Check out this Legend of Zelda cg fan film teaser from Hong Kong animation studio, Imagi Studios. They’re also the animators behind the 2007 cg animated film TMNT and 2009′s cg Astro Boy feature. Back in 2007, the studio produced a high end concept reel to pitch to Nintendo how they would approach a Legend of Zelda animated film. Sadly, this project died in development and Imagi closed down in 2010 after the poor box office performance of Astro Boy and Warner Bros.’ cancellation of a then-in-development, cg Gatchaman film.
The brief teaser features Ganon, a fleeing Princess Zelda who looks to be trying to keep the Triforce out of Ganon’s reach. And of course Link. Link’s trusty steed Epona also features. Would you have been interested in seeing a Legend of Zelda cg film or would you be more interested in a live-action version? Some gamers believe that cg animated adaptations are the best way to approach video game films. There have been some great cg animated films (Final Fantasy: Advent Children) but there have been a few clunkers as well (Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within).
| The Legend of Zelda is an action-adventure video game series created by Japanese game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka in 1986 for Nintendo. To date, the franchise has sold over 67.93 million copies worldwide. Princess Zelda is named after American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald’s wife, Zelda. In late Januray 2013, Nintendo announced that two new games are being planned for the Wii U, one a remake of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and an untitled, original entry. |