"Organized under strict rules and regulations, "Zoid Battles" are fighting competitions held on enormous battle fields using mechanical combat units know as "Zoids". The enthusiastic young warriors put their pride on the line and sharpen their skills against one another. Battle mode: Approved Area: Scanned Battlefield: Setup Ready...FIGHT!"
Rules: No aiming for the zoids cockpit. No attacking the transport unit. No launching additional zoids into battle. Combatants can choose to accept or decline a challenge, as seen when The Blitz Team are challenged by Harry, Naomi and the pilot of Elephander, and from what i get depending on the rank or type of battle can earn you points. So it's kinda like leveling up your rank in most games now? Were there any other rules i forgot it has been sometime since i watched this one.
Judge on judge fight are great well it was one epic judge making a dark judge his can of beans than epic kubuki pose after he rekt the dark judge ill alway remember that scene lol.
@@Shocknfunk Hell yeah i feel like zoids and eureka 7 would be great mecha arena fighter games maybe even a gundam game that isn't just dynasty warriors with robots
@@MrMutou the Gundam fighter on mobile could’ve been great but Bandai rather just have it be a shitty gacha game instead. I could honestly see a zoids game with some monetization to atleast have a battle pass. Sadly it would be milked up the ass
One of the interesting things about Zoids at the time of it's release was how amazing the CGI was. Unfortunately, one of the ways they made the amazing CGI on a budget was by reusing the same 3 launch sequences over and over again, sometimes changing the zoid being launched. There was launched forward, launched up, and dropped out the side from a little platform. The refit scenes were the same, and many of the action scenes used the exact same animation on a different background. They actually did a really good job on that last one. Still, reusing big-budget transformation sequences was really big in the 90s, so I can't say I blame them too much.
@Black Ice Maybe because CGI was still new then, they had to put a lot of effort in to making it look good. Now, 3d animation is considered a short cut anyone and their grandma tries to use with mixed results.
Actually, just a slight correction - most Zoids seen actually piloted are mass-produced "domesticated" models. It was very rare to see a Wild Zoid being piloted, and usually in such a case it was because the Zoid was _willing_ to be piloted. ...And then there was the whole "Ultimate X" and "Integrated Organoid Subsystem" thing that was really not used much outside of giving the Backdraft Group an excuse to play the same role as the Team Rocket trio from Pokemon for about half the series. If you ask me they wasted a good plot hook there. Also, Brad's second zoid is a fox, not a wolf. The Shadow Fox to be precise. And its background is a bit... weird. In the New Century anime it's stated to be a unique creation and shown to be a powerful and tactically impressive Zoid, but in the model kit's included manga it's actually stated to be designed as a support unit to Liger battalions during the Chaotic Century era.
Zoids is one of my few obsessions that's lived far into my adulthood. The real meat of the franchise for me, outside of the cool ass model kits, is the Battle Story, predating all the anime and manga made. That shit is my jam, and I've spent a lot of my 20s hunting down the old releases of the Battle Story and the older model kits. The Zoids sentience is much more clear in the Battle Story continuity, and the Bible they made for the franchise details the evolutionary history of Planet Zi, including the differing evolution of their humanoids compared to our own evolution, with the people from Zi having their own biomechanical properties (the markings in Chaotic Century is a nod to this, as those markings are genetic metal in the Battle Story, naturally occurring on our characters). Humans from Earth eventually crash on Zi during the middle of the first war between President Helic and Emperor Zenebas, and their contributions to the technology on both sides of the war leads to more catastrophic and deadly weaponry, which is when more powerful Zoids like the the Berserk Fury and Liger Zero start popping up. They're mass produced, not one of a kind, in the Battle Story. Eventually, both sides have a respective superweapon comparable in destructive power to nuclear weapons, and in the final battle, they sink a whole continent and pretty much ruin the entire world, ending the war with the destruction of both sides. There's so much to the Battle Story, with both the Helics and Zenebas being set up as heroes and villains, and a third empire from the Dark Continent, the Guylos, becomes a major player later on. There's a few sequels to the Battle Story, too, which released with different lines of Zoids. Definitely one of my favourite pieces of secret lore in a franchise, I'm compelled to preserve as much as I can. If you're ever looking to dive into the franchise more for a future video or something, hit me up, I'm always down to talk about Zoids.
Fellow Zoid Battle Story lore nerd here, just letting you know you're not alone. Also, if anyone's reading, that bit in the comment is basically the first third of all the battle story, just to say about the scope of this rabbit hole
Wow, that sounds pretty epic. Definetively japanese media entertainment franchises have some of the more complex and creative stories and backgrounds out there. This reminds me of the Ace Combat series and all the lore of its fictional world Strangereal
@@Chronoflation I don't know if links are allowed but if you look up the Iron Bible on google you'll find the website that has everything Zoids related. It has everything @SATOhara mentioned.
It’s awesome to see a TH-camr as large as yourself talking about Zoids. As much as I love New Century, Chaotic Century is much better in terms of story and is a lot better of a watch as an adult, it’s a lot more story driven and tackles a lot of darker themes surrounding war. I’d definitely recommend checking it out if you haven’t already.
The Mopomi right? I use to watch ZG Zoids all the time back in the day, I think he took a lot of his older videos down though. He commented on one of my videos not too long ago so he’s definitely still active.
Ah Zoids, the show that gave me my love of giant animalistic robots to this day. I had 2 VHS tapes with 4 episodes a piece, it was the first 8 episodes and that's all I had for YEARS until I got to finally watch the whole show. So I finally got to watch the whole thing when I was like 19 or so, and it was worth it. It really is a fun show
The fact that I've finally seen someone on youtube talk about zoids in 2020 makes me happy. Most people don't remember or know about this show in the anime community.
Chaotic Century is one of my favorite old anime. Actually a really good story of war and what it does to the people caught up in it, and I love the designs
I was watching the other day, i can’t remember the link I’ll have post when I get to my computer and can get to the link. But there a few places where you can legally stream this
I introduced my nephews to Zoids last year and they were instantly hooked. Really wish we got more of this franchise was such a cool series growing up.
I know your probably joking on some of this however I'll correct a few things. Berserk Fury is strong because much like Liger Zero it has a will of it's own that combined with it's pilot make it hard to beat. Second, the Zoid Brad stole was not a wolf, it was a fox specifically the Shadow Fox. And third I think Jamies thing of going from a wimp to a badass it's probably a split personality. As for the battles, ye they mostly just reuse models for some scenes to show the characters winning,
I found that to be a letdown for Bit and Jack's last fight. The previous fight, Bit can't touch Jack, now they are evenly matched in a fight that shamelessly reuses the animation from their first fight.
