Zoids

The first Lan was Alex Doduk, which did Vega Obscura. And Kohaku. Even funnier, most Zoids voice actors did some roles in Inuyasha.

No kidding.

Now that I think about it, he is the same voice as Vega. I'm surprised I missed that.

Then again, Zoids Zero and Inuyasha are dubbed by The Ocean Group, so it's not that surprising.

And the fact that Nanase Aikawa did the openings of the series. (The third one for Inuyasha)

Richard Ian Cox voiced both Bit and Inuyasha

Kelly Sheridan voiced Leena, Chris and Sango

Samuel Vincent voiced Brad, Dark Judge, Sebastian as well as Tokajin

Brad Swaile voiced Harry and Nobunaga Amari

Saffron Henderson voiced Naomi, Eri and Souta

Matt Smith voiced both Sanders, Hojo and his ancestor.

Alaina Burnett voiced both Pierce and Lady Izayoi

Don Brown voiced Major Altile, Benjamin, Jaken and Inu no Taisho

Alex Doduk voiced both Vega and Kohaku.

Scott McNeil voiced both Polta, Stoller, the Zoid Battle Chairman and Koga

Brian Drummond voiced both Jack and Renkotsu

Sharon Alexander voiced Sarah and Tsubaki

The original japanese version also have some seiyuus:

Motoko Kumai voiced both Vega and Hiyoshimaru

Ryōka Yuzuki voiced both Chris and Princess Tsuyu

And many, many more...

edited 1st Feb '18 9:52:36 AM by AerialQueen

Late to the party but I remember another big turnoff for me about Fuzors was the sound design. I remember the weapon sounds all being kinda weak "pew pew" laser noises which were just plain awful sounding.

Fuzors was just a perfect storm of bad ideas and execution.

Yeah, there was nothing like the Panzer Liger that had gigantic plasma cannons and huge racks of missiles on it.

Fuzors was bad, but I think the anime suffers from the Americans Hate Tingle syndrome.

Japan-wise, the most hated Zoids anime series is New Century Zero. Blame Sequel Gap.

1999-2000 Chaotic Century

2001 New Century

2004-2005 Fuzors (although debuted on 2003 in the USA.)

2005-2006 Genesis

From 2002 to 2003 there's no Zoids anime in Japan. Coincidence?

edited 6th Feb '18 5:41:44 AM by AerialQueen

I did hear that New Century is the least liked series in Japan.

Perhaps they disliked the shift from war story to Episodic battle series?

Been watching a Let's Play of Zoids Legacy. Seen a few new zoids I never caught before, but as always, the dude playing is really annoying. He can't pronounce certain words, trips over his tongue constantly, and is just everything I dislike about LP's.

Still, it's interesting to see a bit more of the other Zoids media beyond the anime.

edited 6th Feb '18 11:49:49 AM by HandsomeRob

Double Post:

Finished the LP of Legacy, and started watching one of Battle Legends...but got bored real quick. It seems the Zoids games aren't much for story.

Edit: Started up Legends again. Skipped the battles to go through the story quickly. Like I said, pretty basic.

Also finished Fuzors. Boy, this series sure loves the Eleventh Hour Super Power trope doesn't it. It's most blatant in Fuzors and Genesis, where the hero just suddenly wins by believing hard enough.

So...wow. What the bugger do I do now?

edited 8th Feb '18 5:55:19 PM by HandsomeRob

Good news: I've found the japanese version of Zoids New Century.

Bad news: It's Korean subbed.

Video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWdoc03c-Y4&list=PLwlu77lipBkK4oHxVMUSQY1xbhu_7-D-a

Oh wow. That's the whole series too isn't it?

I mean, if someone wanted to english sub it, that's their chance right there.

Well, except for episodes 19 and 24.

Still, is a good oportunity to compare the characters' voice actors in both English and Japanese.

Huh. The dude with the Korean subs of Zero is now posting Korean subs of Fuzors.

If he gets CC, then the chance to sub all three series will finally come.

Looks like there's going to be a new Zoids anime, "Zoid Wild", airing summer 2018. The preview seems to have the "pilots" riding their zoids on the outside, rather than from a cockpit, which is... certainly something. But it's not like I'm not going to watch it.

I should probably get around to watching Genesis and Fuzors before then, because why not.

The design for the main character makes me think of a more typical Mons Series.

Apparently there is a void called the Saberlion that's piloted in exactly that manner.

Anyway, this seems like it's going to be more of a kids show than anything else that came before it.

I got into Zoids sometime in late 2014/early 2015 and binge-watched all the anime and had a pretty good time (Fuzors is definitely the weakest in my book, though). Bought several of the kits and Battle Legends for my Wii. Good times.

I'm really excited for this new series. I'm so glad to see this series coming back, even if I got into it well past its heyday.

Somehow, the Zoid riding bothers me a lot less since at least the Zoids here look designed for it. I'd honestly be a lot more bothered to see classic ones get a size reduction while still having clearly visible cockpits. Guess they want to sell the mechanical lifeform part more this time.

I'm cool with it, at least the new Zoids they've shown off are gorgeous.

A new Zoids anime? Good! Let's rejoice!

I wonder if they're throwing out the war story?

Then again, isn't Chaotic Century the most popular of the series in Japan? I know that while New Century is more well liked it, that's more due to being brought here first, and that it's not that well liked in it's home country.

Not totally sure how Fuzors and Genesis did though.

edited 27th Feb '18 8:08:43 AM by HandsomeRob

The kids are riding around on baby zoids and they develop proper cockpits as they grow to full size.

New trailer for Zoids Wild. The anime will premier on 6/30.

The cast includes the following;

• Kensho Ono as Arashi
• Takahiro Sakurai as Bacon
• Mikako Komatsu as Penne
• Etsuko Kozakura as Onigiri
• Subaru Kimura as Gyoza

Man. It feels like Zoids has gone more Pokemon than ever before.

How so?

And once again, Takahiro Sakurai voices a character from the Zoids franchise.

Too bad he didn't voiced someone in Genesis...

They just kinda look like characters out of Pokemon truthfully, or out of your run of the mill Mons series.