600dpi Scans for Fireball Game Comic Volumes 1-3

Here's the scans of all 3 full volumes:

• Volume 1
• Volume 2
• Volume 3

Information for this publication:

• Original Japanese Title: 火の玉ゲームコミック 1
• Machine Translated Japanese Title: Hinotama gēmukomikku 1
• Machine Translated English Title: Fireball Game Comic 1
• Artists and Authors: Anthology. 
• Publishers: Kobunsha, Shounen Oh Comics
• Date Published: August 1, 1994
• Year: 1994
• ISBN or Identifying Numbers: ISBN4-334-80235-4
• Format: Paperback
• Size: A5. 14.8 x 21.0cm, 5.83 x 8.27 inches
• Page Count: 160
• Stand-alone or multi-volume: 3 Volumes. It mentions a volume 4 but that was never published.
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Translations in Other Languages: None Yet
• Genre: 4koma
• Games: A Link to the Past / Triforce of the Gods / 神々のトライフォース
• Other Series: Street Fighter II, Sansara Naga 2, ONI, Feda: The Emblem of Justice, and Super Metroid
• Scan size: 600dpi scans of the whole volume. 
• ZeldaWiki Page

Artists:

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Information for this publication:

• Original Japanese Title: 火の玉ゲームコミック 2
• Machine Translated Japanese Title: Hinotama gēmukomikku 2
• Machine Translated English Title: Fireball Game Comic 2
• Artists and Authors: Anthology. Artist Information Below.
• Publishers: Kobunsha, Shounen Oh Comics
• Date Published: November 10, 1994
• Year: 1994
• ISBN or Identifying Numbers: ISBN4-334-80238-9
• Format: Paperback
• Size: A5. 14.8 x 21.0cm, 5.83 x 8.27 inches
• Page Count: 162
• Stand-alone or multi-volume: 3 Volumes. It mentions a volume 4 but that was never published.
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Translations in Other Languages: None Yet
• Genre: 4koma
• Games: A Link to the Past / Triforce of the Gods / 神々のトライフォース
• Other Series: Samurai Spirits, (Samurai Showdown,) Street Fighter II, Mother 2 (EarthBound) & Feda: The Emblem of Justice
• Scan size: 600dpi scans of the whole volume. 
• ZeldaWiki Page

Artists:

• Samurai Spirits
• サムライスピリッツ
• [Color 4-Panel Manga] - Yoshino Sasaki / Inumaru Yoshimoto / Taku Koide / Onimaru Amano
• [カラー4コママンガ] - 佐々木よしの/吉本犬丸/こいでたく/天野鬼丸
•  Article: Samurai Shodown Secret Research Institute
• 記事: サムスピ秘密研究所
• [Evil deeds travel a thousand miles] - Yoshino Sasaki
• [悪事千里を行く] - 佐々木よしの
• [Tenka Ippin] - Mutsuki Tsutomu
• [天下一品] - むつきつとむ
• [I am a samurai!] - Amano Onimaru
• [侍でござる！] - 天野鬼丸
• [Rurururu Nakoruru] - Koide Taku
• [るるるるナコルル] - こいでたく
• [I found Bushido!!] - Fujii Ao
• [武士道とみつけたり！！] - 藤井あお
• [1 Megashock] - Yoshimoto Inumaru
• [1メガショック] - 吉本犬丸
• [Just read and forget!] - Sunahama Satomi
• [読み捨て御免！] - すなはまさとみ
• [Supisupi] - Makura Eiji
• [すぴすぴ] - まくらえいじ
• [Angry, angry, angry, anger!!] - Hagoromo Sho
• [怒怒怒の怒！！] - 羽衣翔
• Column: It's just a game, so what's the problem?
• コラム ゲームなんだからいいじゃないっすか
• The Legend of Zelda
• ゼルダの伝説
• [The Friends of Kakariko Village 2] - Akemi Agawa
• [カカリコ村の仲間たち2] - 阿川あけみ
• Super Street Fighter II
• スーパーストリートファイターII
• [Four-Panel Comic: An Exciting Fight!] - Akatsuki
• [4コマ爽快ファイト！] - あかつき
• [I can't beat you] - Hidetaka Matsumoto
• [おれはおまえにかなわない] - 松本英孝
• [What are we going to do?!] - Makoto Hirono
• [どないすんねん！] - 廣野誠
• [Fighting Story '94] - Kaori Hagiwara
• [格闘物語’94] - 萩原かおり
• [Super Strong!!] - Akaito Odoshi
• [超最強！！] - あかいとおどし
• Column: Catch me at the game shop
• コラム ゲームショップでつかまえて
• MOTHER2 (EarthBound)
• Article: A slightly risqué (?) story about "Mother 2"
• 記事「マザー2」のちょっとアブない(？)話
• [Color 4-Panel Manga] - Hiroki Mizukami / Minato Tsuba / Kiyoka Hayashi
• [カラー4コママンガ] - 水上広樹／都波みなと／林キヨカ
• [Children's Main Jobs] - Minato Tsuba
• [子供の本業] - 都波みなと
• [Innocent World] - Hiroki Mizukami
• [Innocent World] - 水上広樹
• [GOLDEN MOTHER] - Kiyoka Hayashi
• [GOLDEN MOTHER] - 林キヨカ
• [Super Street Friends] - Hiroki Otsuka
• [スーパーストリートフレンズ] - 大塚弘樹
• [Mother 2: Boom Boom's Revenge] - Kura☆Rissa
• [マザー2 ブンブーンの逆襲] - くら☆りっさ
• Column: Fireball Game Doujinshi Extravaganza
• コラム 火の玉ゲーム同人誌三昧
• FEDA
• Article: Welcome to Scuderia
• 記事
• おいでませスクーデリア
• [The Person of the Forest] - Kotoni Shiraishi
• [森の人] - 白石琴似
• [FEDA 1P Theater] - Kazuhito Tanaka
• [FEDA 1P劇場] - 田中和仁
• Column: Be careful on dark roads at night
• コラム 暗い夜道に気をつけろ

