Trivia / Zoids

• Bad Export for You:
  • While DVDs of New Century/Zero were available in English, they lack Japanese audio tracks.
  • The DVDs of Fuzors that were available in Australia/New Zealand only, are of terrible quality, right down to a botched NTSC to PAL conversion.
• Channel Hop: Zig-zagged, Chaotic Century and New Century aired on TBS in Japan, Fuzors and Genesis would air on TV Tokyo instead. However, when the Zoids franchise was revived 13 years later, Wild would air on TBS, but then Wild Zero ended up once again hopping over to TV Tokyo.
• Franchise Killer: One each in America and Japan.
  • In America, Fuzors is often accused of being this, between airing in America first and some questionable story choices, but the fault surprisingly lays more with Zoids: Chaotic Century, which was highly successful, but only specifically among fans of the series - as far as general audiences went the ratings were terrible, enough that the show got moved to an early-morning timeslot and cancelled outright four episodes from the ending, which only eventually aired because that niche fanbase complained loud enough. If anything, Fuzors was a last-ditch effort to save what was already a doomed franchise.
  • In Japan, the mediocre reception of Genesis finished off what was left of the franchise over there. However, it seems as if this wasn't bad enough to permanently kill off the entire franchise, since 12 years later, Zoids Wild was announced.
• No Export for You:
  • A lot of the models.
  • Even though Viz had licensed Genesis and planned to play it on the Toonami Jetstream, it was never released in the United States.
  • The majority of the video games, with the exception of Zoids Saga 2 (as Zoids Legacy), Zoids VS. 2 (as Zoids: Battle Legends), and the So Okay, It's Average strategy game Zoids: Total Assault.
• Late Export for You: The game Zoids Wild: King of Blast was released by Outright Games in western territories under the name Zoids Wild: Blast Unleashed on October 16, 2020, exactly one year after its February 2019 release date in Japan.
• Sequel First: New Century aired in English before its predecessor, Chaotic Century.
• Unfinished Dub: The English dub of Fuzors was cut short in the US. The series' full run was only screened in Australia and Japan.

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