Why Zoids Fuzors Flopped (And The Damage It Dealt To The Series)
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- Did you ever wonder what happened to Zoids? Why it went downhill and where it all began. Well look no further than Zoids Fuzors!
In this video I outline to you the key points on why Zoids Fuzors Flopped and how it send the series on a downhill spiral until it's eventual obscurity.
By watching this video you're doing your part in ensuring this great series (minus the season of Fuzors) gets warmly remembered just a little more ever day.
And hey, Zoids wild has a Switch game coming out soon so it mustn't be doing to bad over in Japan, maybe we'll see a resurgence of Zoids one day in the future.
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I love Zoids fusers ! I totally disagree with your opinion ! !
I don't want to subscribe to your channel to make such terrible videos! ! !
i probably loved it as much or more than you hated it!
I'm sorry to say that I don't share your distain for this series but the video you made was pretty good. I like Zoid Fuzors, despite its numerous flaws. While it's not my favorite series and it's definitely the second worst entry in the franchise I still had a lot of fun watching it as a kid. Liger zero Phoenix is one of my favorite Zoids of all time though it had much better CGI in Zoids battle Legends.
The CGI in chaotic century and even more so in New Century were so good, I don’t usually like CGI in anime but the zoids team pulled it off so well in those first two seasons, I don’t know how they took such a huge step backwards in Fuzors they already had the models there and it went up in flames such a shame, wouldn’t mind a continuation of New century just because it’s my favourite!
Thomas Clipperton it’s definitely kind of crazy isn’t it, the first two seasons were fantastic and then they just went backwards somehow. A continuation of New Century would be great as I feel like it really deserved a second season. I have recently found some evidence of an underwater Liger Zero CAS that was a prototype model kit while New Century was airing. So maybe there was going to be a season 2 at some point and it got scrapped or that CAS just got scrapped entirely, who knows.
From what I understand there was a change in the Animation Studios behind the scenes hence why the CGI is the way it is in Fuzors.
Well in theory Zoids by Xebec were in charge of 3 Season
Zoids Chaotic Century and Guardian Force are one, then after decades the it comes Zoids New Century Zero.
I wouldn't mind seeing New Century back for another adventure either
Nothing wrong with the Zoids and the idea of fusing(it would've eventually come to that anyways) in Zoids Fuzors. The story is what made it bad.
Yeah I agree the concept and the ideas were there it was just written and executed extremely poorly in my opinion.
Nah, early zoids always play around in sci-fi & millitary themes, but in fuzors & genesis (i know genesis is not as bad as fuzors but still for me the gap joy between the two early predecesors still a lot) the themes slide differently to more of fantasy & military theme because of the fusion & the design of the zoids itself, and the fantasy genre was the theme of the sh*t generic japaneese toys anime (bakugan, b-daman, beyblade, etc.), And thats why zoids can stands among them if they played around military - sci-fi theme, and it proved again in wild series, they forget the military and even the sci-fi theme based and change to fantasy & adventure, gods even they used more clichest sh*t like one eyed blue flame design urgghhh (i dont mind about the no cockpit design, because that's the lore of the all zoids itself). But wild zero is an improvement, i heard in japan they say is a lot a better than wild series, and i see somes episode (i only watch somes because i watch raw episode without dub or sub and i cant understand japanese) and i agree, it is better than fuzors, genesis, or wild, because they back again to original theme sci-fi & military theme. The point is dont use the generic fantasy, fusion, one eyed flame design character because there is already a lot of that sh*t show
Zoids Fuzors was too ambitious the problem with this show was that Main characters didn't have interesting zoids i mean liger Zero and Command wolf as main characters again? They should've made characters like helmet more interesting too ! This show biggest problem was too early and ambitious .
@Shield Liger Are they just as good?
And some characters ( specially RD , he sucks badly.)
Anyone here like zoids wilds? I cannot stand how they just ride on them instead of there being a physical cockpit.
That did always seem off to me in the trailers I saw for it, still haven’t actually bit the bullet and watched Zoids Wild yet, guess I’ll have to do it sooner or later and when I do I’ll probably discuss my opinions on it and such too.
@@Viseak Zoids Wild Zero is better than Zoids Wild you should check it out!
Underdog TV I’ve actually started Wild Zero and once I get up to date with it I may make a video on my thoughts because honestly it has been pretty good.
I like both Wild, and Wild Zero.
Yeah that really bothers me.The designs in general too are just way over the top. I prefer the “original” Zoids.
The cool thing about the Fuzors is that they showed a lot of cool Zoids.
Yeah there honestly was some awesome Zoid designs in fuzors, such a shame the lacklustre animation didn’t show them in all their glory
@@Viseak I didnt mind it, it was soemthing different and could have been MUCH WORSE
The Konig Wolf comes to mind
Zoids: Fuzors could have been a great continuation of New Century Zero. Instead we got... whatever the Hell that was.
It really was such a disappointment
I loved how the Gojulas Giga was basically a souped up Gojulas and wouldve been so cool but the story of Fuzors man. I am big sad.
I think Fuzors as a whole is the big sad, and Gojulas Gigas potential was just wasted, it was so good in the battle story.
Where they screwed up is when they decided to use a different 3D animation company to save money. Zoids CC & NC had the same animation studio. With Fuzors they decided to get cheap and use a different animation company. so both the animation and story suffered.
story id say was ok better than the "Kid friendly" crap we have not makes fuzors writing seem masterful but yeah the early cgi defiantly dated but i dont mind that much since it was something Different
You get what you paid for. Don't wanna invest the money then a company is not gonna make a good profit.