Information for this publication:

• Original Japanese Title: 火の玉ゲームコミック 3
• Machine Translated Japanese Title: Hinotama gēmukomikku 3
• Machine Translated English Title: Fireball Game Comic 3
• Artists and Authors: Anthology. 
• Publishers: Kobunsha, Shounen Oh Comics
• Date Published: December 12, 1994
• Year: 1994
• ISBN or Identifying Numbers: ISBN4-334-80247-8
• Format: Paperback
• Size: A5. 14.8 x 21.0cm, 5.83 x 8.27 inches
• Page Count: 178
• Stand-alone or multi-volume: 3 Volumes. It mentions a volume 4 but that was never published.
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Translations in Other Languages: The Zelda part is translated here.
• Genre: 4koma
• Games: A Link to the Past / Triforce of the Gods / 神々のトライフォース
• Other Series: King of Fighters '94, Super Momotaro Electric Railway III, Mother 2 (EarthBound,) Street Fighter II
• Scan size: 600dpi scans of the whole volume. 
• ZeldaWiki Page

Artists:

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Many thanks go to A Traveler for the incredible cataloging work he does for early Zelda publications. His efforts also ensure I have the correct information and text in Japanese.

600dpi Scans of The World of Digital Game Manga 4koma

Find the scans here: The World of Digital Game Manga 4koma

 Information for this publication:

• Original Japanese Title: 電脳遊戯漫画界
• Machine Translated Japanese Title: Den'nō yūgi manga-kai
• Machine Translated English Title: The World of Digital Game Manga
• Artists and Authors: Anthology. Information Below.
• Publishers: Futabasha, Action Comics, G. G. C.
• Date Published: July 28, 1993
• Year: 1993
• ISBN or Identifying Numbers: ISBN4-575-93336-8
• Format: Paperback
• Size: A5. 14.8 x 21.0cm, 5.83 x 8.27 inches
• Page Count: 198
• Stand-alone or multi-volume: Single Volume
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Translations in Other Languages: None Yet
• Genre: 4koma
• Games: A Link to the Past / Triforce of the Gods / 神々のトライフォース
• Other Series: Fire Emblem, Zelda, Super Mario Bros., Kirby, Wizardry
• Scan size: 600dpi scans of the whole volume. 
• ZeldaWiki Page

Artists:

• Fire Emblem Gaiden
• ファイアーエムブレム外伝
• [Alum and His Merry Friends] - Yu Kinutani
• [アルムくんとゆかいな仲間] - 衣谷遊
• [Reset DE Batch Goo!!] - Yoshikazu Habara
• [リセットDEバッチグー！！] - 羽原よしかづ
• [I love the Celica team!!] - Yamashita Ito
• [セリカ隊がお気に入りっ！！] - 山下以登
• [Fire Emblem Gaiden Gaiden] - Machi no Henmaru
• [ファイアーエムブレム外伝外伝] - まちのへんまる
• [The Great Nagoya Building Side Story] - Makoto Kobayashi
• [大ナゴヤビルヂング外伝] - 小林真文
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
• ゼルダの伝説神々のトライフォース
• [The Adventures of Link] - Iku Sakaguchi
• [あるリンクの冒険] - 坂口いく
• [Find the Triforce!!] - Tamane
• [トライフォースをさがせ！！] - 珠音木
• [The Legend of Link] - Iidajin
• [リンクさんの伝説] - いーだぢん
• [Go via Link!] - Kikumaru
• [リンクでGO！] - 菊丸
• [What?! I'm the hero?] - Clinton Akaishi
• [え！？勇者は私？] - クリントン赤石
• [Go Link!] - Katsumi Mochizuki
• [がんばれリンク] - 望月かつみ
• [NeverEnding Zelda] - Maemi
• [ネバー・エンディング・ゼルダ] - 真絵美
• [Zelda's Lullaby] - Takayoshi Shimaura
• [ゼルダの子守唄] - 島浦孝全
• [The Legend of Zelda] - Tomokichi Hidaka
• [ゼルダな伝説] - 日高トモキチ
• Super Mario Series
• スーパーマリオシリーズ
• [The Super Bearded Old Man Brothers Story Extra Chapter] - Sharakobe Honemaro
• [超髭オヤジ兄弟物語番外変] - しゃれこうべほねまろ
• [The World of Mario] - Takada Mio
• [マリオの世界] - たかだみお
• [Gluttonous Banjai] - Gokuraku Kinme
• [くいしん坊ばぁんぢゃい] - 極楽金目
• [Happy Come Come World] - Yuko Miyabayashi
• [ハッピーカムカムワールド] - 宮林夕子
• [Super Mario in U.S.A.] - Keiko Takiguchi
• [スーパーマリオin U・S・A] - たきぐちけいこ
• [As Long as There Is Love, Let's Fight SHOW] - Anri☆M + Ishida Sou with A-ya
• [愛ある限り戦いまSHOW] - あんり☆M+石田走withA屋
• [Off-topic Grand Prix] - Yutaka Goto
• [脱線グランプリ] - 後藤ユタカ
• [Easy Cart Easy Go!] - Kenji Mizuno
• [イージーカートイージーゴー！] - みづのけんじ
• Kirby
• 星のカービィ
• [Pupupuland GO! GO!] - Kito Toh
• [プププランドGO！GO！] - 基都亨
• [Nightmare Fountain] - Makoto Kobayashi
• [あくむのいずみ] - 小林真文
• Wizardry
• ウィザードリィ
• [Adventurer's Bookmark] - December 20th
• [冒険者のしおり] - 師走はつか
• [Wardner-chan's Ribbon] - Kiraboshi
• [ワードナーちゃんのリボン] - 綺羅星
• [Excessive stomach acid from Lilgamin] - Megumi Akita
• [リルガミンの胃酸過多] - 秋田恵微
• [Rizardwee] - Takumi Ishikawa
• [りざーどうぃー] - 石川巧

