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I know this was announced back in mid October but I just wanted to comment that the trailer for Street Fighter IV is great in design.  The whole ‘okami-look’ is awesome.  The movement of the characters is emphasized by the splashing and splattering of black ink almost as if the characters are art brushes used for Japanese calligraphy.  How cool would it be for the game to use this motif even further?  Imagine if you had this kind of effect in actual gameplay.  It would be a pretty bold new direction for a Street fighter game.  Imagine red ink for the final blows …lol.  View the Street Fighter IV Trailer Here!

So what’s going on with the comics?  Well just this past weekend at the 2007 New York Anime Festival, UDON made some exciting announcements.   Just in time for Street Fighter’s 20^th anniversary (highlighted by the all-new Street Fighter IV video game and the upcoming live action movie), UDON plans to release three pulse-pounding Street Fighter comic book series in 2008. 

First up, Street Fighter II Turbo will be a 12 issue maxi-series continuing the core story of UDON’s Street Fighter universe. Featuring the dynamic and energetic artwork of Chamba (Sinbad: Rogue of Mars), this latest arc pits the World Warriors against each other in an epic tournament-style slugfest.

Secondly, artist Omar Dogan (Sakura, Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles) follows up his run on the popular Sakura mini-series with Street Fighter Legends: Chun-Li. This new 4 issue mini-series focuses on a young Chun-Li, revealing how she grew up to become the world’s most famous female fighter.

Finally, Joe Ng (Red Sonja: Sonja Goes East, Transformers, G.I. Joe VS Transformers) brings his skilled line work to the pages of Street Fighter III: New Generation. This 6-issue series will not only explore the new characters introduced in the Street Fighter III video games, it will also show fans for the first time what classic characters like Guile, Sakura and others are up to during the SF3 era! 

Beyond Street Fighter, UDON is diving back into other publishing projects in 2008.  The studio will be expanding their successful Capcom Manga line with several new titles including Onimusha: Twilight of Desire and Devil Kings Basara. Fans can also look forward to more Capcom art books including Onimusha Dawn of Dreams: Official Complete Works and the Darkstalkers Graphic File.  In addition, UDON is also kicking its Korean Manhwa line into high gear with new titles including Daring Students’ Association, Dear Waltz, Reading Club, Evyione and Chronicles of the Grim Peddler.