Haven’t seen it in a while but I enjoyed it especially the episodes involving Phoenix’s reserection as Venus as she helps them look for a new partner
In zoids wild, now they have a pilot outside the zoid, riding their zoid and risking their own life to get caught on a blast, shot, claw ,and blade slash.....
Yeah Wild is definitely a bit of a different vibe. But Wild Zero is much better taking it back to their roots of Chaotic Century, and yes in Wild Zero the pilots are inside an actual cockpit
Older mecha based shows are interesting to watch, even if the story is repetitive like new century. I think it is the animation that turns people away mostly.
Just love the energy liger.
I can't remember any single whole episode. But, Matrix Dragon is a holy grail I still have to get in my collection.
I remember when Cartoon Network would air the first 13 episodes of the series from October 4th to December 27th, 2003 on the Saturday Video Entertainment System block at 8:00 PM back in the day when I was a nine-year-old boy in the 4th Grade. The dub got rushed so that Hasbro could release more toys. The English dub did complete it's run outside the USA. Fuzors aired on the TV Tokyo channel in Japan from October 3rd, 2004 to April 3rd, 2005.
YTV in Canada?
@@DennisTamayo Australia
I really enjoyed it. Also, that Zaber Fang is not a normal one. It is the holotech. That is why it looks like that.
I liked the Liger Zero X. I wished they'd show that off earlier in the series. That would have sold toys. Not that dumb Phoenix mode.
"Fuzors didnt' even get to actually complete the series in the western side of things."
That's technically wrong. I don't remember if it was on Cartoon Network, but in Latin America all the episodes of Fuzors aired. You can even find the 26 episodes dubbed online.
You’re right I have found some clips after making this video dubbed in Spanish or Portuguese I think? I probably should’ve said dubbed in English but too late now haha. Thanks for the reminder!
@@Viseak I know this comment is over a year old, so you might already be aware of this, but the series was fully dubbed in English. The whole thing aired down here in Australia.
i grew up watching zoids on CN and loved ALL of them!!! was pissed when did not get to see all of fuzors and never knew other anime was made but that was from life issus geting in way of tv time and such...
I watched it, but I don't have toys of it.
My brain probably forgot about Fuzors like it was some bad dream or a bad meal at Burger King that got me sick. I was excited to see Zoids Genesis on Toonami Jetstream back when that was a thing but that never happened because Toonami Jetstream flopped.
I’ve been enjoying Zoids Wild, yeah they are smaller and the people ride on them but it’s felt like forever since we’ve had a Zoids series dubbed in English and it brought back good childhood memories. I’ve been enjoying the game too, which is made by Eighting, who used to develop the Bloody Roar series, which is currently held hostage by Konami.
Yeah, I have plans to get those new toys Hasbro are gonna release too. And I hope Wild Zero gets dubbed next. And that we get the next Zoids games.
Yeah, Fuzors really was that bad hey.
I couldn’t really get on board with Wild, but Wild Zero on the other hand has been amazing, and I’m really looking forward to the second switch game coming that’s based on it because they’re bringing back the older Zoids which I think is an awesome move in the right direction
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I will say this about Fuzors. It's probably the only show that could take a premise as amazing as mechs fusing to make even stronger mechs, and make it as boring as waiting for an elevator. What's more is that they took the Berserker Fury, perhaps the most savage zoid in the previous series, and reduced it to a minor annoyance until it got it's fuzor zoid. And Liger Zero, who should be a freaking LEGEND at this point, is regarded as useless until it got it's fuzor, and at the end when it turns out the Liger Zero is the legendary Alpha zoid.
This is the exact same story as New Century without any of the humor and charismatic characters that made New Century fun and interesting. R.D. is a poor man's Bit Cloud without any of the edge. And Blake....? Blake is a far less intimidating Raven. How does a pilot of the BERSERKER FURY!!! End up being such an embarrassment and a push over? The Berserker Fury was an utter jobber in this series, in fact a lot of zoids that were very strong in New Century were reduced to cannon fodder. Shadow Fox? Big deal in New Century. Fuzors? Buried in an instant. And let's not forget that the battles that were once centered skill, technique and actual tactics, are now about power levels.....It's stupid in Dragon Ball Z, and even more stupid in this soulless anime.
Ninja07Keaton literally couldn’t agree more with you. It’s almost unbelievable how much they screwed this series up, from the power scaling to the animation and story itself it just really sucks.
@@Viseak Well.....at least the ost is really good. But I believe you and I both wish that said ost was part of a show with animation, characters and story that were actually good.
@Jonny Croxville Which is why when you read anything I post, you'd do well to see the details. I never said anything about Raven being a pilot of the Berserk Fury. I said that in terms of character, Blake is essentially a weaker version of Raven. What was Raven's primary objective as a character? To destroy Van for personal reasons. What was Blake's primary goal throughout Fuzors? To take out R.D. for a similar vendetta. The difference was that Raven was actually terrifying, while Blake(whose a pilot of the Berserk Fury need I remind you), is a push over. Blake should have been the most frighting rival we've seen in the franchise up to that point, but....I'm not getting into that again.
I'd like to know what show you were watching, because Bit showed strong tactical ability throughout. Yes, the Liger was steadily evolving throughout the series, but it's also due to how in sync Bit and the Liger were becoming.
I watched it as a kid and I remember it just kinda disappearing one day. Never thought about it again until I wanted to rewatch Chaotic and New Century again and Fuzors came up when I was searching for them.
I did end up finding them, and I guess I'm glad I watched Fuzors from start to finish once, but doubt I ever will again.
