Showing posts with label help wanted. Show all posts
Showing posts with label help wanted. Show all posts

Sunday, April 16, 2023

2400dpi Scans of Shogaku Magazine, Grade 3, May 1986, Zelda Manga Appendix


TRANSLATIONS WANTED! If you would like to translate this, please contact me: melorasworld@gmail.com


I 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... TURTLES! Find it here.




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Zelda Story Illustration Scans: Shogaku Ichinensei 1992


TRANSLATIONS WANTED! If you would like to translate this, please contact me: melorasworld@gmail.com


These 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 September. They're called "The Legend of Zelda, Link's Great Adventure." The artist is: Junichiro Saito / 斎藤純一郎 and I want to thank fellow fan, Sambyu / 旅人, for helping me so much with information on everything.

These are rare enough that I, personally, only own August at the moment. But Linkabel/AbelMunizJr has been collecting them for a while and was incredibly kind when I asked if I could get some photos of them. And now that they got some time, and a working scanner, they archived them for all of us. 


AbelMunizJr posted these on Twitter saying:

"Here are the scans for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past manga that was featured in Shogaku Ichinensei issues, from 05/1992[sic] to 09/1992. It seems I'm missing one issue, but I'm sure it will eventually surface.

Direct scans here and thread below: https://t.co/SIuZRu6UZc "


Here's what was in each issue:

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Never Before Seen Zelda Manga Scans Trying to Predict what Link to the Past Will Be Like



TRANSLATIONS WANTED! If you would like to translate this, please contact me: melorasworld@gmail.com

Here'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 all 5 pages here. 

It's from this guide and here is the credit's page.
The title translates to something like "Emergency Report Super Famicom"
Published December 25, 1990, size B6 size, 79 pages, by Keibunsha, Magazine code 63550-53

Never 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.com

This 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.


The manga artist is Matsunori Iwamoto | 岩本松徳 who did artwork for the official Nintendo Player's Guides. Specifically animal and item art that is quite detailed and stunning.

The guide was published by Keibunsha, March 28, 1992, 63552-25 / T1063552250889

Thursday, November 25, 2021

Publication's List: Help me make it accurate for all of us!

I've been needing to update the info and works that are still missing from the publication's section of the site. Problem is: there's a lot to add. So I'm making albums on flickr to more quickly organize the information. I'm also doing this so it's easier for all of you to help me figure out this mass of information. These will contain everything I know about:

Good news is that Mases of Zelda dungeon is doing most of the work on the guides. He's making scans of his whole collection and is working on at least adding covers and info until he can get to everything that massive task entails. 

So what can I use help with? Any one of you can probably help with something here:
  • The thing I need the most help with is, if you know Japanese, help me make sure I have the correct titles, author's and illustrator's names, publishers, etc, in both Japanese and English characters.
  • Double check my info against what's written in the volumes (I'm dyslexic, I make a lot of type-based mistakes)
  • Help me find links to the best scans and info online*
  • Help me find auction links to things I'm missing. If it's guides or merch I can get them to my friends who collect that and will get us scans. If it's manga, Japanese books, or artbooks, I'll probably buy them.
  • (More to come, I'm out of time today to keep writing)
*An FYI: I'm not going to publicly post links to free downloads of anything still in print, (just links to sales pages.) If you can't afford to purchase the volumes, etc, I totally understand, this isn't judgement on that. But, the way I use this platform, is for promoting purchasing any still available & only the scans for things that are not. Especially for manga; I really want a BotW series and good sales make that more likely.

I'm doing this, in large part, because my end goal is to try to have every piece of official and semi-official Zelda art online. But it's too hard to do if you don't check things off a list as you go and if you're dealing with bad scans only to get good scans after you've already done a ton of editing work. So this is the leg work to creating an awesome gallery. The added benefit is, obviously, we should have a great resource and merchandise catalog when we're done that also helps up properly credit the people behind the series we love.

Saturday, October 23, 2021

Archive.org: Scans are being uploaded there and we need a typesetter/page cleaner

 


First, the people working on Oath of Lilto need a type setter and page cleaner. If you want to help get it out in English for everyone to read this please send me an example of your work so I can get you in touch with them. melorasworld@gmail.com

Second: I've finally (kind of?) figured out how to properly format, upload, and enter data at archive.org so that publications aren't all screwed up when they're posted there. (Why on earth doesn't it just make the first page the cover page... it's so weird it hunts for a page with matching text and randomly assigns it. Or why doesn't it default to Japanese publications reading right to left? Anyway) I just uploaded this properly formatted 4 koma and expect to be doing a lot more in the future. I did screw up and include 2 duplicate pages, but nothing is missing, so I'm just going to leave it like that. 

