About this book
This book is a black and white manga adaption of the Nintendo 64 video game, "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" the story of the game is broken up into two volumes. This first volume end at the point in the game where Link has to fight a mirror version of himself. The story was continued in Volume 2, "ISBN: 1421523280" additionaly that book included two original stories. The books were originaly written and relreased in Japan, as ISBN: 4091496016, and ISBN: 4091496024. They were later translated into English and various other languages. Both volumes were later combined into a "Legendary Edition", ISBN: 9784091421463 for the Japanese version, and ISBN: 1421589591 for the English version. These two books were later complied with the later books, for a 10 volume set. Each of these books is meant to be read from the right page, towards the left.
The Legend of Zelda: Manga Box Set, ISBN: 1421542420. {This set came in a slip case cardboard box, with a poster of the first " Ocarina of Time" cover, it was twice the size o the actual book, and was folded in half to fit in the box set.}
* Volume 1: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Part 1, ISBN: 1421523272
* Volume 2: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Part 2, ISBN: 1421523280
* Volume 3: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, ISBN: 1421523299
* Volume 4: The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons, ISBN: 1421523302
* Volume 5: The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages, ISBN: 9781421523316
* Volume 6: The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords, Part 1, ISBN: 9781421523323
* Volume 7: The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords, Part 2, ISBN: 1421523337
* Volume 8: The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, ISBN: 9781421523347
* Volume 9: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, ISBN: 1421523353
* Volume 10: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, ISBN: 1421537249
The authors would later create Manga versions of two other Zelda games, these were;
* The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (32 page segment in the book "Hyrule Historia") ISBN: 1616550414, and Limited Edition ISBN: 1616551615
* The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess {Published in 5 volumes, ISBN: 1421593475, ISBN: 1421596563, ISBN: 1421598264, ISBN: 197470226X, and a final volume ISBN: 1974705641.}
About Akira Himekawa
"Akira Himekawa" (狩鷹明) is the pen name of two Japanese women, that both write and draw Manga. They are Honda (本田A Honda A) and S. Nagano (長野S Nagano S. They originally meet at a fan club for the manga "Cyborg 009", they were manga illustrators on their own, and then one day they began to work together, helping out at the studio of the other, and a day later they had created a new Ninja themed manga book. And they were told that they should work together more often. {See YouTube video "The Legend of Zelda Manga Panel with Akira Himekawa at NYCC 2017".}
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