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Udon Entertainment’s Dragon’s Crown Manga, Out this October

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The Fighter, the Sorceress, the Elf, the Wizard, the Amazon, and the Dwarf! These six heroes have come together to quest for riches, for glory, and for the honor of the kingdom of Hydeland! (Though really, it’s mostly for the riches…) Join an epic journey through catacombs, castles, and labyrinths, in the fun and fantastic video game manga – Dragon’s Crown!

Adapted and drawn by artist Yuztan, Dragon’s Crown captures all the hard hitting action, sexiness and silliness of the beat-em-up RPG. Created by George Kamitani and Vanillaware, the game is known for its gorgeous artwork and designs, and the manga certainly lives up to that visual legacy.

Dragon’s Crown Volume 1 arrives in stores everywhere October 2017.  A second and final volume of the series will follow in 2018. The first manga volume will retail for $12.99 and be 196 pages.

Udon Entertainment Announces Street Fighter Reloaded, Just 99 cents an Issue

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Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Street Fighter fighting game franchise, UDON‘s very first comic story returns this November as a value-priced 6-issue mini-series! For only 99 cents an issue, fans who’ve never read these classic tales can see how Ryu, Guile, Ken, and Chun-li first began their journeys to becoming true World Warriors!

Street Fighter Reloaded is a re-release of UDON’s original Street Fighter comic series Street Fighter (2003) #1-6. This is the series that started UDON’s venture into publishing nearly 15 years ago. Written by Ken Siu-Chong, main story artwork is provided by artists Arnold Tsang and Alvin Lee.

The series also features a cavalcade of comics’ top creators providing bonus stories and cover artwork. Street Fighter Reloaded  #1 sports both a 4-page story and cover art by comics legend Joe Madureira, while issue #2 includes a bonus story drawn by the fantastic Adam Warren and cover art by the great J. Scott Campbell. Later issues of the mini-series will include bonus stories from great talents like Kaare Andrews, Kevin Lau, and Hyung-Tae Kim.

Street Fighter Reloaded #1 and #2 arrive in stores November 2017, with the remaining issues #3-6 releasing every two weeks through December and January. Softcover trade paperback volumes collecting this story arc, and its direct continuation will begin releasing in April 2018.

Udon Entertainment is Publishing the English Version of Infini-T Force

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UDON Entertainment has announced that’ll it be localizing the manga series Infini-T Force for an English release.

Celebrating the 55th anniversary of legendary Japanese animation studio Tatsunoko Production, the Infini-T Force manga brings together the anime giant’s four most prominent superhero properties – Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (AKA Battle of the Planets), Space Knight Tekkaman, Casshan, and Hurricane Polimar.  The heroes of these four worlds will face everything from mutant abominations, to criminal gangsters, to mecha-noid alien invaders, in an ongoing action manga series filled with non-stop adventure!

An all-new Infini-T Force anime series also launches in Fall 2017 in Japan.

Bloodborne Official Artworks from Udon Entertainment

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Celebrated for its unsettling atmosphere, eldritch monsters, oppressive difficulty, and detailed lore, Bloodborne has been praised by fans and critics alike as one of the top video games of the current console generation. That’s why UDON Entertainment is excited to announce the upcoming release of the highly anticipated Bloodborne Official Artworks, collecting all of the grim, Gothic-inspired illustrations behind the smash-hit Bloodborne video game in one gorgeous art book!

Gamers know that Bloodborne is inextricably linked with the fan-favorite Dark Souls series, and indeed, fans who have picked up UDON’s best-selling Dark Souls Design Works and Dark Souls II Design Works know exactly what kind of hair-raising, bone-chilling experience awaits within the pages of Bloodborne Official Artworks. Inside you’ll find a complete lineup of creature designs, location illustrations, character concepts, and weapons, as well as an item and trophy glossary – and more!

Don’t think for a moment that Bloodborne’s downloadable content has been forgotten, either; Bloodborne Official Artworks also features plenty of material from the game’s sole DLC campaign, “The Old Hunters!” Truly, there has never been a better time to discover – or rediscover – the hauntingly beautiful city of Yharnam.

Bloodborne Official Artworks will be available for purchase at finer comic book stores, book retailers, and various online retailers in May 2017, while Dark Souls Design Works and Dark Souls II Design Works are available now.

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Udon Entertainment Reveals Street Fighter vs. Darkstalkers #1 Covers

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The time-tested combatants of Street Fighter and Darkstalkers have met many times in the arcades, but nothing can prepare you for their first action-packed, fan service-fueled comic crossover! Villains will unite, friends will become foes, and the worlds of two fighting game franchises will be changed forever! This April, Street Fighter Vs. Darkstalkers #1 arrives, launching the 8-issue comic series with a bevy of unique and fun variant covers.