Haha ya i remember that he called himself the wild egal or something.also it might of been season 2 but i loved that episode when a judge kicks the robo ass of a dark judge just wrestle moves dunking that dark judge was great lol.
Oh it is a let out and very sad that they just reuse scene a lot when it could have been epic. There's plenty of zoids they could use, like some air ones. We never see anyone besides the Backdraft group use flying zoids.
@@swordkingx4874 We did see Jamie use flying Zoids. But given the nature of the series it's hard to animate a fight with the Blitz Team's ground based Zoids against flying ones. Especially since the Liger Zero can't do much against them.
@@dragonstormx Not exactly true. Liger has the perfect armour for air based enemies. The Panzer armour. Plus Lena's Gunsniper with all it's guns could help with the same thing. And what I mean is was there ever a battle against other air zoids besides the backdraft ones?
Can't wait for the Chaotic Century vid. That series was WAY cooler than New Century. I remember the "Final Four" episodes were a whole event on Toonami.
This is perfect timing for me. My boyfriend has been getting nostalgic for ZOIDS and talking about having a night where we just marathon Chaotic Century. (He just really likes giant robots, especially ones that look like animals. Beast Wars is his favorite Transformers series.)
@@zerokura it does but New Century Zero was broadcasted in the west before Chaotic Century dispite the order actually being in reverse. It's one of those funny conundrums.
So Jamie with his split personality while flying is literally the precursor to Allelujah Haptism from Gundam 00. Allelujah and Bit Cloud have the same English voice actor.
@@methodedge2484 Helps that Ocean Group dubbed both series. Bit Cloud -- Allelujah Haptism (Richard Ian Cox) Brad -- Tieria Erde (Sam Vincent) Leena Toros and the Tasker Sisters -- Lousie Halevy (Kelly Sheridan) Harry Champ -- Setsuna F. Seiei (Brad Swaile) Mary Champ -- Sumeragi Lee Noriega (Lisa Ann Beley) And those are just the ones I can name by memory. In addition, LOTS of these guys have been in other Gundam dubs. Jack Sisco is Zechs Merquise, Naomi Flugel is Lucrezia Noin, Brad's also the Ocean Group voice for Amuro Ray (Van's VA from Chaotic Century took over for Amuro in Zeta Gundam because there were union issues going on when Zeta was dubbed, and you'll hear a LOT of the Chaotic Century people in Zeta) and is the voice for Quatre Winner, Leon Toros voiced Chang Wufei. Even Scott McNeil gets in the fun as the Backdraft lieutenant Polta (the one with the pointy shades), also voicing Duo Maxwell and Gym Gingham (Turn A, when the character shows up in video games).
Man, I remember loving Zoids, and then promptly forgetting about them once they were off the air lol. Your work gives an amazing dose of nostalgia but also puts in work to show what made it into that nugget of memory in our brains! Thanks for all the hard work you do.
Zoids was my first introduction to Mech anime and was what Transformers was to a lot of other kids at the time (I didn't experience Transformers until much later): Giant robots fighting each other. Zoids has always been a bit of a mixed bag. On one hand it's first couple of seasons were really, really good. The ones that followed though unfortunately didn't deliver. I don;'t know how the newest show is as I haven;t watched it yet but I've heard it's good. I bought a bunch of the Zoids growing up which you made with the kits they provided. Personal favourite Zoid was the Berserk Fury (still is to this day). New century Zero is definately a fun show. It's episodic and doesn't have any big overarching story. Characters are not deep and that's okay, they don't need to be. The dub which I grew up with is really good. The battles are what carry the show and they do a good job. The music meanwhile are all bangers. Too bad we never got a season 2 of NCZ after they won the Royal Cup. The ending was nice but lacking (i.e. Backdraft Group get held at literal gunpoint and basically surrender, no one gets arrested or ends up in prison in spite of the fact that they had literally committed acts of terrorism throughout the show short of murder). The final battle though was epic. Chaotic Force/Guardian Century was what I consider the better season(s) of Zoids. It tells a really good story and the characters are much better written.
I loved how feelgood this show was. Like even the villains in general weren't crazy evil and had a ton of comic relief. Stakes were never crazy high. Also it has "a boy and his dog" vibes. Just such a fun little grill n chill show.
Before i even watch i need to say. ZOID WAS LEGENDARY. At that time we did not have any other "Mech" base anime other than gundam, and mech lions or cats look sick!!. The GameCube game was black luster but any fan of the show as a kid prob thought it was 10/10. There was big opened maps and you and your buddy play with all the different zoids, you can buy new zoids that have different abilities. one of my fav games on the GameCube. As per the show. For early SGI back in the days, i loved it. thank you for making this video. i thought this show got left in the dust.
Dude, I stan you. You hit me with the nostalgia like no one else. U talk about so many of the cartoons/games I enjoyed when I was younger, some stuff you even remind me about that I almost forgot. All those random anime/animeesc shows I watched on Toonami or on Saturday mornings. I loved the Zach Bell video, and Maplestory (I was addicted in middle school, true story), Fighting Foodons, etc. and now ZOIDS. I loved this show because it was like Gundam but with animals which I do think makes it cooler.
Oh man, Zatch Bell and Zoids mentioned in one place. I don't think my nostalgia can take much more 😂 still love them both. I wish the new show maintained the maturity of the older Zoids series
You’ll enjoy Chaotic Century in terms of character skill progression. It is a Huge part of main character Van’s development. Makes for a really refreshing final arc of the series too in my opinion.
I loved zoids growing up but no one I knew ever saw it so had no one talk to it about and always thought the second season would have been an amazing game buying and upgrading zoids moving through leagues and online play would be super fun.
Same, my older brother and I played it for hours. I would get so mad at him because he would always shoot me from far away with Velociraptor-type Gun Sniper Zoid. I couldn't do much because I was always a Zoid with short ranged weapons. Eventually, we would both be snipers and play hide and go shoot.
@@rockinrootbeer1795 my older brother always loved play gojulas giga and I would play as one of the ligers and he would just destroy me. But gosh it was so much fun. I wish it would get a re-release or a game similar
Oh man, I still go back to play that now and then. My gamecube started acting up this past year so I haven't been able to play it for a while, but man, when I get my gamecube fixed or get a new one, that is the first thing I'm playing!
I’ve still got my Liger Zero toy from way back in the day, took forever to put together, used to play with it all the time, now it’s on my desk at work. Good times
I still have my liger zero Jäger toy on my nightstand, I played with it so much as a kid, that sadly the back right leg can loose. But now it sits on my stand in honor of my childhood
I had a Berserk Fury which I loved, but the armour pieces wouldn't stay in the slots and often fell out and disappeared, and the batteries rotted inside the console, making it basically an unmoveable model. Still cool but I don't have it any more. I should look into the new Zoids releases.
