{"rewrite":{"id":"r_c90c012a80ee1fc0a751fb64","clusterId":"c_9bd404f8381483b7f672c9d9","slug":"udon-entertainment-licenses-hiromi-matsuo-s-department-store-waltz-and-rondo-manga","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Udon Entertainment Licenses Hiromi Matsuo's Department Store Waltz and Rondo Manga","summary":"Udon Entertainment announced at San Diego Comic-Con that it has licensed Hiromi Matsuo's all-color manga and illustration books Department Store Waltz and Rondo: The Ladies' Graphic Magazine, along with the Belles Ruelles anthology series. The company also set release dates for previously announced titles including two Manga Biographies volumes and art books for Spy x Family, Shinkiro's Capcom and SNK works, Hidetaka Tenjin's Gundam book, and The Art of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.","whyItMatters":"Udon continues to expand its catalog of all-color manga and art books, picking up two of Hiromi Matsuo's works and a multi-volume anthology series that had not previously been available in English.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eUdon Entertainment revealed at its San Diego Comic-Con panel on Friday that it has licensed Hiromi Matsuo\u0026#39;s Department Store Waltz and Rondo: The Ladies\u0026#39; Graphic Magazine, both all-color manga and illustration books. Department Store Waltz is set in an early 20th century department store in a provincial city; Rondo takes place at a women\u0026#39;s fashion magazine celebrating its 100th anniversary. The company also licensed the Belles Ruelles anthology series, which currently has four volumes, each featuring various artists writing about shops and facilities in a fictional town called Euphemia. Udon set release dates for previously announced titles: Manga Biographies: Momofuku Ando and Manga Biographies: Amelia Earhart on September 1, the Spy x Family: Animation Art Book on January 27, 2027, two Shinkiro art books on December 1, Hidetaka Tenjin\u0026#39;s Artistry of Gundam on September 22, and The Art of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Udon's new licenses are all-color books by Hiromi Matsuo, a format that sits between art book and manga. The line between the two categories is blurring in the English market.","twitterPost":"Udon licensed all-color books by Hiromi Matsuo, a format that blends art book and manga. The line between categories is blurring.","threadsPost":"Udon's new licenses from Hiromi Matsuo are all-color books that sit between art book and manga. The English market is seeing more of these hybrid formats, where the distinction between illustration collection and sequential narrative is becoming less important.","newsletterBlurb":"Udon Entertainment announced at San Diego Comic-Con that it has licensed Hiromi Matsuo's all-color manga and illustration books Department Store Waltz and Rondo: The Ladies' Graphic Magazine, along with the Belles Ruelles anthology series. The company also set release dates for several previously announced titles, including two Manga Biographies volumes, the Spy x Family: Animation Art Book, and art books from Shinkiro, Hidetaka Tenjin, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-24/udon-ent-licenses-hiromi-matsuo-department-store-waltz-rondo-manga/.239937\",\"title\":\"Udon Ent. Licenses Hiromi Matsuo's Department Store Waltz, Rondo Manga\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4129,"outputTokens":740,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1785171471,"createdAt":"2026-07-27T16:49:28.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-07-27T16:50:45.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-27T16:49:28.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_9bd404f8381483b7f672c9d9","canonicalTitle":"News\nUdon Ent. Licenses Hiromi Matsuo's Department Store Waltz, Rondo Manga","representativeArticleId":"a_7b60c835da1d8278e68efe59","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Department Store Waltz\",\"Rondo\",\"Belles Ruelles\"],\"work_titles\":[\"Spy x Family Anime Artbook\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Hiromi Matsuo\"],\"type\":\"license\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-07-24T20:05:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-07-24T20:05:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-27T16:50:45.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-24/udon-ent-licenses-hiromi-matsuo-department-store-waltz-rondo-manga/.239937","title":"News\nUdon Ent. Licenses Hiromi Matsuo's Department Store Waltz, Rondo Manga"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Department Store Waltz","Rondo","Belles Ruelles"],"work_titles":["Spy x Family Anime Artbook"],"studios":[],"people":["Hiromi Matsuo"],"type":"license","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}