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Udon Entertainment

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UDON Entertainment Corporation
UDON logo
Founded2000
Founders
  • Erik Ko (UDON Chief, Founder)
  • Matt Moylan (Director of Publishing)
  • Long Vo (Senior Producer, Creative Services)
Country of originCanada
Headquarters locationRichmond Hill, Ontario
DistributionDiamond Book Distributors[1]
Publication typesBooks
Nonfiction topicsart books
Fiction genresgraphic novels, and manga
Official websiteOfficial website

UDON Entertainment Corporation is a studio (or "art collective") of Asian-influenced comic book creators that provides creative services to the entertainment industry.[citation needed] The company is a publisher of comic books, graphic novels and art books. Erik Ko is its Chief of Operations. UDON is named after a kind of Japanese noodle.

Overview[]

It was affiliated with Studio XD; in March 2004, UDON announced a partnership to release comics under Devil's Due Publishing.[citation needed] UDON's first offering was the Street Fighter comic book series, launching in September 2003. They would add a Darkstalkers comic series to their line in November 2004. In October 2005, UDON reorganized its operations and became a full-fledged publisher.[citation needed] Erik Ko revealed that the lengthy break in the Summer of 2005 was to recover from a licensing deal with Capcom, which saw UDON doing artwork for Capcom Fighting Evolution.[citation needed] Although UDON appreciated the opportunity to work on the game, and to strengthen their ties with the video game maker, it taxed their resources, and left them behind schedule on their comics.[citation needed] In October 2005, UDON released Street Fighter II #0, the sequel to their Street Fighter comic; it was followed in early 2006 with the long-awaited launch of Rival Schools. Erik Ko discusses this in an interview with Newsarama that can be read here.[2]

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The UDON panel at the 2012 New York Comic Con. From left to right are UDON Director of Marketing Chris Butcher (emceeing at the podium), Managing Editor Matt Moylan, Project Manager Jim Zubkavich and artist Omar Dogan.

In December 2007 at the New York Anime Festival, UDON announced that it would be publishing three new Street Fighter comic book series in 2008. These include Street Fighter II Turbo (12-issue series), Street Fighter Legends: Chun-Li (4-issue mini), and Street Fighter III (6-issue series).[3]

In November 2008, UDON announced it would publish a 4-issue mini-series of the upcoming Street Fighter IV game. “With the most anticipated Street Fighter game in years arriving 2009, we will be launching the ‘‘Street Fighter IV‘‘ comic series as a big crossover event with the game. That would mean the originally planned Street Fighter III series will have to make way and be released after this ‘‘Street Fighter IV‘‘ story arc is done.” says UDON’s Chief of Ops Erik Ko. “We are working very closely with Capcom and the SFIV producer in Japan to make this comic series as exciting as possible. The stories from our comic are linked directly to the game, and it is a genuine extension that fans will definitely love. Also expect plenty of cross promotion and marketing between our comics and the game.”[4]

In January 2009, UDON announced it had acquired the rights to produce Final Fight comic books.[5] In November 2009, UDON announced it will continue the Darkstalkers comic series with a new 3-issue mini-series called Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors.[6] In December 2009, UDON announced it will make a Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki 4-issue mini-series.[7]

From 2012 to 2014, UDON partnered with Bandai Namco to produce several webcomics and webseries based on their various video game IP as part of their ShiftyLook initiative.

Publishing[]

Comic books[]

Capcom Comic Book Universe[]

Street Fighter series
  • Street Fighter #0-14 (2003–2005, originally through Image Comics, then Devil's Due Publishing)
  • Street Fighter: Deep Scars (2003)
  • Street Fighter II #0-6 (2005–2006)
  • Street Fighter Legends: Sakura #1-4 (2006)
  • Street Fighter Remix #0 (2008)
  • Street Fighter II Turbo #1-12 (2008–2010)
  • Street Fighter Legends: Chun Li #1-4 (2009)
  • Street Fighter IV: Limited Edition Comic (2009)
  • Street Fighter IV (2009)
  • Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki #1-4 (2010)
  • Super Street Fighter (2013, 2015)
  • Street Fighter Origins: Akuma (2013)
  • Street Fighter: Free Comic Book Day 2014 Special (2014)
  • Street Fighter V: The Life and Death(s) of Charlie Nash (2015)
  • Street Fighter Unlimited (2015-2016)
  • Street Fighter Legends: Cammy (2016)
  • Street Fighter V: Free Comic Book Day 2016 Special (2016)
  • Ultra Street Fighter II: Free Comic Book Day 2018 Special (2018)
  • Street Fighter Origins: Sagat (2018)
Darkstalkers series
  • Darkstalkers #1-6 (2004–2005, originally through Devil's Due Publishing)
  • Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors #1-3 (2010)
Other
  • Capcom Summer Special 2004 (2004)
  • Rival Schools #1-4 (2006, issues #3-4 published online only)
  • Street Fighter vs. Darkstalkers (2017-2018)

Other comic books[]

  • Exalted #0-4 (2005–2006, based on the roleplaying game by White Wolf)
  • Cannon Busters #0-2 (2005–2006, creator-owned series by LeSean Thomas)

Imported titles[]

Art books[]

Anime & character art[]

