{"id":30307,"date":"2024-04-30T17:49:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T08:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=30307"},"modified":"2024-04-30T17:51:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T08:51:47","slug":"what-does-majora-the-legend-of-zelda-majoras-mask-mean-art-director-explains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/what-does-majora-the-legend-of-zelda-majoras-mask-mean-art-director-explains\/","title":{"rendered":"What does the \u201cMajora\u201d in The Legend of Zelda: Majora\u2019s Mask mean? Art director explains\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Originally released in 2000 on the N64, <strong>The Legend of Zelda<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong><strong>Majora\u2019s Mask<\/strong> is a renowned classic. The game\u2019s art director Takaya Imamura recently took to X to reveal the intriguing origins behind the made-up name Majora.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Majora\u2019s Mask was critically acclaimed upon its release, especially for its innovative time-travelling mechanic in which the same three days repeat, and its masks that give the adventure a character-swapping element. The evil ancient artifact Majora\u2019s Mask is the main villain that Link must defeat in the game- and a reoccurring item in later entries to the series. The Legend of Zelda: Majora\u2019s Mask has a slightly darker and odder premise than previous games in the series, and the origin of the name \u201cMajora\u201d is no less bizarre and surprising.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30e0\u30b8\u30e5\u30e9\u306e\u4eee\u9762\u306e\u300c\u30e0\u30b8\u30e5\u30e9\u300d\u3068\u306f\u300c\u30a4\u30de\u30e0\u30e9\u300d\u3068\u300c\u30b8\u30e5\u30de\u30f3\u30b8\u300d\u3092\u6df7\u305c\u3066\u4f5c\u3063\u305f\u3093\u3067\u3059\u3088\u3002\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u3002<\/p>&mdash; \u4eca\u6751\u5b5d\u77e2 \/ Takaya Imamura (@ima_1966) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ima_1966\/status\/1784212685816803328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation:<\/strong> <em>I made Mujura\u2019s Mask by combining \u201cImamura\u201d and \u201cJumanji.\u201d Really.<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Japanese, the name Majora is spelt Mujura. As Takaya Imamura reveals, it was created by combining his surname, \u201cImamura,\u201d with the title of the 1995 American fantasy film \u201cJumanji.\u201d Considering the time travelling aspects of Jumanji, which centers around a supernatural jungle-themed boardgame, it could be argued that the film\u2019s influence can be seen in The Legend of Zelda: Majora\u2019s Mask.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imamura worked at Nintendo for around 32 years, leaving the company in 2021 to become a university professor and freelancer. In his time at Nintendo, he worked on well-known series such as Star Fox, F-Zero and of course, The Legend of Zelda.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Takaya Imamura, art director for The Legend of Zelda: Majora&#8217;s Mask, reveals how he came up with the name Majora for the N64 game&#8217;s evil mask<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":30313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,33,63],"class_list":["post-30307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news","tag-nintendo","tag-zelda"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What does the \u201cMajora\u201d in The Legend of Zelda: Majora\u2019s Mask mean? 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