Zoids Wild
Zoids Wild is an anime series based on the Zoids model kits produced by Takara Tomy. The 5th Zoids anime, the anime is part of a cross-media relaunch of the franchise encompassing a new toy line, manga series, and video game for the Nintendo Switch, which were predominantly aimed at boys aged 10–12. Streamed from 7 July 2018 to 29 June 2019, this was the final series produced by Allspark Animation before being absorbed into Entertainment One on 9 October 2020.
Characters
Main characters
;Arashi; Quade
;Battalia
; Analog
; Bastion
;Apex
; Snare
;Drake
Supporting characters
;Dyna / Sauce;Shades / Candy
;Scrapes / Avocado
;Pach / Garlic
;Ikazuchi
;Gaffer / Taifu
;Greta / Sanratan
;Master Bug / Mushi Sennin
Dark Metal Empire
;Marcellus / Gigaboss; Malware
; Numb-Lock
; Haxile
Zoids Wild Zero
;Leo Conrad;Sally Land
;Buzz Cunningham
;Jo Aysel
;Christopher Giller
;Luc
;Clive Dias
;Walter Borman
;Electora Gate
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 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 miniseries released on YouTube, on the CoroCoro's, Takara Tomy's YouTube channels, starting from October 17, 2020.