The following titles will appear in the Diamond Comics Distributors’ March Previews Catalogue, for items shipping to comic stores in May 2013 and to book stores and online sellers in June 2013. ALL IMAGES PENDING LICENSOR APPROVALS.

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Devil Survivor: Official Material Collection Sample Page – PENDING LICENSOR APPROVAL

Devil Survivor: Official Material Collection

In seven days, Tokyo will fall. Demons have invaded the city, and unless a group of teenagers does something about it, fear and chaos will reign. Devil Survivor: Official Material Collection is the ultimate companion to the hit role playing game, and includes character designs, promotional artwork, storyboards, a detailed demon guide, and creator interviews.

• Like the Persona series, Devil Survivor is part of the Megami Tensai RPG franchise from Atlus.
• Devil Survivor was originally released for the Nintendo DS. An updated version, Devil Survivor Overclocked, was released for the Nintendo 3DS on 2011.

ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-73-0
Price US: $39.99
Size: 8.25″ wide X 11.75″ long
Format: Softcover
Page Count: 176, Color
Release Date: May/June 2013

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Disgaea 3: School of Devils Volume 1 Sample Page – PENDING LICENSOR APPROVAL

Disgaea 3: School of Devils Volume 1
By SASAKI Shin

In the Netherworld school known as the Evil Academy, students learn to be proper demons! Truancy, poor hygiene, and unfinished homework are what’s needed to make the honor role at this evil alma mater. But there is one diminutive demon not content with being the most sinful kid in school… The mischievous Mao has his sights set on superseding his own father, and becoming the new overlord of the Netherworld!

• The Disgaea property has been spun off into a 12-episode animated series, and several manga series.
• The 5th game of the core Disgaea series, Disgaea: Dimension 2, will be released for the Playstation 3 in Japan in March 2013.

ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-72-3
Price US: $13.95
Size: 5.75″ wide X 8.25″ long
Format: Softcover
Page Count: 160, Black and White
Series Volumes: 2
Release Date: May/June 2013

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Haruhi-ism: Noizi Ito Artworks Sample Page

Haruhi-ism: Noizi Ito Artworks
By ITO Noizi

Haruhi Suzumiya is an energetic Japanese girl who craves excitement and adventure! The members of the SOS Brigade try their best to keep Haruhi happy, because if they don’t — she could accidentally destroy the universe! Seriously!

Haruhi-ism collects the spectacular artwork of Noizi Ito, the artist behind the original Haruhi Suzumiya novel series. Included are book and DVD covers, magazine pin-ups, rare promo images, and more!

ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-69-3
Price US: $39.99
Size: 8.25″ wide X 11.75″ long
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 120, Color
Release Date: May/June 2013

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Hatsune Miku Graphics: Character Collection CV01 – Hatsune Miku Edition Sample Page - PENDING LICENSOR APPROVAL

Hatsune Miku Graphics: Character Collection CV01 – Hatsune Miku Edition

Superstar Japanese idol Hatsune Miku stars in her own character artwork showcase! CV01 collects more than 40 artists’ spectacular takes on the Vocaloid diva. Over 150 illustrations feature themes from high-fashion to everyday activities, pin-up style pieces to musical performance, and more!

• Hatsune Miku is the mascot character for the popular Vocaloid voice synthesizer musical software.
• Hatsune Miku’s live concerts, where she performs as a virtual holographic idol, draw thousands of fans.
• Hatsune Miku’s official English Facebook page boasts over 850,000 members.

ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-74-7
Price US: $29.99
Size: 8.25″ wide X 11.75″ long
Format: Softcover
Page Count: 96, Color
Series Volumes: 3
Release Date: May/June 2013

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Captain Commando Volume 2 (Manga)

The manga adventures of the heroes of justice continue!

The Commando Team faces frightening new foes like the evil genius of Dr. T.W. and his murderous Monster, the nefarious ninja Yamato, and the mysterious Lord Blood! Can even Captain Commando’s new “Captain Gauntlet” give him the power to defeat this never-ending array of almighty adversaries?

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We’re thrilled to bring you the conclusion of Captain Commando’s manga adventure, from allllll the way in the 90s. It’s a great property and a really fun manga, and we hope you enjoyed reading it as much as we did publishing it.