Many thanks go to A Traveler for the incredible cataloging work he does for early Zelda publications. His efforts also ensure I have the correct information and text in Japanese.

600dpi Scans of RPG 4-koma Manga Kingdom Volume 1

Find the scans here: RPG 4-koma Manga Kingdom Volume 1

Information for this publication:

• Original Japanese Title: RPG4コマまんが王国 1
• Machine Translated Japanese Title: RPG 4koma manga ōkoku 1
• Machine Translated English Title: RPG 4-koma Manga Kingdom 1
• Artists and Authors: Anthology. 
• Publishers: Futabasha, Action Comics, G. G. C.
• Date Published: December 28, 1992
• Year: 1992
• ISBN or Identifying Numbers: ISBN4-575-93319-8
• Format: Paperback
• Size: A5. 14.8 x 21.0cm, 5.83 x 8.27 inches
• Page Count: 135
• Stand-alone or multi-volume: I don't know how many there are since I currently assume this is the only volume with Zelda content in it.
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Translations in Other Languages: None Yet
• Genre: 4koma
• Games: A Link to the Past / Triforce of the Gods / 神々のトライフォース
• Other Series: Fire Emblem, Zelda, Ys II, Tengai Makyō II: Manji Maru, Shining Force, Indy the Magical Kid.
• Scan size: 600dpi scans of the whole volume. 
• ZeldaWiki Page

Artists:

• Chapter Illustrations: Soichiro Yanagi 柳草一郎
• One section is by Hiroshi Fuji 冨士宏

Many thanks go to A Traveler for the incredible cataloging work he does for early Zelda publications. His efforts also ensure I have the correct information and text in Japanese.

600dpi Scans of Famicom 4koma Land: Super Mario & The Legend of Zelda

 Find the scans here: Famicom 4koma Land: Super Mario & The Legend of Zelda

Information for this publication:

• Original Japanese Title: ファミコン4コマランド スーパーマリオ＆ゼルダの伝説
• Machine Translated Japanese Title: Famicom 4koma rando sūpā mario& zeruda no densetsu
• Machine Translated English Title: Famicom 4-Panel Comic Land: Super Mario & The Legend of Zelda
• Artists and Authors: Anthology. Find all of them below.
• Publishers: Keibunsha
• Date Published: March 1, 1993
• Year: 1993
• ISBN or Identifying Numbers: No ISBN. T1063552890689 and Magazine Code 63552-89
• Format: Paperback
• Size: A5. 14.8 x 21.0cm, 5.83 x 8.27 inches
• Page Count: 128
• Stand-alone or multi-volume: Single Volume
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Translations in Other Languages: None Yet
• Genre: 4koma
• Games: A Link to the Past / Triforce of the Gods / 神々のトライフォース
• Other Series: Super Mario Bros.
• Scan size: 600dpi scans of the whole volume. 
• ZeldaWiki Page

Super Mario

• [The Spoiled Princess] - Risaki Yamamoto
• [わがままな姫君] - 山本理咲
• [Go Go Mario's Great Advance] - Hiroshi Aizawa
• [いけいけマリオ大進撃] - 愛沢ひろし
• [Mario is here] - Poyoyon Taro
• [いけいけマリオ大進撃] - 愛沢ひろし
• [Ha ha ha Mario] - Fukui Kanji
• [わっはっはっマリオ] - ふくいかんじ
• [Hohoho Peach Princess] - Masami Akita
• [ホホホのピーチ姫] - あきたにまさみ

The Legend of Zelda

• [Zelda is coming out] - Taro Shibai
• [ゼルダが出るだ] - 柴井太郎
• [A Carefree Adventure] - Yasui Wataru
• [お気楽冒険記] - 安井弥
• [A Request for a Link] - Risaki Yamamoto
• [リンクの願い] - 山本理咲
• [Link is a good kid] - Katsuhiko Ohno
• [リンクは良い子] - 大野克彦
• [The Triforce of Love] - Taro Saito
• [愛のトライフォース] - 斎藤太郎
• [I love links] - Eriko Terakawa
• [リンク大好き] - 寺川枝里子

Many thanks go to A Traveler for the incredible cataloging work he does for early Zelda publications. His efforts also ensure I have the correct information and text in Japanese. 

