UDON

Overview

It was affiliated with Studio XD and Long Vo; in March 2004, Udon announced a partnership to release comics under Devil's Due Publishing. 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. 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. 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. 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 discussed this in an interview with Newsarama that can be read here.

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).

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," said 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."

In January 2009, Udon announced it had acquired the rights to produce Final Fight comic books. In November 2009, Udon announced it will continue the Darkstalkers comic series with a new 3-issue mini-series called Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors. In December 2009, Udon announced it would publish a four-issue Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki miniseries.

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.

In July 2024, during San Diego Comic-Con, Udon and Capcom announced to gain the license to produce new Mega Man comics for 2025. Those comics will include the original series, alongside the X, Zero, ZX and Legends series with the exception of the Battle Network and Star Force series, though the possibility of future comics set in the latter continuity has not yet been ruled out.

Publishing

Comic books

The Capcom Universe is a comic book franchise developed by Udon, which is based on various Capcom franchises set inside a shared universe.

Street Fighter #0−14 (2003–2005, originally through Image Comics, then Devil's Due Publishing)

Street Fighter: Deep Scars (2003)

Darkstalkers #1−6 (2004−2005, originally through Devil's Due Publishing)

Capcom Summer Special 2004 (2004)

Street Fighter II #0−6 (2005–2006)

Street Fighter Legends: Sakura #1−4 (2006)

Rival Schools #1−4 (2006, issues #3−4 published online only)

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)

Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors #1−3 (2010)

Super Street Fighter (2013, 2015)

Street Fighter Origins: Akuma (2013)

Street Fighter: Free Comic Book Day 2014 Special #0 (2014)

Imported titles

1520

Captain Commando

Chronicles of the Grim Peddler

Dorothy of Oz (2007-08)

Dear Waltz

Daring Students' Association

Evyione: Ocean Fantasy

Magical JxR

Mega Man Mastermix (2018-2019, remastered coloured version of Mega Man Megamix and Mega Man Gigamix))

Mega Man Megamix

Mega Man Gigamix

Mega Man ZX

More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers

Ninja Baseball Kyuma!

Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams

Reading Club

ROBOT (Japanese anthology/art book)

The Rose of Versailles

Silent Möbius Complete

Star Project Chiro

Street Fighter Alpha

Street Fighter: Sakura Ganbaru

Street Fighter II: The Manga

Street Fighter III: Ryu Final

Team Phoenix

Art books

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

Work for other companies

Video games

Full artwork for Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (Capcom), for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network

Character designs and illustrations for New International Track & Field (Konami), for Nintendo DS

Character designs and illustrations for Speed Racer (WB Games), for Nintendo DS, Wii and PlayStation 2

Artwork for Capcom Fighting Evolution (Capcom)

Artwork for Kongai on Kongregate

Artwork for the pack-in comic included with Namco's Soulcalibur IV Platinum Edition

Artwork for the pack-in comic included with Capcom's Street Fighter IV Collector's Edition

Artwork for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars (Capcom), for Wii

Inks and Colours for the pack-in comic included with Midway Games' Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe Kollector's Edition

Promotional artwork for the re-release of Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network

Promotional artwork for Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds

Promotional Comic for Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

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

Character designs for DC's Ame-Comi Girls PVC statue line (DC Direct)

Epic Battles trading card game (Score Entertainment)

Street Fighter UFS trading card game (Sabertooth Games)

Darkstalkers UFS trading card game (Sabertooth Games)