It was "fine." It filled the void of wanting to watch more Zoids battles, but aside from the weak points in this video, the battles themselves weren't as good as the ones from the previous 2 series. They're confined to a stadium, rather than an open field in New Century, or the epic scale warfare in Chaotic Century.
And the Fuzors for the most part didn't look any cooler than any single zoids (and in the spinosaurus/crab zoids, looked a lot stupider than either of its components on their own).
Liger Zero Phoenix was better looking than the falcon fusion, especially the stupid galloping through the air animation after they fused. And the Liger Zero with its different armors from New Century was a lot cooler than eother Fuzors form.
That's about all I remember, it's been like 4-6 months since I watched it.
for me personally because they just didnt have characters that you connect with and enjoy, we all remember van from chaotic century and bit from new century but fuzors and the others you forget the characters
personally i loved fuzors at first when i was a kid, and i still did up until now
but the real big let down for me was the fucking finale. i just rewatched it a couple of hours ago and my god was the ending SHIT. i liked rastani's backstory and overall character, and i felt like he had a good development, but he was just tossed aside and forgotten later on, like "okay were done here, lets pack shit up".
and then there's blake. he, is so fucking cool.
why the fuck wasnt he the main protagonist? shit wouldve been better if they worked on him a bit more, and his relationship with Luke. (no not the yaoi side, but more on the friendship side/ brotherhood side)
sweet woudlve been fucking perfect, if she just was worked on better, and dated RD ffs.
then helmet's story as the fucking veteran of mach storm couldve been explored more i swear. they mention sandra's father and shit but no, they just dropped it.
the CONCEPT was there, but the fucking EXECUTION was garbage.
Yeah that’s pretty much the moral of Fuzors isn’t it, some decent ideas with cool characters and concepts, that just get executed so poorly that it’s like watching a train wreck.
Then the god awful animation was just a kick in the face to finish it off. I’ll be making another video on Fuzors in the future going into more detail but I am not looking forward to having to rewatch it though haha
I have watch it though...as a Zoids fan I have to watch it even if it's the lowest point in the series. I won't treat myself to Zoids Genesis until I go through the right of passage and watch Zoids Fuzors.
Because without the hardship I won't appreciate how much they improved with Zoids Genesis
I think that one of the main problems was that the characters were just so forgettable. Strong, memorable female lead? None. Memorable moments? Yeah, same. I can't even really remember anything about the final battle, even though I watches the series. At times, it looked like they aired some of the episodes without completing the 3D CGI. And the dialogue was at time cringeworthy. Honestly, it felt like they made the series just to sell the models, with very little planning or refinement. And both suffered as a result.
Not helping was that at times, the Blox add ons could feel like a clunky afterthought, failing to combine with their host Zoids in a way that made you want to keep them that way. And as for the Hasbro designed Blox...let's just say that Kotobukiya is going to have a lot of room for interpretation if they ever get to them. And Jet Falcon just isn't working aesthetically. It's like they left out everything that really makes a Falcon cool in the first place, and just made this clunky thing just to give Liger Zero a pair of Buster Claws.
Genesis was far better in chemistry and character development, and is really one of my favorites of all the series thus far. Too bad that by then, the damage was done, and there was no international release whatsoever.
I couldn’t agree more with you there. The anime was really sub par to say the least, the blox mechanic just felt botched, poorly planned out, and the Fuzor designs for the most part left a lot to be desired especially with the Zero Phoenix and Falcon. Probably the only good design to come from Fuzors was the Gairyuki at least in my opinion.
It’s a shame not many people seem to know about Genesis thought because it really is something special, it’s probably because it never reached an international audience but it’s easily the most underrated Zoids series and would stand up as my favourite if I put my nostalgia for New Century and Chaotic Century aside
I only watched Fuzors for the zoids themselves. That sounds shallow, but I knew the characters and story didn't matter going into it, so I figured I'd just focus on the toys I wanted to see animated.
Yeah that was pretty much it, a lot of my criticisms didn’t matter much when I was younger either but Fuzors truly aged poorly in comparison to the others
when I was a kid I always see that liger zero phoenix kit always displayed on the shelve where I can see it every time I pass by on that toy shop and I always wanted to buy that but I couldn't because my family would spend the money on things that I rather use daily than buying it on toys. Now that I'm a adult I can afford gunpla models kits and HMM kits my self and watching this just brings back a lot of great memories of watching zoids.
Max Nexus awesome to hear you can finally build some Gunpla and Zoids kits and I’m glad to hear I brought those memories back haha
Enjoy the kits man they’re plenty of fun to build.
The Low budget Animation reminds me of Transformers Armada and its Sequels, and Project ARMS: The 2nd Chapter. Funnily enough they were also dubbed by the Ocean Group, the same dub team for Zoids New Century and Fuzors.
Doodlebug Four oh god I forgot Armada existed it was so suppressed in my memory haha. Cool fact that they were dubbed by the same team though.
Viseak Project ARMS is pretty underrated in the west (The manga sold 15 million copies in Japan). Even though the anime wasn't a perfect adaptation of its manga since it originally aired in Japan as a commercial to promote the manga despite its 52 episode run. It's a scifi action Shonen that is Nanomachines meets Alice in Wonderland.
Doodlebug Four might have to check it out, sounds like an interesting concept to say the least!
I really haven’t watched fuzors since I was a kid. But going by what you said I definitely stand by it being the worst amongst the 4 main zoids series. And I haven’t watched Wild either, will have to get around to it as well.