600 dpi Scans of Super Famicom Action 4koma, Volumes 1-3

Here's the scans of all 3 full volumes:

• Volume 1
• Volume 2
• Volume 3

Information for this publication:

• Original Japanese Title: ファミコン 4コマまんが王国 1
• Machine Translated Japanese Title: Famicom 4koma manga ōkoku 1
• Machine Translated English Title: Famicom 4-Panel Manga Kingdom 1
• Artists and Authors: Anthology (I need to add the artists names later)
• Publishers: Futabasha, Action Comics, G.G.C.
• Date Published: December 10, 1991
• Year: 1991
• ISBN or Identifying Numbers: ISBN4-575-93278-7
• Format: Paperback
• Size: A5. 14.8 x 21.0cm, 5.83 x 8.27 inches
• Page Count: 134
• Stand-alone or multi-volume: 3 Volumes
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Translations in Other Languages: None Yet
• Genre: 4koma
• Games: The Legend of Zelda (1), The Hyrule Fantasy, ゼルダの伝説, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, リンクの冒険, A Link to the Past / Triforce of the Gods / 神々のトライフォース
• Other Series:
• Scan size: 600dpi scans of the whole volume. 
• ZeldaWiki Page

Information for this publication:

• Original Japanese Title: ファミコン 4コマまんが王国 2
• Machine Translated Japanese Title: Famicom 4koma manga ōkoku 2
• Machine Translated English Title: Famicom 4-Panel Manga Kingdom 2
• Artists and Authors: Anthology (I need to add the artists names later)
• Publishers: Futabasha, Action Comics, G.G.C.
• Date Published: December 10, 1991
• Year: 1991
• ISBN or Identifying Numbers: ISBN4-575-93279-5
• Format: Paperback
• Size: A5. 14.8 x 21.0cm, 5.83 x 8.27 inches
• Page Count: 134
• Stand-alone or multi-volume: 3 Volumes
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Translations in Other Languages: None Yet
• Genre: 4koma
• Games: The Legend of Zelda (1), The Hyrule Fantasy, ゼルダの伝説, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, リンクの冒険, A Link to the Past / Triforce of the Gods / 神々のトライフォース
• Other Series:
• Scan size: 600dpi scans of the whole volume. 
• ZeldaWiki Page

Information for this publication:

• Original Japanese Title: ファミコン 4コマまんが王国 3
• Machine Translated Japanese Title: Famicom 4koma manga ōkoku 3
• Machine Translated English Title: Famicom 4-Panel Manga Kingdom 3
• Artists and Authors: Anthology (I need to add the artists names later)
• Publishers: Futabasha, Action Comics, G.G.C.
• Date Published: September 18, 1992
• Year: 1992
• ISBN or Identifying Numbers: ISBN4-575-93306-6
• Format: Paperback
• Size: A5. 14.8 x 21.0cm, 5.83 x 8.27 inches
• Page Count: 134
• Stand-alone or multi-volume: 3 Volumes
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Translations in Other Languages: None Yet
• Genre: 4koma
• Games: The Legend of Zelda (1), The Hyrule Fantasy, ゼルダの伝説, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, リンクの冒険, A Link to the Past / Triforce of the Gods / 神々のトライフォース
• Other Series:
• Scan size: 600dpi scans of the whole volume. 
• ZeldaWiki Page

Many thanks go to A Traveler for the incredible cataloging work he does for early Zelda publications. His efforts also ensure I have the correct information and text in Japanese. 

600-2400dpi Scans of the Link to the Past Official Guide Book, Volumes 1 & 2

Here are the 600dpi scans of the full guide, along with 2400dpi scans of the artwork. 

• Scans of Volume 1 (Green)
• Scans of Volume 2 (Red)

Information for this publication:

• Original Japanese Title: 任天堂公式ガイドブック「ゼルダの伝説 / 神々のトライフォース」 [上]
• Machine Translated Japanese Title: Nintendō kōshiki gaidobukku `zerudanodensetsu/ kamigami no toraifōsu' [ue]
• Machine Translated English Title: Nintendo Official Guidebook: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past [Vol. 1]
• Artists and Authors: Full credits below.
• Publishers: Shogakukan, Supervised by Nintendo, APE 
• Date Published: January 10, 1992
• Year: 1992
• ISBN or Identifying Numbers: ISBN4-09-104193-0
• Format: Paperback
• Size: B6. 125 x 176 mm or  4.92 x 6.93 inches
• Page Count: 149 pages 
• Stand-alone or multi-volume: 2 Volumes
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Translations in Other Languages: There are some out there (In English) but I haven't looked up the links.
• Genre: Strategy Guide
• Games: A Link to the Past / Triforce of the Gods / 神々のトライフォース
• Scan size: 600dpi scans of the whole volume. 2400dpi scans of the art.
• ZeldaWiki Page

