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Udon Ent. to Publish Devil Survivor Art Book

North American publisher Udon Entertainment announced on Tuesday that it is releasing the Devil Survivor: Official Material Collection art book. The company will release the book to comic book stores in May and to book stores and online retailers in June. The color softcover book will be 176-pages long and will retail for US$39.99. The book will include character designs, storyboards, creator interviews, promotional artwork, and a detailed demon guide. (Note: The cover image at right is pending licensor approval.)

Udon also revealed that it is shipping the first volume in Shin Sasaki's Disgaea 3: School of Devils manga in May in comic book stores and other retail and online stores in June. Udon will also release the Haruhi-ism: Noizi Ito Artworks art book and the Hatsune Miku Graphics: Character Collection CV01 – Hatsune Miku Edition art book in the same time frame.

Udon is also releasing the Haruhi Suzumiya Illustrations: Spring & Summer and Haruhi Suzumiya Illustrations: Autumn & Winter illustration books and the Vocaloid Kagamine Len & Rin Character Graphics Collection: CV02 Edition, and Vocaloid Megurine Luka Character Graphics Collection: CV03 Edition art books.

Atlus USA released the original Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Nintendo DS game in June 2009 in North America, and then released the enhanced port titled Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked in August 2011. Atlus released the Devil Survivor 2 video game in Japan in July 2011, and then Atlus USA released the game in North America in February 2012. Devil Survivor 2 is inspiring a television anime that will premiere in April.

[Via Siliconera]