Anime in Focus: The Legend of Zelda Episode 12

Episode titled “The missing Link”

This one was suggested at a party to be watched. It should be noted that this show was not made in Japan, but America, hence making it a cartoon rather than an anime.

Unfortunately, we did not have enough alcohol to partake in “The Legend of Zelda Drinking game” (every time Link says “excuse me princess” or “How about a kiss,” take a shot)

This episode was aired as part of “Super Mario Super Show” which I watched as a little kid. I however never saw the Legend of Zelda segment, suggesting that I repressed the memory.

This episode starts with Link and Zelda loitering around Hyrule castle, when Gannon attacks. Based on how long it takes Zelda to prepare a counter attack, we can infer that this is a very common occurrence. For some reason, Link relies on his swords ability to shoot laser beams way more than its ability to be used in melee combat. This makes sense, because the sword is freaking tiny. Apparently, he never picked up anything bigger than the Kokiri sword from Orcarina of Time.

Anyway, Link gets killed towards the beginning of the episode, and his ghost seems to get attached to Zelda for whatever reason. This leads to Zelda being forced to go down to Gannon’s castle to go retrieve Link’s body to help resurrect him.

It was during this time that it really sunk in that Link’s voice is SO off. He sounds like a 20 year old wannabe playboy that thinks he’s a total ladies man. Makes me wanna vomit.

Anyway, rest of the episode is about Link’s ghost assisting Zelda in using his equipment. She’s no good with laser swords apparently. Also, she’s able to save him because of the power of love or something.

This entire affair was dreadfully painful, and would not be fun with other people to watch suffer. The whole affair made me want to go play Twilight Princess until my hands felt clean again. It erased all questions about why Link had no voice actor in the games, for if he sounded like this, game sales would have dropped significantly. Ganon seems to act more like Megatron from Transformers than Ganon from the games. This cartoon definitely would not have been made without a license to back it up, and there are no questions about why it only had 13 episodes.

On the other hand, this show is kind of fun to watch with friends, just because of how horrid it is.

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