A surprising event has been announced, a Zoids Concept Art Exhibit! This intriguing event will be held from December 12th through January 24th, and will include both in-person visits and virtual tickets run by GoFa (the Gallery of Fantastic Art). The concept art exhibit will include images in a style like the Concept Art Books, which is how the designer Tokuyama has started off many of the Zoid designs from the Wild series. An article by Akiba-Souken shows off one of the pieces, a never-before-seen concept art of Fangtiger.

 Tickets are 900 yen (or 1,200 for same-day tickets) for visitation and 300 yen for virtual. The exhibit will showcase roughly 160 original Zoids works, including the Evolution of Zoids, Battle of Planet Zoid, Zoids Wild Concepts, Infinity Blast, Art of Planet Zoid, and Art settings. There are also approximately 10 original drawings shown.

 Tokuyama will be a guest speaker along with guest artist Yuji Kaida. There will be a diorama exhibit, as well as limited event goods, including the HMM Saber Tiger Concept Art Color Version. Autographed images will be available (for a fee) and participants who attend the actual venue (not through virtual venue) will receive 5 random art cards. People who purchase the Tiger at the event will receive a yet-undisclosed super special bonus.

 In an unexpected update, Kotobukiya announced that there would be a new Saber Tiger variation released at the Zoids Concept Art Exhibit! This unique "Saber Tiger CA Color Ver." is based off of the Concept Art Book iteration of the design, complete with black-red color separation. To achieve this look, the kit has several sprues cast in both black and red, similar to how the Liger Zero EM was handled earlier. You can use the all-red sprues to create a Saber that looks quite close to the original motorized colors!

 This kit is being handled similarly to the Bone Zoids. It'll have an early pre-sale at the venue starting December 24th, and will then be made available on Kotobukiya Direct at a later date. This means you'll need a proxy to order. It's also worth mentioning that the CA does not include decals.

- HMM Release and Re-Release News!

 Hobby Japan Magazine posted a nice, short video looking at the HMM Wild Liger. It's a fully finished example with custom painting and detailing.

- HJM Video

- Pteras Bomber Article!

 Kotobukiya has posted a blog entry detailing the Pteras Bomber released in October. They show off an early concept sketch for the box art, as well as a completed example of the kit itself.

- Rerelease Information!

 Kotobukiya has confirmed a few rereleases recently! This includes the HMM Liger Zero Schneider Marking Plus Ver., scheduled to be released in March for 8,800 yen. While the CAS-specific kit was already confirmed, we now know the full unit will also be available. Similarly, the Liger Zero Panzer Marking Plus Ver. was announced for April, for 8,400 yen. Also on the list are the Iron Kong PK, released in March for 16,800 yen, and the Berserk Fueher Repackage Ver., released in April for 8,800 yen.

 While Stand River as an event has already passed and its contents already known to the public, it is only recently that we've seen the video of the event! For easier viewing they've split the event stream up into two videos, with the second following soon. The first part is already up, so take a look to see what all went on!

- Air Stand River Battle - Part 1

 Zoids Wild Senki has seen its second episode! It looks like updates are going to be posted mid month. You can watch the second full episode below. The TakaraTomy Asia YT channel has also started posting official subs for the series, which is the second video down below. The subs leave something to be desired, but it's certainly enough to understand what's going on!

- Zoids Wild Senki - Episode 2

- Zoids Wild Senki - Episode 1 Subs

 A brand new website has been added for Zoids Wild Senki! This page is located on TakaraTomy's official Zoids site, and contains images of some of the Zoids that've appeared so far, with brief profiles and episode summaries. I've included rough google translations for those segments below!

Episode 1:
 With the global population boom, energy resources have been depleted, and frequent local conflicts have surfaced as the Earth is once again entering a full-scale war between the Zoids of the Republic and the Empire, the two major powers.

 In the current war, the Imperial Army has become the lesser force due to the extraordinary activity of the Republican Army's primary machine, the Gilraptor LC. In order to break through the fierce battlefield, the Imperial Army has succeeded in restoring their new lion-type Zoid, the Burning Liger.

 An order to sortie is given to the Burning Ligers, with the intent to annihilate the Republican Army Zoids led by the Gilraptor LC. The battle between the Burning Liger and the Gilraptor LC is about to begin.

Episode 2:
 Gilraptor LC confronts the Burning Liger. Their first match was a fierce back-and-forth battle.

 In the midst of all this, an explosion echoes, and the two machines brace themselves.

 An extraterrestrial Zoid, the ancient emperor dragon, Zero Grizis, who once threatened to destroy the earth, has reappeared.

 The fighting spirit of the Zoids involved in the war awakened the Zero Grizis from its long sleep. Now, as a result of its instincts, the destructive god continues to run wild.

 The Zero Army once led by Zero Grizis also revives, and intervenes in the war between the two great powers, and the outcome of this battle seems to be a three-way war...

