600-2400dpi Scans of Emergency Report: Super Famicom by Keibunsha

 Find the full scans here: Emergency Report: Super Famicom by Keibunsha

Information for this publication:

• Original Japanese Title: 緊急レポート スーパーファミコン [ケイブンシャの大百科別冊]
• Machine Translated Japanese Title: Kinkyū repōto sūper famicon [keibunsha no ōhyakka bessatsu]
• Machine Translated English Title: Urgent Report: Super Famicom [Keibunsha's Great Encyclopedia Special Issue]
• Artists and Authors:
• Manga: Hiroshi Aizawa "Moga" 愛沢ひろし "モカ"
• Publishers: Keibunsha
• Date Published: December 25, 1990
• Year: 1990
• ISBN or Identifying Numbers: No ISBN. Magazine Code 63550-53
• Format: Paperback
• Size: B6
• Page Count: 80 pages.
• Stand-alone or multi-volume: Single Volume
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Translations in Other Languages: None. WANTED: I'd REALLY like the manga translated.
• Genre: Book
• Games: A Link to the Past / Triforce of the Gods / 神々のトライフォース
• Other Games: Super Mario World,
• Scan size: 600dpi scans of the whole volume. 2400dpi scans of the art/manga.
• ZeldaWiki Page

600-2400dpi Scans of the Link to the Past Winning Strategy Guide by Futabasha

Find the full scans here: Link to the Past Winning Strategy Guide by Futabasha

(I still have to scan the art at 2400dpi but that should be done and uploaded on July 14)

Information for this publication:

• Original Japanese Title: ゼルダの伝説 神々のトライフォース 必勝攻略法
• Machine Translated Japanese Title: Zeruda no densetsu kamigami no toraifōsu hisshō kōryaku-hō
• Machine Translated English Title: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Winning Strategy Guide
• Artists and Authors:
• Map Illustrations: Toshisada Nobehara 延 原 利 定
• Publishers: Futabasha
• Date Published: March 12, 1992
• Year: 1992
• ISBN or Identifying Numbers: ISBN4-575-28155-7
• Format: Paperback
• Size: B6
• Page Count: 207 pages.
• Stand-alone or multi-volume: Single Volume
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Translations in Other Languages: None
• 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/manga.
• ZeldaWiki Page

600-2400dpi Scans of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Game Strategy Series 33

Find Scans Here: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Game Strategy Series 33

 Information for this publication:

• Original Japanese Title: リンクの冒険 ゲーム必勝法シリーズ 33
• Machine Translated Japanese Title: Rinku no bōken gēmu hisshō-hō shirīzu 33
• Machine Translated English Title: The Adventure of Link: Game Strategy Series 33
• Artists and Authors:
• Publishers: Keibunsha
• Date Published: March 1, 1987
• Year: 1987
• ISBN or Identifying Numbers: No ISBN. Magazine Code: 63546-25
• Format: Paperback
• Size: A6
• Page Count: 123 pages
• Stand-alone or multi-volume: Single Volume
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Translations in Other Languages: None
• Genre: Strategy Guide
• Games: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, リンクの冒険, 
• Scan size: 600dpi scans of the whole volume. 2400dpi scans of the art.
• 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 Famicom Secret Move 2 Encyclopedia

 Find the scans here: Famicom Secret Move 2 Encyclopedia

This has a small Choose Your Own Adventure Manga for Zelda II at the very end. It HAS been translated but the text has not been added to the pages yet. Find the English text translations under each image here. 

Help Wanted: Now that I have this scanned I'm looking for someone who would be willing to add the text to the pages. If you're interested you can email me at melorasworld@gmail.com

Information for this publication:

• Original Japanese Title: [ヤング・セレクション] ファミコン マル秘わざ2大百科
• Machine Translated Japanese Title: [Yangu serekushon] famikon maru hi waza 2 ōhyakka
• Machine Translated English Title: Young Selection: Famicom Secret Move 2 Encyclopedia
• Artists and Authors:
• Manga artist: Cover Illustrations and Manga: Uorya Ichi Ohashi, Barbarian Workshop, Sanae Tokushima (This is who did the Zelda CYOA manga,) Tatsuhiko Maeda
• Cartoon: Tatsuhiko Maeda
• Publishers: Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Studio Hard
• Date Published: May 12, 1987
• Year: 1987
• ISBN or Identifying Numbers: No ISBN. Magazine code: 63901-01
• Format: Paperback
• Size: I need to measure this
• Page Count: 271 pages
• Stand-alone or multi-volume: Single Volume
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Translations in Other Languages: None
• Genre: Strategy Guide
• Games: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, リンクの冒険, 
• Other Series: I need to add these
• Scan size: 600dpi scans of the whole volume. 2400dpi scans of the art/manga.
• 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 TV Live BOOK & Famicom Sure-Hit Book, May 1986

Find the scans here: TV Live Book & Famicom Sure-Hit Book. May 1986. 

