A tribute to the legendary game, this short showcases Skull Kid’s dark origin story. Our take on how the Zelda Universe could be realized in film. A labor of love for all those involved, this is a gift to the fans.
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Director: Mike Grier
Story Adaptation: Josh Grier
Animation Director: Hunter Schmidt
Mask Seller: Masashi Odate
Skull Kid: Joe Zieja
Cinematographer: Boa Simon
1st Assistant Camera: Jenny Hou
Lighting & Rendering: James Beck
Music & Sound: Theophany
Skull Kid Design: Nate Hallinan & Art of Vic
Skull Kid Model: Anders Ehrenborg
Majora’s Mask Model: Cordell Felix
Mask Seller Model: Carlos Ortega and Pedro Conti
Clock Tower Concept: Kalen Chock
Clock Tower Modeling: Karem Yamin
Rigging: Chris Lesage
Animation: Jakob Christensen
Pre-Vis: Julie Griener, Rachel Beltran, Jacqueline Yee, Aharonit Elior, Taylor Reynolds
23 Comments
This is so beautiful and mindblowing, even years later. Imagine if Nintendo actually cared about getting with the times/advancements in the gaming industry. An open world Zelda installment or remake of this same quality would be legendary. As much as I like the cell animation of BotW, something like this would be untouchable.
I remember when this came out. 13 year old me had just played ocarina of time and fell I love with Zelda as a whole.
Fuck illumination hire whoever made this
Damn I would give everything I own to watch a full 3 hour movie of this even after all this time
The animation is so good
This would make a great movie as well both dark and funny at the same time as well
IT sucks dude i know
This is amazing.🔥
If you make a movie, i'll pay a lot for this one
after all these years this is still amazing
This is beautiful I cried
I love how Skull Kid's voice deepens when he puts on the mask, just like Link when he puts on the transformation masks.
I don’t think the developers intended Tatl and Tael to look like jawbreakers lol.
But honestly best game inspired animation I’ve ever seen.
I want this mask
Just Mario movie bud zelda
This should be a movie
This video hits chills with airpods on with full volume 😨
wow, it's amazing. I like it.
It’s been so long since I’ve seen this
If this shit fuck company of Illumination dares to even touch the Zelda franchise for one of it's bitch movies like they did with Mario, I am going absolute full rage mode
I had completely forgotten about this! Still one of the best things I've ever seen!
Between this and Kena Bridge Of Spirits, Nintendo look like they're ripping their player base off. How does BoTW look so bad and lazily made by comparison to this small but very talented studio.
The mask's lure at the end reminds me of Jack of Blades mask in Fable