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! (Uploaded) I 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! --/-- (Uploaded) I 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!

1. https://archive.org/details/zelda_guide_01_loz_jp_million 
2. https://archive.org/details/zelda_guide_01_loz_jp_futami_v3 
3. https://archive.org/details/zines_zelda_famimaga_1987_aol_guide_600dpi
4. https://archive.org/details/zelda_manga_skyward_sword_prima

Other Publications:

1. https://archive.org/details/artbook_haruhiko_mikimoto_celluworks_1989
2. https://archive.org/details/manga_zelda_wanpakku_comics_1986_07

List of other guides:

1. Master List of All Guides on Flickr
2. List of Guides being scanned by Mases of Zelda Dungeon

Other Artbooks

1. Link's Awakening Dreamer Artbook <- Done and Uploaded
2. Hyrule Warriors Legends Character Book <- Uploaded

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: