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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 and is part of a cross-media relaunch of the franchise encompassing a new toy line, manga series, and video game for the Nintendo Switch, predominantly aimed at boys aged 10–12. It ran from July 7, 2018 to June 29, 2019.

Media

Manga

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

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

Anime

Wild aired on Mainichi Broadcasting System and Tokyo Broadcasting System from July 7, 2018, to June 29, 2019 in addition to other networks. 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.

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. 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. The dub was removed from Netflix on August 15, 2022. 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.

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

In September 2020, it was announced Zoids Wild Senki, a CG-animated series released on YouTube, on the CoroCoro’s, Takara Tomy’s YouTube channels, starting from October 17, 2020.

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

ZOIDS ゾイドワイルド *(Zoido Wairudo)*
Zoids Wild
Announcement poster
Genre	Adventure, Mecha
Manga
Written by	Moricha
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	*CoroCoro Comic*
Demographic	*Shōnen*
Original run	April 2018 – May 2019
Volumes	3
Anime television series
Directed by	Norihiko Sudō
Written by	Mitsutaka Hirota
Music by	Noriyuki Asakura
Studio	OLM
Licensed by	^NA Hasbro Studios Netflix (streaming rights outside Asia)
Original network	MBS, TBS
Original run	July 7, 2018 – June 29, 2019
Episodes	50
Game
*Zoids Wild: King of Blast*
Developer	Eighting
Publisher	JP: Takara Tomy AS: Takara Tomy NA: Outright Games EU: Outright Games
Genre	Action
Engine	Unity
Platform	Nintendo Switch
Released	JP: February 28, 2019 WW: October 16, 2020
Game
*Zoids Wild: Infinity Blast*
Publisher	JP: Takara Tomy WW: Bandai Namco
Genre	Action
Platform	Nintendo Switch
Released	JP: November 26, 2020
Manga
*Zoids Wild 2*
Written by	Moricha
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	*CoroCoro Comic*
Demographic	*Shōnen*
Original run	September 2019 – October 2020
Volumes	2
Anime television series
*Zoids Wild Zero*
Directed by	Takao Kato
Written by	Kenichi Araki
Music by	Yoshihisa Hirano
Studio	OLM
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo, TV Osaka)
Original run	October 4, 2019 – October 16, 2020
Episodes	50
Anime television series
*Zoids Wild Senki*
Directed by	Takao Kato
Written by	Kenichi Araki
Studio	OLM
Original run	October 17, 2020 – March 12, 2021
Episodes	6
Other series
*List of all Zoids* series**