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Freeter

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"Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Thu 17 Aug 05:11

Preview

Scored it today, much better than that book of toilet paper called Rival Schools.

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Ryu's online chat with Sakura is priceless

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Seems like this will be a series instead of a one-shot, since there's an ad for #2 coming in September. Can't wait.

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Gojira

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"Re(1):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Thu 17 Aug 07:52

Actually IIRC it's supposed to be a 4-issue miniseries.

Great issue though, I actually laughed more than once.

GekigangerV

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"Re(2):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Thu 17 Aug 08:04

I was going to pick this up over the weekend. Hopefully UDON can get issue 2 out next month.

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Is it me or did it look like someone shot a load on Zangief's chest on that cover?

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shin ramberk

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"Re(1):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Thu 17 Aug 11:22

Not to be a jerk, but they can't release SF on a monthy schedule and now they're releasing this?

http://ramberk.blogspot.com

Freeter

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"Re(2):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Thu 17 Aug 12:42

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Actually IIRC it's supposed to be a 4-issue miniseries.

Really? I thought the whole "Legends" deal was going to focus on a different SF char each issue. Glad to see they're giving Sakura the spotlight for a little while longer.

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they can't release SF on a monthy schedule

Blame Alvin "perfectionist" Lee for that. Udon spoils him.

Gojira

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"Re(3):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Thu 17 Aug 17:54

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Blame Alvin "perfectionist" Lee for that. Udon spoils him.

I can't fully blame him. He may be a perfectionist, but his workload increased by 200% when Arnold Tsang left Udon. I don't know why they haven't bothered to replace Tsang, though.

Ishmael

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"Re(4):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Fri 18 Aug 01:00

It seems I'm too used to SF comics and fighting games in general being delayed so when I saw that the Sakura comic was supposed to come out this month I didn't think it was actually going to show up on time. Thanks for letting me know it's available.

Tai-Pan
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"Re(1):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Fri 18 Aug 02:29

quote:
Preview

Scored it today, much better than that book of toilet paper called Rival Schools.

Seems like this will be a series instead of a one-shot, since there's an ad for #2 coming in September. Can't wait.

Really? Ryu can do that?

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kofoguz

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"Re(2):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Fri 18 Aug 05:19

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Really? Ryu can do that?

Yeah and where? In his "House"?

Freeter

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"Re(3):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Fri 18 Aug 07:01

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Really? Ryu can do that?

Yeah and where? In his "House"?

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Hong Kong cyber cafe. Ken showed him how in an earlier SF issue. He also gave him the nick "BORING RYU"

End of Spoiler

kofoguz

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"Re(4):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Fri 18 Aug 17:05

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Spoiler;

Omg LOL!
Ken became my favourite.

Stifu

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"Re(1):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Sat 19 Aug 02:28

Hmmmm... "Gaikyuu-Ryuu" ? Last time I checked, Dan's art was called "Saikyo-Ryu".

Gojira

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"Re(2):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Sat 19 Aug 04:37

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Hmmmm... "Gaikyuu-Ryuu" ? Last time I checked, Dan's art was called "Saikyo-Ryu".

Huh? Where is it spelled like that? I think they did misspell it, but not that badly.

Stifu

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"Re(3):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Sat 19 Aug 05:20:

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Huh? Where is it spelled like that?

Here, at the bottom. Wait, never mind... It's not a G, just a weird S... I should have noticed "School" had the same one. "Saikyuo-Ryuu"...

[this message was edited by Stifu on Sat 19 Aug 05:21]

Ikari Loona
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"Re(4):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Sun 20 Aug 02:38

quote:

Blame Alvin "perfectionist" Lee for that. Udon spoils him.

I can't fully blame him. He may be a perfectionist, but his workload increased by 200% when Arnold Tsang left Udon. I don't know why they haven't bothered to replace Tsang, though.

Anything's better than them giving Rey more fighting-game related comics - I prefer delays to them letting him defile characters further.
I still buy the Rival Schools comic (the not-Rey covers), but it's supposed to be money for Udon to keep up the good work and pay the risks they take for it, not for that guy to spoil it.