 In the mean time, the Republic's new Zoid, which is currently under restoration appears...

Burning Liger: (Lion Type)
 A lion-type Zoid restored by the Imperial Army. It has a lightly armored body, large claws, and several types of small powerful auxiliary weapons. It's equipped with a ZO Visor, so it's possible to draw out the power of the lion species at the rider's discretion, and the Power Cylinders of its limbs allow it to perform agile movements in battle. The Blow Claw has been remodeled to a larger size to give it a stronger impact against enemy Zoids.

 In addition, it's the first machine to be equipped with a Core Drive System recently developed by the Imperial Army, and its Core Drive weapons can be swapped out.

Burning Liger Impact Gatling Conversion Mode:
 A Burning Liger unit equipped with a Core Drive weapon, the Impact Gatling. After equipping it to the Burning Liger it gains an instantaneous and dramatic improvement in combat power. By firing Ion Converging Bullets that are composed of converted core energy, powerful artillery from medium range becomes possible. The Burning Liger can withstand the weight of the Impact Gatling thanks to its legs being reinforced by the Power Cylinders.

Gilraptor LC: (Deinonychus Type)
 A deinonychus type Zoid that acts as the main unit of the Republican Army. The Gilraptor LC (Laser Custom) is a custom machine equipped with an AZ Laser Gun and an AZ Impact Laser Gun. It's capable of high-speed movements using the Jet Boosters on its back and the excellent spring-performance of its legs, and it's skilled at short-term decisive battles, specializing in hit-and-run tactics.

 Basically, it's good at launching assaults against enemy armies using only a single unit, but it's also able to coordinate with multiple units for an attack, and the head radar on its head, which has highly developed sensory functions, allows it to reliably kill while keeping track of the movements of both friend and foe.

Gilraptor LC Wild Blast Mode:
 Gilraptor LC, which has activated its Instinct Release (Wild Blast). A form that specializes in close-range combat by deploying the claw-shaped weapons, the Wing Shotels, on its back while accelerating with the Jet Boosters on its back. It can cut through enemy Zoids with endless quick strikes.

 Zoids Wild Infinity Blast is just about to release (on November 26th) and some places are even charging for the item already! As we hit release week it may be worth keeping an eye out for stores stocking small stocks of the Rising Liger set. Although all are sold out currently, within the last week BicCamera JP, Toys R Us JP, and HLJ all got a small lot of sets. They sell out quick, so check around often!

- Zoids Wild Infinity Coloseum!

 There've been several Infinity Coliseum, an event where viewers share ZiNA codes of customs they've designed in the game, and the hosts use them in tournament-style combat! Episode 6 was particularly interesting. After the battles, Perfect Human Katayama was invited to feature some of the Zoids model kits along with Dr. T, a popular figure from CoroCoro in the early 2000s. The panel also had a special guest, Mitsutoshi Tokuyama, who has played an active designing role in the Zoids Wild series and been a prominent figure of the franchise for decades. In this panel he shows off special, never-before-seen concept art (in the style of the concept art books). You can see this around the 29 minute mark. Chances are, some of these will be seen at the exhibit as well!

 Episode 7 showed off the old Tomy motorized Death Stinger. Episode 8 was also Death Stinger focused.

 Episode 9 took a brief look at the Quest menu, which includes Quest, Continuous Battle, and Training. The Quest menu shows a continuous progression, starting at Chapter 1, and features numerous pieces of concept art in the style of the Concept Art Books. It also reveals a currency system (Zeny). There are various quest menus including weapons and junk. The battlefields are designed to look like you're actually out in the field, which is a nice visual design. Like the former game, you can retry the battle if you aren't satisfied with the results.

 Episode 10 shows off the multi-Zoid battles. This is comparable to King of Blast, where you fight 10 Raptors that constantly respawn. In Infinity Blast, it seems you can take on multiple Zoids at once! This mission type shows up to 4 on the field at once, with a total count of 20 in each round.

- Zoids List

 The full Zoids list has been out for a while, but for those who missed it, these are all of the Zoids featured in the main Zoids list:

 Awakened Fangtiger
 Beast Liger
 Blade Liger
 Cannon Bull
 Command Wolf
 Command Wolf AC
 Death Rex
 Death Stinger
 Dimepulsar
 Fangtiger
 Gabrigator
 Gannontoise
 Geno Breaker
 Genospino
 Gilraptor
 Gilraptor Commander
 Grachiosaurus
 Gusock
 Hunter Wolf
 Iron Kong
 Iron Kong PK
 Knuckle Kong
 Rising Liger
 Rising Liger Infinity Blue Ver.
 Scorpear
 Sonic Bird
 Stegosage
 Triceradogos
 Wild Liger
 Zero Grizis

- Full Opening Video Revealed!

- New Trailer!