From here on out I'll be using archive.org for publications and deleting the few on the flickr gallery so it can be just for the official art. I have a couple more 4koma to edit and add and then I'll get back to archival scanning more books and even the game guides.

Oath of Lilto archival scans FINISHED! All 4 volumes now ready for download.

 


Awesome news everyone, I was able to finish making 600dpi scans for all 4 volumes of Oath of Lilto and now have them uploaded in zip and compressionless pdf format on archive.org


Here are the links:
  • Volume 1 released on June 30, 1995 by Kobunsha, ISBN4-334-80270-2
  • Volume 2 released on May 10, 1996 by Kobunsha, ISBN4-334-80317-2
  • Volume 3 released on February 10, 1997 by Kobunsha, ISBN4-334-80362-8
  • Volume 4 released on June 5, 1997 by Kobunsha, ISBN4-334-80379-2
These are almost done being translated but the people doing it could use a type setter/image editor. If you would like to help with that please send me an example of your work and I'll get you in touch with them! melorasworld@gmail.com


The Legend of Zelda: Oath of Lilto
ゼルダの伝説: リルトの誓い
Zeruda no Densetsu: Riruto no Chikai
Written by Jin Munesue and illustrated by Junya Furusawa. "Furusawa Jun'ya" (古澤純也) Originally published in Shounen oh Comics


Keywords: The Legend of Zelda, Zelda, LoZ, A Link to the Past, LttP, ALttP, Dragon Ball, Lilto, Riruto, Junya Furusawa, Jin Munesue, manga, comic, comics, Kobunsha, high resolution, scans, book, books, volume 4, ゼルダの伝説: リルトの誓い, The Legend of Zelda: Oath of Lilto, Zeruda no Densetsu: Riruto no Chikai, RAWS, RAW, 600dpi, リルト, ゼルダの伝説, 漫画, 古澤純也

Monday, September 6, 2021

Things we are getting new translations for and what we really need translated/edited. UPDATED

Updated as of 2023/02/03:
I am not as good at keeping track of things as I use to be so I realized I needed to make a little list here of our progress. This should also help anyone who is interested in translating or editing something.


Finished translations that I need someone to clean and edit the text into. Please don't do these if you don't have really nice skills but feel free to start working if you do. Just send me an email at melorasworld@gmail.com so I can make a note of it here that someone is working on one so it's not getting done twice

  • Hyrule Fantasy children's book
    • I'll try to remember to get these uploaded but otherwise just email me for the files if you want to work on it.
    • Translation: historyofhyrule.blogspot.com/2021/05/
    • Translated by Sergei the Sage, scanned by me but donated from Mases collection (Zelda Dungeon) I need someone who is incrfedibly good at repairing images because I want this to be a top notch job.
  • CYOA: Adventure of Link
Things we really need translated: (that are already scanned)

Japanese to English Translations that are currently in the works:

Being translated into languages other than English:
  • Legend of Zelda/Hyrule Fantasy by Ran Maru
    • English, Spanish, and Russian
  • Link's Awakening one-shot from Corocoro Bessatsu
  • Link's Awakening by Ataru Cagiva
    • Spanish 
  • Gamebook: Adventure 13: LoZ an Original Version
    • Apparently it has already been translated into Russian

Being Typeset, no more work needed:

Sunday, August 29, 2021

8 Out of Print Volumes of Zelda Manga are Going to be Re-published! (Updates)

Update 2022-04-17: Yes, they are taking a while but the publisher is still releasing issues every month as promised. 


There's so much info below but first: I want everyone to make a really big push to see all of these localized in other languages by the publishers. I led that same kind of push for years, from History of Hyrule back in the early 2000's, to make that happen with Akira Himekawa's manga, and then over a decade later, when we got word Nintendo was finally going to be doing a real artbook, I worked so hard, and led an even bigger fan effort, to get the hype and interest going to get that localized in the US and other languages as well. They did and it ended up topping the best selling charts on Amazon and the New York Times. (It even beat out Twilight for a while.) Job well done, everyone!


And here's the reason: if these do well then other companies that produced a lot of old Zelda manga, like Enix, will hopefully be encouraged to do ebook releases of their out of print content too. We need to make that happen! If these do well publishers might even pay more artists to do more Zelda works. So let's get hyped about it again guys and when these drop let's hit the ground running.