I remember loving this show as a kid, I was a fully addicted to anything mecha. Once Toonami debuted Zoids New Century I could've mainlined it into my veins if it was possible!
As a big fan of Zoids growing up that lost my collection when I moved to Canada from Asia, I wish they reissue ALL the older ones so I can get them again. The aftermarket prices for pre-built and sometimes missing parts older ones are insane, much more for ones that are found still unbuilt and in box. I do have the new Liger from the new series I got a few years ago that's displayed on my shelf, but it doesn't have the same feeling as the 80's to early 2000's Zoids in terms of presence.
Oh Leena, you were so silly. And I actually have fond memories of sniper girl, even if I knew she wasn't really going to do anything. She was honest with herself and never really complained. As for episodes there was one episode where the gang were being haunted and I remember being quite afraid.
KarmaSpaz12 ahhh that episode with the zoid that had the chainsaw as it's pilot was looking for his missing daughter who died in a snowstorm I believe and both the little girls ghost and the ghost of the chainsaw zoid still hunt the area. I believe that is how the story went
@@pauloreimer1684 Yes, but also no. I know more people who like(d) Power Rangers than Digimon. The rivalry with Pokemon put it at a slight disadvantage. But I do see your point, he could still do it anyway.
Before ‘Eureka 7’, I found that Zoids ‘Chaotic century’ and ‘Guardian force’ is nice military sci-fi melodramas which was actually a bit more comprehensible for kids in contrast to how dense Gundam series like ‘Wing’ and ‘Seed’ were for me at the time
I loved the different zoids series i got to see (new century zero, chaotic century, and fuzors) sad that we haven't had a new game added in a while. Eventually gonna get model kits of liger zero, shadow fox, berzerk fury, and König wolf if i can find it
@@wilt3051 I mean we have every right to dominate the model kit section. It's what saved the series and turned it into a franchise. If it wasn't for model kits of the original series, gundam wouldn't exist past the original show.
Zoids is better than Gundam, all the Gundam's look the same. There are just basically two types of them. A giant walking cyclops garbage can and then the same human shape over and over again with a new coat of paint. And then Gundam seed which ripped off Zoids with the Baku or whatever the fuck it was called.
One particular scene with Bit in I think episode 2 is probably one of my favorite anime scenes right alongside the opening of episode one of Trigun where Vash survives a hail of bullets by apparent sheer luck. In the aforementioned scene, Bit is carrying a gigantic pipe through a bar for some reason and while walking past a pair of girls who are being bothered by some creep. He accidentally drops something else he's holding and bends down to pick it up, accidentally knocking the creep upside the head and a series of hilarious accidental blows occur, leading to his apparent victory in a fight he didn't realize he was in, accidentally defending the honor of the two girls and walking away. XD It was hilarious and kinda awesome how it played out.
I applaud my younger self for tolerating 6am airing shows, else VR Troopers or Zoids: Chaotic Century would've been missed over. Got a good amount of Chaotic to remember it, though New Century holds the most nostalgia for me. Additionally: I saw the Leena connection no different than Harry Potter/Snape. They felt a weird obligation to parent just by knowing that kid's parent so well. You're also not a fan of stock animation, which is funny you got through Digimon which was way worse with this.
i miss my zoids models i had a command wolf, zabat, zaberfang, Liger Zero X. i had a few others too. wish i had got something like a gun sniper or a rev raptor. i really want to get back in to that.
I owned the second VHS of this. I legit watched them constantly. It ruined the dub for Deathnote because the voiceactor for Light is the same as Harry's.
I kinda like the New Century we got first but I loved Chaotic Century. I remember it use to come on early in the morning before I went to school and I use to go to school hype af after watching it.
Full on Shaved billiam = cutest and most hot billiam ever Bearded billiam = most chill and wise looking billiam Mustached billiam = i have a new nightmare
There's some things that I want to mention: The composer from the series is Kow Otani, the same from Gundam Wing and Shadow of the Colossus. In the japanese version, Bit is voiced by Takahiro Sakurai aka Cloud Strife. Leena is voiced by Ayako Kawasumi aka Saber Arthuria. Brad is voiced by Masaya Matsukaze aka Teru Mikami. Jamie is voiced by Mitsuki Saiga aka Rossiu Adai. Both seiyuus also had relationship voice actor in some games and animes: Gatekeepers = Bit and Leena are Shun and Ruriko Mobile Suit Gundam IBO = Bit and Brad are McGillis and Gaelio Kyo Kara Maou = Bit and Jamie are Yuuri and Wolfram Megaman NT Warrior = Brad and Jamie are ProtoMan.EXE and Chaud Dragon Quest XI = Bit, Leena and Jamie are Jasper, Gemma and Eleven Pokemon = Bit, Leena, Brad and Jamie are Sandshrew/Sandslash, Ursula, Morty and Drew Well, that's it.
Zoids Legacy my dude that game was the shit back then every zoid mc like van and bit as playable characters even ones from other games. And the amount of zoids in that game was staggering even ones I didn't know about it was honestly pretty dope.
I play my emulator rom of it every now and than its kind of hard to go back since i dont play on my laptop much and its a rpg so forgetting what to do and do a few turn base fights kind of drain my intrested in it but if you want a fever dream that people probably dont know their the gundam rpg on the ps2 where you can customize your own gundam and fight gundam to get parts and weapons from them you have a party of 3 i think it was and can gain skills.
New Century is basically every D&D party ever being a group of disaster gremlins. Which is why it's so enjoyable. Also since it's just 26 eps I actually rewatch it about one a year because it's a good time. Chaotic Century is good but New Century is like hanging out with my dumbass friends. Also you are spot on about the music having hella hype up power.
I think the dub has a lot to do with why it's so fun. They could have made it more typical shounen srs business but they just had freaking fun with it.
Wow, I thought I was the only one who remembered Zoids! I used to love New Century, but Chaotic Century was definitely my favourite. Does anyone actually remember Zoids Fuzors? I actually thought that Chaotic Century came after New Century, because I remember an episode of Chaotic Century where they mention that before the war people used to have competitive Zoid fights. Thanks for clarifying that.
The first series has a few wild zoids in it and tells a bit of history on them. The one with Bit Cloud is the second series(also I'm sure his Liger has Zeke in it's core). The natural occuring zoids(wild life) not only have cockpits, but have ammo or blasters(some do), but rely on strike lazer claw or bite. A lot were reverse engineered by companies to build non sentient ones.
Gundam is huuuuge in the anime community and Japan in general. I'm surprised and pleasantly so that he did something on Zoids first. I really need to look into tracking down all of the Zoids series again...
I first watched New Century Zero as well, but Chaotic Century is (IMO) the strongest story. You see that main character growth - in terms of his Zoid piloting skills - that is missing with Bit. It's definitely one of those shows that highly inspires me creatively to this day.