- Short Trailer!

 Zoids Wild: Blast Unleashed, the English port of King of Blast, has been released! Outright Games was gracious enough to give us a code, so you can expect some walkthrough content in the near future. In the mean time, there's some stuff to cover! Outright Games has posted an official website for the game, where you can take a look at features, screenshots, and the trailer. So far the game has been quite fun, and its been years since we saw an English Zoids title! If you're interested in picking it up, it's currently available for $20 over on Amazon and will have similarly-priced sales at other stores like Game Stop around Black Friday!

 Zoids Wild Zero is collaborating with GraffArt Shop to release some new merchandise, which you can view here! This includes the following items: A set of 10 Can Badges featuring various screenshots, sold for 480 Yen each or 4,800 for a box. A set of 9 Acrylic Holders, also featuring screenshots, for 780 Yen each or 7,020 Yen for a box. A Chara Pass (card holder) for 1,380 Yen, featuring the series title image. A Large Character Mirror for 1,000 yen. A set of 7 Chara Clear Figures (Standees) for 1,600 Yen each, featuring the Zoid's stock photos. Last but not least, a mug featuring the second title card for the series for 1,500 Yen.

 Mercy Rabbit, the current artist for the HMM Zoids box art and the artist for Zoids Generations, has been posting some of their old work over on twitter! This thread has the Gusoku Myoukou, Rez Tiger, Hebby Rhimos, Liger Red Hiou, as well as a lineart for the Hound Soldier from one of the box arts. It includes a look at DHM scans from the series, and model kit mockups of Hebby Rhimos and Rez Tiger. Mercy also posted an adorable Command Wolf drawing based on another fanart by actuallypunny, who was responding to their post with the old art for the One BLOX Command Wolf! Finally, there are some nice looks at Murasame fanart. Mercy is an amazing artist, and it's so nostalgic to look back on these works.

 Zoids Wild EX-ZERO has concluded as of the December issue of Hobby Japan Magazine, and Revolver posted an image showing off all of the customs from the magazine! Soon after, it was announced that there's going to be a Zoids Wild EX-ZERO All Works Exhibition held on December 20th! At this exhibit people will be able to see all of the customs that appeared throughout the series, which is a great send off for the final chapter.

 The December issue of CoroCoro announced a brand new manga, Zoids Wild 2+! As Wild 2 ended just recently we had been wondering if there was going to be a follow up, and it seems there is! The issue showed off a color image of the main character, and we've also seen some sketches over on Moritya's twitter. For those who want to know how Zoids Wild 2 ended, you can pick up the book (Japanese version) over on AmazonJP.

 TakaraTomy has posted the Zoids Operation Manual Extra over on their website. It's a PDF that shows off the book, and was our first good look at Xeno Rex and the upcoming weapon CPs.

 The Zoids Official twitter account has started posting the Infinity Blast manga, normally viewable on the Zoids Nintendo Switch News feed, on twitter! So far you can view File 1, File 2, File 3, File 4, and File 5,

 From November 12th to November 29th, Zoids BCH will be holding a limited WR Rising Liger Shirogane card campaign, the color of Rising Liger piloted by Will of the Shining Lance Corps.! They also posted cards for the Rising Liger IB and Wild Liger Evil.

 Zoids Wild Senki's first episode has been posted to youtube! It has some amazing animation, and is packed full of Zoidy combat. So check out the video below~

- Zoids Wild Senki: Episode 1

 CoroCoro has revealed the brand new rex-type Zoid, the Xenorex! Check out their blog for our first official peak at this Zoid. In the article, it's mentioned to be the new hero machine, implying that it'll be the protagonist of the new series, Zoids Wild Senki.

 Zoids Wild "Blast Unleashed", the international version of "King of Blast" for the Nintendo Switch released today! Some content creators were given special Battle Boxes, which included the game, 4 badges/pins, 15 special game cards that included button combos and information, a poster, and a set of stickers.

 Moritya over on twitter posted some teaser pages from the Zoids Wild 2 manga! Which ended this month, with the November 2020 issue of CoroCoro. It was a crazy ride, and the artwork used in the manga is amazing. The detail is fantastic, and quite expressive. We're look forward to seeing the final book print! The other Zoids Wild 2 books are available for purchase over on AmazonJP.

 We have two new images from Zoids Wild: Battle Card Hunter! The Drei Panther Blood and Sonic Bird Garnet. It seems that this time around, some of the original Zoids are getting custom decals, even if they didn't have them before. It adds character!

 Zoids Generations has been updated with the final chapter! Follow Midori and the group into the depths of the volcano, to find what is lurking beneath the earth. We took some stylistic choices with the formatting for this chapter. Hopefully it isn't too offputting! And while the main story may be over, we still have plenty of content to cover for this book. Another chapter / side story, profiles, and concept art. So look forward to future updates!