  • Daisuke Moriyama Art Works: Chronicle
  • Duel Art: Kazuki Takahashi Yu-Gi-Oh Illustrations
  • Evangelion Chronicle: Illustrations
  • Gurren Lagann Art Works
  • Haruhi Suzumiya Illustrations: Spring & Summer
  • Haruhi-ism: Noizi Ito Artworks
  • Hatsune Miku Graphics: Character Collection CV01 – Hatsune Miku Edition
  • Hatsune Miku Graphics: Character Collection CV02 – Kagamine Rin & Len Edition
  • Hatsune Miku Graphics: Character Collection CV03 – Megurine Luka Edition
  • Hatsune Miku Graphics: Vocaloid Comic & Art Vol. 1
  • Hatsune Miku Graphics: Vocaloid Comic & Art Vol. 2
  • Mikucolor: KEI’s Hatsune Miku Illustration Works
  • Ni0 Art Works: Nishi’s Alluring Figures
  • Osamu Tezuka: Anime & Manga Character Sketchbook
  • Osamu Tezuka: Anime Character Illustrations
  • Sonicomi Artbook: Super Sonico Picture Album
  • Read or Die: R.O.D Official Archive
  • Summer Wars: Material Book
  • The Essential Evangelion Chronicle: Side A
  • The Essential Evangelion Chronicle: Side B

Video games[]

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  • Asura's Wrath Official Complete Works
  • Atelier: Artworks of Arland
  • Atelier Series: Official Chroniclea
  • Bloodborne: Official Artworks
  • Border Break Artworks
  • Breath of Fire: Official Complete Works
  • Capcom Fighting Tribute
  • Dark Souls: Design Works
  • Dark Souls II: Design Works
  • Darkstalkers: Graphic File
  • Darkstalkers: Official Complete Works
  • Darkstalkers Tribute
  • Devil May Cry: 3142 Graphic Arts
  • Devil Survivor: Official Material Collection
  • DISGAEArt!!! Disgaea Official Illustration Collection
  • DmC Devil May Cry: Visual Art
  • Dragon's Dogma: Official Design Works
  • Fate/Complete Material Vol. 1: Art Material
  • Growlanser Art Works
  • Hyperdimension Neptunia +mk2 Artworks
  • Mega Man Battle Network: Official Complete Works
  • Mega Man Star Force: Official Complete Works
  • Mega Man: Official Complete Worksa
  • Mega Man Tribute
  • Mega Man: Robot Master Field Guide
  • Mega Man X: Official Complete Worksa
  • Mega Man Zero: Official Complete Works
  • MM25: Mega Man & Mega Man X: Official Complete Works
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  • Monster Hunter Illustrations 2
  • Okami: Official Complete Works
  • Persona 3: Official Design Works
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  • Record of Agarest War 2: Heroines Visual Book
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  • Senran Kagura: Official Design Works
  • SF20: The Art of Street Fightera
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  • Shin Megami Tensei IV: Official Artworks
  • Shigenori Soejima Artworksa
  • Shining Blade & Ark: Collection of Visual Materials
  • Shining Force Feather: Design Works
  • Shining Hearts: Collection of Visual Materials
  • SoulCalibur: New Legends of Project Soul
  • Street Fighter IV & Super Street Fighter IV: Official Complete Works
  • Street Fighter Tribute
  • Street Fighter: World Warrior Encyclopedia
  • Street Fighter X Tekken: Artworks
  • Substrata: Open World Dark Fantasy
  • Takehito Harada Art Works 1
  • The Art of 5th Cell
  • The Art of Brütal Legend
  • The Art of Darksidersa
  • The Art of Darksiders IIa
  • The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
  • The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies
  • The Art of Resident Evil 5
  • The Eyes of Bayonetta
  • The History of Sonic the Hedgehog
  • The Legend of Heroes: The Characters
  • The Legend of Heroes: The Illustrations
  • The World of Professor Layton
  • Tony's Artworks from Shining World
  • UDON’s Art of Capcoma
  • UDON’s Art of Capcom 2a
  • UDON’s Art of Capcom: Complete Edition
  • Valkyria Chronicles: Design Archive
  • Valkyria Chronicles 2: World Artworks
  • Valkyria Chronicles 3: Complete Artworks
  • World of Warcraft Tribute
  • Ys: The Art Book
Notes

^a Out of print.

Work for other companies[]

Video games[]

Comics[]

  • Agent X (Marvel Comics)
  • Marvel Mangaverse: Avengers Assemble (Marvel Comics)
  • Cable & Deadpool (Marvel Comics)
  • Deadpool (Marvel Comics)
  • Sentinel (Marvel Comics)
  • Taskmaster (Marvel Comics)
  • X-Men: Evolution (Marvel Comics)
  • Last Shot (Marvel Comics)
  • Vampi (Harris Comics)
  • XIN (Harris Comics)
  • Robotech (Wildstorm)
  • Covers for the StarCraft and Warcraft manga (Tokyopop)

Misc[]

References[]

  1. ↑ Our Publishers
  2. ↑ "Erik Ko & Ken Siu-Chong On The Return Of Street Fighter". Newsarama. Retrieved 2010-09-12. {{cite web}}:
  3. ↑ ""New Street Fighter Comics!" press release, Dec 11, 2007". Udonentertainment.com. 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2010-09-12. {{cite web}}:
  4. ↑ "UDON does Street Fighter IV comics". {{cite web}}:
  5. ↑ "UDON announces Final Fight comics". {{cite web}}:
  6. ↑ "Darkstalkers comics are back!". {{cite web}}:
  7. ↑ "Ibuki joins the fight!". UDON Entertainment. December 8, 2009. {{cite web}}:

External links[]

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