’s armors, vehicles, and the various forms of Sigma. Featuring a mix of classic Capcom art, and new art illustrated by Jeffrey “Chamba” Cruz, Mega Man X fans will not want to miss out on this essential guide!
Mega Man X: Maverick Hunter’s Field Guide will be released on August 17, 2021 and is available for pre-order now!
UDON is partnering with Humble Bundle for a great cause: from now through November 18, 2020, Capcom fans can NAME THEIR OWN PRICE and gain access to some of the best Capcom Comics UDON has to offer! In addition to the complete Street Fighter and Darkstalkers graphic novel collections, they’ve included three Capcom Tribute art books as part of this exclusive promotion. All files are DRM-Free and fans can pay as little or as much as they want to access these collections at Humble Bundle!
Proceeds from each purchase will benefit The Hero Initiative, which creates a financial safety net for comic creators who may need emergency medical aid, financial support for essentials of life, and an avenue back into paying work. Check out the complete list of Capcom titles that are available for this limited time:
The iconic Mega Man video game franchise continues to celebrate its 30th anniversary throughout 2018 with the recently released Mega Man X: Legacy Collection, a new animated series – Mega Man: Fully Charged – premiering in August, and all-new game – Mega Man 11 – hitting consoles in October. UDON is likewise giving the blue bomber some special birthday treatment with prestigious new hardcover editions of two previously sold-out Mega Man art books.
Mega Man: Official Complete Works Hardcover Edition is the ultimate collection of classic Mega Man game covers, character art, enemy & boss designs, rough concepts, tribute pieces, and much more. The book covers all 10 games in the classic Mega Man series, plus spin-offs, remakes, re-releases, and crossovers, all supported by a heaping amount of exclusive creator commentary. Likewise, the Mega Man X: Official Complete WorksHardcover Edition gives the same treatment to Mega Man’s even more futuristic successor, and covers all 8 core games and spinoffs from the Mega Man X series.
Mega Man: Official Complete Works arrives in stores everywhere October 2018, while Mega Man X: Official Complete Works HC hits shelves November 2018. Both books retail for $39.99.
A Japanese style pub called “Nobu” exists in a back alley of the fictional medieval European city of Eiteriach. When the citizens of this strange world sit down to enjoy some unfamiliar Japanese cuisine, their troubles simply melt away… With over 900,000 copies already in print in Japan, the Otherworldly Izakaya Nobumanga series hits North American shelves in September 2018 through UDON Entertainment.
The series is written by Natsuya Semikawa and illustrated by Virginia Nitouhei. Each volume of this delightful manga is packed with tidbits about both Japanese and German cuisine, for which publisher UDON Entertainment have included a hearty helping of footnotes for fervent foodies.
The manga arrives hot on the heels of the anime adaptation, Isekai Izakaya: Koto Aitheria no Izakaya Nobu, which will be simulcast worldwide via Bandai Channel, Amazon Video, and Hulu in April 2018. The anime series is produced by Sunrise, and directed by Katsumi Ono.
Otherworldly Izakaya Nobu Vol.1 arrives in stores everywhere September 2018. Subsequent volumes of the series will be published every two months. The 164 page first volume will retail for $12.99.
UDON is bringing the original Blue Bomber back to comic shop shelves with Mega Man Mastermix – a quarterly, 80-page comic series presenting Hitoshi Ariga’s classic Mega Man stories in color for the first time. Featuring colors by Josh Perez, the series launches in January 2018, and joins the celebration of the video game icon’s 30th anniversary!
The Birth of Mega Man! In a world where humans and robots live and work together, six powerful robots have suddenly turned against their programming and set their sights on causing chaos and destruction! Only one heroic robot stands in their path – Mega Man, the greatest creation of Dr. Light!
Mega Man Mastermix #1 sports two standard covers — CVR A by Hitoshi Ariga and Cover B by Jeffrey “Chamba” Cruz ( promotional artist for Capcom’s Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 and 2). Also available is a Blank Sketch cover (Cover C), and a Retailer Incentive cover (Cover D) by Rob “Robaato” Porter which homages a classic comic cover from the 1980’s.
Two exclusive covers will also be produced for the issue. The first is for Fried Pie Comics, and features Mega Man battling the enormous Yellow Devil robot (illustrated by Jeffrey “Chamba” Cruz). The second is UDON’s own online exclusive cover, showcasing four classic Mega girls – Kalinka, Plum, Splash Woman, and of course, Roll! Illustrated by Aki Li, this cover is available exclusively through FocusAttack.com.
Mega Man Mastermix #1 arrives in comic shops everywhere January 24, 2018.
Robotech is a sweeping science-fiction anime epic in which humans use a vast arsenal of transforming robotic mecha to defend the Earth against alien domination. The franchise has captivated fans for over 30 years, and is widely credited with popularizing anime around the world. Now, UDON Entertainment has teamed up with Harmony Gold to produce Robotech Visual Archive: The Macross Saga – the ultimate collection of artwork assembled from Robotech’s first and most iconic era.
This 248-page hardcover tome gathers classic mecha designs, dynamic character artwork, early roughs, key art, storyboards, character profiles, and more. Mecha designs are accompanied by detailed tech specs and armament info, as well as text write ups. Additional material in the book includes a complete episode guide, an interview with Macross chief director Noboru Ishiguro, and a unique essay by Robotech producer Carl Macek on the development of the Robotech property and its place in anime history.
This book will be the first in a series of Robotech art books, with future volumes covering The Masters and The New Generation eras, as well as new material created to expand the Robotech universe for international audiences. Robotech Visual Archive: The Macross Saga arrives in stores everywhere December 2017 and will retail for $44.99.