 

Information for this publication:

• Original Japanese Title: 任天堂公式ガイドブック「ゼルダの伝説 / 神々のトライフォース」[下]
• Machine Translated Japanese Title: Nintendō kōshiki gaidobukku `zerudanodensetsu/ kamigami no toraifōsu' [Shita]
• Machine Translated English Title: Nintendo Official Guidebook: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past [Vol. 2]
• Artists and Authors: Full credits below.
• Publishers: Shogakukan, Supervised by Nintendo, APE 
• Date Published: March 10, 1992
• Year: 1992
• ISBN or Identifying Numbers: ISBN4-09-104194-0
• Format: Paperback
• Size: B6. 125 x 176 mm or  4.92 x 6.93 inches
• Page Count: 181 pages 
• Stand-alone or multi-volume: 2 Volumes
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Translations in Other Languages: There are some out there (In English) but I haven't looked up the links.
• Genre: Strategy Guide
• Games: A Link to the Past / Triforce of the Gods / 神々のトライフォース
• Scan size: 600dpi scans of the whole volume. 2400dpi scans of the art.
• ZeldaWiki Page

 

Staff: (Thanks to ZeldaWiki)

Planning & Editing:

• Shigesato Itoi (Ape) (糸井重里(APE))
• Ryo Kagawa (Ape) (加川良(APE)
• Ultra (ULTRA)
• Yutaka Noguchi (野口豊)
• Satoshi Kajiwara (梶原智)
• Junko Fukuda (福田純子)
• Michiko Sugasawa (菅沢美佐子)
• Shigeo Tanabe (田辺茂男)
• Ryuji Ōsawa (大澤竜二)

Cover Design:

• Masaharu Takata (Lucky-Nice) (高田正治(ラッキーナイス))

Book Design:

• Isamu Ishimura (石村勇)

Illustrations:

• Hiroshi Seito (清藤宏)

Photography:

• Orion Press (オリオンプレス)
• PPS Stock Photo Agency (PPS通信社)
• Bon Color Photo Agency (ボンカラー・フォト・エージェンシー)
• Tsuneo Kitamura (北村凡夫)
• Mizuguchi Tetsuji (水口哲二)

Supervision:

• Nintendo (任天堂)

Co-operation:

• Nintendo (任天堂)
• Ape (APE)

Re-Uploaded 3 Volumes of 4Koma

 

Sometimes Internet Archive gets takedown requests from companies, that use bots to search for keywords, and those seem to ping things that they don't actually license. I don't always get notified when something gets taken down so I found out these had been gone for a while when I was updating a link list today. Good news is that IA is working really well ATM so I just re-uploaded all 3. 

• Oracle of Seasons 4koma, 2001.
• Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages 4koma, 2001.
• Ocarina of Time 4koma, 1999.

I realize 4koma isn't the most popular thing ever but they're pretty worth checking out. Even if you don't know Japanese the art and sight-gags are pretty great.

High-Res Scans of Wanpakku Comics 1987 Mini-Playing Cards

You can find the high-res scans of this card set here.

This is a set of mini playing cards that was included as a cardstock insert in the February 1987 issue of Wanpakku Comics monthly magazine. It features characters from various artists and series from the magazine.

Information for this publication:

• Publishers: Wanpakku Comics / わんぱっくコミック (Tokuma Shoten)
• Date Published: 1987/02, February 1987
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Scan size: 2400dpi scans

Artists, Authors, and Games:

• The Legend of Zelda / ゼルダの伝説 . Ranmaru / 乱丸
• Metroid / メトロイド . Minazuki Yu / みなづき由宇 (Monota Rin / ものた りぬ)
• Layla / レイラ . Minazuki Yu / みなづき由宇 (Monota Rin . ものた りぬ)
• Super Mario Bros. 2 / Japanese Title . Yukio Sawada / 沢田ユキオ
• The Mysterious Murasame Castle / Japanese Title . Yamato Koichi / やまと 虹一
• Wancomi Assault Team / わんコミ突撃隊 . Fukui Kanji  / ふくいかんじ
• Dead Zone / デッドゾーン . Susumu Kobayashi / こばやし将
• Mito Kōmon, the Esteemed Advisor to the Shogun / 天下の御意見番 水戸黄門 . Shigoto Daisuke / しごと大介
• I don't know the 4 mole people
• the 2 guys after Samus
• the 3 after Takamaru
• or the red-haired girl at the end

High-Res Scans of The Adventure of Link Volume 2 by Ranmaru

 

You can read this out-of-print publication here.