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Freeter

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"Re(5):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Sun 20 Aug 06:26

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I still buy the Rival Schools comic (the not-Rey covers), but it's supposed to be money for Udon to keep up the good work and pay the risks they take for it, not for that guy to spoil it.

I'd rather buy 2 copies of SF:Sakura and support the powerhouse duo of Chong/Dogan than waste money on that garbage.

Rey needs to go back to doing...whatever the heck he was drawing before butchering RS.

HAYATO

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"Re(6):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Mon 21 Aug 08:05

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Rey needs to go back to doing...whatever the heck he was drawing before butchering RS.

By the looks of his "work" I seriously doubt that he used to draw anything before RS...

Oh, and those preview pages look quite good. I'll check that series out for sure!!

Ikari Loona
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"Re(7):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Wed 23 Aug 07:22

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Rey needs to go back to doing...whatever the heck he was drawing before butchering RS.

By the looks of his "work" I seriously doubt that he used to draw anything before RS...

Before RS he'd already put some stupid on SF and DS in the end of each issue, but he's had other lower-profile things to his name, such as a comic by the name of Sharknife or whatever.
His website has some examples of other works of his, none of which impressed me much. There was one that seemed to poke fun at typical fighting manga/anime antics, but in that case the topic was the ability of eating spicy food - not too funny, but amusing when you notice the paralel.

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Oh, and those preview pages look quite good. I'll check that series out for sure!!

Same here, even if I generally loathe the concept of Sakura - she was still decently handled in the SF comic so far, and I wonder what'll Udon be able to pull off on a book centered on her.

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Ishmael

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"Re(8):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Tue 29 Aug 21:25

I finally picked up the first issue and I quite enjoyed it. Any story that features Sakura's little buddy Kei taking a picture of Zangief's crotch is obviously full of the intellectual and subtle humor that sophisticated readers such as myself can appreciate. But does anyone know anything about the collection of the first 14 SF comics that was advertised in the back of the comic? Has a price been announced or a shipping date?

Ikari Loona
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"Re(9):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Wed 30 Aug 23:24

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But does anyone know anything about the collection of the first 14 SF comics that was advertised in the back of the comic? Has a price been announced or a shipping date?

Wasn't that supposed to be a convention-exclusive item?...

Oh well... I wonder if its pages are as big as the individual comic issues, instead of as small as the 2 previous compilations...

"Beat the machine that works in your head!" - Guano Apes "Open Your Eyes"

GPA
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"Re(9):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Thu 31 Aug 04:11

quote:
I finally picked up the first issue and I quite enjoyed it. Any story that features Sakura's little buddy Kei taking a picture of Zangief's crotch is obviously full of the intellectual and subtle humor that sophisticated readers such as myself can appreciate. But does anyone know anything about the collection of the first 14 SF comics that was advertised in the back of the comic? Has a price been announced or a shipping date?

I think you have to buy it off of their Club Udon (http://www.clubudoncomics.com/SF_Main.asp) site and at the con it was something like $80.

Ishmael

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"Re(10):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Thu 31 Aug 22:32

Okay, now I'm confused. In the back of the Sakura comic was an ad for a SF collection that featured Ryu on the cover, a note stating that the run was limited to 2500 pieces and that it was only going to be available through comic book stores. Between variant editions of the same material and the small press woes that Udon sometimes suffers I'm really not sure what is actually being published.

IkariDC

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"Kono Omoi o Tsutaetai" , posted Fri 1 Sep 00:10

I'm also confused as hell, perhaps more, since I live overseas and I don't know a fuck about what's being published in america.

I was interested in picking up the Street Fighter Trade Paper Back compilation volumes (I've been waiting for this cos I'm not going to pick up normal issues). Does this new ultimate edition include both TPB compilation volumes? Does "nothing is missed" imply that every cover of the normal issues are going to be included as well? All the bonus material, etc?

