The 63rd All Japan Model Hobby Show is starting tomorrow, and we've seen a heaping ton of exciting reveals. T-Spark will be among those exhibiting at the event. Perhaps one of the most exciting developments was the launch of a new animated video, Zoids Battle Films. In this animated short we see multiple toylines featured, including RMZ and HMM, with a peculiar Death Saurer reminiscent of the Concept Art universe. We have no context yet about this animation. If it's a one off, why certain pilots seem so familiar, or what to expect going forward. For now, though? It's exciting to have a new animation. At the start, I almost thought it'd be the battle of Valhalla. I have to admit, seeing Falcon viewed in a doomier light was such a cool perspective.

- Zoids Battle Films

 Kotobukiya's promo twitter made two exciting announcements today, the Lightning Saix Irvine Spec. Recolor 2000 and the HMM Gun Sniper Rinnon Spec. Re/color 2001 with a slash through it because... y'know. NC/0!. We don't know yet what exactly these rereleases will entail. If they'll include anime pilots, painted or otherwise, what 'recolor' will mean, or what other changes they may still have. Even so, it's exciting news for fans who missed the earlier waves of anime Zoids, and have waited patiently for another chance!

 The Chaotic Century anime section has been under some heavy renovations. ALL episodes of Chaotic Century (1 ~ 34) have now had their images replaced with Blu-ray screenshots, and no longer use the old DVD ones. They include updated character lists, notable facts, and page formatting updates. Episodes 35 ~ 40 of Guardian Force have been updated to now include notable facts, updated character lists, and have had more screenshots added in. I didn't completely redo the screencaps for the Guardian Force episodes since they already had BR screenies, so the new screenshots may not be in exact order, but they should include more good reference images now.

 One of the main purposes for this was to be able to revamp the reference pages (Zoids, characters, encyclopedia). The Zoids section is almost all broken links right now, but I'm working on getting things updated. The goal is to start completely wrapping up the individual anime sections and get anime-specific content properly ported over to the Index and Encyclopedia, but it's a lot of work, so please excuse things being broken along the way.

 Another update was posted to the Zoids CC/GF Anime section, Volume 8 of the Japanese DVDs. This includes 50+ pieces of concept art from episodes 35 ~ 39 (the start of Guardian Force), with images provided courtesy of Falcarius!

 The Zoids Wild Zero anime section has been updated with content from Episodes 11 ~ 15, introducing both the completed Genospino and the best smiling cat out there. This update includes Zoid Profiles, Character Profiles, and the start of the ZW0-specific Encyclopedia. To keep things a bit more consistent with pilot variations, they have been moved to their own page if they continue to be upgraded. This only applies to a couple Zoids such as the Raptoria Jo Aysel Spec. but will hopefully keep following their upgrades more manageable.

New Zoid Profiles: Drei Panther, Genospino

Updated Zoid Profiles: Bazootle, Beast Liger, Catalga, Gilraptor, Proto Beast Liger, Raptoria, Triceradogos

 We have another wave of Zoids Episodes! In Genesis, this is the episode where we meet Kotona and her Zoid, the Rainbow Jerk. Matu over on Twitter, apparently part of the animation team in the earlier and later episodes of Genesis, gave their perspective of this episode.

- Zoids Chaotic Century Episode 10

- Zoids New Century /ZERO Episode 4

- Zoids Fuzors Episode 4

- Zoids Genesis Episode 4

 The next wave of Zoids Episodes are up! Since these expire week to week I'm going to limit the number of news posts displayed on the front page to only be what's still relevant, so that the front page isn't flooded with 'video no longer available.' Please also note that I'm posting these once every series has updated, so by the time you see this news post, there's only a few days left to watch some of them!

- Zoids Chaotic Century Episode 9

- Zoids New Century /ZERO Episode 3

- Zoids Fuzors Episode 3

- Zoids Genesis Episode 3

 The Zoids Anime section has received a revamp. This may be a big change at first, but one of my goals was to reduce the amount of unnecessary scrolling required to get to relevant info. The quick links to different sections have stayed, but the DVD info has been moved to dedicated pages for each series. These pages will be further expanded over time to include things like random facts about the series, notes from staff members, opening/ending screenshots, and more.

 The next wave of Zoids Episodes have hit Youtube, but I'd really like to talk about Fuzors! Fans who saw the earlier western release of this series may remember the underwhelming feeling. Fuzors isn't to a lot of people's taste. However, when the series aired in Japan, it had tons of differences, from changes in lighting effects to a copious amount of redrawn frames. Surprisingly, the entirety of Episode 2 was remade to be much darker in aesthetics and theme, really upping the visual impact of this battle. I highly recommend watching at least this one, to see the one episode you might've missed when watching the Western Release!

- Zoids Chaotic Century Episode 8

- Zoids New Century /ZERO Episode 2

- Zoids Fuzors Episode 2

- Zoids Genesis Episode 2

 Zoids Genesis Episode 1 is now available on Youtube! Aside from that, GowTohgetsu over on Twitter posted a nice high-quality image of Ruuji's Village, which has appeared throughout various articles and media relating to Zoids Genesis. In the Twitter thread they also discuss a staff member's perspective of the series and the decisions made for its world setting.

- Watch Zoids Genesis

 As part of the Zoids 40th Anniversary Project Zoids Official has announced that it'll be posting the first four animes online! This includes the classic Zoids series, Zoids New Century /ZERO, Zoids Fuzors, and Zoids Genesis. These have mostly started airing already, and will be publicly posted on the TAKARATOMYHOBBY youtube channel! Only the first episode is available for a longer span of time. Otherwise, each episode will be available for 1 week, until the next one 'airs'. We'll try to stay on top of posting here when new episodes are available. For those curious, Zoids Official has said they're working on making the series available in more countries, but this may take extra time, so please be patient as they jump through the technical hoops!

 As they've been posting more about the upload date of each series, they've also been posting some nice high-quality art, starting with a Bang image. Otherwise, each series has been posted with its blu-ray box character art, including Chaotic Century, New Century /ZERO, Fuzors, and Zoids Genesis. Chaotic Century has been airing for a bit now, but we'll post what's currently available. As a final note, voyager_vision on Twitter, who seems to have worked on some of the anime storyboards, posted images of the covers!

- Chaotic Century Episode 7

- New Century /ZERO Episode 1

- Fuzors Episode 1