The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” was officially released on May 12 and received a perfect score from most review media moments before its release.
At the same time, the just released “Super Mario Bros. Movie” box office revenue has also exceeded $1.164 billion (currently about RMB 8.101 billion), is the first animated movie so far in 2023, is also the second of all 2023 movies, for Nintendo can be said to be a great success.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom producer Eiji Aonuma and game director Hidemaro Fujibayashi revealed in an interview with foreign media Polygon that Eiji Aonuma is interested in making an animated Zelda movie series, and he’s not the only one who thinks so. But Fujibayashi also pointed out that to make a Zelda movie, the voices of the fans are also important.
It is worth mentioning that as early as January this year, there was news that “The Legend of Zelda” animated movie was being made, but Nintendo has not responded so far.
The foreign media Giant Freakin Robot broke the news at the time, reliable information indicates: this adaptation of The Legend of Zelda animated movie is also produced by Illumination (Illumination Entertainment), the development studio behind “The Legend of Zelda” “Mario Brothers Movie”, which will also be the first animated movie adaptation of The Legend of Zelda game series.
Assuming it eventually makes it to the big screen, this will be the first film adaptation of the series. But in fact, this is not the first adaptation to be animated. Nintendo released an anime for the Zelda IP series back in 1989, but that anime was not popular, and it ended up with only 13 episodes.