Information for this publication:

• Original Japanese Title: わんぱっくコミックス The Legend of Zelda 2 リンクの冒険 2
• Machine Translated Japanese Title: Wanpakku komikkusu The Legend of Zelda 2 Rinku no Bōken 2
• Machine Translated English Title: Wanpack Comics, The Legend of Zelda 2, Link's Adventure 2 or Wanpakku Comics Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Volume 2

• Artists and Authors: Mangaka: Ranmaru / 乱丸
• Publishers: Wanpakku (Tokuma Shoten)
• Date Published: 1988/03/20 March 20, 1988 (it's on the inside of the jacket flap)
• Year: 1988
• ISBN or Identifying Numbers: 46910-57

• Format: Paperback
• Size: I need to measure this
• Page Length: 192 pages
• Stand-alone or multi-volume: This is part 3 of 4. Here is Part 1, Part 2, Part 4
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Translations in Other Languages: YES! English. Help Wanted! It needs the text edited onto the pages.
• Genre: Manga, Zelda 2 Manga (I need to make this page section)
• Games: Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link / リンクの冒険
• Scan size: 600dpi scans of the whole volume. (I need to make larger scans)
• ZeldaWiki Page

Extras:

• Some of the Firsts for the Series from this Manga
• Translation Notes
• English Character List
• Color Pages of the 1st Chapter of Part 1 
• Color Pages of the 2nd Chapter of Part 1 (make a blogger page)
• Poster Art from December 1986
• Color Pages of the 1st Chapter of Part 2 
• Mini Playing Cards from February 1987
• Missing Poster Art from November 1987 (Update this when found)
• Cleaned Color Pages for All Chapters 
• Why did Link have Hot Pink Hair in A Link to the Past

I uploaded this a long time ago but only just now realized I never made an info post for it!

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High-Res Scans of The Adventure of Link Volume 1 by Ranmaru

 

You can read this out-of-print publication here.

Information for this publication:

• Original Japanese Title: わんぱっくコミックス The Legend of Zelda 2 リンクの冒険 1
• Machine Translated Japanese Title: Wanpakku komikkusu The Legend of Zelda 2 Rinku no Bōken 1
• Machine Translated English Title: Wanpack Comics, The Legend of Zelda 2, Link's Adventure 1 or Wanpakku Comics Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Volume 1

• Artists and Authors: Mangaka: Ranmaru / 乱丸
• Publishers: Wanpakku (Tokuma Shoten)
• Date Published: 1987/09/20 September 20, 1987 (it's on the inside of the jacket flap)
• Year: 1987
• ISBN or Identifying Numbers: 46910-52

• Format: Paperback
• Size: I need to measure this
• Page Length: 192 pages
• Stand-alone or multi-volume: This is part 2 of 4. Here is Part 1,  Part 3, Part 4
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Translations in Other Languages: YES! English. Help Wanted! It needs the text edited onto the pages.
• Genre: Manga, Zelda 2 Manga (I need to make this page section)
• Games: Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link / リンクの冒険
• Scan size: 600dpi scans of the whole volume. (I need to make larger scans)
• ZeldaWiki Page

Extras:

• Some of the Firsts for the Series from this Manga
• Translation Notes
• English Character List
• Color Pages of the 1st Chapter of Part 1 
• Color Pages of the 2nd Chapter of Part 1 (make a blogger page)
• Poster Art from December 1986
• Color Pages of the 1st Chapter of Part 2 
• Mini Playing Cards from February 1987
• Missing Poster Art from November 1987 (Update this when found)
• Cleaned Color Pages for All Chapters 
• Why did Link have Hot Pink Hair in A Link to the Past

I uploaded this a long time ago but only just now realized I never made an info post for it!

Other Keywords: Zelda, LoZ, tLoZ, RAW, RAWS, scan, scans, high res, high rez, high resolution, Link, Princess Zelda, Ganon, Triforce, Fairy, Hyrule, Nintendo, NES, book, Famicom, Family Computer, videogame, video game, retro, vintage, kids, manga, comic, magazine, monthly, moblin, gleeok, mecha ganon, impa, old man, old woman, merchant, blood moon, eclipse, village, villagers, people, hyrule, North Castle, moblins, goryia, octorok, watt, sir watt, wattu, impa, billy, hyrule castle, back story, sleeping zelda, crystals, king of hyrule, prince of hyrule, zelda's father, zelda's dad, the king, zelda's brother, evil wizard, great palace, temple, potions, horsehead, 

2400dpi Scans of Shogaku Magazine, Grade 3, June 1986, Zelda Manga Supplement

 

You can read this out-of-print publication here.

Information for this publication:

• Original Japanese Title: 小学三年生, 超最新ファミコン必勝ブック
• Machine Translated Japanese Title: Shōgaku Sannensei, Chō saishin famikon hisshō bukku
• Machine Translated English Title: 3rd grade elementary school student magazine, Super Latest Famicom Guaranteed Victory, Winning Disc Manga! The Legend of Zelda, A Complete Introduction to the Final Stages! or this alt translation: The Ultimate, Up-to-Date NES Strategy Guide

• Artists and Authors: Mangaka Yukio Sawada /  沢田ユキオ for the Zelda Manga
• Publishers: Shogakukan
• Date Published: 1986/06/01 . June 1, 1986
• Year: 1986
• ISBN or Identifying Numbers: None

• Format: Paperback
• Size: I need to measure this
• Page Length: 55 pages of Zelda content. 53 plus the cover and interior-back page. Total length of 131 pages.
• Stand-alone or multi-volume: This is part 2 of 2. Part 1 is here.
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Translations in Other Languages: None. Translation Needed! Can you help?
• Genre: Manga, Magazines, Strategy Guide, Zelda 1 Manga
• Games: The Legend of Zelda: The Hyrule Fantasy / ゼルダの伝説
• Scan size: 2400dpi high resolution archival scans of the art with 600dpi scans of the whole volume.

