It was over a decade ago, during the early days of YouTube, that I first discovered The Legend of Zelda TV series. I think my introduction to the cartoon was similar to many people who didn’t catch it when it first aired: I saw a compilation video of Link wailing “Excuuuse me, princess!” I wasn’t…
In the final installment of our extensive look at the monsters in The Legend of Zelda TV series, we feature five enemies that only starred in a single episode. As short as their screentime may have been, their inclusion in the cartoon was no less surprising or exciting. The fact that the creators featured these…
Ganon has to be by far the most entertaining character in The Legend of Zelda TV series. Despite being the main antagonist and plotting out evil schemes in almost every episode, he takes the Skeletor-style role wherein he is never taken too seriously for long and his goofy personality outshines his nefarious proclivities. I’ve already…
Next up in our examination of The Legend of Zelda cartoon’s broad bestiary, we have another mix of recognizable and obscure creatures from the game series. Some of these foes make the smallest of the cameos, while others drive entire episodes forward. Some are a breeze for Link and Zelda to defeat, while others prove…
Yesterday, we featured a song from YouTube user Martin Anderson, which was an excellent cover of one of the most nostalgic songs from The Legend of Zelda TV series. That song was uploaded seven years ago, but Anderson is still keeping the love for the cartoon going with a much more recent cover from 2019.…
Something I genuinely enjoy about The Legend of Zelda TV series is its music. Shuki Levy, who composed many major children’s cartoons in the 1980s, took the 8-bit music of the original NES Zelda games and orchestrated them into full symphonies. It’s such an incredible shame that the soundtrack has never been released, and to…
The Legend of Zelda TV series is full of unintentionally funny moments. There is no shortage of animation goofs and poorly written dialogue throughout the cartoon, and I love it all the more for it. “Cold Spells” isn’t my favorite episode, but it does offer one of my personal favorites scenes of the series. In…
So, you’ve played a lot of Zelda. You’ve played everything in the mainline series, you’ve indulged in all the spin-offs, and you’ve even played the infamous CD-i games (or at least watched playthroughs of them online; we’ll let you off with that). But have you played The Legend of Zelda DVD’s Trivia Game? No? And…
Having aired in an era before the internet integrated itself deeply into our culture, and due to not being the greatest success, it’s difficult to find promotional material for The Legend of Zelda TV series 30 years after it beamed its way into the hearts of young Nintendo fans. The people of YouTube rarely disappoint…
Catherine is Link’s horse in The Legend of Zelda animated series. She’s a trusted steed that’s there to carry Link to his destination without hesitation. However, one can only question: Why the name “Catherine” for a horse? Now, there’s nothing necessarily wrong with naming your horse Catherine. It’s a very pretty name, but to me,…
The Legend of Zelda TV series has a ton of fearsome faces you’ll recognize as a fan of the games, and that’s most evident in this second batch of beasties. This time, we cover two of the original game’s most iconic bosses, as well as three foes that have reappeared countless times in the franchise,…
I can’t remember when I first discovered The Legend of Zelda TV series exactly, but it was definitely during either my late middle school or early high school years. I recall scavenging the internet to find all 13 episodes and watching them in bits and pieces, loving every second the cheesy series had to offer.…
The enemies are by far my favorite aspect of The Legend of Zelda TV series. If you’ve caught any of our retrospective series of articles so far, you may have seen me get very excited whenever new monsters get introduced in an episode. Being the real stars of the show, I felt it was only…
The theme song of The Legend of Zelda TV series is awesome. It was incredibly novel to hear an orchestrated version of the main Zelda theme back in 1989, and while you can argue that its grandeur may be somewhat diminished by Link exclaiming “Excuuuse me, princess!” at the end of the cartoon’s intro, it…
Since The Legend of Zelda TV series aired before A Link to the Past released, the Master Sword was not yet introduced as Link’s definitive weapon. This meant that Link had a sword in The Legend of Zelda TV series which, while its ability to zap enemies was inspired by the original Legend of Zelda…