Zoids changes size all the time in anime, sometime a common zoid is smaller than it should be ; another time a ultra-rare zoid is a lot bigger then their spec in toylines , just because they need a BIG FINAL BOSS. tho the size is not the worst thing u can find, last season (zoid wild) we have PPLS JUST RIDING ON THEIR ZOIDS WITHOUT COCKPIT LIKE A HORSE. at least Zoids Wild Zero has a cockpit
thats because in zoids wild those zoids landed on earth and have basically taken over, the larger zoids couldnt make the journey so only the xs zoids showed up. now in zoids wild zero we've got small and medium zoids popping up (same size as liger basically)
I was browsing through some old games and found some Zoids stuff. I audibly announced, "Zoids? I bet Billiam has a video on Zoids..." I was not disappointed.
I was obsessed with this show as kid (along with others like Ronin Warriors, which you should absolutely talk about). And Chaotic Century may have been "better", but New Century is MY Zoids. I had several of the construction sets that I would make fight me Gundam and Bionicle toys. It was such a great time.
"Organized under strict rules and regulations, "Zoid Battles" are fighting competitions held on enormous battle fields using mechanical combat units know as "Zoids".
The enthusiastic young warriors put their pride on the line and sharpen their skills against one another.
Battle mode: Approved
Area: Scanned
Battlefield: Setup
Ready...FIGHT!"
Rules: No aiming for the zoids cockpit.
No attacking the transport unit.
No launching additional zoids into battle.
Combatants can choose to accept or decline a challenge, as seen when The Blitz Team are challenged by Harry, Naomi and the pilot of Elephander, and from what i get depending on the rank or type of battle can earn you points.
So it's kinda like leveling up your rank in most games now?
Were there any other rules i forgot it has been sometime since i watched this one.
Judge on judge fight are great well it was one epic judge making a dark judge his can of beans than epic kubuki pose after he rekt the dark judge ill alway remember that scene lol.
I love that scene.
Normally a Judge just dies.
But this one refused to die and beat the shit out of the dark Judge.
This takes me back.
Muh stolgia
Zoids is such an underrated franchise it deserves a lot more attention.
Dude I loved the toys they were actually cooler than gundams and easier to build plus you didnt need model paint
Imagine today it can be on helluva good team arena fighter game being able to earn and customize zoids.
@@Shocknfunk Hell yeah i feel like zoids and eureka 7 would be great mecha arena fighter games maybe even a gundam game that isn't just dynasty warriors with robots
@@MrMutou the Gundam fighter on mobile could’ve been great but Bandai rather just have it be a shitty gacha game instead. I could honestly see a zoids game with some monetization to atleast have a battle pass. Sadly it would be milked up the ass
@@Shocknfunk They fold so hard with the gundam games and there is so much story to go on🤦🏽♂️ the last good gundam game i played was for ps3
WE OUT HERE ZOID GANG
Still alive and kicking
Always and forever
Gang gang!!
hell yea zoid gang
Thriving n sliming
Zoids and Medabots were the two shows growing up that I was a huge fan of that no one around me seemed to know. Those shows were both bangers.
Medabot still slaps to this day. So many of the jokes hit now that I’m an adult
watching and knowing both, we're not rare are we???
@@zOMGGaiaOnline Nah, we're just scattered, but we're everywhere, haha
@@MauZangetsu I also want to add, c r u s h g e a r
@@zOMGGaiaOnline **MEN OF CULTURE INTENSIFIES**
ugh, you're making me feel ANCIENT here, bro
One of the interesting things about Zoids at the time of it's release was how amazing the CGI was.
Unfortunately, one of the ways they made the amazing CGI on a budget was by reusing the same 3 launch sequences over and over again, sometimes changing the zoid being launched. There was launched forward, launched up, and dropped out the side from a little platform. The refit scenes were the same, and many of the action scenes used the exact same animation on a different background. They actually did a really good job on that last one.
Still, reusing big-budget transformation sequences was really big in the 90s, so I can't say I blame them too much.
Those reused launch sequences were my favorite part of the show as a kid, especially when Liger Zero switched armors!
Glad someone else mentioned this. For when this series was made, especially for television, the CGI was genuinely very impressive.
I grew up on Power Rangers, I was fine with cool, reused animation and Ziods delivered.
@Black Ice
Yes, the CGI was a lot more impressive than most of the 2-d animation at the time.
@Black Ice
Maybe because CGI was still new then, they had to put a lot of effort in to making it look good. Now, 3d animation is considered a short cut anyone and their grandma tries to use with mixed results.
Actually, just a slight correction - most Zoids seen actually piloted are mass-produced "domesticated" models. It was very rare to see a Wild Zoid being piloted, and usually in such a case it was because the Zoid was _willing_ to be piloted.
...And then there was the whole "Ultimate X" and "Integrated Organoid Subsystem" thing that was really not used much outside of giving the Backdraft Group an excuse to play the same role as the Team Rocket trio from Pokemon for about half the series. If you ask me they wasted a good plot hook there.
Also, Brad's second zoid is a fox, not a wolf. The Shadow Fox to be precise. And its background is a bit... weird. In the New Century anime it's stated to be a unique creation and shown to be a powerful and tactically impressive Zoid, but in the model kit's included manga it's actually stated to be designed as a support unit to Liger battalions during the Chaotic Century era.
Zoids is one of my few obsessions that's lived far into my adulthood. The real meat of the franchise for me, outside of the cool ass model kits, is the Battle Story, predating all the anime and manga made. That shit is my jam, and I've spent a lot of my 20s hunting down the old releases of the Battle Story and the older model kits. The Zoids sentience is much more clear in the Battle Story continuity, and the Bible they made for the franchise details the evolutionary history of Planet Zi, including the differing evolution of their humanoids compared to our own evolution, with the people from Zi having their own biomechanical properties (the markings in Chaotic Century is a nod to this, as those markings are genetic metal in the Battle Story, naturally occurring on our characters). Humans from Earth eventually crash on Zi during the middle of the first war between President Helic and Emperor Zenebas, and their contributions to the technology on both sides of the war leads to more catastrophic and deadly weaponry, which is when more powerful Zoids like the the Berserk Fury and Liger Zero start popping up. They're mass produced, not one of a kind, in the Battle Story. Eventually, both sides have a respective superweapon comparable in destructive power to nuclear weapons, and in the final battle, they sink a whole continent and pretty much ruin the entire world, ending the war with the destruction of both sides. There's so much to the Battle Story, with both the Helics and Zenebas being set up as heroes and villains, and a third empire from the Dark Continent, the Guylos, becomes a major player later on. There's a few sequels to the Battle Story, too, which released with different lines of Zoids. Definitely one of my favourite pieces of secret lore in a franchise, I'm compelled to preserve as much as I can. If you're ever looking to dive into the franchise more for a future video or something, hit me up, I'm always down to talk about Zoids.
