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Zoids Wild
Announcement poster
ZOIDS ゾイド ワイルド
(Zoido Wairudo)
GenreAdventure, Mecha
Manga
Written byMoricha
Published byShogakukan
MagazineCoroCoro Comic
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 2018 – May 2019
Volumes3
Anime television series
Directed byNorihiko Sudō
Written byMitsutaka Hirota
Music byNoriyuki Asakura
StudioOLM
Licensed by
Original networkMBS, TBS
Original run July 7, 2018 – June 29, 2019
Episodes50
Video game
Zoids Wild: King of Blast
DeveloperEighting
Publisher
GenreAction
EngineUnity
PlatformNintendo Switch
Released
  • JP: February 28, 2019
  • WW: October 16, 2020
Video game
Zoids Wild: Infinity Blast
Publisher
  • JP: Takara Tomy
GenreAction
PlatformNintendo Switch
Released
  • JP: November 26, 2020
Manga
Zoids Wild 2
Written byMoricha
Published byShogakukan
MagazineCoroCoro Comic
DemographicShōnen
Original runSeptember 2019 – present
Volumes2
Anime television series
Zoids Wild Zero
Directed byTakao Kato
Written byKenichi Araki
Music byYoshihisa Hirano
StudioOLM
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo, TV Osaka)
Original run October 4, 2019 – present
Episodes46
Anime television series
Zoids Wild Senki
Original run Fall 2020 – present

Zoids Wild (ZOIDS ゾイド ワイルド, Zoido Wairudo) is an anime series based on the Zoids model kits produced by Takara Tomy. It is the 5th Zoids anime. It is part of a crossmedia relaunch of the franchise encompassing a new toy line, manga series, and video game for Nintendo Switch predominantly aimed at boys aged 10–12.[2][3]

Characters

Zoids Wild

Arashi (アラシ)
Voiced by: Kenshō Ono (Japanese); Cole Howard; Thomas Love (child) (English)
Leader of the Freedom Team and pilot of the Legendary Zoid: Liger.
Quade / Bacon (ベーコン, Bēkon)
Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese); Michael Adamthwaite (English)
Leader of the Supreme Team and pilot of the Sabertooth Zoid: Zaber Fang.
Battalia / Penne (ペンネ, Penne)
Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu (Japanese); Maryke Hendrikse (English)
Member of the Freedom Team and pilot of the Scorpion Zoid: Needle.
Analog / Onigiri (オニギリ, Onigiri)
Voiced by: Etsuko Kozakura (Japanese); Samuel Vincent (English)
Member of the Freedom Team and pilot of the Tortoise Zoid: Tanks.
Bastion / Gyōza (ギョーザ)
Voiced by: Subaru Kimura (Japanese); Alex Barima (English)
Member of the Freedom Team and pilot of the Triceratops Zoid: Tryke.
Drake (ドレイク, Doreiku)
Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa (Japanese); Adrian Petriw (English)
One of the four heavenly kings of the Death Metal Empire and pilot of the Deinonychus Zoid: Ruin.
Dyna / Sauce (ソース, Sōsu)
Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu (Japanese); Chiara Zanni (English)
Leader of the Supreme Team and pilot of Winghorn.
Shad / Candy (キャンディ, Kyandi)
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Leader of the Supreme Team and pilot of Flyhorn.
Scrapes / Avocado (アボカド, Abokado)
Voiced by: Hayato Kimura (Japanese); Andrew Cownden (English)
Leader of the Supreme Team and pilot of Ankyrox.
Pach / Garlic (ガーリック, Gārikku)
Voiced by: Kōtarō Nishiyama (Japanese); Gabe Kouth (English)
Leader of the Supreme Team and pilot of Pachycedos.
Ikazuchi (イカヅチ, Ikazuchi)
Voiced by: Takuya Kirimoto (Japanese); Ian Hanlin (English)
Arashi's Father.
Gaffer / Taifu (タイフウ, Taifuu)
Voiced by: Hideyuki Umezu (Japanese); Ron Halder (English)
Arashi's Grandfather.
Malware / Caviar (キャビア, Kyabia)
Voiced by: Tōru Nara (Japanese); Peter New (English)
One of the four heavenly kings of the Death Metal Empire and pilot of the Sarcosuchus Zoid: Overbyte.
Numb-Lock / Foie gras (フォアグラ, Foagura)
Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama (Japanese); Mark Gibbon (English)
One of the four heavenly kings of the Death Metal Empire and pilot of the Gorilla Zoid: Dragz.
Haxile / Truffle (トリュフ, Toryufu)
Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama (Japanese); Michael Dobson (English)
One of the four heavenly kings of the Death Metal Empire, pilot of the Stegosaurus Zoid: Bonesaw, and the Dimetrodon Zoid: Dimepulsar.
Gigaboss / Gallagar (ギャラガー, Gyaragar)
Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki (Japanese); Andrew Cownden (English)
One of the four heavenly kings of the Death Metal Empire and pilot of the Tyrannosaurus Rex Zoid: Demise.
Greta / Sanratan (サンラータン)
Voiced by: Suzuko Mimori (Japanese); Kazumi Evans (English)
Other pilot of Catalga.