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Freeter

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"Rainbow BUMP" , posted Thu 5 Oct 09:21

Issue #2 out now, too damn good. Dan is godly.

Preview

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Too many good Dan scenes (flashback of him getting trounced by Ryu and Ken, missing the bus, etc.), but the scene stealer was Zangief's Banishing Fist...landing on Mika's ass

Karin action next time...can't wait!

End of Spoiler

Ishmael

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"Re(1):Rainbow BUMP" , posted Fri 6 Oct 01:45

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Issue #2 out now, too damn good. Dan is godly.

Thanks for the heads-up, I didn't realize the issue was out already.

Iggy

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"Re(1):Rainbow BUMP" , posted Fri 6 Oct 02:32

quote:
Preview

I don't recognize the blond female character. She looks like R-Mika, but her boobs are too small. Is it her little sister or something ?

Gojira

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"Re(2):Rainbow BUMP" , posted Sun 8 Oct 20:21:

Not as good as the first issue, but pretty good.

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Dan waiting in line at the bus stop gave me a good laugh.

End of Spoiler

[this message was edited by Gojira on Sun 8 Oct 20:22]

HAYATO

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"Re(3):Rainbow BUMP" , posted Tue 10 Oct 17:21

Well, fine enough preview to me, but I guess I'll never see this in my country...thank Heavens BitTorrent exists!!!

BTW, does anyone know what happened to Darkstalkers and Street Fighter regular series? Are they still coming out at a regular pace or something?

Gojira

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"Re(4):Rainbow BUMP" , posted Tue 10 Oct 22:02

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BTW, does anyone know what happened to Darkstalkers and Street Fighter regular series? Are they still coming out at a regular pace or something?

Darkstalkers is currently stopped at #6, and SF2 is still coming out on a very slow basis. #5 is supposed to come out next, but when it will come is anyone's guess at this point.

HAYATO

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"Re(5):Rainbow BUMP" , posted Thu 12 Oct 00:30

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Darkstalkers is currently stopped at #6,

But, is there any intention on retaking the series or did they plainly discard the project?

Gojira

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"Re(6):Rainbow BUMP" , posted Thu 12 Oct 04:40

Udon has said that they want to continue it, but what they say and how they're progressing seem to be seperate issues. At this rate we'll be lucky to see a Darkstalkers #7 in less than 2 years.

Ikari Loona
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"Re(7):Rainbow BUMP" , posted Mon 23 Oct 06:50

Got the comic the other day - I actually liked it better than the previous one, since it seemed less "fillerish" to me.

Can anyone guess exactly what move/game/character is the command motion (QCB, F + P) on Sakura's brother's t-shirt meant to reference?
It reminds me of the old Kamehameha motion in the 16-bit era DBZ games, but at a first glance I though it might be something from a basketball-themed character like Lucky Gluaber (checked his KoF98 movelist, not him), considering the scene what that t-shirt appeared.

Further SNK fanboyism of mine sees it as a good sign that the comic's writer appears to rank Mai over Lara Crift and Ivy, even if below Chun-Li =P - I'd really like to see Udon taking up an SNK license someday (provided they don't hand it to Rey), and this midly feeds my puny hopes.

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Ishmael

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"Re(8):Rainbow BUMP" , posted Wed 25 Oct 09:31

quote:
Got the comic the other day - I actually liked it better than the previous one, since it seemed less "fillerish" to me.

Can anyone guess exactly what move/game/character is the command motion (QCB, F + P) on Sakura's brother's t-shirt meant to reference?
It reminds me of the old Kamehameha motion in the 16-bit era DBZ games, but at a first glance I though it might be something from a basketball-themed character like Lucky Gluaber (checked his KoF98 movelist, not him), considering the scene what that t-shirt appeared.

Further SNK fanboyism of mine sees it as a good sign that the comic's writer appears to rank Mai over Lara Crift and Ivy, even if below Chun-Li =P - I'd really like to see Udon taking up an SNK license someday (provided they don't hand it to Rey), and this midly feeds my puny hopes.