To do this let's do what my friends and I did for the Himekawa manga and Hyrule Historia. Let's get some translations done so we can all read along with the books when they come out, then write all the companies like Nintendo, Viz, and Darkhorse about getting the rights, start campaigns, and when those Japanese ebook sales jump up because we pound that "buy it" button: I will bet you they'll do it.


This also means I need help finding translators. I have 600dpi scans made specifically for translation, they are not for distribution though and are not posted publicly right now. I have generally only hosted pages on the site that are large enough to comprehend but not big enough to discourage people from wanting actual copies if they become available for sale. More on that needed translation help below.

Example of the scans for translations


Now, back to the meat of it: One Pack Comics, also known as "Wanpakku Comics" or わんぱっくコミック, was a serialized monthly manga magazine that I believe ran from 1985 to 1989. As far as I know, in it's history, it produced 3 different Zelda series for Hyrule Fantasy, (the original Legend of Zelda,) and the Adventure of Link. I'll post info on them below. They were collected into 7 volumes, with the 8th and last volume of Ran Maru's Adventure of Link manga never officially being turned into a book because the publisher closed right after the artist finished. Those last 7 issues, that would have been the final volume, can only be found online because someone Xeroxed the pages from the final year of the magazine to make extra copies. And thank goodness they did even though they're not great. Someone else later scanned them. If you've seen the popular GTV Japan YouTube video, it's using those same scanned Xeroxs that I've had on my site for around a decade. (By the way, I love his videos. I do technically disagree with how he interpreted the ending though, we had a nice conversation about it, but you know how fans will have different takes: I just think SPOILER it's clear Zelda comes back to life at the end and that it's part of the main story, not tacked on. The Salamander that dies in the same place her body falls into, comes back at the end, with the same flute that fell in too, and then we see a female with Zelda's stature come out of that same lake .Link threw the Triforces into it as well. It seems very clear to me what happens)


I have been trying to track down those 7 magazine issues for around a decade now. Here's the covers and info on them. (I do still want them.) The ever-awesome Zelda collector, Ikhana, was helping me find them, (she actually found April's issue for me and I was able to buy it, it's being shipped as we speak. She's so good at this!) but in the process she found a press release from August 12, 2021 that stated Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. (株式会社徳間書店, Kabushiki gaisha Tokuma Shoten), One Pack's parent company, was going to be re-release all of the manga at a rate of roughly 5 issues a month (mid month) starting on August 16th. Which was just a few days ago. You will be able to purchase these ebook volumes on these platforms:

  • Kindleストア(Amazon)
  • 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア
  • BOOK☆WALKER
  • honto
  • ブックライブ
  • コミックシーモア
  • ebookjapan
  • Renta!(パピレス)
  • DMMブックス

The first 5 volumes have been released, as promised, but they are not for the Legend of Zelda, they're just some of the many other works One Pack supported. But I am happy to see it's really happening. I'm not sure when they'll get to the Zelda ones, but it's promising to see that they're already rapidly releasing things. Again, they will release 5 volumes in the middle of every month.

Out of those stores I'm only familiar with Amazon.jp. To find the ebook releases you'll want the keyword わんぱっくコミック (One Pack's name in Japanese) or just use this link.

Now, what are the 3 Legend of Zelda series to expect, the 8 volumes:


My all-time-favorite Zelda manga is in this batch. A total of 4 volumes it was created by Ran Maru and ran from 1986 to 1988. It starts with one volume for Hyrule Fantasy/The Original Legend of Zelda and continues on with 3 volumes for the Adventure of Link. (The last one was the one I was talking about that was not collected into a book though.) One of the reasons I love it is for how the personalities of Link and Zelda are portrayed. They remind me of what I actually want from the games. The 2nd reasons is for all the firsts in this series: It's the first time we see things that appear in later games. A few small examples would be: Link with hot pink hair, Link riding into battle on a giant bird, his spin attack, and we even see Zelda using magic to transform into a male character in the intent to fool Ganon's minions to buy time while Link is missing in action. And the series is dark. It's actually very very dark.



The 1st chapter is in English.

UPDATE: FULLY TRANSLATED!!



The first chapter is in English! But we need to have the rest finished

UPDATE: FULLY TRANSLATED
but being revised, I do not have it yet





FULLY TRANSLATED!!


Now for the other 4 volumes:


The Adventure of Link, Volume 1, by Daisuke Shigoto

This is a pretty amazing work. While it has some original elements it's acts as a game guide for the Adventure of Link. It's really worth checking out.