That sounds really epic. Where can I get my eyes on reading that story?
Fellow Zoid Battle Story lore nerd here, just letting you know you're not alone. Also, if anyone's reading, that bit in the comment is basically the first third of all the battle story, just to say about the scope of this rabbit hole
I love Zoids i don't care what anyone says!
Wow, that sounds pretty epic.
Definetively japanese media entertainment franchises have some of the more complex and creative stories and backgrounds out there.
This reminds me of the Ace Combat series and all the lore of its fictional world Strangereal
@@Chronoflation I don't know if links are allowed but if you look up the Iron Bible on google you'll find the website that has everything Zoids related. It has everything @SATOhara mentioned.
It’s awesome to see a TH-camr as large as yourself talking about Zoids.
As much as I love New Century, Chaotic Century is much better in terms of story and is a lot better of a watch as an adult, it’s a lot more story driven and tackles a lot of darker themes surrounding war.
I’d definitely recommend checking it out if you haven’t already.
Why am I not surprised to see you here hahaha
Really enjoyed your video on chaotic century dude
Drawzee thanks man! And yeah it’s Zoids of course I’m gonna be here haha
Im now looking for zgzoids
Zoids occasionally popping here and there. Feels good man
The Mopomi right?
I use to watch ZG Zoids all the time back in the day, I think he took a lot of his older videos down though.
He commented on one of my videos not too long ago so he’s definitely still active.
Ah yes. Another show to add to the "Oh, this WASN'T part of a fever dream" list
lmao same
I loved zoids when I was a kid. Such a dumb great series. Chaotic Century was much better than New Century.
Agreed, chaotic century was really interesting once it took off
Had the same feeling when I re-discovered Code Lyoko a couple months ago lol
I remember having a couple zoids cups
Ah Zoids, the show that gave me my love of giant animalistic robots to this day. I had 2 VHS tapes with 4 episodes a piece, it was the first 8 episodes and that's all I had for YEARS until I got to finally watch the whole show. So I finally got to watch the whole thing when I was like 19 or so, and it was worth it.
It really is a fun show
Zoid: *moves forward*
Cat: Oh? You're approaching me?
Yes yes yes
The fact that I've finally seen someone on youtube talk about zoids in 2020 makes me happy. Most people don't remember or know about this show in the anime community.
"Sick ultra-powerful wolf zoid'
ITS LITERALLY CALLED THE SHADOW FOX
Ha! I said same thing!
I know! They made such a huge deal about it, but then it gets hammered in every following battle. Disappointed. D:
@@mistingwolf Vegeta Syndrome
BOY I MISS SEEING THIS SERIES ON TV.
I still have so many of the model kits. What good memories.
Chaotic Century is one of my favorite old anime. Actually a really good story of war and what it does to the people caught up in it, and I love the designs
It’s literally impossible to watch this anywhere online “legally”
Netflix?
Yusuke of the Wildfire that’s a new series I’m talking about the first two
I was watching the other day, i can’t remember the link I’ll have post when I get to my computer and can get to the link. But there a few places where you can legally stream this
Following
I mean sketchy anime sites primary focus is preservation
Best part of Zoids: When the opposing judge robots slap fight each other
That was my favorite episode xD
Even if I didn't like this show much, the two judges going at each other was quite entertaining ;-)
Fuck yeah. God, this show was awesome. Lol
I introduced my nephews to Zoids last year and they were instantly hooked. Really wish we got more of this franchise was such a cool series growing up.
I remember waking up at 6 am during my summer to watch this. Along side hamtaro lmao
Hamtaro was my jam.
Hell yeah! This is the one thing that woke me up early when I was young. And Hamataro was a nice bonus. That show's still funny 😂
Bruh little hamsters big adventures my ham ham
If Billy made a video about Hamtaro, I'd definitely watch it. I loved that series!
This along with Transformers:Armada was where my lifelong love of anime and giant robots started.
"Toonami's coolest mech show"
**Gundam Wing would like to know your location**
somewhere in the distance a la cucaracha horn sounds followed by the roar of a V10.
@@ScottaHemi440 that was cartoon network not on toonami but in my opinion i didn't like it
Yep
@@VoidBL It aired on toonami though. I'm counting it!
@@ScottaHemi440 i don't remember watching it on toonami i only ever remember watching it Saturdays on cartoon network
I know your probably joking on some of this however I'll correct a few things.
Berserk Fury is strong because much like Liger Zero it has a will of it's own that combined with it's pilot make it hard to beat.
Second, the Zoid Brad stole was not a wolf, it was a fox specifically the Shadow Fox.
And third I think Jamies thing of going from a wimp to a badass it's probably a split personality.
As for the battles, ye they mostly just reuse models for some scenes to show the characters winning,
I found that to be a letdown for Bit and Jack's last fight. The previous fight, Bit can't touch Jack, now they are evenly matched in a fight that shamelessly reuses the animation from their first fight.
Haha ya i remember that he called himself the wild egal or something.also it might of been season 2 but i loved that episode when a judge kicks the robo ass of a dark judge just wrestle moves dunking that dark judge was great lol.
Oh it is a let out and very sad that they just reuse scene a lot when it could have been epic.
There's plenty of zoids they could use, like some air ones.
We never see anyone besides the Backdraft group use flying zoids.
@@swordkingx4874 We did see Jamie use flying Zoids. But given the nature of the series it's hard to animate a fight with the Blitz Team's ground based Zoids against flying ones. Especially since the Liger Zero can't do much against them.
@@dragonstormx Not exactly true.
Liger has the perfect armour for air based enemies.
The Panzer armour.
Plus Lena's Gunsniper with all it's guns could help with the same thing.
And what I mean is was there ever a battle against other air zoids besides the backdraft ones?
Can't wait for the Chaotic Century vid. That series was WAY cooler than New Century. I remember the "Final Four" episodes were a whole event on Toonami.
Young Billy needs to sue his parents for that haircut.
Did him dirty
Alas, poor Billy had to walk the superfluous streets of suburbia. A doomed husk of a child. Do not cry for him... DO NOT CRYYYY!
And that mustache doesn't help either
@@Hibikidemon1234
That's old Billy. Old billy has only himself to blame.
Wait... who are we talking about here 😅
Koh Otani - soundtrack composer of Zoids Zero, Gundam Wing and Outlaw Star. All three are still awesome to listen.
Zoids: Chaotic Century was the first anime I watched beyond Pokemon and Digimon. It was so different to what I was used to and I absolutely loved it.
thats the only good one, the other zoids series are really boring
@@sonicx9542 yup ,
This is perfect timing for me. My boyfriend has been getting nostalgic for ZOIDS and talking about having a night where we just marathon Chaotic Century. (He just really likes giant robots, especially ones that look like animals. Beast Wars is his favorite Transformers series.)
