tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581907017651449112024-03-13T00:02:20.256-07:00History of HyruleGetting Legend of Zelda art, out of print books and manga, especially the old school and rare, onto the web since 2002.Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.comBlogger354125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-77393020902106373482024-01-28T11:31:00.000-08:002024-01-28T11:33:41.815-08:00Still aroundWe bought a house and the inspector missed a lot of stuff (lesson learned: holy shit get 2 inspection companies) so for the past 2 months there's been a new level of chaos every week. This past week or so it was water damage at the house I'm living in thanks to the winter storms and the pump house at the new place rupturing. There's no water, there's only partial power, there's no roof, the Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-8755012688429501852024-01-01T14:10:00.000-08:002024-01-01T14:10:23.216-08:00Translation and Scanlation Complete: All 4 Volumes of Oath of Riruto Now In English! This was an epic feat: All four volumes of The Legend of Zelda: Oath of Riruto have been translated by the incredible Ammon. Here is the text document with the final translation. He's been working on this for a few years and it's thanks to his dedication that more fans will actually be able to enjoy this work. It's so incredible that we're all finally able to read this.Another fan, Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-35537198201828169552023-12-30T18:37:00.000-08:002024-01-01T10:37:40.339-08:00Scans of A Link to the Past Manga by Noboru Sakaoka and Mario-kun by Hiroshi TakaseThis has never been online before. I just 2400dpi scanned & uploaded this 8 page Zelda: Link to the Past 神々のトライフォース manga by Noboru Sakaoka 坂丘のぼる from Shogaku Ninensei, February 1992. Find it here.shogaku_grade2_1992This is probably my favorite panel from it:I have also uploaded 1200dpi RAWS for the Mario (Mario-kun) comic and content (including a cool little pyramid cut-out) by Hiroshi Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-75313332647816997302023-12-30T18:15:00.000-08:002023-12-30T18:15:02.256-08:00Scans of the Color Pages of the First Ever Zelda Manga, Hyrule Fantasy by Ran MaruI never thought I'd even be able to see this, it's that rare. I have found, & 2400dpi scanned, the color pages of the very first issue of the very first Zelda manga ever. They're only in black & white in the collected volume. The color is spectacular.This is the 1st chapter of the Hyrule Fantasy: The Legend of Zelda manga by Ranmaru from the June 1986 issue of Wanpakku monthly comic Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-24700372764959795992023-12-30T17:51:00.000-08:002023-12-30T18:44:07.960-08:00Scans of Laputa, Castle in the Sky, Labyrinth of Heaven GamebookThis was scanned and donated by Сергей Посниченко, @sergeithesage on Twitter. It's not Zelda related but there are so many fans of both series in the same bubble that it feels like it fits here well enough. Raws and lightly cleaned files are at this link.Please let us know if there is a translation of this or just go ahead and translate it! People would love to read it!ボードゲーム ゲームブック 「天空の城ラピュタ」 天界Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-22028345846437162312023-12-30T16:57:00.000-08:002023-12-30T16:57:38.224-08:00Scans of Triforce of the Gods World Guidebook Strategy Guide I just high-res scanned and uploaded another retro guide for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, find the 1200-2400dpi RAW and lightly cleaned files at this link. I also added the art to the flickr gallery.The Legend of Zelda Triforce of the Gods World Guidebookゼルダの伝説, 神々のトライフォース, ワールドガイドブックISBN4-8033-3874-4C2055 and P1200EPublished by Taishubo Co.Also called "Continental Shobo"Other Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-78129816560261209272023-12-30T16:40:00.000-08:002023-12-30T16:43:18.430-08:00Map Gallery and New 2400dpi Map Scans and RepairsI needed to get someone some images for a time-sensitive project they're doing so I've been adding old strategy guide maps to the gallery for Zelda: A Link to the Past. This gallery on Flickr will also have all of the Zelda maps and "world scenes" that I've been able to get to so far. There's some pretty good ones in there already and A LOT more to come. Some of these also need to be cleaned up (Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-58359251607110225272023-12-30T16:20:00.000-08:002023-12-30T18:01:36.087-08:00I'm back to working on things as I canI'm slowly working on getting back to people. I'm doing one thing at a time, so I do them right, and I'm trying to find a balance of doing them in the order of which they came in and urgency.If you've been following on Twitter you know that I had a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer this year, and it turned out doctors had missed I actually had breast cancer. This happened while Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-6765358774509012722023-05-07T22:57:00.004-07:002023-05-07T23:38:35.017-07:00Two