WE NEED A TRANSLATOR FOR THIS
Someone was translating this with my scans for another site but it looks like they're MIA 



This is a continuation of volume one, it was just taken over by a different artist.

WE NEED A TRANSLATOR FOR THIS




The Legend of Zelda by Kobayashi Susumu
This is one volume that covers the whole first game and even acts as a complete game guide. The art in this is actually really good, this artist also did work that appeared in official Nintendo publications. 

WE NEED A TRANSLATOR FOR THIS

Again, I would like to try to find a translator for each volume if possible, to get these done quickly. I do have 600dpi scans to help you read them and we just need to make a script so people can read along with the eventual ebooks. Contact me if you have actual experience translating from Japanese to English.
melorasworld@gmail.com

And after this: We have around 35 other volumes of Zelda manga, 4koma, and novels that still need to be translated! I'm not kidding! There's so many no one has ever done.

Follow me on Twitter @historyofhyrule if you want the most current news and updates.
And I'll be on a backpacking trip on Monday-Wednesday so forgive me if I can't respond until then.





Saturday, August 14, 2021

UPDATED 2022-06-06. The 60+ Out-of-Print Zelda Publications I'll be Scanning to Preserve


Hey everyone! I'm still looking for people who would be willing to help translate the old Zelda manga and maybe even the Japanese novels. The truth is that it's harder than it looks so, if you're not advanced, it's going to wear on you. But it's tragic some of this hasn't been translated for 35 years now so, if you think you can help, please contact me at melorasworld@gmail.com

So, anyway, I know it looks like I haven't been doing much since the tail end of May 2021 but that's only partially true. In the summer I do take off from civilization to backpack in the wilderness but, in the downtime, I've been connecting with other fans and helping get material to people who need it for their own projects and connecting with people who are helping with some of History of Hyrule's. There are so many amazing people out there that we have a lot to thank for and I can't wait to share more about. I also did a guest spot on Sacred Realms Podcast where we talked about Zelda art, it was so much fun, be sure to check them out. I've also started making more archival scans of all the old Japanese publications.

Here's a list of what I'll be scanning that I'll keep updated! This is DONE!

Manga:

  1. manga_loz_en DONE! 1/60 (Uploaded) Re-scanned at 1200dpi
  2. manga_aol_1 DONE! 2/60 (Uploaded) Redo?
  3. manga_aol_2 DONE! 3/ 60 (Uploaded) Redo?
  4. manga_aol_3 WANTED! (UploadedI do not have this, it's so rare! It can only be found in the February through August, 1988, One Pack magazine issues. I'm told they went out of business right after this so it was never collected in a volume like the others. I'd pay around $400 for each issue. Contact me if you think you can help me, the internet in general, find and preserve this rare piece of history. I currently have February and April's issues but need the other 5.
  5. manga_loz_wan DONE! 9/60 (Uploaded)
  6. manga_lttp1 DONE! 14/60 (Uploaded)
  7. manga_lttp2 DONE! 15/60 (Uploaded)
  8. manga_lttp3 DONE! 16/60 (Uploaded)
  9. manga_la1 DONE! 10/60 (Uploaded)
  10. manga_la2 DONE! 12/60 (Uploaded)
  11. manga_old_loz_trans DONE! 44/60 (Uploaded)
  12. manga_old_aol DONE! 45/60 (Uploaded)
  13. manga_aol_wan1_en DONE! 4/60 (Uploaded) Redo?
  14. manga_aol_wan2 DONE! 5/60 (Uploaded) Redo?
  15. manga_aol_wan3 DONE! 6/60 (Uploaded) Redo?
  16. guide_manga_multi (this is a guide, I will do it later)
  17. manga_lttp_zalda DONE! 46/60 (Uploaded) 
  18. manga_loz_13 DONE! 31/60 (Uploaded)
  19. manga_lttp_dbz1 DONE! 17/60 (Uploaded)
  20. manga_lttp_dbz2 DONE! 19/60 (Uploaded)
  21. manga_lttp_dbz3 DONE! 18/60 (Uploaded)
  22. manga_lttp_dbz4 DONE! 20/60 (Uploaded)
I'm not doing the Himekawa manga because it's all still in print so please support them like I have always asked people to do. Like I really want a Breath of the Wild manga by them so sales need to be strong!

4Koma
  1. 4koma1 DONE! 7/60 (Uploaded)
  2. 4koma2 DONE! 8/60 (Uploaded)
  3. 4koma3 DONE! 22/60 (Uploaded)
  4. 4koma4 DONE! 23/60 (Uploaded)
  5. 4koma5 DONE! 24/60 (Uploaded)
  6. 4koma6 DONE! 25/60 (Uploaded)
  7. 4koma7 DONE! 26/60 (Uploaded)
  8. 4koma8 DONE! 27/60 (Uploaded)
  9. 4koma_la_kei DONE! 38/60 (Uploaded)
  10. 4koma_la_kou DONE! 39/60 (Uploaded)
  11. 4koma_action1 DONE! 36/60 (Uploaded)
  12. 4koma_action2 DONE! --/-- (UploadedI have this now but didn't know if I would find it so I have someone else's 300dpi scans uploaded
  13. 4koma_action3 DONE! 37/60 (Uploaded)
  14. 4koma_lttp_kou DONE! 35/60 (Uploaded)
  15. 4koma_mm_enix DONE! 28/60 (Uploaded)
  16. 4koma_mm_kou DONE! 29/60 (Uploaded)
  17. 4koma_ooa_kou  DONE! 40/60 (Uploaded)
  18. 4koma_oos_kou  DONE! 41/60 (Uploaded)
  19. 4koma_oracle_kou  DONE! 42/60 (Uploaded)
  20. 4koma_oot1 DONE! 32/60 (Uploaded)
  21. 4koma_oot2 DONE! 30/60 (Uploaded)
  22. 4koma_oot_bou DONE! 21/60 (Uploaded)
  23. 4koma_oot_fut DONE! 33/60 (Uploaded)
  24. 4koma_oot_kou DONE! 13/60 (Uploaded)
  25. 4koma_oot_tan DONE! 34/60 (Uploaded)
  26. 4koma_ww_jp  DONE! 43/60 (Uploaded)
Novels and Other Books:
  1. book_blacktriforce DONE! 47/60 (Uploaded)
  2. book_novel_aol DONE! 49/60 (Uploaded)
  3. book_novel_loz DONE! 50/60 (Uploaded)
  4. book_novel_lttp DONE! 51/60 (Uploaded)
  5. book_novel_lttp2 DONE! 52/60 (Uploaded)
  6. book_novel_lttp3 DONE! 48/60 (Uploaded)
  7. book_adventure10 DONE! 11/ 60 (Uploaded)
  8. artbook_terada
  9. guide_zeldabox
  10. guide_lttp_np -Done (Uploaded) but redo it with a book with better color
  11. guide_lttp_de
  12. guide_la_np
  13. guide_la_de
  14. guide_beno DONE! by Annon (Uploaded) 300dpi, not 600
  15. artbook_z_collection DONE! 53/60 (Uploaded)
  16. artbook_z_collection (2)
  17. artbook_z_collection (3)

Other Scans I've made:

Other Guides: I have more than a few I'll be fully scanning but they're last on the list because, besides the art, it's usually just game help information in them. But it would be nice to have them preserved regardless!


This is an example of what I'll be doing when I say archival scan project:

An old 600dpi scan from the site:


New 600dpi scan with pages removed from the binding and a dark backing to prevent image bleed-through:
The binding glue on many of the old books is falling apart, so this isn't particularly painful to do, but the deeper tears near the binding are where it has turned into a concrete resin and absorbed the paper into itself so there's a little bit of patching that needs to be done.


Repaired image:


Further cleaned and almost complete:



Saturday, May 29, 2021

UPDATE. Archival Scanning Project: Zelda Manga, Novels, and Guides

Over the next year or so my goal is to make high resolution, archival quality, scans of all of these no-longer published Zelda publications so they're never lost. Most (if not all?) have been out of print for 35-20 years, many of the publishers aren't even in business any more. I don't really know what to do about it after that though. Right now manga publishers are going after some scan sites: mainly because people were making major ad and subscription money on thousands of works STILL being published; which is pretty messed up. I want to state, in the 20 years I've been doing this, I've never had a single ad or sold a single thing to make money on anything from my site. I've never even so much as linked to my personal online art stores. I busted my ass and pushed for years to see the Himekawa manga officially localized outside of Japan and to get Hyrule Historia released outside of Japan too. Like, let's pay publishers and artists to do the work so we can get more works made. I absolutely get that not everything gets localized in every language and that not everyone can access and afford things though. I mean, I grew up really poor and literally started this site because my favorite childhood Zelda art book/game guide was stolen from me and I couldn't find it again to see the art I had been so inspired by again. I looked for a decade before I found it and had to spend $100 to buy it at auction. Money that also did not go back to the original creators. ...Which is also why I wish publishers could find ways to work on that issue too. Like offering free online libraries of work that there isn't much of a market for any more. Or, if they don't want to bear the costs, would even okay fans to do it under certain circumstances. Anyway...