Zoids Wild Zero

Leo Conrad (レオ・コンラッド, Reo Konraddo)
Voiced by: Shō Nogami
Sally Land (サリー・ランド, Sarī Rando)
Voiced by: Hazuki Senda
Buzz Cunningham (バズ・カニンガム, Bazu Kaningamu)
Voiced by: Makoto Yasumura
Jo Aysel (ジョー・アイセル, Jō Aiseru)
Voiced by: Yōko Hikasa
Christopher Giller (クリファー・ギレル, Kurifā Gireru)
Voiced by: Toshiki Masuda
Luc (リュック, Rūku)
Voiced by: Daisuke Kishio
Clive Dias (クライブ・ディアス)
Voiced by: Satoshi Mikami
Walter Borman (ウォルター・ボーマン)
Voiced by: Yoshito Yasuhara

Media

Manga

A manga series by Moricha began monthly serialization in Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic magazine from April 2018 to May 2019.[3]


No. Release date ISBN
1 August 28, 2018[4]978-4-09-142760-1
2 December 28, 2018[5]978-4-09-142838-7
3 June 28, 2019[6]978-4-09-142899-8


A sequel series, also by Moricha, started serialization in September 2019.[7]


No. Release date ISBN
1 December 27, 2019[8]978-4-09-143136-3
2 June 26, 2020[9]978-4-09-143203-2


Anime

Wild aired on Mainichi Broadcasting System and Tokyo Broadcasting System from July 7, 2018, to June 29, 2019 in addition to other networks.[10][11][12] Inspired by Moricha's manga, the series is produced by OLM, directed by Norihiko Sudō and written by Mitsutaka Hirota. On June 22, 2019, it was announced that Zoids Wild would end on June 29, 2019.[13]

In October 1, 2018, it was reported that Hasbro currently has plans to bring Zoids Wild to North America with Hasbro Studios (now Allspark) licensing the anime for an English dub, which was tentatively titled Zoids: Build Them to Life. before being retitled to just Zoids and then back to its original title.[1][14] The dub is produced by Ocean Productions. The first half was released on Netflix on August 14, 2020.[15][16] The second half will be released on October 1, 2020.[17] An English dub under its original name began airing on Cartoon Network in the Philippines on March 2, 2019. It also aired in Singapore on Okto on April 8, before moving to Channel 5 the following month due to Okto's closure.[18]

A second season, titled Zoids Wild Zero has been announced, featuring a brand-new story with new characters, directed by Takao Kato and written by Kenichi Araki.[19] The second season premiered on October 4, 2019, on TV Tokyo.[20] On May 22, 2020, it was announced further episodes would delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[21] On June 11, 2020, it was announced the anime would return on June 19, 2020.[22]