Street Fighter Vs. Darkstalkers #1 sports two standard covers. Series artist Edwin Huang provides the Wraparound Story cover (CVR A). Rob “Robaato” Porter illustrates the Midnight Bliss cover (CVR B), which features an array of fighters who have succumbed to Demitri’s gender-swapping power – in fact, issue #1-4’s CVR B will connect to form one massive four-part Midnight Bliss image!

Also available for Street Fighter Vs. Darkstalkers #1 is a special Blank Sketch cover (CVR C) and two retailer incentive covers. The Movie Poster incentive cover (CVR D) by Joe Vriens pays tribute to a classic horror movie poster, while popular cover artist Stanley “Artgerm” Lau provides a Guest Artist incentive cover (CVR E) showcasing leading ladies Chun-Li and Morrigan.

UDON has also teamed up with some righteous retailers to produce epic retailer-exclusive variants! Focus Attack, the top-tier arcade parts e-commerce shop, will be selling an exclusive wraparound cover by Jeffrey “Chamba” Cruz, that pays homage to a classic Capcom Secret File cover. It will be available in both full color and black-and-white line art versions at focusattack.com.

Meanwhile, Fried Pie Comics will be selling their own Street Fighter VS. Darkstalkers #1 exclusive cover by Jean-Baptiste Nanteau. This cover connects with Fried Pie’s exclusive cover for Street Fighter VS. Darkstalkers #0 to form a terrifying two-part image! Fried Pie variant covers are available through Books-A-Million and 2nd & Charles stores.

Street Fighter VS. Darkstalkers #1 hits stores everywhere in April 2017, preceded by a special prelude issue, Street Fighter VS. Darkstalkers #0, in February 2017. Every issue of Street Fighter VS. Darkstalkers will also be made available digitally via comiXology.

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Udon Announces All-New Street Fighter vs. Darkstalkers Comic Series

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After a tantalizing tease at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, UDON Entertainment has officially announced Street Fighter VS. Darkstalkers, an all-new comic series that sees Capcom’s legendary World Warriors and fan-favorite Night Warriors facing off in an action-packed, fan service-fueled comic adventure!

The series will kick off in February 2017 with Street Fighter VS. Darkstalkers #0, a special prelude issue brought to you by mainstay UDON crew members Matt Moylan (story) and Hanzo Steinbach (art). The series proper will then launch soon thereafter with Street Fighter VS. Darkstalkers #1, the first of an epic 8-issue series whose main creative team consists of beloved UDON veterans Ken Siu-chong (story) and Edwin Huang (art). And starting with issue #2, the series will also feature 4-page backup stories from a variety of creators!

So get ready – these time-tested warriors may have already met in arcades and on your game consoles, but nothing can prepare you for their impending comic book clash! When the likes of Ken, Chun-Li, Rashid, Sagat, and Akuma face off against Morrigan, Felicia, Jon Talbain, Bishamon, and Donovan, who will be left standing in the end? The answer to that question and more lie in wait within the pages of Street Fighter VS. Darkstalkers!

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UDON Store Black Friday Specials!

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udon-black-fridayUDON fans, are you ready for the sale of the year?! Starting at Midnight EST on Friday, November 25th- 27th the UDON Store is offering some of their best deals ever on goodies that will make any UDON fan’s holiday wish list complete.

Black Friday is the big launch for the UDON’s Warehouse Clearance, and for those of you in the USA, you know exactly what this means and for those of you outside the USA, it’s still HUGE deal for you. The UDON store needs space in the warehouse, which is a win win for all of you.

Quantities are limited, some items as low as just a few copies so it will be a first-come, first-served basis. Without further ado, here is the list of goodies that will be on sale this Friday morning.

ROUND ONE
Softcover: (as low as $2.99)
Darkstalkers
Onimusha
SF III Ryu Final Heaven & Earth
SF Vol.1-6
SF Manga
SF Alpha

Hardcover: ($7.99 Blowout )
Art of Capcom 2
Art of Brutal Legends
Darkstalkers Tribute
Darkstalkers Ultimate Edition
Street Fighter V.2 Ultimate Edition
Vent V.1
World of Warcraft Tribute

ROUND TWO
Hardcover Specials:
Capcom Fighting Tribute Convention Edition $29.99
Makeshift Miracle 2.99
Street Fighter Akumal $19.99
Street Fighter Classic V.1 $24.99
Street Fighter Classic V.2 $24.99
Street Fighter Classic V.3 $24.99
Street Fighter IV Wages of Sin $19.99
Super Street Fighter V.1 $19.99
Super Street Fighter V.2 $19.99
World Warrior Encyclopedia $24.99

Softcover Specials:
Apple V.3 $14.99
Apple V.4 $14.99
Apple Selection Summer $19.99
Darkstalkers Graphic File $19.99
Exalted GN $9.99
Okami $29.99
Omar Dogun’s Girl 7 $19.99
Robot 5 $14.99
Street Fighter IV & Super Street Fighter Official Complete Works $19.99
Street Figher 20 (SF20) $19.99
Valkyrie Chronicles V.2 $19.99

ROUND THREE
Clearance:  Comic Books from .25 to .99
(excludes: Street Fighter Unlimited and Street Fighter Legends series)

SDCC 2016: UDON Collectibles Debuts

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UDON Entertainment has announced the launch of UDON Collectibles, a brand-new division that will focus on developing limited-edition collectibles to delight and excite fans the world over. With UDON Collectibles, the company is set to break into the world of collectible merchandise with the same unbeatable quality and attention to detail that UDON is already known for in the publishing and creative services spaces.