Yeah obviously by my video I couldn’t agree more with that haha. I definitely have to bite the bullet and watch Zoids Wild sometime soon as well. I’m sure it won’t be THAT bad, maybe it’ll even surprise me and be good
Fuzors should’ve been the 2nd season to new century
Completely agree. This series was so trash. I was so pissed when I watched this series thinking it would be a sequel to Zoids NCZ. Outside of the 1st 2 series(CC & NC) the rest of the shows in the franchise just seems like they were only made to sell toys.
Blueblur23 honestly yeah out of every series Fuzors felt the most like a toy commercial.
However the next series Genesis was fantastic, it’s a bit hard to find where to watch it but if you can I’d strongly recommend it.
Then Zoids wild isn’t really my cup of tea but Wild Zero has been great so far
@@Viseak 👌 Cool! If there is a dub I'll try and give Genesis and Wild Zero a try.
I don't know much English because I'm Japanese.
But it's a bit understandable that this video defeats Fusers. Fusers are the first Zoids anime I've ever seen and my favorite one.
So if you say bad like this, you feel very sick. Unpleasant.
Whatever you say, I LOVE Zoids Fusers !!
ヤマネジュン I don’t exactly hate Fuzors, but it was just the weakest Zoids season in my opinion, it was also much better in Japanese than it was in the English Dub so I understand why you like it more than I would.
@@Viseak Isn't it "hate"?
I was a little relieved to hear that.
I like both the Japanese version and the English version, and since I know that watching this video will definitely make me uncomfortable, I will not look at the content of the video.
I don't know what it is because it's English.
Remember that some fans were hurt just by watching the title of your video.
I was really terrified because I really loved Fuzors, and my anger was burning.
@@Viseak The English version is very interesting when played back and compared with the Japanese version.
Differences in characters' voices, points of correction in drawing, differences in production, contents of dialogue before being translated into Japanese.
I like the Japanese version the most, but I also like the English version, so I feel sick when degraded.
@@Viseak In my opinion, the weakest Zoids anime is Zoids Genesis.
The story was useless and tedious, the Zoids were a more convenient vehicle than a companion, the drawing was not good, and the ED became "Moe" in the middle.
Some of the kits were inferior products that differed greatly from anime.
I do not see the first(Chaotic Century) and the next (/ 0) Zoids animation.
I only see Fuzors, Genesis and Wild.
Genesis will be at the bottom if you rank among the three.
I can sum up why the zoid models sucked in one statement: They tried to make the zoids look more accurate to the toys.
I loved Fuzors.
Blueberry Pitbull that’s fair enough! Whether you like a show or not is completely subjective so don’t let me try and change your mind on that one. If you enjoy Fuzors more power to you, even myself, as someone who doesn’t like it occasionally watches bits and pieces of it just for nostalgia’s sake.
I also love it. I just started watching it and it's amazing.
@@Viseak sorry for the late reply, but yeah… It gets so much hate that it doesn't deserve, I was impressed with the liger's movement in episode one getting away from the Gojulas Giga where it jumps up on the wall and does a flip in the air to get away. That was a really great fluid movement for the animation that gets so much crap from other fans.
People often accuse this anime of being Zoids’ franchise killer. However, it was really Zoids Chaotic Century that killed the franchise. Having gotten such low ratings on Toonami that it was abandoned and the last four episodes were shown after complaints from the fanbase. This anime was more of a last ditch effort to salvage the Zoids franchise.
Still pissed off they couldn't give us season 2 of new century
will you be looking at the new recent series ? I know they're back to the whole "childish" theme but >.>
I’ll have to actually watch Wild and Wild Zero first hahaha and I will eventually don’t get me wrong, Wild Zero does also seem more promising. I really just have to make time to watch it and it’s hard to do sometimes when there’s so much other anime I want to watch and catch up with too, and when all I hear is how bad the new series is, it makes it discouraging.
@@Viseak Zoids Wild is not bad tbh, and Zoids Wild Zero is REALLY Good IMO, Definitely worth a watch.
Clynton Minott I’ve actually started Wild Zero and it’s been fantastic so far so I’m excited to keep watching. I’ll have to give the og Wild a go sometime as well though.
Bad or weak writing will always make a story fail. No matter what.
You Know whats the Funny thing, here in Mexico, i guess in the rest of Latin America, we get the 26 Eps dub, huhh i didnt know that US never got pas 13, thats really strange, Anyway Good Video, Cheers!!
SUNAGA TESUKA yeah until after posting this video I never realised it got a full dub outside of the original Japanese broadcast, I heard the series got completed in the Phillipines as well, shame the English Dub got cut short but I guess I can see why.
Aside from the animation, the fights also took a step down. The once feared charged particle cannons, which were one hit kill weapons in the previous two shows outside of special counters, were now just run of the mill guns that could be shrugged off. Our main character RD doesn't really grow much as a pilot, he gets through his major fights by brute forcing his way through them.
The plot with Alpha Ritcher could have been interesting but it kinda just shows up without much foreshadowing and Alpha is just able to waltz in and do as he pleases. The show's writing just isn't good enough to handle that type of conspiracy plot.
Also the dub got the name of one of the Zoids wrong. The blue Tyrannosaurus is called the Gairyuki, it is not pronounced "Guy Ricky." We saw it had these cool energy absorbing panels, and it only brought them out once.
Though when it comes to damage to the franchise, sorry to say but it was Genesis that was believed to have killed it until Zoids Wild came around. Fans didn't like the kits having so many pre assembled parts so the models sold poorly.
dragonstormx it’s almost like anything that was perceived as a threat in the old series were just dumbed down for Fuzors and it’s such a shame.
The whole of Fuzors was really just a shame.
