There are quite a few new things for the anime, including new renders posted online, new opening/ending, etc. For now, let's go over the anime renders posted on the Zoids twitters! Spoilers ahead!
In the character category, we have images for
Rayu, Gyoza's little sister. Then
Truffle, the pilot of the Stegosage and final member of Death Metal's main four.
Next up is
Soufflé, who along with her brother cared for a Raptor Forest type, affectionately known as Rain. Soufflé is actually played by Shoko Nakagawa, who is the artist for Zoids Wild's ending theme, Blue Moon.
Next we have
Hermit Mushi (Mushi meaning insect), an old Zoid master claiming to be 500 years old! This old man was responsible for teaching not only Bacon, but Gallagher as well. Arashi goes to learn from this master, but has doubts upon realizing he's mostly just an old pervert. One that his Wild Liger can't catch, but nevertheless! He is played by Kappei Yamaguchi.
We also have one of Gallagher's lacky,
Shallot, who is often at Gallagher's side. Here's
Foie Gras as well, one of Death Metal's elite four and pilot of the Knuckle Kong. He's played by Rikiya Koyama, and has a lot to do with Penne's mysterious past.
Last but not least, we have a render of
Salt, pilot of the Hunter Wolf who first started showing up in a serious capacity last episode. Salt will be voiced by Yuma Uchida.
Also not sure where to put this, but TakaraTomy posted some silly cartoon Zoids around the holidays.
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- Zoid Anime Renders
We've gotten tons of anime renders for the Zoids, so we'll just roll through them in somewhat chronological order.
Knuckle Kong,
Sauce's Kabtor,
Gusock, Gusock's
Wild Blast, Death Rex's
Wild Blast,
Stegosage, Catalga's
Wild Blast, and finally Hunter Wolf's
Wild Blast.
- Concept Art
A new concept art has been posted for the
Triceradogos, showing off both its bone and armored form. The concept art showed a sleeker, more streamlined armor design, with very little of the bone frill still showing on the armorless form.
- Zoid Wild New Opening
On January 12th, Zoids Wild aired with a brand new opening! This opening is Sky Flight, by
Sky Peace, a popular youtube channel in Japan. This is their second single, with CD releases coming up soon! We've posted about that above. Congratulations to Sky Peace!
- Zoid Wild New Ending
It's not just a new opening that aired on January 12th. The new ending, Speed Up by the Taiwanese boy band "noovy" aired last week as well! An article from
Music News notes that Speed Up is their first anime tie-in song, an exciting new development in their career. To celebrate this new step, the band members went out and purchased some Zoids Wild kits; their first Zoids in years~ It's an exciting quarter for the two groups to gain some more recognition.
- Other Music News
Jaejoong's hit song "Defiance", the second opening for Zoids Wild topped the charts for JAPAN Hot Animation's Top 10, with a significant distance between it and the second place song. Preorders for those singles came out quite a while ago.
- Twitter Icons
Zoids Official posted a few icons for people to use around twitter~ The icons include:
Arashi,
Bacon,
Death Metal,
Drake,
Gallagher,
Gyoza,
Ikadzuchi,
Onigiri,
Penne, and
Sanratan.
- Blu-Ray Volume 1 Release & Benefits
Volume 1 of the Zoids Wild Blu-Ray set has released, and along with it, some additional products have been revealed. These are benefits from purchasing either a single volume or a full set from specific stores. For now, in
this tweet you can see the bonuses that come standard with the Blu-ray. The book is short, only a few pages, but includes character profiles, etc. You can see images of everything included, including the discs
here.
Full set bonuses mean ordering the entire set in one purchase.
Amazon:
- Volume 1 Bonus:
Round Badge
- Full Series Purchase Bonus: Canvas Tote Bag (Image unavailable)
Animaru:
- Volumes 1 ~ 5
Scene Postcards (Featuring anime screenshots)
- Full Series Purchase Bonus:
Wild Liger Original T-Shirt
- New Wallpaper
A little while ago, the official Anime site
held a vote for your favorite character and Zoid, with the two winners getting a special wallpaper. The Zoids ranked from 1st ~ 5th: Wild Liger, Fang Tiger, Death Rex, Catalga, and Gannontoise. The characters ranked: Arashi, Bacon, Penne, Gallagher, with Drake and Sanraton tied for 5th. Voters would be able to receive prizes, with 1 person receiving an autographed blu-ray (Vol. 1) and 5 other voters receiving a signed copy of the Zoids Wild manga (Vol. 1). The resulting wallpaper can be seen on the page.