Long Vo, UDON’s senior producer, will be heading UDON Collectibles with Ko. Vo is well-known by fans as one of the original members of UDON and has been the lead artist on many Street Fighter projects, including the fan-favorite Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix game.

UDON Collectibles will make its debut later this month at San Diego Comic-Con with a limited edition set of collector’s pins based on UDON’s beloved licensed property, Street Fighter.

Super Street Fighter II Turbo Character Select Mystery Pin Collection

Available exclusively at San Diego Comic-Con 2016, these limited edition collector’s cloisonné pins are made of high quality hard enamel and are sure to please discerning pin collectors everywhere. The set includes 16 regular pins, limited to 375 each, based on the portraits of everyone’s favorite World Warriors as seen on the character selection screen in the Super Street Fighter II Turbo game. The pins come in blind boxes priced at $20 each, with two random pins per package, and each pin is 1.5×1.5” in size. Make sure to be on the lookout for special alternate color chaser variants of each character (limited to only 150 each; incredibly rare!) as well as the SUPER SPECIAL secret character hidden in the mix (1:17chance)! Collect the whole set and become the ultimate champion!

Super Street Fighter II Turbo Character Select Pin Framed Set

Not to worry, collectors! If carefully sifting through each package isn’t your cup of tea but you still want to own the full 16-character set of the Super Street Fighter II Turbo character select pins, we have another option just for you – but you’ll have to act fast at Comic-Con! Strictly limited to 125 units, this handsome framed set features the complete set of mystery pins mounted on a background resembling the character select screen from Super Street Fighter II Turbo. Even better, this framed set also comes with a 3D sculpted logo pin and an airplane pin – both of which are exclusive to this special set! Each framed set comes with a hand-numbered certificate of authenticity signed by both Erik Ko and Long Vo. Finally, this set also comes with a gold Akuma metal card that will not be available anywhere else! One of these elegant framed sets can be yours for $399.99. Don’t miss your chance to be one of the few hardcore collectors who owns this super rare item!

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Kill La Kill Manga Volume 2 in Stores Now

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Kill la KillTime to strap on your Goku Uniforms, Kill la Kill fans: the next volume in your favorite action-packed manga series is headed your way this month! UDON Entertainment has announced that Kill la Kill Vol. 2 is already on shelves NOW at local comic stores and will be available at various physical and online retailers later this month, on April 20th.

Based on the critically acclaimed anime series, Kill la Kill has quickly become one of UDON’s most wildly successful manga properties, with the first volume already on its third printing! Kill la Kill Vol. 2 sees transfer student Ryuko Matoi – now armed with Senketsu, an exceptionally powerful Kamui uniform – taking the fight directly to Honnouji Academy and its totalitarian leaders! But even with these newfound powers, will Ryuko be a match for the student council president herself, Satsuki Kiryuin? The answers to those questions and more await within the pages of Kill la Kill Vol. 2!

Kill la Kill Vol. 2 is available now at local comic retailers, with a wide release for other physical and online retailers scheduled for April 20th. Kill la Kill is also available digitally via comiXology, with Vol. 1 out now and Vol. 2 releasing, once again, on April 20th.

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Official Artworks in Stores Now

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SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI IV OFFICIAL ARTWORKSWhen samurai clash with demons and feudalism meets the futuristic in a post-apocalyptic world, the result is an incredibly compelling game with equally compelling artwork. To that end, UDON Entertainment has announced the release of Shin Megami Tensei IV: Official Artworks, an elegant volume collecting all of the darkly unique imagery behind the critically-acclaimed RPG for the Nintendo 3DS!

Featuring character designs and profiles, background art, rough concepts, a painstakingly detailed glossary of terms, behind-the-scenes breakdowns of in-game cutscenes, and creator interviews, this book also reverently highlights the iconic demon and monster designs for which the series is so beloved. Indeed, Shin Megami Tensei IV: Official Artworks is a can’t-miss item for fans of the series as well as those who like their fantasy artwork heavily inspired by mythology, mysticism, and the occult!

Headlined by lead artist Masayuki Doi, the book also includes guest character designs by famed artists of tokusatsu television series, video games and film including Yasushi Nirasawa (Kamen Rider), Keita Amemiya(Onimusha), Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police) and more.

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Official Artworks is available now at finer book retailers everywhere and is also in stock at various online retailers.

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