I made more 2400dpi scans of impossibly rare, basically lost, Zelda manga that has never been online before! This a supplemental publication, included in a packet for a children's magazine for third graders, from 1986. The Zelda artist is Yukio Sawada of Mario manga fame. It's short but it has some pretty great art. The first part is about the original Legend of Zelda game and the rest of the booklet is about Super Mario Bros and other Famicom games. It's a small strategy guide manga that briefly covers the last 7 dungeons in the game. The first 2 dungeons are covered in this manga strategy guide from May.

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The Nintendo Museum's Zelda Art and Updates From the Past Few Months

First, real quick: I keep forgetting to update here but Bluesky, the gallery, and Archive.org have all been getting pretty frequent updates for the past few months. I've also done another podcast, a book with an interview with me and a bunch of my map scans came out, I helped contribute to another, I've been helping with some fan projects, and I've been doing a lot of searching and research to make sure lost publications can be scanned. I plan on making better posts about all of that in the future.

Anyway, this is old, but I never posted about it here and don't want to lose track of it. The Nintendo Museum opened a new exhibit that includes Zelda art. Here's my breakdown of the older stuff on the wall. I didn't see a need to do the OoT+ art because I figure more fans would know it all. I can if you guys want me to though.

Here's the link to my bluesky post about it. Here's the image I made. Ignore the top middle one I wasn't sure of, it's discussed below:

Here's the original image. It's not very big:

Photos aren't allowed in the exhibit space so that's why we haven't seen any yet.

Regardless, except for the cases, we can see what most of them are but 2 on the wall are "new." As in they haven't been published in a book, magazine, or on merch before. The one on the side is easily, visibly, identifiable as an illustration of Hyrule though because of the colors and shapes. Max Nichols first alerted me to all this and pointed out it was probably new . 

The one I couldn't identify at the top, I figured it was a Kotabe based on the color scheme, but this below was a huge surprise and opens up a lot of new thoughts on the art of the series:

Bombosmedalion on Bluesky saw the show in person and reported back on it.:
"Ok so the top mystery art at the museum is the original hand drawn w pencil and water colored version of this" ↓

BM also noted: "And the map was a hand drawn one that I've never seen before that said Hyrule fantasy on it"

Me: Incredible!! Thank you so much!! I hope I'm able to see it one day but I'm so thankful to just know. What was in the cases?

BM: "A lot of stuff including original map designs for Zelda 1 to TotK concept art. For reference the Nintendo museum vol 1 book contains the contents of what was in the case for the Mario display so there's a good chance vol 2 next year has the Zelda art." "Yeah this is all the stuff in one of the two Mario cases"

VGDensetsu noted this Kotabe interview:

VGD: "By the way, Kotabe mentioned working on Zelda II. He only talked about the characters AFAIK so I assumed Maeda or someone else did the box art at the time." "I drew a few pictures of the characters for "Link no bouken". www.famitsu.com/news/201810/...

Max Nichols of Hyrule Interviews noted:
"I believe he joined Nintendo in 1985, so he was definitely there early enough to have worked on Zelda 2 art"

I must note that Dom of VGD is an incredible video game art and artist researcher and historian and is one of the most knowledgeable people I've come across. And Max is one of the most knowledgeable people out there when it comes to Zelda development and dev knowledge and history.

Here is a drawing of Link in the Goddess Collection books and now I'm thinking it might be a Kotabe that was a sketch close to the watercolor BM saw on the wall. In fact, if you zoom into the art on the wall, knowing the shapes now, you can just barely make this out from the potato-pixels.

VGDensetsu:
"I'm not a graphologist, but I noticed that the '8' was written in a particular way on this sketch – you can see the connection at the top right, which is also visible in Kotabe's handwriting."

So, of note, here is some art I assume is Kotabe's. These all come from some of the Goddess Collection books (I don't remember which was in Art and Artifacts, Zelda Encyclopedia, and Hyrule Historia. Without checking I think these were from A&A and the ones below this set were from the tZE) 

I'm now thinking that maybe all the sketches like this, with the numbers, are Kotabe's as well. I wouldn't doubt they were passed off to another animator, because the style is a little different than his, but he was a very experienced animator so its not like he couldn't have done them too. Anyway, this is all speculation, but it's the kind of thing I'm tucking into my head as Very Likely. (To be clear the books rarely credit the artists in a specific way.)

So anyway, that's all incredibly interesting!

Okay, going back to the earlier posts: This is the museum book with Mario art that was mentioned. You were able to buy them on Otaku Pop Mall (Thanks Max!) but I think they're sold out now. I grabbed the Japanese one if anyone needs a photo of the text for more direct translations, just email me. Since they're new I wont be scanning them though. (I wait until something hasn't been in print for 10 years or is a special edition that wasn't sold as a stand-alone and is inaccessible.) I'm sure they wont be hard to find on Japanese auction sites. 