My old hard rule was to remove them if we heard they were going to get picked up officially, to only do works that had been out of print for years, and for all of that: to make the available manga scans just barely big enough to visually understand what was going on, so people could see what they were about but would still be encouraged to buy them when they could because the small size really isn't incredibly enjoyable. It's pretty clear none of these volumes are ever going to officially see the light of day again. You can't even find them on auctions sites any more even if you have the sometimes hundreds of dollars needed to buy each one. In an ideal world I would want a new publisher to pick up the rights and produce them, give money back to the original artists or their families if they have passed, or use it to fund artists to do new works. Sadly the chances of that happening are probably close to Zero if they haven't happened by now (or maybe I should start writing companies like an insane person and beg them to get the rights and re-publish them, ...who knows.) Unfortunately, originally, copyright law only covered around the first 14 years of a work. Which means every single one of these could be reproduced without a sometimes insane and over cumbersome process.... but then Disney fought to change that to nearly a life time, with the ability to be extended... So... 2056-2066ish is the earliest...? That's just cruel to fans who simply want to be able to experience a part of the history of their favorite series. Anyway, just know I will preserve them and that I will be trying to figure out how to handle this in the most ethical way possible. 

This is just a picture of my Zelda manga and novels, I don't even know how many more guides and artbooks I have. 


A long time ago some of my 4koma suffered water damage and I forgot about it until now. If you have any of the remaining volumes below, and are willing to sell them, please contact me.

Edit August 2, 2021: I located 2 at auction, Piney/dat_pinez located 2 others and is sending them to me, and Edit 2: now Ikhana and Piney have helped me find the other missing ones.



I also need another German Link's Awakening guide because mine came with a missing page that has art on it. Thank you!



Monday, May 3, 2021

Updated: Full translations for an adorable old Hyrule Fantasy book!

UPDATE: This is fully translated and I hope to edit it in the future. If you're great at page editing, would you like to take on this task for me instead though? I'm so backlogged I feel horrible that I haven't gotten to it yet. I have rough pages posted below but some changes to the text have been made and can be found below the images. I do want this to look super professional though so I'd rather wait to do it myself if editing isn't something you're really skilled at (though there are a lot of people out there that are better at it than me so, if that's you, please take this on!)


Full Translation thanks to @sergethesage.
He sent it in for this absolutely awesome little book for the first Legend of Zelda.

The text on the images is not the final text, by the way, the images are just what I sent back to him to make sure I had everything in the right place and that nothing was left out.


Front cover

(Brand name) Playable for children

(Series name) Family Computer (or Family Computer Disk System)

Picture Book

(Title of book) Hyrule fantasy:

The Legend of Zelda




Page 1-2

(Title) The story of ‘Legend of Zelda’

(upper right)

Long, long ago, in the country of Princess Zelda, on continent of Hyrule, two Triforces with mysterious powers brought prosperity to the land. 

(pictures)

Impa the Nursemaid

Princess Zelda

Triforce of Wisdom

Triforce of Power

(bottom right)

However, Ganon, the Prince of Darkness, coveted the Triforces for himself. He invaded and captured the Triforce of Power

(picture)

Ganon, the Prince of Darkness

(bottom pictures, from right to left)

Things that can be discovered in the Legend of Zelda:
Link's collection of weapons, treasures, and his enemies.

White Sword
Twice as good as the ordinary sword

Life Hearts
Represents Link's life. If they all become white, he dies.

Magical Sword
Four times better than ordinary sword

Magic Shield
Repels enemies’ attacks


(upper left)

The Triforce of Wisdom remained safe but Princess Zelda, afraid that Ganon might capture it too, divided it into 8 pieces and hid them in different underworld mazes.

(bottom left)

Zelda was captured by Ganon and is now his prisoner. 

Link heard this story from Princess Zelda's nursemaid, Impa, and vowed to defeat Ganon and save the princess. Gathering the Triforce of Wisdom would be vital in defeating the dark prince.