new interviews with me about Zelda art and preservation!These were both really fun! I'm pretty shy but it was nice to continue push myself to be more public. Both cover the same subjects, which makes sense because retro Zelda art and archiving would be what to ask me about, but both still feel vastly different and wonderful. They both had some great questions.First, this is amazing, I'm in a magazine! I was interviewed for Nintendo Force Magazine, a Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-56886453093895584612023-05-07T22:33:00.001-07:002023-05-07T22:33:16.161-07:00Scans of The Hyrule Fantasy: The Legend of Zelda Dawn Publications Strategy GuideI just high-res scanned and uploaded another retro guide for the original Legend of Zelda game, find the 1200-2400dpi RAW and lightly cleaned files at this link.ISBN 4-7508-0521-1 and 9784750805214Thank you to Mases of ZeldaDungeon.net. He has been making sure these guides are preserved by collecting them all, scanning them, and then also sending them to me for high-resolution archival Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-47189963110055434522023-05-07T22:26:00.003-07:002023-05-07T22:26:35.274-07:00Scans of The Hyrule Fantasy: The Legend of Zelda Victory Strategy GuideI just high-res scanned and uploaded another retro guide for the original Legend of Zelda game, find the 1200-2400dpi RAW and lightly cleaned files at this link. This guide has some of my favorite enemy art done for the series.ゼルダの伝説 必勝攻略ガイドISBN 4-405-06068-1 | C2055Shinsei Publishing . Nova PublishingArtist: Shuichi Aikawa . 相川修一Thank you to Mases of ZeldaDungeon.net. He has been making Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-35349608145817999342023-05-07T22:19:00.004-07:002023-05-07T22:19:56.956-07:00Added the Scan of the Original Painting of the Fairy for Hyrule FantasyI finally replaced the old image of this fairy with the utterly amazing and beautiful scan we have thanks to ArtofNP, he also heads the non-profit The Interactive Art Collection:"Established in 2021, the Interactive Art Collection is a non-profit focused on the discovery, preservation, education, and sharing of original video game art."This is the original animation Cel painting. It's beyondMelora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-64543497002016779522023-04-19T13:25:00.001-07:002023-04-19T13:25:11.230-07:002400dpi Scans of the 1986 Hyrule Fantasy Bandai Board GameYou can find the high resolution files here and I will be adding more of this higher-res art to the gallery at some point in the future. I just need time away from scanning to clean it all. For now all I have updated is the boss cards. I also cleaned up Ganon's boss room and faked a card for him, so we could have a nice little set. Also want to thank JairulNait for scanning Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-86737539464905403102023-04-18T20:16:00.001-07:002023-04-18T20:16:06.138-07:002400dpi Scans of the Two-Tone Pages from the Zelda 2 Manga, Volume 1This is the Monthly Wanpakku issue for March, 1987. I have only scanned the Zelda manga by Ran Maru but if you need info on anything else in the volume, please let me know.I've been trying really hard to collect the color pages for these since they are incredibly beautiful works of comic art. I am so happy I was able to get this one, which is also the first chapter that starts the Adventure of Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-62722845886207717212023-04-17T12:14:00.004-07:002023-04-17T12:14:38.354-07:002400dpi Scans of the the Legend of Zelda: The Dreaming Isle Japanese Game ManualI actually only just bought this because it felt weird to have all of the other ones to scan and not the Link's Awakening one. The first 4 games are kind of my true loves, after all. Anyway, I just finished scanning and uploading this and you can find it here! Other Keywords: Zelda, tLoZ, LoZ, LA Link's Awakening, The Legend of Zelda, SNES, 600ppi, 1200ppi, RAW, RAWS, scan, scans, high res, high Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-21631698611723065952023-04-16T22:34:00.004-07:002023-04-16T22:34:27.933-07:002400dpi Scans of the the Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods Japanese Game Manual I just high-res scanned and uploaded the Japanese Super Famicom game manual for The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods (aka A Link to the Past.) The 2400dpi RAWs and lightly cleaned files are at this link. There are some cool translation comparison tables and notes at this link.Other Keywords: Zelda, tLoZ, LoZ, aLttP, Lttp, A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda, SNES, 600ppi, Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-83175724142901245502023-04-16T22:28:00.002-07:002023-04-16T22:28:48.454-07:002400dpi Scans of the the Legend of Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link Japanese Game Manual I just scanned & uploaded the Japanese Famicom Zelda II Adventure of Link manual at 2400dpi. Find it here.I'm editing the next one but if you like this then also check out this