I’m not too surprised about Genesis though, the kits just weren’t fun, the anime was absolutely amazing in my opinion but the only good Genesis kits that have come out are the new Supernova Murasame and Hayate Ligers, and from my knowledge they aren’t even official kits.
@@Viseak I especially find the Gairyuki's ray absorbing panels not getting much use a shame since in the Battle Story, that was a feature designed to kill the Seismosaurus. Instead the Seismosaurus is taken down through RD's Liger Zero Falcon going Super Saiyan.
Also I got curious and found the first episode of Zoids Wild on youtube. Due to the waning popularity of the mecha genre in anime, the series was turned in a mons anime. I have heard people consider it an improvement over Fuzors, which granted isn't saying much since among other things the Zoids in the series are gorgeous. I will grant the previous animes (I haven't watched Genesis yet) did go back and forth between the idea of Zoids being fully sentient but it still feels like a completely different IP with the Zoids name slapped on it.
Still I don't want to condemn something for just for a genre shift, it's not like Netflix's plan to turn it's live action Avatar adaptation into Game of Thrones. I will condemn something for being bad.
dragonstormx yeah the whole ending of Fuzors and the Seismosaurus felt anticlimactic to me, it was just done so poorly.
I wouldn’t say Zoids wild is bad, it’s just not my cup of tea if I’m honest, Wild Zero is a lot better though.
If you do want some more Zoids I’d strongly recommend watching Genesis, it was honestly phenomenal and felt the most ‘anime like’ series being a lot more serious and dark at times.
@@Viseak What I have seen of Genesis I do like and I plan to get into it eventually.
Another issue I find with the end of Fuzors is that Alpha Richter, despite being the main villain, was barely in it. I would need to check again but I believe he has even less screen time than Vega did in New Century.
A couple other things that were a letdown. I feel that Blake, the Gairyuki's pilot, should have been the one to destroy the Energy Liger, since it destroyed his previous Zoid. He does knock the Seismosaurus back to an unfused state, but given that the Liger Zero Falcon survived the Seismosaurus' big gun when it was it was a Fuzor, so it surviving the same cannon when the Seismosaurus was in it's base state after going Super Saiyan was a lot less impressive.
I will quite happily condemn Zoids Wild for motorcycle Zoids.
I don’t care if they exist in Battle Story they are a horrible design there and being animated didn’t help.
I actually haven't watched Fuzors all the way through yet, I'm reserving my judgement until I do. Also, I heard it finished in English dub in Australia so who knows.
Nah it the dub never finished here in Australia and from my knowledge there isn’t a complete English dub of the series.
I’d still recommend watching the rest if you can find it though, just so you can say you finished it.
Hey, I watched all of the episodes here in Australia! Could have been better though...
@@michaellam2508 Agreed on the parts I've seen.
i want a War setting think Saving privet Ryan but with Zoids and no Fusing BS.
maybe just maybe, if fuzors had a chaotic century and new century zero's animation it would've succeeded oh and better story to!
1990Thunderbolt better animation definitely would’ve helped the series, it would’ve made it a lot more tolerable as the story wasn’t that bad, but improvements on the story would’ve been great too.
@@Viseak seriously. just one bad series can ruin the entire franchise. madness....
Yeah, I can agree it was hardly a masterpiece with its story. However, it did have some charm, like cool Zoid designs, as well as characters voiced by Ocean Dub actors, like Brad Swaile and Scott McNeil.
I just loved the idea of combining zoids, especially the fuzor type zords like chimera dragon and matrix dragon.
Lord Buttlington that’s fair, they were pretty cool, I thought the matrix dragon in particular was pretty awesome too.
I'll reanimated it when I win the lottery
It was on disney not cartoonnetwork.
Do a video of zoid genesis
Zero Chan I’d be more than happy too. I’ve got another video or two in the pipeline beforehand however because I like making videos on zoids so much I may just move a video on Genesis up the line a little bit and get it out sooner :)
So my first exposure to ZOIDS was at a friends house back when New Century Zero was still on Toonami. He turned me onto the show and i've loved it since. Here I am "X" years later- I'm now 27, and I find myself watching clips now and then.
I remember a long time ago when I watched Zoids Genesis, I thought it was the best season of the 4. Back then, I had no in depth understanding of what qualities can ruin a show or make a show great. That said, looking back on it all now, I firmly believe Chaotic Century is the best season of them all. The art style is older, but its consistent and still looks good.
I honestly cannot remember if I watched all of Fuzors or not.... Goes to show just how memorable it was huh? It had some cool moments, but as you said, its just mostly bad. I'll never forget, there is a scene where that dino zoid that can do that weird teleportation movement or something.... There is a scene were its running along, but its animation is literally this choppy up and down motion. Like, it bounces upward from its skipping style strides, but instead of falling back down with gravity normally, its almost propelled back to the ground. It literally looks like a kid playing pretend with their buzz lightyear action figure.
Anyways, I'm actually about to do a re-watch of Chaotic Century/Guardian Force. I'm realizing there are a handful of episodes I haven't seen yet from it. As a kid watching it on TV, I didn't realize that I was missing certain episodes in between.
The saddest thing for me is that while Fuzors failed to sell toys, I still want some of the models from that season, yet they are EXPENSIVE.
BlackHeart yeah I feel you there 100%. When I first watched Genesis I thought it was gods gift and honestly I still think its great but I always come back to Chaotic Century all around as the best season.
I don’t remember names but I think the Zoids that teleported were those weird ones that were sold as toys with a cord in them like a bet blade or something? One was a green wolf and I think there were more but I remember what you’re talking about.