I really hope that he does Chaotic Century soon that we my Childhood First Zoid I owned was a Shield Liger.
That’s the one with the little raptor zoid that merged with a broken shield liger to make it work again, right?
@@patknack7368 that is that one
@@patknack7368 organoid actually, they are more organic than Zoids hence the name. Each ancient Zoidiant had an organoid guardian.
I thought that one came before the battle tournament we got with bit and crew.
@@zerokura it does but New Century Zero was broadcasted in the west before Chaotic Century dispite the order actually being in reverse. It's one of those funny conundrums.
So Jamie with his split personality while flying is literally the precursor to Allelujah Haptism from Gundam 00. Allelujah and Bit Cloud have the same English voice actor.
And Liger Zero Schneider looks like Arios Gundam.
You just linked two shows I like very much...nice.
@@methodedge2484 Helps that Ocean Group dubbed both series.
Bit Cloud -- Allelujah Haptism (Richard Ian Cox)
Brad -- Tieria Erde (Sam Vincent)
Leena Toros and the Tasker Sisters -- Lousie Halevy (Kelly Sheridan)
Harry Champ -- Setsuna F. Seiei (Brad Swaile)
Mary Champ -- Sumeragi Lee Noriega (Lisa Ann Beley)
And those are just the ones I can name by memory. In addition, LOTS of these guys have been in other Gundam dubs. Jack Sisco is Zechs Merquise, Naomi Flugel is Lucrezia Noin, Brad's also the Ocean Group voice for Amuro Ray (Van's VA from Chaotic Century took over for Amuro in Zeta Gundam because there were union issues going on when Zeta was dubbed, and you'll hear a LOT of the Chaotic Century people in Zeta) and is the voice for Quatre Winner, Leon Toros voiced Chang Wufei. Even Scott McNeil gets in the fun as the Backdraft lieutenant Polta (the one with the pointy shades), also voicing Duo Maxwell and Gym Gingham (Turn A, when the character shows up in video games).
Finally a 2000s show that I actually grew up watching.
I love zoids as a kid, still love new century zero. The strike lazer claw music never fails to get my heart pumping and hype up
Do I smell a "Megaman NT Warrior" Review coming soon
Oh god Axess and Stream Yes please Great stories filled to the brim with worthless filler.
Man, I remember loving Zoids, and then promptly forgetting about them once they were off the air lol. Your work gives an amazing dose of nostalgia but also puts in work to show what made it into that nugget of memory in our brains! Thanks for all the hard work you do.
Zoids was my first introduction to Mech anime and was what Transformers was to a lot of other kids at the time (I didn't experience Transformers until much later): Giant robots fighting each other.
Zoids has always been a bit of a mixed bag. On one hand it's first couple of seasons were really, really good. The ones that followed though unfortunately didn't deliver. I don;'t know how the newest show is as I haven;t watched it yet but I've heard it's good.
I bought a bunch of the Zoids growing up which you made with the kits they provided. Personal favourite Zoid was the Berserk Fury (still is to this day).
New century Zero is definately a fun show. It's episodic and doesn't have any big overarching story. Characters are not deep and that's okay, they don't need to be. The dub which I grew up with is really good. The battles are what carry the show and they do a good job. The music meanwhile are all bangers. Too bad we never got a season 2 of NCZ after they won the Royal Cup. The ending was nice but lacking (i.e. Backdraft Group get held at literal gunpoint and basically surrender, no one gets arrested or ends up in prison in spite of the fact that they had literally committed acts of terrorism throughout the show short of murder). The final battle though was epic.
Chaotic Force/Guardian Century was what I consider the better season(s) of Zoids. It tells a really good story and the characters are much better written.
I loved how feelgood this show was. Like even the villains in general weren't crazy evil and had a ton of comic relief. Stakes were never crazy high. Also it has "a boy and his dog" vibes. Just such a fun little grill n chill show.
this show was my entire childhood, its honestly probably the reason why i love mecha anime now
Before i even watch i need to say. ZOID WAS LEGENDARY. At that time we did not have any other "Mech" base anime other than gundam, and mech lions or cats look sick!!. The GameCube game was black luster but any fan of the show as a kid prob thought it was 10/10. There was big opened maps and you and your buddy play with all the different zoids, you can buy new zoids that
have different abilities. one of my fav games on the GameCube. As per the show. For early SGI back in the days, i loved it. thank you for making this video. i thought this show got left in the dust.
Dude, I stan you. You hit me with the nostalgia like no one else. U talk about so many of the cartoons/games I enjoyed when I was younger, some stuff you even remind me about that I almost forgot. All those random anime/animeesc shows I watched on Toonami or on Saturday mornings. I loved the Zach Bell video, and Maplestory (I was addicted in middle school, true story), Fighting Foodons, etc. and now ZOIDS. I loved this show because it was like Gundam but with animals which I do think makes it cooler.
Oh man, Zatch Bell and Zoids mentioned in one place. I don't think my nostalgia can take much more 😂 still love them both. I wish the new show maintained the maturity of the older Zoids series
You’ll enjoy Chaotic Century in terms of character skill progression. It is a Huge part of main character Van’s development. Makes for a really refreshing final arc of the series too in my opinion.
Godzilla exists*
Zoids: it’s a living Gojulas
“This fella”
I loved zoids growing up but no one I knew ever saw it so had no one talk to it about and always thought the second season would have been an amazing game buying and upgrading zoids moving through leagues and online play would be super fun.
Zoids Battle Legends for Gamecube is still one of my favorite Gamecube games ever
Same, my older brother and I played it for hours. I would get so mad at him because he would always shoot me from far away with Velociraptor-type Gun Sniper Zoid. I couldn't do much because I was always a Zoid with short ranged weapons. Eventually, we would both be snipers and play hide and go shoot.
@@rockinrootbeer1795 my older brother always loved play gojulas giga and I would play as one of the ligers and he would just destroy me. But gosh it was so much fun. I wish it would get a re-release or a game similar
YEEEEEEES, THAT'S MY SHIT
It's so janky and weird but it's also so much damn fun
Oh man, I still go back to play that now and then. My gamecube started acting up this past year so I haven't been able to play it for a while, but man, when I get my gamecube fixed or get a new one, that is the first thing I'm playing!
I’ve still got my Liger Zero toy from way back in the day, took forever to put together, used to play with it all the time, now it’s on my desk at work. Good times
I still have my liger zero Jäger toy on my nightstand, I played with it so much as a kid, that sadly the back right leg can loose. But now it sits on my stand in honor of my childhood
I had a Berserk Fury which I loved, but the armour pieces wouldn't stay in the slots and often fell out and disappeared, and the batteries rotted inside the console, making it basically an unmoveable model. Still cool but I don't have it any more. I should look into the new Zoids releases.
