We also have a couple of concepts from Zoids Wild Zero this week. The True Empire Base seen in episode 35, and Part 2 of the B-Resistant Suit, which shows off the safety / parachute gear.

 The next 3 chapters have been added for Official Fan Book 2! This concludes the story segment of the book, and what a conclusion it was! From here, work will be moving towards the Zoid profile sections, gathering info for the Zoids of the Empire and the Republic. Thanks to everyone who has been reading this book along with us!

 Dengeki Hobby Magazine 2005 April, July, September, and October issues have been added to the articles section! These issues include a lot of notable things. Customs on Gravity Saurer, Ultimate Seismo, Blade Liger BLOX, Rez Wolf, Reaper, and Souga. As well as concept art of Ultimate & Berserk Seismo, Murasame & Hayate Liger, Deadly Kong, Bamburian, and the Bio Zoids. Tons of stuff for you to check out!

 Zero Grizis has received a huge amount of coverage since our last update! The kit is releasing in August 8th, for 8500 yen. It was originally estimated for July 18th, but this has been pushed back. The Zoid will be an XL size kit, with LEDs and lots of moving parts. The TakaraTomy Twitter posted a size comparison next to Omega Rex as well as Kuwaganos, Genospino, and Rising Liger. They also posted the Zero Blast!

 CoroCoro has had their own coverage of the kit. An article featuring one of their diorama-style images and a twitter post with another one. A large poster was also included in CoroCoro July. You can view the kit on the TakaraTomy Mall as well as the Official website.

- Zero Grizis Info

Description:
 A mysterious super-giant Zoid that appeared suddenly, destroying the underground temple area. It shares a characteristic structure with Zero Phantoth, with its armour integrated with its bones and its blood vessel-like reactor lines exposed. It has guns sprouting from its entire body, hands that can manipulate gravity, Mind Horns that generate powerful electromagnetic waves which can control other Zoids, a Zoid Factor absorption device in its mouth, a Grizis Core in its body and so on, and seems to have extremely high combat abilities, but there are still many mysteries about it.

 Excavation Site: Unknown
 It was buried deep within an underground temple, and many Zero Phantoths were buried above it as if to protect it, so mankind never detected it at all. No others of the same species have yet been discovered, so it is a unique, enigmatic being.

 Above translations courtesy of Falcarius!

Zero Blast: Zi-END
 Length: 15.5 m
 Height: 9.8 m
 Weight: 220.0 t
 Max Speed: 158 km/h
 IQ: 152

Weapons:
 3-Barrel Beam Gun
 Dorsal Cannon
 G Gravity Claw
 Infinity Missile
 Tail Laser

Equipment:
 Eye Brain
 Integration Armor
 Mind Horn
 Reactor Line
 Zoid Element Absorption Device

Features:
 Grizis Core
 Rider

 Kotobukiya has posted box art photos for the Iron Kong Yeti! The art features a glorious snowstorm battle against an Iron Kong PK.

 The ZOIDS ART OF HMM twitter has made a new post showing off examples of a couple of the HMM Zoids, Shield Liger and Geno Saurer. They've also announced the details of the book! It'll be released September 17th for 3,300 yen, and consist of 176 pages in B5 format. If you buy from Kotobukiya Direct the book will come with an exclusive cover.

 Kotobukiya surprisingly posted a video featuring the build of their recent Blade Liger AB. We get a lot of kit videos for Wild, and it would be wonderful if we saw more of these for HMM in the future!

- Video

 User AGE43 on Twitter recently posted a video showing off some incredibly rare footage from a traditionally-animated Zoids short. This footage shares a very strong resemblence to an '84 promotional video, which was lost to time. Only a few screenshots surfaced in various print media, but this may be our first look at the actual animation of it. It is unconfirmed to be associated, but shares the same Zoids and animation style.

 Speaking of rare things, Mizuho Takayama, a manga artist and animation concept artist recently posted a twitter thread showing off some of the work he did for Zoids Genesis. Mainly, the early concepts of the Bamburian, including the rough concepts for its original pilot. This matches a slide of Zoids Genesis concepts we saw very early into its development, with quite a few other slides in this style. It's amazing to see concepts like this surfacing so many years after the project. It's a whole new look at these Zoids.

 We also have a couple of concepts from Zoids Wild Zero! A concept showing the B-Suit doubling as a parachute, and Leo's Father's Notebook.

 Zoids Wild 2 is releasing its second manga volume on June 26th! This manga has an excellent style, so I highly recommend picking it up. You can get a copy at Amazon Japan for 670 yen (about $6). Amazon JP requires a separate account from your US amazon account, but you can pay with your normal cards. Some chapter previews were posted over on twitter showing off the more recent chapter art, including the Zero Grizis.

 A new blog has been started by Revolver which shows off some additional photos of the customs appearing in Zoids Wild EX-ZERO. It also has some character art, which was formerly only shown off at Wonder Festival! The blog states that EX-ZERO will run for a total of 6 chapters, and the most recent chapter, originally scheduled for the July issue, has been moved to the August issue due to Corona. So if you're collecting, be sure to pick up August!

 We have some new large images from BCH, starting with the Genospino Ramage Form, some of the amazing story cards, and the Omega Rex secret rare card!

 An article on face markings has been added to the encyclopedia! This features not only an overview of official statements on face markings, but also a fairly extensive list of them, with visual reference on a generic pilot. There isn't a lot of rhyme or reason to what face markings are used, but it seems to be a topic that people enjoy delving into. If you notice any markings missing, feel free to contact us and let us know!

 Temporary indexes (basically stats only) have been added for the Berserk Fuerher, Bamburian, Ankyrox, Arosaurer, and Bazootle. Larger indexes have been added for the Barigator and Guysack. Guysack includes a beginning color guide!

 July and October 2005 have been added to DHM. October includes some Generations content as well as a look at model kits for Souga, Hayate Liger, the Reaper custom, a custom Blade Liger BLOX, and Hayate Liger concept art. July includes Generations, a look at the Murasame Liger and Bio Megaraptor model kits, Souga and Rez Wolf customs, and Bio Zoid concept art.

 September and December 2019 have been added to CoroCoro Comic. December includes some awesome images for Drei Panther and Genospino, while September includes images for Sniptera and Beast Liger ABU.

 TakaraTomyToys has posted some initial product photos for the giganotosaurus-type Zoid, the ZW44 Zero Grizis! This thing looks to be a moster with bulky proportions. In a reply they also posted the old box art for the Gojulas!

 Kotobukiya has announced their next MPV, the Pteras Bomber Marking Plus Ver.! It is scheduled for October 2020, for 4800 yen. This guy gets the usual treatment, with new decals and clear colorless copies of the orange parts, but in a surprising twist the article mentions it may be getting all new box art! This would be the biggest change for an MPV to date. The article also mentions that their next posts will consist of a sample of the Iron Kong Yeti, the next Repackage product announcement, and a Wild Liger test shot introduction.

 BCH posted a tweet with images for the Drei Panther Blood, appearing June 11th and themed after the Descat, along with another post including the Rising Liger GCU, Omega Rex Breaker, and Gatling Fox Shadow. They'll be rerunning the boss cards between July 2nd and August 5th, to help out people who were unable to attend earlier limited boss events.

- 3rd Bulletin: Commercial #6

 Imachorii, over on twitter posted some beautiful images of a couple of concepts from the Concept Art Books! Always nice seeing clean digital images of these!