I also agree some models in the Fuzors saga did look amazing and my mind goes straight to the Gairyuki Fury that think looked fantastic I have the Og tomy model of that but a HMM model would be amazing and something I’d buy in an instant.
@@Viseak I actually happen to have the Gairyuki Fury model. The end segment of the tail broke off though because my room mate's 2 year old nephew saw it.... Yeah....
I have the Energy Liger too. The problem I now face with all zoids models though is that once I built my first HMM, the motorized ones are so clunky and lame now. I want to get the Liger Zero Falcon. (The blue/white bird thing fusion)
For now though, I'll take pride in owning the HMM Gojulus "the Ogre" model. That thing is huge and took me a few weeks to build.
I would kill for a HMM of the Gilvader and Ultra saurus though.
BlackHeart SAME the HMM’s are addicting I have too many to count, I don’t actually have the Gojulus though I’m definitely jealous. The biggest HMM I currently own is the Iron Kong PK which I’m still struggling to find time to finish, full time work can suck at times. Having the big carrier Zoids as HMM’s would be awesome and I think the Death Saurer would be an amazing HMM, as well as some Fuzors and Genesis Zoids too.
Some of the og tomy models can be very expensive but not all of them. The HMM blade ligers can get up to 300$ in some cases. So I built a knock off kit from wish. Yeah I know shame on me but it cost me 35$. Not 200$. I built a blade liger mirage which is the white one. Used to have an original blue blade liger that came with Van, Zeke and Fiona as well.
Sparks Husky as they have become collectors items their price has definitely raised a lot, I remember getting my Blade Liger Bang Ver HMM for under $150 AUD when it came out which is impossible these days. Also got my iron kong PK HMM for $160 AUD a little while ago from my local game store that stocks Zoids once in a blue moon.
Can you make a vid about why zoids just disappeared over the years?
Geronimo Martinez that’s definitely an interesting concept to look into, I think I have a good understanding of why but I’ll do some more research and definitely make a video on it!
Geronimo Martinez that’s definitely an interesting concept to look into, I think I have a good understanding of why but I’ll do some more research and definitely make a video on it!
@@Viseak thanks man. Zoids (at least from 1999) was my fricking childhood. Every time I'd do well in school I'd get a zoid to build and my parents didnt mind cuz they thought model kits were "intelligent" toys. I was just sad that all of a sudden the toys stopped appearing on shelves. As an adult I'm now into gundam. Cant keep me away from model kits lol. Also i watched chaotic century and new century zero and loved the heck out of them! And i mostly remember everything that happened there. I know i watched fuzors too, but oddly enough i can hardly remember any of it? Maybe it was THAT bad lol. But i did get the fire phoenix and jet falcon kits for my liger zero. I also had the gairyuki and the not-ultrasaurus long neck thing but it's white and not black lol
@@Viseak thanks man. Zoids (at least from 1999) was my fricking childhood. Every time I'd do well in school I'd get a zoid to build and my parents didnt mind cuz they thought model kits were "intelligent" toys. I was just sad that all of a sudden the toys stopped appearing on shelves. As an adult I'm now into gundam. Cant keep me away from model kits lol. Also i watched chaotic century and new century zero and loved the heck out of them! And i mostly remember everything that happened there. I know i watched fuzors too, but oddly enough i can hardly remember any of it? Maybe it was THAT bad lol. But i did get the fire phoenix and jet falcon kits for my liger zero. I also had the gairyuki and the not-ultrasaurus long neck thing but it's white and not black lol
Geronimo Martinez yeah same here! I remember I had the motorised models as a kid and I slowly got into Gundams as I got older as well but then I found the Kotobukiya Zoids kits and those things are on a whole other level, IMO more fun and challenging than building perfect grades and it just hits me with nostalgia every time I buy one. I’m currently in the process of building an iron kong but they are beyond expensive and really hard to source unless you are in Japan of course.
I think everyone here is a Zoids fan... yes, this saga was not good whatsoever... but I loved their Zoid designs. It can needs a new director, story, and a worthy reboot. If they kept it simple, they still need purpose, some thrill to push the characters to meet their goals. Even with Zoid Wild Zero out, I'm still waiting on a series to have the same or better impact Chaotic and New Century had.
TR13DGE 716 I do agree some of the designs in Fuzors were good and the concept itself wasn’t a bad idea, but it definitely needed a lot of work to make it great.
The story was clunky but isn’t a bad base, if a reboot was ever possible you could still use the Fuzors storyline but just heavily tweak it and fix up the horrendous animation and you’d have a pretty competent series.
Wild zero is pretty good from what I’ve seen thus far but you’re right in saying it’s still not on the same level of impact that Chaotic Century and New Century had, however Genesis was great and it’s a shame it was never brought to the west.
@@Viseak I'm sorry, I was drunk last night cause my sentences were atrocious lol
but yeah totally agree, and another smash hit is something the Zoids series needs to promote Kotobukiya HMM kits and other merchandise to thrive. I can't think of another series that fuses Super Robot and Real Robot genres so nicely. The premise in itself living alongside bio-mechanical lifeforms is an absolute dream.
Remember awhile back when the teaser for the mobile game Field of Rebellion was shown?
i.imgur.com/PkRXMnl.jpg
I thought the Zoids I've always wanted (mature themes) was here... but I was really disappointed to know it was a game...
You're right, even with a simple story, as long as we are invested in the characters and the plot, it goes a long way...
I'm not sure if you're a Gundam fan, but it only took Gundam 08th MS Team 12 episodes to get us to appreciate the characters and be onboard with their objectives.