We’d like to give a special shout-out to the awesome Jeffrey “Chamba” Cruz, who came through with 2 amazing covers for our editions of the Captain Commando manga.

Manga fans take note, we also published the excellent Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes this year in 2 volumes, and we’ll begin publishing Disgaea 3: School of Demons in May! There’s more manga goodness on the way too. Thanks for your continued support…!

Captain Commando Volume 2 

Price (U.S.): $19.99
ISBN: 1-926778-41-3
ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-41-9

Format: Softcover
Page Count: 256, Black and white
Size: 5.75? wide X 8.25? long

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Captain Commando Volume 1

In a dark and dirty world, there has come… a hero! Captain Commando is an over-the-top manga take on the rich history of super-powered heroes, both the U.S. capes-and-tights set and Japan’s tokusatsu sentai heroes! Created by Kotomi Tobashi and Kenkou Tabuchi, the manga mixes amazing action sequences and a detailed plot with humour and even romance!

Join Captain Commando and his bizarre squad (including Ninja Commando, Mummy Commando, and Baby Commando) as they foil an international terrorism plot! Thrill to the hard-boiled action! Gasp in awe of his amazing abilities! Relive the time you spent all your quarters trying to beat this amazing game!

Read this original adventure of the hero of the Captain Commando, Marvel vs. Capcom, and Marvel vs. Capcom 2 video games. Check out the 10 page preview below, and look for the book in comic book stores everywhere now!

Captain Commando Volume 1
Created by Kotomi Tobashi and Kenkou Tabuchi

Price (U.S.): $19.99

ISBN: 1-926778-40-5
ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-40-2
Diamond: JAN121274

Format: Softcover
Page Count: 268, Black and White
Size: 5.75″ wide X 8.25″ long

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After a short absence from your weekly webcomic reading habits, Jim Zub, Shun Hong Chan, and UDON are proud to present the triumphant return of MAKESHIFT MIRACLE, now appearing at http://makeshiftmiracle.com/.

Makeshift Miracle is the story of Colby, a teenager whose world is forever changed when a girl named Iris crashes from the sky and into his life. The beginning of an epic quest, discovering strange new worlds and the even more mysterious link that these two young people share…

Written by Jim Zub and illustrated by Shun Hong Chan, MAKESHIFT MIRACLE is serialized online on Mondays and Fridays, and the first six chapters were collected in a handsome hardcover edition in 2012 as Makeshift Miracle Book One: The Girl From Nowhere. Now, after a short hiatus, Makeshift Miracle Chapter 7 has begun… and the first six chapters are still online for your reading pleasure! Head to http://makeshiftmiracle.com to take in the whole story!

As a special treat (as if free webcomics twice a week weren’t enough!), we’re giving fans a special sneak-peak at this amazing series: a brand new computer wallpaper! Created from a majestic two-page-spread featuring a mysterious airship, an approaching storm, and a peak at the future of this serial, two versions of this wallpaper are now online at the UDON Facebook Page, in our photos section! All you have to do to get it is click “Like”!

So remember, read Makeshift Miracle every Monday and Friday at http://makeshiftmiracle.com. You can add it to your feed reader, see the updates on the UDON site, or just remember to visit.

…and of course, feel free to pick up Makeshift Miracle Book One: The Girl From Nowhere, wherever finer graphic novels are sold. You can find out where to pick up a copy here.

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(Hi UDON fans! This year we released a record 24 new books, including art books, graphic novels, and manga, and we wanted give them one last chance to shine before heading boldly into 2013! So here’s our publishing year in review, book-by-book with previews and more! – The UDON crew!)

Sengoku Basara – Samurai Legends Volume 1

It’s the most-famous time in Japan’s history—the warring states period—and it’s never been like this! Samurai lords and fierce rivals Sanata Yukimura and Date Masamune form an uneasy alliance in order to defeat the dark lord, Oda Nobunga! The two will need to battle other samurai (including fan-favourite Keiji Maeda!) and henchmen, and use a startling array of techniques and powers to win the day!

A prequel to the hit Wii game Sengoku Basara 3 (but also standing completely on its own), this manga features a huge array of attractive, powerful heroes doing battle for the fate and future of all Japan! UDON has also included a special colour section which includes all of the original cover art in full colour, and this includes 2 volumes in one!

