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ZOIDS

Alternative titles:
Zoids Classic
ZOIDS: Chaotic Century
ZOIDS: Guardian Forces
ゾイド (Japanese)

Plot Summary:

Planet Zi, a world where warrior bio-machine lifeforms called Zoids live. They are controled by human pilots in a war with the Republic and the Guylos Empire. One day a boy named Van being cased by bandits hides in some old ruins, he finds two pods in a hidden room & opens one to find out its an odd dragon-like Zoid called an Organoid which he names Zeke. Zeke then ressurects an old dead blue Shield Liger Zoid for Van to pilot. When Van opens the 2nd pod a very mysterious girl named Fiona comes out of it. They go on the adventure to find more about her past & to find the Zoid Eve, they meet new friends & they get into some serious problems including the war which they try to stop.

Japanese Staff:

Director: Takao Kato
Original Creator: Michiro Ueyama
Animation Director: Makoto Uno
Executive Producers: Masakazu Kubo, Noriyuki Yoshida, Yoshihiko Marutani
Producers: Hiroshi Morotomi, Toshihiro Nakazawa
Theme Song Performance:
Dear (ED1)
Develop-Frame (ED2)
Earth (ED4)
Ramar (OP)
Transtic Nerve (ED3)

Japanese Companies

Animation: Xebec
Broadcaster: TBS
Original Concept: Tomy
Production: Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.

Japanese Cast:

Daisuke Kishio as Van
Makiko Ohmoto as Fiine
Mitsuki Saiga as Raven
Takuma Suzuki as Zeek
Gara Takashima as Luise
Houchu Ohtsuka as Prozen
Iemasa Kayumi as Kruger and Narration
Jin Horikawa as Rov Harman
Keiichi Sonobe as Doctor D
Keiji Fujiwara as Irvine
Kentarou Itou as Tohma
Kumiko Watanabe as Moonbay
Yuji Ueda as Carl Lichten Shubatlz
Akemi Okamura as Maria
Chiemi Chiba as Merrian
Daiki Nakamura as Rosso
Fumihiko Tachiki as Halford
Hidenari Ugaki as Officer
Hiroshi Tsuchida as Empire correspondence soldier, Republic Soldier, Soldier, Villager
Houchu Ohtsuka as Dark Kaiser
Katsunosuke Hori as Waguna
Kazuki Yao as Stinger
Kenyuu Horiuchi as Macman (ep 30)
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Dan Flyhart
Kyoko Tsuruno as Emperor Rudolph
Motoko Kumai as Nicol
Naoya Uchida as Shipasu
Noriko Hidaka as Ryss
Norio Wakamoto as Captain
Rica Fukami as Viola
Shinichiro Miki as Ralf
Takahiro Sakurai as Hiltz, Soldier
Tomohisa Asou as Master
Tomokazu Seki as Tsubaki (ep 41)
Wataru Takagi as Kaningamu (ep 36)
Yuuichi Nagashima as Guftaf Driver (ep 42)
Kenta Miyake

English Staff:

Translation: Kevin McKeown
Producer: Diana Gage
Assistant Engineer: Cam Desmond
Creative Consultants: Brian Chapman, Jackie Pittman, Jared Wade, Samantha Lomow, Suzanne Schneider, Tyrone Keyes
Dialogue Editing: Aaron MacDonald, Aaron Nordean, Bryan Rennie, Cisco McLaren, Jennifer Balabanov, Ryan Nowak
English Adaptation: Alex Kind, Ian Farthing, Kathleen Westlake
Post Production Supervisor: Keith A. Goddard
Production Coordination: Travis Fraser
Re-Recording Mixing: Roger Morris and Stephen Cheung
Recording Engineers: Brad Belden and Ryan Manning
Sound Re-recording Mixer: Kelly Frey and Mark Pinder
Talent Coordinator: Brieana Vass
Video Post-Production: Barbara Allen and Leland Miller
Voice Direction: James Corrigall

English Companies

Adaptation: The Ocean Group
Broadcaster: Cartoon Network
Distributor: Magna Pacific Home Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc. and Viz Media
Recording Studio: Blue Water Studios and The Ocean Group
Released by: Viz Media

English Cast:

Carol-Anne Day as Fiona
Matthew Erickson as Van
Robert Scott Henrickson as Raven
Dave Kelly as Prozen
Dave Pettitt as Dr. D, Rosso, Zeke
Jonathan Love as Schubaltz
Mariette Sluyter as Reice
Mark Gatha as Irvine
Meredith Taylor-Parry as Viola
Onalea Gilbertson as Moonbay
Ryan Luhning as Lieutenant Thomas Shubaltz
C. Adam Leigh as Lieutenant O'Connell
Colleen Blackmore as Alina
Jennifer Holder as Maria
Katie Rowan as Marienne, Rosa
Kurtis Sanheim as Captain Rob Herman
Scott Roberts as Hiltz
Stephen Holgate as Metlenick
Steve Olson as Colonel Krueger
Tom Edwards as Phantom
Victor Atelevich as Jaro (Blue Water dub)
Matt Embry

The above info comes from: ANIMENEWSNETWORK.com

Official Japanese Website: http://www.mbs.jp/zoids/