Unless I missed seeing a panel where his shirt is more visible I'm pretty sure the command on his shirt was

ZamIAm

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"Re(7):Rainbow BUMP" , posted Thu 26 Oct 11:22

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Udon has said that they want to continue it, but what they say and how they're progressing seem to be seperate issues. At this rate we'll be lucky to see a Darkstalkers #7 in less than 2 years.

Which sucks since I thought DS was better written and that the art seemed better suited.

Ikari Loona
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"Re(9):Rainbow BUMP" , posted Fri 27 Oct 07:26

quote:
Got the comic the other day - I actually liked it better than the previous one, since it seemed less "fillerish" to me.

Can anyone guess exactly what move/game/character is the command motion (QCB, F + P) on Sakura's brother's t-shirt meant to reference?
It reminds me of the old Kamehameha motion in the 16-bit era DBZ games, but at a first glance I though it might be something from a basketball-themed character like Lucky Gluaber (checked his KoF98 movelist, not him), considering the scene what that t-shirt appeared.

Further SNK fanboyism of mine sees it as a good sign that the comic's writer appears to rank Mai over Lara Crift and Ivy, even if below Chun-Li =P - I'd really like to see Udon taking up an SNK license someday (provided they don't hand it to Rey), and this midly feeds my puny hopes.

Unless I missed seeing a panel where his shirt is more visible I'm pretty sure the command on his shirt was .

You're probably right - the t-shirt design used plain triangles instead of proper arrows, so the middle one seemed to point back instead of diagonally down-forward...

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nobinobita
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"Re(4):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Sun 29 Oct 09:46

quote:

Blame Alvin "perfectionist" Lee for that. Udon spoils him.

Holy crap, it was only a minute ago that I realised that Pat Lee and Alvin Lee are different people!!! Ever since their debuts their amerimanga art just blended together in my mind. It never occured to me that they had different names.

I had a similar reaction recently when I realised that "Too Human" and "Mass Effect" were not the same Xbox 360 game.

But I digress.

I'm sad to see Arnold Tsang leave, because he was by far my favorite artist at Udon, but I think he's gone on to better things (doing concept work in Korea or something like that?).

Just look at this Onepiece fanart that he did!

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/35310488/

It's incredible!

It's going to be really hard to replace someone like him, because he was so damn talented and American comics just pay so little.

There's very very little financial reward for what the guys at Udon do. They do it because they love it probably, but after a while it must be disheartening knowing that for all your specialized skill and labor you put into your comics, you could make more money at McDonalds.

Love is great and essential, but you also have to put food on the table.

I guess that's why I respect the Udon guys so much. I don't even like their art very much, I just like that they got off their asses and are accomplishing things (and getting better as artists in the process).

Also, the Rival Schools comic stinks. It's unforgiveably bad. But Sharknife is actually a pretty cool comic. Don't let Rival Schools be your only judge of Rey. He's actually a pretty good artist (really!).

That said, I have NO IDEA why Rival Schools looks the way it does.

I guess if that's your first taste of Rey, then i don't blame you for the unbridled hatred you guys seem to feel for him.

Gojira

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"Re(5):Street Fighter Legends: Sakura" , posted Sun 29 Oct 11:45

Man, I was already a big fan of Tsang's work, and now I find he loves One Piece too? If I was Udon I would have chained the guy to the floor.

Anyway yeah, Tsang left Udon to work on art for some Korean MMO game. Not sure about the name.

Freeter

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"Super BUMP Fighter: Mini Mix" , posted Sat 4 Nov 11:30:

#3 out now...sweet as always.

Preview

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-PUZZLE FIGHTER!!! Dan is too much.

-Shoma and Natsu cameo...more proof that Dogan should've done RS (as if it wasn't obvious already...)

-Karin leaving her servants behind = priceless

End of Spoiler

The big finale comes next...hope Dogan goes all out.