Written and illustrated by Yak Haibara, Sengoku Basara: Samurai Legends appeaks to action, adventure, and history fans (and the cute characters don’t hurt either). The first volume of this series has been a hit, and the series wraps up with the second volume being published at the end of January, 2013.

Check out an amazing 10 page preview below!

Created by Yak Haibara
Price (U.S.): $19.99

ISBN: 1-926778-33-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-33-4
Diamond: DEC111221

Format: Softcover
Page Count: 376, Black and White & Color
Size: 5.75″ wide X 8.25″ tall

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Hey UDON fans!

We’re very happy to say that the last of our late books from 2011 will be making their debut in comic book stores everywhere… today! That’s right, it’s a huge week for UDON as 2 manga, 1 comics collection, and 3 art books will all arrive on comic store shelves, and begin arriving in bookstores shortly!

In case you missed our previews over the past few weeks, here are some links and a little bit of info about each book:

Darkstalkers: The Ultimate Edition: Morrigan, Demitri, Felicia, Donovan, Victor and all of your favourite Darkstalkers return in this gorgeous oversized collection of UDON’s Darkstalkers CAPCOM™ comics! Includes all the variant and pin-up artwork, and a gorgeous new cover illustration by Alvin Lee! Darkstalkers Preview.

Mega Man: Robot Master Field Guide: The long awaited complete handbook to the classic Mega Man universe! Profiles of every major Mega Man character, including all of the Robot Masters from CAPCOM’s™ Mega Man 1-10 video games, and much more! No fans of Mega Man fan will want to miss out! Mega Man Robot Master Field Guide Preview

Omar Dogan’s Girl Seven: Seven girls for every season! Fan-favourite UDON creator Omar Dogan has assembled a brand new pin-up book featuring 7 amazing new characters! Bringing them through all four seasons and tons of crazy situations, this gorgeous artbook collection also includes behind-the-scenes material and more, making it a must for fans and artists alike! Omar Dogan’s Girl Seven Preview

PIXIV ALMANAC: Featuring over 2 million members, PIXIV is Japan’s ultimate online art community, consisting of professionals and amazingly talented amateurs! Finally, PIXIV ALMANAC, the popular series of artbooks showcasing these talents makes its way to North America this spring, courtesy of UDON. PIXIV ALMANAC collects the artwork of nearly 200 artists from Japan, Korea, and around the world, and features dozens of original illustrations featuring top Japanese properties like virtual idol singer Hatsune Miku and the amazing Anime/Video Game/Manga world of Black Rock Shooter! No Japanophile will want to miss this! PIXIV ALMANAC Preview

Manga:

Captain Commando Volume 1: In the year 2026, Metro City is at the mercy of a vicious gang of super-criminals, lead by the villainous Lord Scumocide. Only one fighting force can prevent total catastrophe by standing up to these mutant maniacs… That force is the Commando Team! GINZU – the Ninja Commando! MACK – the Mummy Commando! BABY HEAD – the Baby Commando! And of course, the man himself, CAPTAIN COMMANDO – the greatest hero of all time! Captain Commando Preview

Sengoku Basara: Samurai Legends Volume 1:  During the “Warring States” Sengoku era of feudal Japan, mighty samurai armies battle all across the land of the rising sun. The sudden murder of the powerful lord Nobunaga has sparked a mad dash for power. Warlords from every kingdom have charged their soldiers into combat, each hoping to enact their own personal vision for the future of Japan. Sengoku Basara takes real Japanese historical events and figures, and makes them larger than life with dynamic character designs and all-out action. Sengoku Basara: Samurai Legends Preview

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Where to buy:

Comic Shop Locator Service amazon.com (USA) amazon.ca (Canada) barnesandnoble.com (USA) bookdepository.com (Worldwide)

UDON Store

SENGOKU BASARA: SAMURAI LEGENDS: It is the most-famous time in Japan’s history—the warring states period—and it’s never been like this! Samurai lords and fierce rivals Sanata Yukimura and Date Masamune form an uneasy alliance in order to defeat the dark lord, Oda Nobunga! The two will need to battle other samurai (including fan-favourite Keiji Maeda!) and henchmen, and use a startling array of techniques and powers to win the day!

