Product Description

R to L (Japanese Style)

The manga adapation of the legendary video game series, now available in English for the first time! Become part of the Legend – the Legend of Zelda!

The Legend of Zelda is a high-fantasy adventure based on the wildly successful and long-running video game series by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. In February 2000, Shogakukan began publication of manga artist Akira Himekawa's adaptation of nine of the most well known Nintendo games in the series. Each story follows the adventures of Link, the hero of the video game series, as he battles the forces of evil to save the Sacred Realm.

Majora's Mask:After sealing Ganondorf in the Sacred Realm, Link returns to the time when he was a boy. Peace has returned to Hyrule, but his old friend Navi is missing. While wandering the forest in search of Navi, he meets Skull Kid, who is wearing Majora's Mask, an artifact said to grant your wishes. The mischievous Skull Kid steals the Ocarina of Time from Link and turns Link into a Deku Nut!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11345 in Books
• Published on: 2009-02-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 216 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781421523293
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Akira Himekawa is the collaboration of two women, A. Honda and S. Nagano. Together they have created nine manga adventures featuring Link and the popular video game world of The Legend of Zelda, including Ocarina of Time, Oracle of Seasons and Four Swords. Their most recent work, Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, is serialized in Shogaku Rokunensei.

Customer Reviews

Legend of Zelda
My nine year old son LOVES Zelda! He has purchased every game, toy, book and poster he can get his hands on! For his birthday, we got him all three of the Legend of Zelda books, and he was thrilled. They weren't what I was expecting, in that they are all written in comic book style. Plus, they are written backwards, meaning, you read/flip pages from left to right, and start at what is normally the back of the book (not published in the U.S.). Hasn't been a problem for my son! My fourteen year old just asked his younger brother if he could read them, so they must hold the interest of older kids as well.

Even better than the game
The things I love the most about the manga incarnations of The Legend of Zelda, are the characters and the plot. Sometimes, just like in this case, there's much more depth to the story and development for the characters, making an even better experience. If you liked the game, you'll like this even more.

So Close
We bought this book for my son for Christmas who is age 7 but reads a couple years beyond his age. He is in LOVE with the Legend of Zelda. This was the perfect gift for him and he immediately took to them. HOWEVER, when we purchased this we were not aware that the layout was identical to the original (Japanese I think) and so read from back cover to front cover and right to left on the page. They just swaped the text translations in the word bubbles. This took a bit of explaining to our son, but he did figure it out quickly. Annoying though still and we can't figure out why they didn't just fix this for Western readers. Oh well. We'll probably be getting the next few volumes as a gift for his next birthday.