Zoids Wild

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Zoids Wild
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ZOIDS ゾイド ワイルド
(Zoido Wairudo)
GenreAdventure, Mecha
Original network JNN (MBS, TBS)
English network
Original run July 7, 2018 – June 29, 2019
Episodes50
2 December 28, 2018 [6] 978-4-09-142838-7
3 June 28, 2019 [7] 978-4-09-142899-8

A sequel series, also by Moricha, began serialization from September 2019 to October 2020. [8] [9]

No.Release dateISBN
1 December 27, 2019 [10] 978-4-09-143136-3
2 June 26, 2020 [11] 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. [12] [13] [14] 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. [15]

On 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] [16] The dub is produced by Ocean Productions.

The first half of the dub released on Netflix on August 14, 2020 and then second half on October 3, the latter originally slated to be released two days earlier. [17] [18] [19] The dub was removed from Netflix on August 15, 2022. [20] A Hong Kong-produced English dub 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. [21]

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. [22] The second season aired from October 4, 2019 to October 16, 2020, on TV Tokyo. [23] On May 22, 2020, it was announced further episodes would delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [24] On June 11, 2020, it was announced the anime would return on June 19, 2020. [25]

In September 2020, it was announced Zoids Wild Senki, a CG-animated miniseries released on YouTube, on the CoroCoro's, Takara Tomy's YouTube channels, starting from October 17, 2020. [26] [27]

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. [28] 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. [29] Outright Games released the title in Australia, Europe and North America as Zoids Wild: Blast Unleashed on October 16, 2020. [30] A third installment of the video game series is Zoids Wild: Infinity Blast. It released on November 26, 2020 in Japan. [31] [32] [33]

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