A prequel to the hit WII game Sengoku Basara 3 (but also standing completely on its own), this manga features a huge array of attractive, powerful heroes doing battle for the fate and future of all Japan! UDON has also included a special colour section which includes all of the original cover art in full colour, and this includes 2 volumes in one!

Written and illustrated by Yak Haibara, Sengoku Basara: Samurai Legends is sure to appeal to action, adventure, and history fans, and we know that the legions of Sengoku Basara fans have been anxiously awaiting this manga’s arrival! Now, check out this amazing 10 page preview!

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Sengoku Basara: Samurai Legends Volume 1

Created by Yak Haibara
Release date: April 11th, 2012
Price (U.S.): $19.99

ISBN: 1-926778-33-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-33-4
Diamond: DEC111221

Format: Softcover
Page Count: 376, Black and White & Color
Size: 5.75? wide X 8.25? tall

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In a dark and dirty world, there will come… a hero! Captain Commando is an over-the-top manga take on the rich history of super-powered heroes, both the U.S. capes-and-tights set and Japan’s tokusatsu sentai heroes! Created by Kotomi Tobashi and Kenkou Tabuchi, the manga mixes amazing action sequences and a detailed plot with humour and even romance!

Join Captain Commando and his bizarre squad (including Ninja Commando, Mummy Commando, and Baby Commando) as they foil an international terrorism plot! Thrill to the hard-boiled action! Gasp in awe of his amazing abilities! Relive the time you spent all your quarters trying to beat this amazing game!

Now read this original adventure of the hero of the Captain Commando, Marvel vs. Capcom, and Marvel vs. Capcom 2 video games. Check out the 10 page preview below, and look for the book in comic book stores everywhere this Wednesday, April 18th!

Captain Commando Volume 1
Created by Kotomi Tobashi and Kenkou Tabuchi
Release date: April 18th, 2012
Price (U.S.): $19.99

ISBN: 1-926778-40-5
ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-40-2
Diamond: JAN121274

Format: Softcover
Page Count: 268, Black and White
Size: 5.75? wide X 8.25? long

Two classic CAPCOM games make their manga debut in April!
Get ready for CAPTAIN COMMANDO VOL 1 and SENGOKU BASARA: SAMURAI LEGENDS VOL 1

In stores this week from UDON and Diamond Distributors

TORONTO: CAPCOM game fans get ready, as two awesome new manga are about to join UDON’s lineup of top Japanese manga inspired by fan favourite CAPCOM video games! Joining multiple volumes of translated Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, and Mega Man manga are the new Japanese sci-fi superhero series CAPTAIN COMMANDO and the historic bishonen action adventure series SENGOKU BASARA: SAMURAI LEGENDS!

Both of these series’ will be released in UDON’s new format, which features multiple volumes of the original Japanese manga in one massive volume for a lower retail price! These will feature gorgeous printing and production, great paper and a large print size, and even colour pages! A great read AND a great value for manga fans.

ABOUT THE MANGA:

CAPTAIN COMMANDO: In a dark and dirty world, there will come… a hero! Captain Commando is an over-the-top manga take on the rich history of super-powered heroes, both the U.S. capes-and-tights set and Japan’s tokusatsu sentai heroes! Created by Kotomi Tobashi and Kenkou Tabuchi, the manga mixes amazing action sequences and a detailed plot with humour and even romance!

Join Captain Commando and his bizarre squad (including Ninja Commando, Mummy Commando, and Baby Commando) as they foil an international terrorism plot! Thrill to the hard-boiled action!

The hero of the Captain Commando, Marvel vs. Capcom, and Marvel vs. Capcom 2 video games is sure make a huge impression on North American manga readers!

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SENGOKU BASARA: SAMURAI LEGENDS: It is the most-famous time in Japan’s history—the warring states period—and it’s never been like this! Samurai lords and fierce rivals Sanata Yukimura and Date Masamune form an uneasy alliance in order to defeat the dark lord, Oda Nobunga! The two will need to battle other samurai and henchmen, and use a startling array of techniques and powers to win the day!

Based on the video game Sengoku Basara 2 (but it also stands completely on its own), this manga features a huge array of attractive, powerful heroes doing battle for the fate and future of all Japan!

