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Hyrule Historia, The Zelda 25th anniversary art book.
- Thread starter SilverLunar
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WiiredShawn
Member
It is very interesting that, in the manga artwork, the background Link (Hylia's "chosen hero"?) is wearing a scowl eerily reminiscent of Ghirahim's attire. Perhaps that's reaching, but either way, I hope someone with a pure heart buys this thing and translates it.
Sheik is a disguise. A costume. If a girl dresses up as Mario, that doesn't make Mario female. Sheik isn't Zelda, Sheik is a male disguise worn by a woman.
Typographenia
Member
I would buy that in a heartbeat.
SilverLunar
Member
Err, doesn't all mangas look like this???
Is there a manga that looks "expensive"??
It's probably gonna become some BS plot about how the hero of the past turned into Ghirahim
I have that somewhere. So good.This is false:
In all it's hand watercolored glory.
Lord Ghirahim
Member
Honda and Nagano should be relieved of their Zelda comicification duties forever then.
Sheik was "male" in the game too. At least he is if you define Sheik as the personality that Zelda adopts as opposed to being Zelda herself. I mean, just look at the official character portrait. It's pretty obvious Zelda was pretending to be male, given how she transformed her figure.
So yeah, it's canon, anyway.
I CAN'T TAKE THIS IN EVERY ZELDA THREAD !!!!!
...so ..... I made a thread SPECIALY for this stuff
Have fun
Axelstream
Member
I really hope I didn't spoil Skyward Sword for myself just by seeing that last image. Possibilities are already running through my head. D:
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
:/ Two of the most visually uninteresting Zeldas get the most pages.
RPGCrazied
Member
This should have been included in the Wiimote bundle. ;/
viciouskillersquirrel
Member
It's over 100 pages of Zelda goodness. Like I said though, I'd buy it at a high price.
WiiredShawn
Member
Based on that manga image, I'm betting ten dollars on the following scenario as a backstory to SS (possible end-game spoilers)
The original "Hero" with the pointy ears made sweet, sweet love to Hylia, thus creating a "heroic" bloodline that could vanquish Demise as necessary, while she turned herself into a mortal in order to live peacefully among her people. Therefore, the "romance" between Link and Zelda is really a continuation of the love between the Hero and Hylia.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
So...none of this?
WiiredShawn
Member
Indeed. Let the awkward discussions of Oedipal complexes commence!
In actuality, it's probably better to suggest that the Hero's "spirit" reappeared in the form of SS Link, just like Hylia's spirit reappeared in the form of Zelda.
In actuality, it's probably better to suggest that the Hero's "spirit" reappeared in the form of SS Link, just like Hylia's spirit reappeared in the form of Zelda.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Ordering this as soon as Amazon.jp has it available.
So...none of this?
And we thought Link's Awakening got ignored.
victreeb3l
Member
.......
i must have this.
i must have this.
God dammit Nintendo.
TheCongressman1
Member
I'll agree about Spirit Tracks, but I'll have none of your nonsense about TP being uninteresting!
It is a shame that the older games are getting shafted, but that seems natural. Things get lost or discarded over time. Sadly, they probably never intended on releasing something like this until recently.
TheCongressman1
Member
No, they're not all crap. Manga isn't synonymous with a certain style, and this style sucks.
EDIT: Oh yeah, I forgot about the WW manga shorts. It looked fantastic! Who did they get to do that one?
victreeb3l
Member
seriously. with all of their resources, nintendo couldnt find one competent manga artist? its like they closed their eyes and picked a random artist on DA..gross
DarkChronic
Member
I need this. I need this so bad.
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
I guess we'd be fool to wait a English version?
but she's a female, because Mario doesn't have one and he's a male
but she's a female, because Mario doesn't have one and he's a male
The book apparently really will contain the timeline as in, the Zelda timeline, the one fans been debating about for a while now. The whole section with it is dedicated to pages and pages of chronology about the series according to the table of contents. So yeah prepare for shitstorm
Zoramon089
Banned
I'm out. Can't keep reading crap like this. Yes we get it. Zelda disguised herself as a man and called herself Sheik. That doesn't mean she was a man! Why is this so hard for people to understand? Are you guys intentionally being difficult?
Zelda in disguise is a female. However the entity/character Sheik is a male. How is that hard to understand?
If I'm cosplaying as a girl character at a convention even though I'm a dude, is the character that I'm cosplaying as a dude? Obviously not. I'm a guy dressing up as a girl. The character I'm dressed up as is still a girl even though the guy playing them is a dude.
Aveyn Knight
Member
Just curious, but how true is this BTW? Is there a link for this?
Do we know it's not just a timeline of the games? Like Zelda 1 -> 2 -> 3.
Granted, that section does take up an awful lot of pages...
NOPE. Twilight Princess had a great artstyle. I know a lot of people don't like the more reserved colors and blurry textures especially after Wind Waker, but the graphics really suit the game and TP had a lot of memorable places and character designs.
Anyways, this looks amazing. I hope they include never before seen art, because I could just google "Zelda art" and find enough.
Also not related at all, but another game I would instantly buy an artbook for is Muramasa.
Green Mamba
Member
But Sheik isn't a previously established character that Zelda co-opted.
IrishNinja
Member
oh god i want this, but a few of you have me holding out hope it'll come over.
it's never gonna happen, is it
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
Yeees, pre-ordered from Amazon Japan.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Thank you for the linky.
Akira is ridiculously detailed. It looks like an Escher woodcut at times.
Especially the 2-page spreads. Some of those are just mindblowing.
Starwolf_UK
Member
I'll be preparing for mistranslations that get passed round for years to come as well...
Nausicaä too. Then again it being done on A4 format and drawn in pencil commands more detail. Plus it didn't exactly have the deadline matters that most manga run into. Something like that Zelda one needs to a cash grab while Skyward Sword is still relevant essentially.