Manga Monday: The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda: A Link To the Past Shotaro Ishinomori Shotaro Ishinomori is a legend in Japan. After creating such beloved works as Cyborg 009 and Masked Rider , it's amazing that he took the time to form a story from a Super Nintendo game. But I'm glad that he did! I was a subscriber to Nintendo Power growing up, and I distinctly remember reading the comics in the magazine, including Star Fox and Super Mario Brothers , but I was an RPG fan, so The Legend of Zelda sticks with me. In fact, I played The Legend of Zelda: A Link To the Past , but even if Ishinomori had straight-up adapted the story of the game, it would still be a very different experience, merely because the mediums are so different. Reading a book that was made into a movie is a different experience too. But Ishinomori didn't just adapt the story from the video game - he made it his own. He created characters for the story, and threw...