I can only just keep crossing my fingers that someday a proper director and team sees Zoids potential and makes that vision come true. Until then we're just gonna have to really cherish what we have...
I mean after 8 years, they're finally bringing Bleach back and focusing on the Thousand Year Blood-War Arc lol so anything is still possible. Zoids Wild Zero is a good start anyway... the Gatling Wolf also reminds me of a modern Konig Wolf... but there's just something about the Zoids in the series that are just not the same..
Anyway, thank you for posting about Zoids. We're rare... but still thriving and strong :) You make me want to re-watch Zoids Genesis lol
I watched one episode of fuzors and it turned me off from zoids for a long time
Yeah it really do be like that. At least Genesis was great in comparison
Rewatch this video after watching Fuzors
All I can say the
animation
The Character Models
The Story makes the Anime look bad
Yeah It's cool to see Zoids being fuse together but for me some Fuzors aren't Going to work or not fit with others
Pretty sure it would become famous if the animation is better
More intense fights(Because most time it's Just like a normal fight)
Better story and more better Fuzors Zoids
But for me I personally like it
It's feels like that It's the Worse of the series
I hate being negative and if you're a fan of this show, by all means, I'm glad for you.
But even as a kid, I just didn't want to watch this show. It had Liger Zero (my fav Zoid) and I didn't want to watch it because it just looked so dam dull compared to CC and NC, it also felt like it had nothing to offer that would make it as fun as the other two.
One thing I like about Zoids is that the female characters are allowed to be interesting. Which is what killed me with Fuzors. What, they've got a woman on the team? She's basically Naomi Flugal with a Konig Wolf?
Except...she doesn't battle that well. The Konig Wolf is practically cannon fodder. I don't remember it actually doing well in any battle, and the Command Wolf actually battled better in most cases from what I do remember. In fact, despite the Konig Wolf being new to the series, the Command Wolf was given a lot more screen time. Even bigger events.
I don't even remember any of the other women from that series either.
Yeah I agree with that, it’s pretty cool to see a series from the 90s/2000’s that has such a good female representation, although not the best, Zoids definitely gave their female characters room to breathe and develop to be badasses in their own right, Moonbay, Reese, Viola and Naomi were all pretty great examples of this.
But man, Fuzors, they had no redeeming female characters, each one as basically just a damsel in distress from my memory.
I love this series. It's great. I wish it had more episodes.
Naima Irfan out of curiosity what did you enjoy about it? I did think the series had potential but just feel like it fell flat in quite a number of ways for me.
Well i like characters personality, idea of fuzor zoids and story. Fights are also great. Graphics are not perfect but not bad. It could have been presented in a better way.
I really enjoyed the series sure was it perfect no but still not completely terrible but it's watchable RD was awesome and of course it had good old Liger Zero but that's just me I like what I like.
Also I saw all of Fuzors, it had as you say idea's, but it just didn't work.
The only cool thing about fuzors are the zoid designs. Averything is below average.
Im rewatching this season right now and yep, this season is the one I remember nothing from cause it didn't have anything memorable besides some of the fusions. Liger Zero Phoenix is the only one I remember tho. I find it funny how fusion is one thing that ruined a show cause Digimon did the same thing and it flopped in the West. They never dub the 2nd half of Digimon fusion which had a time skip with a different main character and the art style change .
The seimosaur feels like a death saurer 2
Not complaining csuse their both cool
But beserk seismo doesnt hold up for me....
The toys where sold way before the show was every thought of.
liz CrAcKeR that’s true, the toy line is much older than the Zoids anime series itself. That’s why you see some Zoids like the Liger Zero branded as being a republican Zoid even though it didn’t exist in the Chaotic century anime.
Great stories with actual meaning sells toys not the other way around. If you make a show to just sell toys then it is going to fail. What I liked about Chaotic Century other than the superb story and characters, was the mystery of the ancient zoidiants. Something about the concept of ancient and advanced is awe aspiring. What I also liked about Zoids was that it was rooted in hard science. In comparison to other mech shows Zoids was grounded in both a literal and figurative sense. The science and math checks out. Zoids may be gaint biomechanical lifeforms, and we see how they die and evolve, and live, but they also function under the laws of physics. Even the gravity cannon, one of the greatest weapons ever conceived functions under the laws of physics and the science and math behind the concept checks out. Unlike another mech show that Zoids was shaping to be a rival of, Gundam. Who constantly breaks the laws of physics at times with newtype powers.
Andres Marrero I couldn’t agree more with you. I also loved how grounded Zoids was in comparison to Gundam, although not probable, it felt a lot more possible and the whole history and mystery behind it definitely intrigued me a lot too.
Fire Phoenix
I think this phenomenon didn't just happen to ZOIDS series back in 2004-2008 period, but more. Lots of toy IP corporations just can't let go of the idea of selling under-15 toys and kept reusing those childish concept of fusion/add on/power up kit/paint job/and list of these shit goes on and on...at one point all fans grew tired and bored, nobody was interested in the same old toy promo tricks anymore.
I think that's the real failure :
Fanbase grow up and gain knowledge and maturity, you can't just keep targeting the kids market and don't give a shit about fans from the previous series.
I agree to an extent, I think you need to bring new life into a franchise to keep it alive, and catering towards what your target audience always was (in this case, children/potentially teens?) isn’t a bad thing, but at that same time, you shouldn’t isolate your dedicated audience that’s growing up.