Then circling back around again, for fun, here's some guides in cases from the Museum that BombosMedallion also posted. (These are in a different area that allows photography.) I love how the stickers on the binging imply an internal library. Rad.

The ones that can't really be seen? The bindings are really sun-bleached but I know which they are so I grabbed them so you all could see what else was up there- they're these:

I am in the process of scanning all these guides. I just finished Zelda 1, there's not too many for Zelda 2, and then I'll be on to these, which are all for Zelda 3: LttP. So it wont be long before you'll have good scans of the insides of all of these.

600dpi Scans of the German Club Nintendo, Ocarina of Time Special, 1998

I didn't realize there weren't really good scans of this online until someone asked me. I just assumed there were. This is still a quick and dirty scan done with my ADF so someone could translate the interview. I hope to make nicer scans with my flatbed in the future.

Find the full volume here.

You can go here to read the comic in English, and someone uploaded those here so they are easier to read.


Here is the English version of the interview.

May 1998 by Nintendo of Europe GmbH and Nintendo Co. Ltd, Published in Club Nintendo OoT Special. Comic Art: Work House Co. Ltd., Tokyo

You will notice "Work House/Workhouse." They did a bunch of Nintendo Power art and was where Katsuya Terada did his Zelda work from. In the early 00's I had originally thought these were done by a German artist so I just wanted to point that out in case anyone else had made the same assumption as me. 

Okay, I should be caught up on everything I did but I forgot to post about on Blogger!

Old 600dpi Scans of the Anvil Artbooks by Nobuteru Yuki

I've had these on my site forever but there's a problem with one of the files and they're also not easy to flip through. So after a bunch of people asked I finally got around to just uploading them to Internet Archive. 

• Volume 1 is here.
• Volume 2 is here.
• Volume 3 is here.

They're my old scans though. There's bad bleed-through. I need to do better scans one day.


THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, Volume 1-3
Nobuteruki rough-drawings
Nobuteru Yuki, Yuuki, Nobuteru Yūki, 結城 信輝
These were self-published so there is no ISBN


They contain art for things like: Record of Lodoss War, Vaelber Saga, X by Clamp, Battle Angel Alita, Gunnm, Angel Cop, Wizardry, Escaflowne, Chinese Ghost Story, Kaiser Knuckle, Galaxy Express 999, Beauty and the Beast, Evangellion, Trigun, Street Fighter II, Samurai Spirits, Original Characters, and a bunch of things I'm probably forgetting or simply don't know.

Missing BotW Concept Art of Link's Family from Master Works

I'm still catching up on stuff I forgot to post to blogger that I was posting on Bluesky.

Find the 2400dpi scans of the full pages here.

Find these 2 pieces of art here, cleaned art of "Link's Family," and here, cleaned art of "Link and a cape-clad girl, possibly his sister."

In the Japanese artbook for Breath of the Wild, Master Works, there's art on the back pages of the book that doesn't appear on the English version. Two of the more prominent sketches are this first one, labeled "Family" and then the one below it that appears to show the same girl. Or the same concept of there being a girl possibly being something like Link's sister. These pieces were posted online before, in fact that's how I realized they were in one book but not the other, but I wanted to make higher res scans and then also edit the levels so the yellow was less distracting. These aren't the only missing pieces, there's a bunch of other cool little sketches on those pages, unfortunately most are covered by other images or had a blur applied to them. 

2400dpi Scans of 2018 Zelda Concert Folders and Art

This art was done for Zelda Concert promotion and it is stunning. It features Skyward Sword Zelda, Ocarina of Time Link, and Breath of the Wild Link, all in the Breath of the Wild style.

Find the 2400dpi scans here.

Sadly the only digital versions of these that I can find are pretty small so a while ago Ikhana, the collector, was kind enough to make great scans from her own collection and send them to me. I don't always do this, but since I liked them so much, I decided I would try to get them and make even higher quality ones. I have since been able to piece the set together with more affordable auctions. 

 

600dpi Scans of Shogaku Magazine Grade 6, May 1986, Appendix

Here are the 600dpi scans of the full appendix.

Shogaku Sixth Grade Magazine
小学六年生 
Date: May 1986
This is an insert that came with the magazine
Published by Shogakukan

I need to do larger scans of the art still

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600-2400dpi Scans of The Complete Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia Strategy Guide: Zelda 1-3 by Keibunsha

Here are the 600dpi scans of the full guide, along with 2400dpi scans of the artwork.

I forgot to post about this here. This is a strategy guide for Zelda 1-3, Hyrule Fantasy, Adventure of Link, and A Link to the Past. I have to avoid certain keywords or a bot sends out an automated take-down to blogger for a work by a different publisher and artist.

All The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia
全ゼルダの伝説大百科

February 18, 1992
Published by Keibunsha
ISBN: None. T1063551030727
Comics by Aizawa [Moga] Hiroshi
愛沢"モカ"ひろし
Illustration Ken Murata

[Need Names in Japanese]

The comic pages have been translated into English here.