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The Interview
Full interview for interested
"In working with Nintendo to adapt The Legend of Zelda, has the process changed over time? What freedom are you given to make original material, and has Nintendo loosened up or have they tightened over the years?"
"So the first time we submitted a draft for Ocarina of Time, it was 16 detailed pages, packed full of red marks, change this and this and this. It was like totally torn up. They were very controlling. But then when we returned it with all the revisions that they wanted, from the second series on, there was almost no complaints. So after that first round, they have been very quiet and given us freedom to do all we want. So we think they must be happy with what we're translating to manga. Before we started adapting this story, we were used to just doing whatever we want, we had the freedom to just go for it. So it's like we turned from that to real detailed nitpicking to freedom again to create what we want with Zelda as well. Mr. Aonuma is in charge, and he keeps saying, "You've got freedom, you have total control." However, his assistants and others will come back and say, "well I think you need to change this here and there," so we can't just publish our ideas 100% after all. That's for writing, however, when it comes to artwork, we've never had complaints from them."
Summary: Nintendo checks the the story, and they were very controlling. Later they started to complain less, even though, according to the author(s), that's probably because Nintendo was happy with how they were dealing with the manga. They also can't publish anything without Nintendo's approval.
Also it should be noted that the mangas have Nintendo's official seal.
Grade of Canonicity
This obviously puts them under the games, the primary canon, but also under books (HH and HE) and manuals written by Nintendo, which would make them tertiary Canon. So no Low 2-C Majora, HE's statement contradicts that. I have yet to check other possible changes, which is why this is general discussion and not content revision. Should also be noted that this applies only to Akira's mangas, not all of them.
Basically what I'm asking is approval to use Akira's mangas in future CRTs, as long as they don't contradict games and books.
Full interview for interested
"In working with Nintendo to adapt The Legend of Zelda, has the process changed over time? What freedom are you given to make original material, and has Nintendo loosened up or have they tightened over the years?"
"So the first time we submitted a draft for Ocarina of Time, it was 16 detailed pages, packed full of red marks, change this and this and this. It was like totally torn up. They were very controlling. But then when we returned it with all the revisions that they wanted, from the second series on, there was almost no complaints. So after that first round, they have been very quiet and given us freedom to do all we want. So we think they must be happy with what we're translating to manga. Before we started adapting this story, we were used to just doing whatever we want, we had the freedom to just go for it. So it's like we turned from that to real detailed nitpicking to freedom again to create what we want with Zelda as well. Mr. Aonuma is in charge, and he keeps saying, "You've got freedom, you have total control." However, his assistants and others will come back and say, "well I think you need to change this here and there," so we can't just publish our ideas 100% after all. That's for writing, however, when it comes to artwork, we've never had complaints from them."
Summary: Nintendo checks the the story, and they were very controlling. Later they started to complain less, even though, according to the author(s), that's probably because Nintendo was happy with how they were dealing with the manga. They also can't publish anything without Nintendo's approval.
Also it should be noted that the mangas have Nintendo's official seal.
Grade of Canonicity
This obviously puts them under the games, the primary canon, but also under books (HH and HE) and manuals written by Nintendo, which would make them tertiary Canon. So no Low 2-C Majora, HE's statement contradicts that. I have yet to check other possible changes, which is why this is general discussion and not content revision. Should also be noted that this applies only to Akira's mangas, not all of them.
Basically what I'm asking is approval to use Akira's mangas in future CRTs, as long as they don't contradict games and books.