Written and illustrated by Yak Haibara, Sengoku Basara: Samurai Legends is sure to appeal to action, adventure, and history fans, and we know that the legions of Sengoku Basara fans have been anxiously awaiting this manga’s arrival!

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BOOK DETAILS AND AVAILABILITY:

Captain Commando Volume 1
Created by Kotomi Tobashi and Kenkou Tabuchi
Release date: April 18th, 2012
Price (U.S.): $19.99

ISBN: 1-926778-40-5
ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-40-2
Diamond: JAN121274

Format: Softcover
Page Count: 268, Black and White
Size: 5.75″ wide X 8.25″ long

Sengoku Basara: Samurai Legends Volume 1
Created by Yak Haibara
Release date: April 11th, 2012
Price (U.S.): $19.99

ISBN: 1-926778-33-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-33-4
Diamond: DEC111221

Format: Softcover
Page Count: 376, Black and White & Color
Size: 5.75″ wide X 8.25″ tall

Hey Udon fans!

Thanks so much for your continued support and enthusiasm for all our comics, manga, and artbooks! We get tons of feedback from you guys and gals online and at conventions,  and we hear all of it. We may not always have time to respond–and some stuff is still under wraps and so we CAN’T respond–but rest assured that we’re listening and always doing our best for you, whether you’ve just discovered us through our just-published Shigenori Soejima Artworks or Apple Selection Volume 1 art books, or you’ve been with us right from The Beginning with Street Fighter #1.

So let’s talk about “Out Of Print” books. We’ve been getting a lot of e-mail lately about books that have gone “Out of Print,” but are really just no longer easily available.

Sometimes there’s a gap between when we sell through the copies of a book we have printed, and when we print more copies. Sometimes this is only a week, and sometimes it’s 6 months or more. This is true for art books, manga, or our graphic novels. We print all of our books to have stock on hand for at least a year from their publication date, and sometimes for much longer. There is a long, long window of easy availability on our books, and we work hard to reprint books all the time. Sometimes you might have to wait a little while for that reprint, and we generally can’t tell you when that’s going to be until it’s (almost) already here, but except for our very cool, very deliberately limited edition books (and we always let you know about those ahead of time) most of our artbooks are still easily available from us, whether they were published last week or 4 years ago.

For the ones that aren’t easily available, well, here’s where a lot of you guys get upset. Independent sellers will always sell our stuff for whatever they want, but generally when a book is no longer easily available–even for a week–they’ll raise the price on their copies, sometimes outrageously. Obviously, we have absolutely no control over this, but it happens and there’s not much to be done and it’s not worth worrying about, here’s why:

There are thousands of copies of these books already in print. Sometimes tens of thousands of copies! Just because we don’t have any in our warehouse, that doesn’t mean that the copies in comic book stores, major book chains, or other online avenues have immediately disappeared! With a little googling this evening I was able to find copies of some of those “Out of print” books fetching outrageous sums – and they were still on sale for less than cover price!

So if you want to find an “Out of Print” book, here’s what we recommend:

1. Check out our webstore, http://udonstore.com. It’s FULL of “out-of-print” stuff!
2. Check the shelves of your local comic book shop. Comics stores order lots of our books, and there are likely copies available there. To find the comic book shop in your area, call 1-888-COMIC-BOOK or visit http://comicshoplocator.com/. Maybe don’t mention that it’s ‘out of print’ though, just in case.
3. If you’re visiting certain popular online booksellers and coming up empty, why not check bookstores in other countries? Amazon.ca (Canada) and Chapters.Indigo.ca (Canada) stock our books, and they often have copies available for cover price or less!
4. Visit us at conventions! We sometimes have rare or “out of print” books at our convention appearances.
5. Wait for a reprint. It only seems like waiting is terrible, but it totally builds character!

 
So to repeat: All of our books have thousands and thousands of copies in print, with the exception of clearly-marked, limited edition stuff (and if you’ve been hmming and hahing on our awesome Street Fighter Ultimate Box Set, well, you might want to hurry up…). While a book might no longer be EASILY available from your preferred online retailer, our books are still out there and not too hard to find with a little bit of searching. Good luck!

Again, we thank you all for your continued support and enthusiasm, and for reading this really long blog post! You guys rock.

Sincerely,

- The Staff of UDON