I think Yugioh nailed this pretty well, so many people including myself grew up with Yugioh, and the anime started to grow up with us (ie 5Ds). Afterwords the anime went back to something a bit more child friendly, with some teen/adult undertones (and progressively got more mature again in late Arc-V / Vrains) but at that point, if grew up and still liked Yugioh, there was something for them in the TCG, which only gets better as you become an adult with how complex it gets and going to locals/regionals/YCS etc
Then Yugioh also has more ‘kid friendly’ or ‘casual friendly’ versions of its game, in Rush Duels and Duel Links, which people can eventually play and progress into the full game if they want
Essentially the anime and game has the opportunity to grow with its audience and continuously bring new fans in which is exactly what you want as an IP holder
I stopped watching I think 2 or 3 episodes in. I remember I was so excited for it after having rewatched the previous 2... I had 0 interest in this after I saw how bad it was.
So basically not worth watching. Got it. I’ve only ever watched Zoids Chaotic Century and Guardian Force and a smidge of New Century before it stopped airing. I’m about to watch NC fully soon though. Was wondering if any of the other series (Fuzors and Genesis) are worth looking into so checked this video out. Saw a bit of the Wild one on Netflix and noped out of that quick.
I’ve got a whole video covering Genesis if you’re interested 👀
It does contain spoilers though but the short answer is yes I’d recommend it.
Fuzors I really don’t think I could recommend. If you’re a diehard Zoids fan with a BIT of nostalgia for it like I had, then sure it was nice to see how the story actually finished as I only watched random episodes here and there I had on DVD as a kid, but as a newcomer, Fuzors just isn’t worth your time.
@@Viseak I’ll definitely check your other videos out! Spoilers aren’t an issue for me.
I also just started watching NC and while it’s not bad bad…. I’m so far not a big fan of it tbh. At least where the characters are concerned. Might just be spoiled by how great CC/GF is xD
@@Catenfur oh yeah I get you, the NC show and cast are more or less just fun, you won’t really find any deep character arcs there.
I’ve just got a heavy nostalgia towards CC/GF and NC so I love practically everything about them 😅
Dont forget zoidswild that also sucked zoids size was nerfed
I actually went out of my way back in the day to find the entire Zoids Fuzors series online and watch it from start to finish. It was painful, but I did it.
I couldn't finish the first episode of Zoids Wild. Whether that is because Wild is even worse than Fuzors or if I am simply less tolerant of cheap efforts to monetize my childhood memories and hobbies, I genuinely can't say. But Wild is considered a Shonen anime and feels like it.
Yeah honestly Fuzors truly did rub me the wrong way, and I can’t seem to get into Wild either.
Wild Zero on the other hand has been a lot better and I’m hoping it’ll get an English dub to broaden the fan base of it. It’s a lot more like Chaotic Century and feels like an actual anime rather than a gimmick show to sell toys.
The animation was poor, the story was sub-par, and the fusing gimmick overtook the show. The fusing mechanic felt very gimmicky and made the zoids feel more like toys showing off their gimmicks.
Greatsaiyakirby yeah Fuzors was really the show that felt most like a toy commercial, I mean technically every season was marketed to sell toys, but they never really felt like it especially Chaotic Century considering it had a manga to take inspiration from as well.
@@Viseak Exactly, like you say, Zoids is and always has been a toy commerical, but the show is doing something right if it can help you to forget that it's a toy commercial. Every time the Fuzors Zoids do the lengthy fusion sequence it FEELS like something straight out of a toy commercial. The episode grinds to a halt and you watch the Zoids fuse over multiple seconds.
Chaotic Century never paused the action to show off a Zoid's abilities, their weapons felt like practical and logical weapons for those Zoids to have, the Geno Saurer wasn't build around its CPC, it was a feature but it wasn't the SOLE gimmick of the Zoid, and it was 3-5 seconds tops whenever it used it (same with the Beserk Fury and Geno Breaker). The Blade Liger didn't take 20+ seconds busting out the Blades and it COULD fight without them, and used them in creative ways, like countering the Geno Saurer's CPC.
You COULD argue the Liger Zero's multiple Armour Modes were somewhat gimmicky and toy-like, but each had its own utility and the equipment sequent was fairly brief. It makes sense to have a flexible Zoid that can adapt to the situation. And ultimately it's the Base Liger Zero that beats the Beserk Fury, showing its main feature was not what defined it as a fighting machine.
I wouldn't be surprised if Fuzors had a smaller budget than Chaotic Century or New Century, that would explain the inferior CGI and extensive transformation sequences. Gotta fill that runtime somehow when your budget is cut from previous seasons.
genesis had its fair share of janky 3d model animation but fuzors is by far the worst by leaps and bounds
mynamesnotdan very true, every season of Zoids had its flaws but Fuzors just stood out like a sore thumb as the worst.
I liked Zoids Fuzors. While I thought the concept was cool and I actually liked the characters especially RD. I will admit the the execution was not that good not terrible but still not as good as it could've been.
Fuzors killed zoids and made a bad reputation of 3D zoids.
I saw Fuzors and I really hated it.
All Zoids series do use 3D models, they just hid it better in the og series.
Fuzors was made just for money.
0 love and effort went into it.
I actually pretend fuzors did not exist... there were only 3 zoids timelines for me chaotic century (and guardian force), New Century and Genesis. :). The way I see it Fuzors is like the build divers of gundam... and yes the animation was off.
Jan Daniel Ching I sure can’t blame you for that, I also try to block Fuzors out of my memory the best I can. The other seasons were so great I can’t help but cringe when I think of Fuzors.
I LOVE FUZORS!!!!!!!
@@junyama5179 good for you bro :)
Just stating it here and i know in a minority but ...... I LOVE FUZORS