I always thought I was the lone kid that knew what Zoids even was.
I remember loving this show as a kid, I was a fully addicted to anything mecha. Once Toonami debuted Zoids New Century I could've mainlined it into my veins if it was possible!
As a big fan of Zoids growing up that lost my collection when I moved to Canada from Asia, I wish they reissue ALL the older ones so I can get them again. The aftermarket prices for pre-built and sometimes missing parts older ones are insane, much more for ones that are found still unbuilt and in box. I do have the new Liger from the new series I got a few years ago that's displayed on my shelf, but it doesn't have the same feeling as the 80's to early 2000's Zoids in terms of presence.
Oh Leena, you were so silly. And I actually have fond memories of sniper girl, even if I knew she wasn't really going to do anything. She was honest with herself and never really complained. As for episodes there was one episode where the gang were being haunted and I remember being quite afraid.
KarmaSpaz12 ahhh that episode with the zoid that had the chainsaw as it's pilot was looking for his missing daughter who died in a snowstorm I believe and both the little girls ghost and the ghost of the chainsaw zoid still hunt the area. I believe that is how the story went
I would like to see Billiam talk about Ronin Warriors
Top nostalgia show for me
Wait, someone else saw that as a kid??
Literally had this exact thought like a second before I saw your comment.
Highly enjoyed Ronin Warriors as a child.
Ah dunno, was he old enough to have seen it?
@@ItsDaJax They aired in the same lineup for part of Ronin Warrior's time on Toonami, so he probably did watch at least some of it.
My brother has a DVD of the ocean group English dub, which is being shipped to Australia. I bought it at a narrabeen Vinnie’s secondhand shop.
Let’s hope this leads in to a ‘Power Rangers Was Weird’ video.
Dont tihnk so, everyone knows about power rangers
@@FISHYFILMPRODUCTIONS everyone also knows Digimon
@@pauloreimer1684 Yes, but also no. I know more people who like(d) Power Rangers than Digimon. The rivalry with Pokemon put it at a slight disadvantage.
But I do see your point, he could still do it anyway.
"Power Rangers IS Weird," you mean. Though season 1 MMPR was a whole other level.
I think my favorite moment in the show was when the official ref and the backseat ref went at each other.
I don't know how I still remember that.
You have to admit tho, Liger jumping out of the smoke on the last episode just to shred though Berserk Fury was clean!!!
Despite loving this show as a kid, I do NOT remember Bit being Inuyasha.
I do! 😂 Was one of the reasons why I started watching Inuyasha
@@joyholmes254 Ever listened to the original Japanese dub? Inuyasha is also Usopp, from One Piece.
@@IzzySarru I have, but I never watched One Piece
@@joyholmes254 Other way around for me, started watching Zoids because of InuYasha.
What, you never heard "Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" Whenever Bit went for a Strike Laser Claw?
Then there's me who obsesses over zoids to this day
Do you like the new series? If nothing else the models are still really well made, and look really cool.
You should really check out Zoids chaotic century that has to be the best one in the zoids series
Before ‘Eureka 7’, I found that Zoids ‘Chaotic century’ and ‘Guardian force’ is nice military sci-fi melodramas which was actually a bit more comprehensible for kids in contrast to how dense Gundam series like ‘Wing’ and ‘Seed’ were for me at the time
I loved the different zoids series i got to see (new century zero, chaotic century, and fuzors) sad that we haven't had a new game added in a while. Eventually gonna get model kits of liger zero, shadow fox, berzerk fury, and König wolf if i can find it
>Toonami's coolest mech show
Gundam Wing and G Gundam: lol you wish
Hmmm. Good point.
just give us zoids fans this one title u gundam guys already dominate the model kit sections T_T
@@wilt3051 I mean we have every right to dominate the model kit section. It's what saved the series and turned it into a franchise. If it wasn't for model kits of the original series, gundam wouldn't exist past the original show.
Zoids is better than Gundam, all the Gundam's look the same. There are just basically two types of them. A giant walking cyclops garbage can and then the same human shape over and over again with a new coat of paint. And then Gundam seed which ripped off Zoids with the Baku or whatever the fuck it was called.
@@blueberrypitbull87 I could say the same about big robots based off the same animals over and over again with a new coat of paint.
One particular scene with Bit in I think episode 2 is probably one of my favorite anime scenes right alongside the opening of episode one of Trigun where Vash survives a hail of bullets by apparent sheer luck. In the aforementioned scene, Bit is carrying a gigantic pipe through a bar for some reason and while walking past a pair of girls who are being bothered by some creep. He accidentally drops something else he's holding and bends down to pick it up, accidentally knocking the creep upside the head and a series of hilarious accidental blows occur, leading to his apparent victory in a fight he didn't realize he was in, accidentally defending the honor of the two girls and walking away. XD It was hilarious and kinda awesome how it played out.
I applaud my younger self for tolerating 6am airing shows, else VR Troopers or Zoids: Chaotic Century would've been missed over. Got a good amount of Chaotic to remember it, though New Century holds the most nostalgia for me.
Additionally:
I saw the Leena connection no different than Harry Potter/Snape. They felt a weird obligation to parent just by knowing that kid's parent so well.
You're also not a fan of stock animation, which is funny you got through Digimon which was way worse with this.
All I remember about chaotic century is charged particle cannons mean business
i miss my zoids models i had a command wolf, zabat, zaberfang, Liger Zero X. i had a few others too. wish i had got something like a gun sniper or a rev raptor. i really want to get back in to that.
Billiam. Stop reading my mind. I just started New Century Zero yesterday
all the Instant Messenger sound effects are kicking me in the nostalgia muscle
I owned the second VHS of this. I legit watched them constantly. It ruined the dub for Deathnote because the voiceactor for Light is the same as Harry's.
You haven't figured out all dubbed anime uses the same 8 actors? lmao
Brad Swailie
Lol I wanted to rewatch it but I just finished Inuyasha and his voice actor is Bit.
@@ablbelle8953 Richard Ian Cox
It took a while to get used to Rock in Black Lagoon for me thanks to that too lol
I kinda like the New Century we got first but I loved Chaotic Century. I remember it use to come on early in the morning before I went to school and I use to go to school hype af after watching it.
you know there was a zoids game on the gamecube?
Zoids battle legends
I still return to this Zoids series. I still love it! Wish there were more episodes. Thanks for talking about it!
Full on Shaved billiam = cutest and most hot billiam ever
Bearded billiam = most chill and wise looking billiam
Mustached billiam = i have a new nightmare
Hearing inuyasha's voice come out of Not Inuyasha was shocking
Billiam looks more like idubbz with every episode that goes by.