[this message was edited by Freeter on Sat 4 Nov 12:36]

GekigangerV

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"Re(1):Super BUMP Fighter: Mini Mix" , posted Wed 8 Nov 11:20

I am not digging this mini series. I was hoping for that Sakura would explore more street fighting, but instead has turned into a corny parade with no depth. It seems strange that after 3 issues there hasn't been a serious fight yet and it looks like the next issues fight will be just a bizarre as the rest of the series. They haven't even explained the basis for the Sakura/Karin rivalry yet.

I am just buying this book in the hopes that Udon will make a Final Fight mini series.

In other Udon news though. SF2 issue 5 might come out next week as it is on Diamond's shipping list.

HAYATO

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"Re(2):Super BUMP Fighter: Mini Mix" , posted Wed 8 Nov 17:14

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In other Udon news though. SF2 issue 5 might come out next week as it is on Diamond's shipping list.

Well, those really are good news!! Udon decided to keep the series going at last...

Ishmael

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"Re(3):Super BUMP Fighter: Mini Mix" , posted Tue 14 Nov 02:09

I finally got around to picking up #3 and enjoyed it immensely. If Udon put out a monthly comic featuring nonsense like that on a monthly basis I would happily buy it and have no complaints.

GekigangerV

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"Re(3):Super BUMP Fighter: Mini Mix" , posted Tue 14 Nov 11:41

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In other Udon news though. SF2 issue 5 might come out next week as it is on Diamond's shipping list.

Well, those really are good news!! Udon decided to keep the series going at last...

Actually its been pushed back to the 22nd

http://www.diamondcomics.com/shipping/expected_112206.txt

HAYATO

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"Re(4):Super BUMP Fighter: Mini Mix" , posted Wed 15 Nov 01:55

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In other Udon news though. SF2 issue 5 might come out next week as it is on Diamond's shipping list.

Well, those really are good news!! Udon decided to keep the series going at last...

Actually its been pushed back to the 22nd

http://www.diamondcomics.com/shipping/expected_112206.txt

Well, at least I got the three scanned issues of SF-Sakura in a row to keep myself entertained in the meantime...

GekigangerV

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"Sakura Ganbaru coming to America from UDON" , posted Thu 14 Dec 06:26:

http://www.amazon.com/Street-Fighter-Sakura-Ganbaru-1/dp/1897376529/sr=8-1/qid=1166045055/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-3882628-2607621?ie=UTF8&s=books

Found it while looking for SOTA figures on Amazon.

And of course so is Street Fighter Zero(Alpha)

http://www.amazon.com/Street-Fighter-Alpha-Masahiko-Nakahira/dp/1897376502/sr=1-5/qid=1166045142/ref=sr_1_5/105-3882628-2607621?ie=UTF8&s=books

Didn't see anything about RYU Final though.

Oh, I believe the fourth and final issue of SF Legends Sakura came out today. Won't get it for a couple of days though.

I hope UDON picks up Final Fight.

[this message was edited by GekigangerV on Thu 14 Dec 06:28]

Ishmael

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"Re(1):Sakura Ganbaru coming to America from U" , posted Thu 14 Dec 06:30

Considering the delays that Udon will sometimes have with their comics it could be a looong time before these come out. Still, I'm happy that I may finally get English translations of these comics!

Freeter

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"Re(1):Sakura Ganbaru coming to America from U" , posted Thu 14 Dec 16:02

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Oh, I believe the fourth and final issue of SF Legends Sakura came out today.

Already scored it. Not quite as epic a conclusion as I hoped it would be, but decent nonetheless.

Spoiler (Highlight to view) -
Dan the scene-stealer owns yet again...with the DAN GOKU SATSU...and then falls on his face

End of Spoiler

Looking forward to Chun-li next, and Sakura Ganbaru when it's released.

EddyT

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"Re(2):Sakura Ganbaru coming to America from U" , posted Thu 14 Dec 17:25

That's great news about the Sakura Ganbaru and SF Zero comics by Mr. Nakahira... I remember reading an online translation of the Sakura Ganbaru manga a loooong time ago and loved it. Great side story and terrific artwork.

GekigangerV

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"SF Alpha Preview" , posted Fri 13 Apr 14:59

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