On September 2020, it was announced Zoids Wild Senki, a CG-animated series will be released on YouTube.[23]

Video games

An arcade game called Zoids Wild: Battle Card Hunter (ゾイドワイルド バトルカードハンター, Zoido Wairudo: Batoru Kādo Hantā) was released by Takara Tomy in Japan on January 24, 2019.[24] It was followed by the Nintendo Switch title, Zoids Wild: King of Blast (ゾイドワイルド キング オブ ブラスト, Zoido Wairudo: Kingu Obu Burasuto) action game developed by Eighting on February 28, 2019.[25] Outright Games will release the title in Australia, Europe and North America as Zoids Wild: Blast Unleashed on October 16, 2020.[26] A third installment of the video game series is Zoids Wild: Infinity Blast. It is scheduled for release on November 26, 2020 in Japan.[27][28]

References

  1. ^ a b "Hasbro Lists Zoids in MIPCOM Lineup". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  2. ^ "Zoids Model Toys Inspire Zoids Wild Summer Anime, April Manga, Switch Game". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  3. ^ a b "Zoids Wild revives mech franchise with new anime, manga, games, models". ToonBarn. March 1, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  4. ^ ゾイド　ワイルド　１ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  5. ^ ゾイド　ワイルド　２ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  6. ^ ゾイド　ワイルド　3 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  7. ^ "Zoids Franchise Gets New Manga in August". Anime News Network. June 23, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  8. ^ ゾイドワイルド２　１ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  9. ^ ゾイドワイルド２　２ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  10. ^ Romano, Sal (26 February 2018). "New Zoids series Zoids Wild announced, includes Switch game". Gematsu. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  11. ^ Chapman, Paul (27 February 2018). "Zoids Wild TV Anime Runs Rampant in Summer of 2018". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  12. ^ Ressler, Karen (11 May 2018). "Zoids Wild Anime Teaser Reveals July 7 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Zoids Wild Anime Ends on June 29". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  14. ^ https://worldscreen.com/worldscreenings/screening/?screening_id=973
  15. ^ https://www.netflix.com/search?q=zoids&jbv=81222637
  16. ^ "Netflix Streams Zoids Wild Anime in U.S. on August 14". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  17. ^ https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/09/23/exclusive-new-zoids-figures-revealed-ahead-of-hasbros-pulse-con
  18. ^ "Zoids Wild gets English debut in the Philippines, Singapore". ToonBarn. March 13, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  19. ^ "Zoids Wild Zero Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, October 4 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
  20. ^ "Zoids Wild Anime Gets 2nd Season in October". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  21. ^ Mateo, Alex (May 22, 2020). "Zoids Wild Zero Anime Delays New Episodes Due to COVID-19". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  22. ^ Mateo, Alex (June 11, 2020). "Zoids Wild Zero Anime Resumes on June 19 After COVID-19 Delay". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  23. ^ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-09-14/zoids-wild-senki-net-anime-announced-for-fall-premiere/.163977
  24. ^ Matsumoto, Ryuichi (December 15, 2018). =テレビアニメ｢ゾイドワイルド｣の新たなアミューズメントマシン「ゾイドワイルド バトルカードハンター」，2019年1月24日から順次展開予定. 4Gamer (in Japanese). Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  25. ^ Romano, Sal (November 12, 2018). "Zoids Wild: King of Blast for Switch launches February 28, 2019 in Japan". Gematsu. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  26. ^ Romano, Sal (July 9, 2020). "Zoids Wild: Blast Unleashed coming west on October 16". Gematsu. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  27. ^ "New Zoids Wild game for Switch titled Zoids Wild: Infinity Blast". Gematsu. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  28. ^ "Zoids Wild: Infinity Blast launches November 26 in Japan". Gematsu. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
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