And so Link set forth to seek the hidden pieces of Triforce

(pictures)

Link

(bottom pictures)

Heart Container:
Increase number of Link’s heart by one

Rupee
Money. Blue rupee costs 5 yellow (? this seems unfinished)

Magic key
Door key, can be used many times.

Ladder
For crossing narrow rivers and chasms

Raft
Use it to cross the water's surface without trouble

 



Page 3-4

(Title) Link’s journey has begun

(upper right)

Link will meet many of Ganon's minions during his journey. Show them, Link!

 (pictures)

Moblin (mori-no goburin, forest goblin)

Octorok

(bottom right)

There are also enemies in the underworld. Different weapons are needed to defeat them

Digdogger

(bottom pictures)

Wooden Boomerang
Stuns an enemy when it hits them

Magical boomerang
Flies further than wooden boomerang

Bow and wooden arrow
Hits enemies at a great distance

Silver arrow
Link’s greatest weapon

Bomb
Makes amazing blasts and can break walls

(upper left)
Well done! One piece of the Triforce is found!

(middle left)
Just wait, Ganon, I will defeat you!

(bottom left)
Underworld enemies are tougher than oveworld ones

(pictures)

Gibdo
Pols voice
 
(bottom pictures)
Blue Candle
It can light rooms in the underworld labyrinths

Red Candle
Its flame can be used to light rooms and as a weapon many times

Letter
Show it to the Old Woman to buy the Water of Life

Compass
Marks the location of the Triforce in labyrinths

Magical clock
Stops an enemies' movement




Page 5-6

(Title) Fight, Link!

(right top & bottom)

(text)

How to control Link

But first let’s learn about weapons and powers of Link.

First let's learn about Link's weapons and abilities. Things that Link can use as a weapon, and his other equipment and treasures, are shown on the screen to the left. Fight and win to get them! Choose weapons with the B Button.

The Green Link
Link starts the game in a green tunic

The Blue Link
When Link obtains the blue ring he becomes twice as strong

The Red Link
Wow! With the red ring Link becomes 4 times stronger!

(icon) Used with A button weapon.

Sword
The initial sword Link obtains from an Old Man

White Sword
Twice as strong as the original sword but you need 5 hearts to wield it

Magical Sword
Four times as strong but you can't obtain it unless you have 12 heart containers

(picture of joypad)

Remember the B button. Use it to attack with the equipment you chose.

A Button: Use it to attack with a sword

Start Button: Change between the battle screen and the inventory screen

Select Button: Pause and unpause the game

D-Pad: Move Link. He goes in the direction you press

(bottom pictures)

Map: a map for that underworld labyrinth

Blue ring
Doubles Link’s strength

Red Ring
Increases Link's strength four times

Power bracelet
Makes Link strong enough to move rocks

Magical rod
Allows Link to use a mysterious spell

(left top & bottom)

(icon) Weapons used with the B Button
 
Boomerang
There is a wooden and a magical boomerang. Both temporarily stop an enemy's movement
 
Candles
There are red and blue candles. Their flames can be used for lighting rooms, burning down trees, and as a weapon

Bow and arrow
Can't be used until you have both. There are also wooden and silver arrows and some enemies can't be defeated with arrows alone

Bait
It can lure enemies allowing you to distract or attack them.

Water of life
There are blue and red potions that restore Link's hearts
 
Flute (Recorder)
It can be used for many mysterious things including calling a whirlwind!

Magical Rod
You need the Book of Magic (updated official name for the bible) to use its powerful beam

Bomb
Place it for an amazing blast that devastates enemies

(bottom pictures)
Book of Magic (originally called the bible)
Inside is written a spell for emitting flame

Bait
Lure enemies with it

Flute
Different mysterious things can happen!

Blue Water of Life
Restores all Link’s hearts

Red Water of Life
Can be used twice


Page 7
(Title) The People of Hyrule

Old men who live in the caves:
They give Link special items and different hints

Old Women
They sell potions and hints. A bit greedy

Merchants
Sells weapons and other treasures! Prices are different depending on the merchant. Buy at cheaper places

Fairies
They dwell in Hyrule's springs and will restore all of Link's hearts when he approaches

(bottom pictures)
Pieces of Triforce
Collect all 8 to defeat Ganon

Merchant
Sells treasures and weapons

Old Woman
Sells hints and the Water of Life

Old Man
Gives hints, swords, and more

Fairy
Restores all of Link's hearts



Page 8

(Title) Defeating the Enemies in the Overworld.

(upper)
There are all kinds of enemies in the Overworld. Don’t be careless!
 

