The Zoids FOR Manga Chapter 5 has received an update, with new translations courtesy of the incredibly generous Falcarius! This fixed the mistakes made by the previous machine translations, and is just such a wonderful note to end this series on. The FOR Manga is now a completed series, but that game section is certainly due for some updates in the near future~

 There's a flood of new entries added to the Zoids Index! This time around there was a focus on adding some of those peculiar variations that've crept in through magazine customs and the like, with a couple standard Zoids along the way. You might even find a couple Zoids you weren't familiar with!

 New Entries: Bear Fighter, Black Redler, Black Redler (Normal), Black Redler (Royal Guard Spec.), Climber Wolf, Diloforce, Hammer Rock, Moby Dick, Parasauros, Redler BC, Rev Raptor PB, Salamander SS, Sprat.

 The Japanese Volume 7 DVD info has been added to the Zoids Chaotic Century section! As a reminder, DVDSs are hidden on the 'series info' link in each anime's description. Though this volume included only 25 pieces of concept art, it also included a bunch of commercials. Of particular interest is the Geno Breaker commercial, which was remade recently for the Advanced Zi Geno Breaker model kit!

 A new page has been added to the Assorted category for calendars! We didn't just start with any, but are opening this section with a particularly rare calendar featuring poster-sized Zoids New Century Zero anime art. These images are a serious kick in the nostalgia for anyone browsing the web for Zoids in the early 2000s, and I highly recommend checking it out!

 This guy was announced at an event a while back, but we finally have an official announcement for the AZ-02EX2 Liger Zero Empire Spec. and man does it look gorgeous in these colors! This kit is a T-Spark / TTMall exclusive with pre-orders expected to open in September. Now, in the past, some TT Mall exclusives have appeared on the Kotobukiya US store, but I can't help but notice that this post distinctly mentions it being a domestic release, so we'll have to wait and see.

 We now have an official web page for the AZ-12 Geno Breaker, which as usual contains some lovely concept art of the kit, as well as insights into the 3D model! There's tons of additional photos to view. The kit is scheduled to release in March 2026 for 19,800 yen (tax included). Those who order through the Takara Tomy Mall before August 31st will receive five limited postcards. There's a couple of awesome videos for you to check out as well!

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 On the list of new products we also have an official page for the Shield Liger Bang Special! The page includes some (frankly adorable) concept art and a ton of pictures. This kit is expected to release in March 2026 for 6,600 yen (tax included).

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 At the end of the Shield Liger video, we got two new announcements, with the first being the RMZ Saber Tiger Raven Special! The first Saber to release is planned to be the Schwarz, so this will be our first 'standard' equipment Saber Tiger.

 The even more surprising second reveal was the RMZ Zabat! Zabat has gotten woefully few kits over the years, and its always been a Zoid with some interesting quirks and gimmicks. Seeing how TT will tackle a redesign of this Zoid should be interesting!

 We've got an official page for the second Hunter Wolf MPD which more or less rehashes the lore of the first, but includes lots of gorgeous photos of this Zoid. Looks like it'll have blue eyes! The original unit had yellow-green eyes.

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 The Okinawa illustrations for the Popup Tour have been revealed, featuring an adorable Shield Liger + Blade Liger illustration and more character art. (Organoids in hats!) A second scene features a nice ocean hangout. The tour is starting to wrap up, but it was such a fun event to follow.

 We're getting yet another themed Zoids crate, this time based on the Zenebas Empire! For those who've missed the others, these are quite literally plastic crates. They have no contents, but are instead storage containers intended for storing your Zoids or other goods, and when not needed can be folded flat for easier storage. The crate is scheduled to release in October for 7,150 yen.

 The next couple chapters of the Zoids Battle Story have been added! With just three chapters left to go in this book, this section focuses on the Republic's massive Ultrasaurus, and the Empire's determination to overthrow the giant mech.

 Hey, who here remembers the Geno Maxi? That's right, get a small taste of extra Eisen Dragoon lore and learn about some of your favorite early 2000s concept rexes in the most recent Smack Zoids update! For this section I opted to include some of the model stuff because it provided a couple details I found interesting. I'm not sure yet if this'll be included for other updates or not, as it's usually just customization notes like this one.

 The first volume of the OJR Zoids Graphics (under Books) has been added! With this volume, I've elected to switch from the reader format to an in-page format like our other books. Originally I'd started with translated images. As novel as this idea is, the Graphics are going to continue to add in story content and materials that I'd like to be able to reference directly without having to include the entire page (such as location images, character images, etc.)

 We already provide the pamphlets in both English and Japanese as a courtesy because of how rare-expensive it is to collect them all, but having to provide it in three different formats is a bit much, especially when one of those formats dramatically increases the work time required to make an update happen. That aside, this volume delves into the beginnings of Zoids Lore, with lots of interesting art, so take a look!

 Two new pages have been added to the Hobby Japan article, one for 1988 and one for 1990. These pages contain some of the Hobby Japan EX volumes that delve into some interesting customs from back in the day, including original artwork!

 The Zoids Index has received a pretty big drop of new profiles, offering a lot of information from Zoids Generations! First and foremost, the index entries for Liger Blue "Souga" and Liger Red "Hiou" have been updated with their full story content now fleshed out. New Index entries have been added for the Hound Soldier KS, Rez Wolf, Rez Tiger, Hebby Rhimos, Bio Raptor, Bio Megaraptor, Bio Tricera, and Iron Kong MKS. These all contain story spoilers, obviously, so be aware if reading!

 The Bio Zoids included at this time were included because I consider Generations to be a fairly large media source, and currently do not have any of their Zoids Genesis content (since I haven't begun to cover Genesis yet.) Generations media mentions have also been added to the Brastle Tiger and Wardick entries.

 The Character Index is following along with the Zoids Generations update! Profiles have been added for Jin, Ken, Masakuni, Midori, and Raetelme. These profiles contain heavy spoilers for Zoids Generations, of course.

 A page has been added for Volume 6 (Japanese version) of the Chaotic Century anime. The DVD info is typically found under the 'Series Information' link. This volume contains 71 unique concept arts for the episodes featured on the disc!

 The Zoids Wild model kit section has been updated to include the last of the standard release model kits, covering Senki. Pages have also been added for almost all limited editions, giving basic details of how they were distributed, what events they related to, etc. There's still a few limiteds I need to dig up.