  

Information for this publication:

• Original Japanese Title: 非売品 中学二年コース
  独占TV激ナマBOOK & ファミコン一発必中BOOK
  ゼルダの伝説 グーニーズ
• Machine Translated Japanese Title: Hibaihin chūgaku ni-nen kōsu dokusen TV geki nama BOOK& famikon ippatsuhitchū BOOK zerudanodensetsu gūnīzu
• Machine Translated English Title: TV Live Book & Famicom Sure-Hit Book. 
• Date Published: May 1, 1986
• Year: 1986
• Format: Paperback
• Size: I need to measure this
• Page Count: 162 pages
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Translations in Other Languages: None Yet
• Genre: Magazine
• Games: The Legend of Zelda: The Hyrule Fantasy / ゼルダの伝説
• Other Series: Goonies, Gyrodine, Magmax, Mighty Bomb Jack, Dig Dug, 
• Scan size: 600dpi scans of the whole volume. 2400dpi scans of the Zelda art.
• ZeldaWiki Page

600-2400dpi Scans of the Legend of Zelda Handbook

Find the full scans here: The Legend of Zelda Handbook

Information for this publication:

• Original Japanese Title: ゼルダの伝説 ハンドブック [ケイブンシャの大百科別冊]
• Machine Translated Japanese Title: Zeruda no densetsu handobukku [keibunsha no ōhyakka bessatsu]
• Machine Translated English Title: The Legend of Zelda Handbook [Keibunsha's Great Encyclopedia Special Issue]
• Artists and Authors: Manga artist: Iwamoto Matsunori 岩本松徳
• Publishers: Keibunsha
• Date Published: March 28, 1992
• Year: 1992
• ISBN or Identifying Numbers: No ISBN. T1063552250889
• Format: Paperback
• Size: B6. 
• Page Count: 160 pages 
• Stand-alone or multi-volume: Single Volume
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Translations in Other Languages: None
• Genre: Strategy Guide
• 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
• Scan size: 600dpi scans of the whole volume. 2400dpi scans of the art/manga.
• ZeldaWiki Page

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.

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)

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

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

Last Updated on January 5, 2026. 

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

Information for this publication:

• Original Japanese Title: 小学三年生 .ファミコン必勝まんが . ゼルダの伝説 
• Machine Translated Japanese Title: Shōgaku Sannensei Famicom hisshō manga Zelda no Densetsu
• Machine Translated English Title: 3rd grade elementary school student magazine, Famicom Winning Strategy Manga, The Legend of Zelda

• Artists and Authors: Mangaka Yukio Sawada . 沢田ユキオ and Takahiro Eguchi . 江口貴博
• Publishers: Shogakukan
• Date Published: 1986/05/01 . May 1, 1986
• Year: 1986
• ISBN or Identifying Numbers: None

• Format: Paperback
• Size: I need to measure this
• Page Length: 11 pages of Zelda content. 10 plus the cover. Total length of 19 pages.
• Stand-alone or multi-volume: This is part 1 of 2. Part 2 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
• Scan size: 2400dpi high resolution archival scans.

I made more 2400dpi scans of impossibly rare, basically lost, Zelda manga that has never been online before! This is from a detachable appendix, inserted inside a children's magazine for third graders, from 1986. The 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 2nd part is natural science educational material about turtles and comets. It's a small strategy guide manga that briefly covers the first 2 dungeons in the game. At the end is says the remaining dungeons will be covered in a feature in the June 1986 volume, which can be found here.

The most interesting thing about this manga, to me, is that I believe it may feature the first example of a fairy companion for Link. 

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, videogame, video game, retro, vintage, kids, child, children's, dodongo, peahat, octorok, dungeon, tree, haunted tree, tree dungeon entrance, old man, zora, hearts, key, dungeon one, labyrinths, bow, keese, aquamentus, traps, stalfos, compass, fairy fountain, fairy pond, merchant, moblin, rope, snake, bomb, map, route, lanmola, patra, 

Zelda Story Illustration Scans: Shogaku Ichinensei 1992

The First Page of Part 1

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

• Part 1: April
• Part 2: May
• Part 3: June
• Part 4: July
• Part 5: August 
• Part 6: September 

Each of those links has a zip file (in the download section) with the artwork I cleaned up.

Information for this publication:

• Japanese Title: 小学一年生, ゼルダの伝説 リンクの大冒険 
• English Title: Shogaku Ichinensei, The Legend of Zelda, Link's Great Adventure.
• Artist and Author: Junichiro Saito / 斎藤純一郎
• Publishers: Shogakukan / 小学館
• Date Published: 1992: April through September
• Format: Paperback
• Size: I need to measure this
• Page Length: 5 in each part. 30 total.
• Country of Origin: Japan
• Translations in Other Languages: No. Translations Wanted!
• Genre: Illustrated Short Stories
• Games: The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past / 神々のトライフォース
• Scan size: 2400dpi scans

These are from some almost impossibly-rare children's magazines and I am so excited to finally be able to see good versions of 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.

I want to thank fellow fan, Sambyu / 旅人, for helping me so much with information on everything.

Linkabel/AbelMunizJr has been collecting them for a while and was incredibly kind when I asked if I could get some photos of them. Then, when they got some time, and a working scanner, they archived what they had for all of us. Eventually I was able to collect them all but I only knew about them originally because of him.