10:15 BRO I remember that scene! Like, "Here you go, a super weapon!" and he's just like "Thanks bro!" and bounces
I will now search "here specifically" to find my own overpowered Zoid!
Lol! Sometimes you gotta point at a random spot in ocean and find something nice.
Sometimes you need to get in a van and start stealing parts
You just unlocked an old memory. You have NO IDEA HOW MUCH I WANTED THOSE
Im glad that this anime wasnt a fever dream i had.
omg I need you to do the other Zoids show. it was my SHIT growing up. I used to get up at 5am to watch it.
"It's Angry BJ"
- Billiam (2020)
🤣🤣🤣🤣
There's some things that I want to mention:
The composer from the series is Kow Otani, the same from Gundam Wing and Shadow of the Colossus.
In the japanese version, Bit is voiced by Takahiro Sakurai aka Cloud Strife.
Leena is voiced by Ayako Kawasumi aka Saber Arthuria.
Brad is voiced by Masaya Matsukaze aka Teru Mikami.
Jamie is voiced by Mitsuki Saiga aka Rossiu Adai.
Both seiyuus also had relationship voice actor in some games and animes:
Gatekeepers = Bit and Leena are Shun and Ruriko
Mobile Suit Gundam IBO = Bit and Brad are McGillis and Gaelio
Kyo Kara Maou = Bit and Jamie are Yuuri and Wolfram
Megaman NT Warrior = Brad and Jamie are ProtoMan.EXE and Chaud
Dragon Quest XI = Bit, Leena and Jamie are Jasper, Gemma and Eleven
Pokemon = Bit, Leena, Brad and Jamie are Sandshrew/Sandslash, Ursula, Morty and Drew
Well, that's it.
I actually remember watching this, i remember thinking the robots looked a bit clunky and unwieldy
I accidentally found one of your videos and now I'm subscribed. Thanks for making videos of shows I watched as a kid and forgot about.
Does anyone else remember that GBA Zoids RPG, or was that just a fever dream I had onetime...
Zoids Legacy, I still have the game somewhere.
@@AlphaEspadaChannel YOOOOOOOOO THANK YOU GOOD SIR!!! I will now go....uhhhhh...."legally" aquire it so I may play it at my leisure.
@@FringedHorizon Sure man anytime! And yeah you go get it "legally" ;)
Zoids Legacy my dude that game was the shit back then every zoid mc like van and bit as playable characters even ones from other games. And the amount of zoids in that game was staggering even ones I didn't know about it was honestly pretty dope.
I play my emulator rom of it every now and than its kind of hard to go back since i dont play on my laptop much and its a rpg so forgetting what to do and do a few turn base fights kind of drain my intrested in it but if you want a fever dream that people probably dont know their the gundam rpg on the ps2 where you can customize your own gundam and fight gundam to get parts and weapons from them you have a party of 3 i think it was and can gain skills.
Billiam thank you for doing this work man I would have forgotten all about Zoids all together
"Thank you to skillshare for spAHNsering this video."
New Century is basically every D&D party ever being a group of disaster gremlins. Which is why it's so enjoyable. Also since it's just 26 eps I actually rewatch it about one a year because it's a good time. Chaotic Century is good but New Century is like hanging out with my dumbass friends.
Also you are spot on about the music having hella hype up power.
I think the dub has a lot to do with why it's so fun. They could have made it more typical shounen srs business but they just had freaking fun with it.
I think that's how the Raiders got their start. They just kicked the old team out of the stadium because they were edgier.
I MISS THIS SHOW THIS SHOW IS GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Billiam you know what you have to do now... the entire Power Rangers series. Every one.
I was always the only one that remembered what zoids was. Glad to see you discussing it
Yet another franchise im not really too familiar with , so this should be interesting.
Wow, I thought I was the only one who remembered Zoids! I used to love New Century, but Chaotic Century was definitely my favourite. Does anyone actually remember Zoids Fuzors?
I actually thought that Chaotic Century came after New Century, because I remember an episode of Chaotic Century where they mention that before the war people used to have competitive Zoid fights. Thanks for clarifying that.
Zoids was anything but weird. Zoids was badass!!!
The first series has a few wild zoids in it and tells a bit of history on them. The one with Bit Cloud is the second series(also I'm sure his Liger has Zeke in it's core). The natural occuring zoids(wild life) not only have cockpits, but have ammo or blasters(some do), but rely on strike lazer claw or bite. A lot were reverse engineered by companies to build non sentient ones.
I am just now learning these things weren’t Transformers
I totally forgot I got a zoid for Christmas one year. It was my favourite toy for a little while. Another show I now want to find and rewatch.....
Now do Gundam. I just watched it all for no reason and now I need you to as well
Gundam is huuuuge in the anime community and Japan in general. I'm surprised and pleasantly so that he did something on Zoids first. I really need to look into tracking down all of the Zoids series again...
I first watched New Century Zero as well, but Chaotic Century is (IMO) the strongest story. You see that main character growth - in terms of his Zoid piloting skills - that is missing with Bit. It's definitely one of those shows that highly inspires me creatively to this day.
Zoids has a current anime season now too
It sucks though, the zoids are ALL THE WRONG SIZE IN THE NEW ONE, its heresy
Zoids changes size all the time in anime, sometime a common zoid is smaller than it should be
; another time a ultra-rare zoid is a lot bigger then their spec in toylines , just because they need a BIG FINAL BOSS.
tho the size is not the worst thing u can find, last season (zoid wild) we have PPLS JUST RIDING ON THEIR ZOIDS WITHOUT COCKPIT LIKE A HORSE. at least Zoids Wild Zero has a cockpit
That new series of zoids Is just pathetic just lame series
Zoids wild or zoids wild zero because only wild is the one where they ride outside and are small in zero i think they're basically the same
thats because in zoids wild those zoids landed on earth and have basically taken over, the larger zoids couldnt make the journey so only the xs zoids showed up. now in zoids wild zero we've got small and medium zoids popping up (same size as liger basically)
As a kid I always wanted a blue blade ligar and a red blade ligar model kit nut toys r us was always sold out :(
I was browsing through some old games and found some Zoids stuff. I audibly announced, "Zoids? I bet Billiam has a video on Zoids..." I was not disappointed.
I was obsessed with this show as kid (along with others like Ronin Warriors, which you should absolutely talk about). And Chaotic Century may have been "better", but New Century is MY Zoids. I had several of the construction sets that I would make fight me Gundam and Bionicle toys. It was such a great time.
As a Transformers fan, the way Billy pronounced Takara hurt my soul. It's like how you pronounce Canada, my dude.
Beast Wars is easily my favorite show ever. Nice to see it get a brief mention.