While we're on the topic of CC, the Chaotic Century Manga Directory has been updated with Volume 9 of the Viz Manga. We get a lot of inquiries about this manga and just want everyone to know that it isn't forgotten! We'll continue to add to it until all volumes are complete, it just takes a lot of time to organize them~

    It's been a while, but we've got a decent update today! First in the anime section we've added two Episode Summaries for Guardian Force episodes 48 and 49. Episodes 46-49 have also been revamped with blu-ray quality screencaps. These are sized down from the originals because the blu-rays are actually so large that it just loses detail and demands unnecessary disk space for little result. Hopefully these are big enough!

    I realize that this is starting in the middle of Guardian Force but it's where I left off when searching down the deleted scenes. No worries, all of the CC/GF episodes will get Blu-ray Screencaps!

    In addition to the screencaps we've also added a Guardian Force section to the Zoids CC Media Box. It contains deleted scenes from the four episodes mentioned above. We'll add more episodes as we go along.

    The Zoids Fan Anthology MK-II has been extended until the new year. Be sure to send in any entries you have sitting around!

    The threezero Shield Liger has been announced as for sale! This limited kit will be going up for a retail price of 23,000 yen (roughly $230). You can view the english page on the Good Smile Company website here.

    There are a lot of options for buying. If you wish to order direct from the company you can use a proxy service to order here. Hobby Link Japan has the cheapest price at the moment thanks to their Black Friday sale, at 18,838 (roughly $180) here. They can be a little slow on updating stocks sometimes when items sell out, though. A third option is Hobby Search, selling at 207,000 ($207) here.

    The New Century Manga Directory has been updated with Part 4. This is the last part in the manga, which is only a single volume. We've bumped it down below Zoids SS on the main manga page since it'll no longer be updating.

    The Zoids Media Box has been updated! If you click on the Chaotic Century section you can find a new area for deleted scenes. These are scenes that were cut from the dub for one reason or another. They include not only generic censoring like blood and alcohol, but also some cool 2-3 second clips of the Zoids in combat that weren't shown.

    This includes only Chaotic Century. We will be adding Guardian Force clips later on. These scenes have also been added to their respective Episode Summaries under the anime section, but the content is the same between the two sections.

    In addition we've changed the screencap galleries in the Anime Episode Summaries to make them more even. Extra tall or wide images have been squished/shortened so that they should no longer mess up the row order. Soon we'll be trying to replace these with Blu-Ray quality screens but haven't been able to find a decent program yet.

    Kotobukiya will be re-releasing some more kits in 2014. The Blade Liger AB Bang Version will be rereleased in January and the Liger Zero Jager and Shadow Fox will be rereleased in March.

    Zoids Original Story has updated with a two-part story for the Command Wolf RGC. You can view the Japanese page here.

    TakaraTomy has published the winning entries of the Zoids Photo Contest! The grand prize winners and the consolidation prize entries are posted publically on their website, here. The photo results will still be displayed in the Exhibition event from December 13th to December 18th in Japan.

    A review has been added for the MSS Sinker. This is a pretty cool kit, and TT managed to find a lot of places to add articulation to the build. The review includes instruction and box scans but at the moment these are not translated.

    TakaraTomy has posted on their website as well as the Kotobukiya Blog about a Zoids Exhebition Event that's being held from December 13th to December 18th! This event will have lots of panels, and you can view the page for it here.
    As far as we can tell from the page the event will include the following panels:

    1. Zoids Photo Contest Display: Will display the winners of the recent Photo Diaroma Contest. They will also show some of the honorable mentions that didn't win, but came very close!

    2. Diaroma Photo Shoot: In this event users can bring in their own Zoids to be part of a collaborative diorama display! A commemorative photo will be taken with the diorama.

    3. Companies Zoids Exhibition: This event will show upcoming releases and new products developed by current Zoids Companies. It will have upcoming and popular kits from Zoids Original, MSS, HMM, and even the new threezero Shield Liger!

    4. Zoids Classics Exhibition: This panel will display old box arts and packages from nostalgic Zoids products, back in the days when Tomy sold motorized models.

    5. Dengeki Hobby Magazine Photo-Exhibition: Will display customs and kits that formerly appeared in Dengeki Hobby Magazine.

    6. Zoids SS Raw Manuscript Exhibit: Will show the raw versions of the Zoids SS comic as seen in DHM.

    7. Zoids Video Collection: Will broadcast original Zoids commercials as well as the Original videos.

    8. Mercy Rabbit Autograph Session: Will allow members to get HMM packages signed by Mercy Rabbit, who does the box arts for Kotobukiya.

    9. Sales Area: Will have kits for sale from Zoids Original, MSS, and HMM variety. A lucky few customers will also receive a signed concept art book, signed by the author. Only 30 of these books will be put into circulation.

    (And more!!)

    The Storm Sworder FSV second variation has been added to the Zoids Original website, seen here. This is the first kit in the Original line to not have additional parts and instead includes holotech wings with additional gold painted parts. The scheme in general resembles the Fire Fox.

    A translation for Zoids Original Story 06 has been added to the Books section. This is based on the Command Wolf RGC, and also mentions the return of Mirage Fox! An additional profiles page is also available, all courtesy of Falcarius!

    Stats have also been added for the MSS Great Sabre. It does not have type variations like the other model kits do, just a weapons list.

    A review has been added for the new MSS Command Wolf model kit! The kit follows OJR colors but most noticeably is a dim gray color. It is not white as it appears in a lot of online photos. The review also contains instruction and box scans, as well as translations for the battle story, Forest Combat Type, and Nighttime Combat type.

    Zoids Original has pushed the Command Wolf RGC back to December. This makes the month even more expensive for Zoid collectors!

    A review for Fire Fox has been added to Model Kits. This includes box, instructions, and stats, although the stats are identicle to Shadow Fox's. The kit is really quite nice, and has some beautiful golds and silvers, although the bright red makes it glaring to stare at.

    The final pages of the Zoids EX Extra have been added. This concludes Irvine's back story and features full names for multiple characters (ignoring that Father Leon is now called Alex Pilgrim). There is still one EX story to do but the pages added today are likely the last manga translations until the start of next year. This also applies to Zoids SS which will stop updating until then, but don't worry, it'll be translated eventually! It's that time of year to start Christmas Shopping!

    Kotobukiya has announced that they're relaunching the Kotobukiya Direct website. When they do they'll be releasing a few lucky draw anime items to people who are registered. The Zoids-related item being given away is a Holotech Berserk Fury!

    We've added a misc. section to the Articles page, which now includes an article on buying Zoids. Namely, buying Zoids from Japan. This has a general guide for deputy services and a list of both services and stores that you can use. We have gotten all store commendations from people that have personally ordered from them.