official AoL guide that's packed full of art not found anywhere else: Family Computer Magazine Special Edition: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Winning GuideYou can also find some great translation comparison Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-31237984857219861952023-04-16T22:17:00.004-07:002023-04-16T22:29:01.110-07:002400dpi Scans of the Hyrule Fantasy: The Legend of Zelda Japanese Game ManualI just finished scanning the Japanese game manuals for the first 4 Zelda games at 2400dpi & will be editing & uploading them over the next few days. Here's the original's booklet (I'd love to go back & make Hyrule Fantasy stick as the fan-reference name)Here is a really cool post from Legends of Localization that speaks about all of the details in this and the US manual: Legends Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-66562386570724016672023-04-16T22:10:00.003-07:002023-04-16T22:10:26.612-07:002400dpi Scans of Shogaku Magazine, Grade 3, May 1986, Zelda Manga AppendixTRANSLATIONS WANTED! If you would like to translate this, please contact me: melorasworld@gmail.comI made more 2400dpi scans of Zelda content & manga that has never been online before! This is from a detachable appendix in a children's magazine from 1986. The artist is Yukio Sawada of Mario manga fame. It's pretty short but it has some pretty great art. Also, there's a bonus feature on... Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-48649773713407522542023-04-16T21:57:00.003-07:002023-04-22T17:53:40.422-07:00My surgery went well! Turns out I had cancerI should have posted a few days ago. I traveled to have a double mastectomy earlier this month, it's a major surgery to prevent breast cancer in high risk individuals, which I am because it runs heavy in my family even though we don't have the currently known BRCA genes. When I was having my follow-up appointment with the surgeon to remove my drains and check in, the pathology report came back Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-62413844994027899912023-04-16T20:41:00.009-07:002023-04-16T22:36:08.738-07:00Zelda Story Illustration Scans: Shogaku Ichinensei 1992TRANSLATIONS WANTED! If you would like to translate this, please contact me: melorasworld@gmail.comThese are from some almost impossibly-rare children's magazines and I am so excited to finally be able to see good versions of nearly all of them because the art is incredible. They come from Shogokukan's magazine for 1st graders from 1992 and the Link to the Past feature ran from April to SeptemberMelora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-26649413102918534372023-04-12T14:53:00.009-07:002023-04-12T14:58:02.792-07:00The Final Volume of the Twilight Princess Manga is Now Available in English! I'm so excited for this. What a wonderful milestone! The final volume of Zelda: Twilight Princess manga by Akira Himekawa is out in English! (April 11, 2023.) There are 11 volumes total. And this only happened because fans & the artists pushed so hard for it for so long. Please support the amazing artists behind it & show publishers its, once again, worth listening to fansMelora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-47057499420896732272023-04-11T12:23:00.005-07:002023-04-16T22:36:23.301-07:00Never Before Seen Zelda Manga Scans Trying to Predict what Link to the Past Will Be LikeTRANSLATIONS WANTED! If you would like to translate this, please contact me: melorasworld@gmail.comHere's a small strategy guide Zelda manga that I just scanned that hasn't been online before! It was drawn by Hiroshi Aizawa, who also actually did work for the official Nintendo Player's guides too! It's pretty cool: it's speculating what Link to the Past will be like after Adventure of Link.Find Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-58614590276629245572023-04-11T00:23:00.005-07:002023-04-16T22:36:53.063-07:00Never Before Seen 2400dpi Zelda Manga Scans from "The Legend of Zelda Handbook"TRANSLATIONS WANTED! If you would like to translate this, please contact me: melorasworld@gmail.comThis is actually in a strategy guide but, for now, I only have the 16 pages of manga scanned. Which is absolutely beautiful. The guide is The Legend of Zelda Handbook by Keibunsha.Find the 2400dpi page scans here.The manga artist is Matsunori Iwamoto | 岩本松徳 who did artwork for the official Nintendo Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-858190701765144911.post-11640064770586366102023-04-10T22:02:00.006-07:002023-04-10T22:13:11.383-07:00Scan of Lost Official Art: Pyramid of Power from A Link to the PastThis one blows my mind. That background image, of the Pyramid of Power, absolutely has to be true official art they simply never reproduced anywhere else. Why do I think this? In several issues of Famimaga, an official Nintendo Magazine in Japan, they started off the Link to the Past feature each month with one of the other official images. Like Link smiling at the maiden in the crystal. Melora Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075248131919678172noreply@blogger.com0