New Century
The Blitz Team
Japanese Name	ゾイド新世紀／ゼロ
Name Translation	Zoido Shinseiki Surasshu Zero
Genre	Adventure, Mecha, Science Fiction, Shounen
Director	Makoto Mizobuchi
Studio	Shogakukan, Inc.
Network	Mainichi Broadcasting, Cartoon Network, GMA7
First Aired	2001-01-06
Last Aired	2001-06-30
Episodes	26

Zoids: New Century, also known as Zoids: ZERO, or Zoids: New Century / Zero (ゾイド新世紀／ゼロ Zoido Shinseiki Surasshu Zero), is an anime television series created by Makoto Mizobuchi in 2001 by Shogakukan, Inc. It is the third Zoids series created, based on the range of mecha models produced by TOMY. The series has been dubbed and released to the US (The UK, however, was shown the Zoids: Chaotic Century anime first, which is the correct order), and was the first Zoids series to be dubbed in English. The series has 26 episodes that run for an average of 25 minutes.

Series background

New Century is set in a timeline that has no real relation to the previous Zoids Anime series. In the New Century timeline, Zoids are primarily used in competitive Zoid battles run by the Zoid Battle Commission. The series focuses on the Blitz Team, in particular the actions of the Liger Zero and Bit Cloud.

Plot

The plot of New Century follows the actions of the Bit Cloud, starting with his employment as a member of the Blitz team. Each episode in the series highlights a battle that the Blitz team participate in. This is the core premise of the show, as exemplified by the DVD release, which has a special "battle" feature, allowing the viewer to just watch the fight in the episode. The Blitz team rise through the ranks, and clash against various opponents. Over the course of the series, the Blitz team is forced to fight in unsanctioned battles governed by the shadowy Backdraft Group, who ultimately become the primary antagonists of the series.

Characters

Main characters

For detailed information, see each character's respective pages on the table provided below

Other characters

The following is a list of characters who as of yet do not have a page

• Count: The supreme commander of the Backdraft. Little is known about him, aside from his role as the head of the Backdraft. English voice actor: Colin Murdock

Deleted Scenes

In the Western release of New Century, several scenes were removed from the show entirely. These scenes contain what were considered inappropriate material for the Western audience, and include:

• Episode 15: which featured Dr. Layon in a bar drinking alcohol.
• Episode 18: a scene where Judge is lifting weights, and then shown in the shower (This is the episode where one of Harry Champ's robots falls in love with a judge. In the English version, the judge was female, but the Japanese version has it as a male. Interestingly, Zoids Legacy left this judge as a "judgeman" like all the others.).
• Episode 22: Harry's (male) robots are shown rubbing each other with lotion at the beach while wearing female bathing suits.

Trivia

• The Magna Pacific DVD release of Zoids: New Century has a small "Easter egg"- by clicking on the small, white, left-hand trigger button at the menu screen, it is possible to view more Zoid and Pilot profiles than are normally available under the "Zoids Profiles" button.
• Despite having no explicit connection to any other Zoids series, Zoids: New Century has numerous shout outs to the previous Zoids series, particularly the events of Zoids: Guardian Force

Zoids

Zoids that are introduced for the first time in new century:

• Berserk Fury
• Demantis
• Elephander
• Hover Cargo
• Liger Zero
• Maccurtis
• Raynos
• Shadow Fox
• Spino Sapper
• Warshark
• Zabat

Episode listing

• 1. "Commence Battle - Attack Liger Zero"
• 2. "New Partners vs. Naomi the Red Comet"
• 3. "The Prince Arrives - Harry Champ"
• 4. "Unsanctioned Battle - The Mysterious Backdraft Group"
• 5. "High Speed Battle - Transforming into Zero Jager"
• 6. "The Dark Giant - The Invincible Elephander"
• 7. "The Desert Gang - The Hovercargo's in Danger"
• 8. "Invasion of the Fierce Tigers - Transform to Zero Schneider"
• 9. "The Princess Arrives - Mary Champ"
• 10. "Desert Tusk - Assault of the Warsharks"
• 11. "The Sensational Three - Rematch with Jack Cisco"
• 12. "Zero is Stolen - The Fiery Battle"
• 13. "The Brave Wild Eagle - The Raynos Vs The Zabat"
• 14. "Frightday the 13th"
• 15. "Laon Returns - Anti-gravity Catastrophe"
• 16. "The Red Rival - Leon Toros Returns"
• 17. "Warriors on Vacation - The Storm Sworders"
• 18. "Love on the Battlefield - My Love the Judge"
• 19. "The Third Conversion - Zero Panzer's Debut"
• 20. "The Shadow Fox - Brad's Betrayal"
• 21. "Harry's Disaster - Dr. Layon Traps Toros"
• 22. "The Dragon Under the Sea - In Search of the Ultimate X"
• 23. "The Dragon Awakens - The Berserk Fury Enters the Fray"
• 24. "The Tournament of Heroes - The Royal Cup"
• 25. "Survival - The Mystery of the Ultimate X"
• 26. "The Miracle of Zero - The Wind, The Cloud, and Adventure"

Theme songs

Opening

• "No Future" by Nanase Aikawa

"No Future" is the opening theme to Zoids: New Century. It is performed by Aikawa Nanase, and was released on maxi-single January 2001 (with Dearest: my friend as the b-side). The original release of the single comes with an additional paper front piece showing the characters from Zoids: Zero, though the case itself has a picture of Aikawa Nanase. The full instrumental version (which was used as the US ending theme, as the dub did not use the original intro) is available only on the /Zero soundtrack, which was a limited release in 2001 and came packaged in a dual-CD sized case despite being a single disc. This may have been to make room for the Liger Zero gashapon-style keychain that was included as a bonus.

Ending

• "Sasuraibito" by DASEIN
• "No Future (Instrumental)" by Nanase Aikawa (U.S. Ending)

Naming

New Century appears under many different names. The Japanese title is given as ゾイド新世紀／ゼロ or ゾイド新世紀スラッシュゼロ, literally "Zoids New Century/Zero" or "Zoids New Century Slash Zero" respectively. The English name likewise has different forms. On the Magna Pacific DVDs and the Viz Media Visual Novel, it is called "Zoids New Century". In Zoids Legacy, it is called "Zoids ZERO". On the Cartoon Network TV broadcasts and USA DVDs is it called "Zoids", with no additional titles.

This wiki predominantly uses "Zoids: New Century", as it features in the majority of English-language releases, while remaining unambiguous.