(picture)
Ghini

(bottom)

There are zolas in the seas and lakes! Avoid their beams!

(picture)

Zola (or Zora)
Peahat

(bottom pictures)
Princess Zelda
Ruler of Hyrule that was captured by Ganon

Octorock
Lives in the overworld and spits rocks.
 
Tektite
Monster that really jumps around

Moblin
A forest dwelling imp that throws spears

Leever
Lives under the sand and emerges as you approach




Page 9-10

(Title) Defeat Ganon, the Prince of Darkness!

(upper left)
At last you found the entrance to an underground maze! A piece of Triforce is hidden somewhere inside. It's not easy to find hidden entrances

(picture right)
It’s not easy to find hidden entrance!

(picture left)
An underground labyrinth is a maze with many rooms.

(bottom right)
Underworld mazes are full of enemies. Choose your weapon and show them!

(picture)
Gleeok has a formidable beam!

(triangle part of page)
There's treasure here!

(round part in the middle of pages)
Get back the Triforce of Power!

(bottom pictures)
Peahat
A gently fluttering flower

Zora
a beam spitting half man, half fish

Armos
Stone warriors that come to life when touched

Ghini
Graveyard-dwelling monster

Lynels
defends death mountain from visitors
 
(upper central)
Get hints from the old man in the hidden room! 

(upper left)
Chop Manhandla down with the magical sword

Hurry to Ganon's lair on Death Mountain

(bottom left)

The Prince of Darkness, Ganon, has appeared! He's (I can't think how to phrase this right now. My mind is drawing a blank.) He is pressing Link with beams.

Fight on, Link!

(bottom pictures)
Boulders
Watch out as they fall from Death Mountain

Stalfos
A skeleton that will use swords to attack

Keese & Vire
Bat-like monsters, vire is the boss

Goriya
An underworld imp that attacks with boomerangs

Aquamentus
A unicorn-like dragon that attacks with beams




Page 11-12
(Title) Labyrinth of ‘Legend of Zelda’

(the only word on right page)
Start

(bottom pictures)
Wallmaster
A giant hand that emerges through the walls

Trap
Its spikes will cut you when you get close

Rope
a venomous snake that dwells in the underworld

Moldorm
a large earthworm that lives in the mazes

Stone statue
scattered throughout the rooms, some emit beams

(upper left)

Make your way through Ganon’s army to Princess Zelda!
Don’t get lost!

(bottom left)
(picture)
Goal

(bottom pictures)
Bubble
A tortured soul. Don't touch it or hit it with a sword.

Dodongo
Large rhino with tough hide.

Gel & Zol
Jelly-like monsters.

Armos
Knight in the maze. Unbeatable from the front.

Manhandla
Man-eater with four arms.




Page 13-14

(Title) Save Princess Zelda!

(Right overworld)

Link’s adventure began.
Avoid overworld and underworld enemies and save Princess Zelda!

(pictures)
Start
Let’s get the sword

(screenshot)
Zora in the sea and octorocks on dry land are awaiting!

(bottom pictures)
Like-like
Shields are delicious to this monster

Gleeok
A giant dragon that spits beams

Pols voice
Monster with big ears

Gibdo
Male mummy, extremely strong!

Wizzrobe
A magic user that attacks with spells

(left page)
(screenshot)
In the desert there are leevers and peahats… Use your sword!

(Link with Zelda)
At last! Princess Zelda has been saved!

Goal

(Link with Triforce)
Got the Triforce!

Move on!

(Link with Ganon)
Defeat Ganon

(bottom pictures)
Gohma
Big crab with a hard shell.

Lanmola
Giant centipede. Very fast!

Digdogger
Big urchin. Doesn’t like noise.

Patra
Flying swarm-like boss.

Prince of Darkness Ganon
The boss of all Link's enemies. He's a formidable foe.



Back cover
(Title) Family Computer Picture Book
(game)
(rules)
Move through the maze to get to the goal! Gather the letters to spell "Legend of Zelda" ("Ze-Ru-Da No De-N-Se-Tsu" I don't know if we should say letters and change them to English syllables, or say Kana and keep the Japanese symbols.)

(pictures)
Link

Start

Princess Zelda

Goal

(commercial advertisement)

Playable for children (brand name) Family Computer Picture Book (or Family Computer Disk System. series name)

This publication is appropriate for young children. The contents of all the books in this series reveal the details for different videogames and have child-appropriate puzzles, coloring activities, and mazes. Ask for other volumes in this series at your nearest bookstore.