Zoids Wild Anime's Promo Video Highlights Arashi, Wild Liger

Takara Tomy began streaming a new promotional video for the Zoids Wild anime on Thursday. The video highlights protagonist Arashi and his partner Zoid, the Wild Liger.



Takara Tomy is also streaming a commercial for the Zoids Wild series toys.



The anime will premiere on July 7 and will air on MBS and TBS on Saturdays at 6:30 a.m.

The previously revealed cast includes:

• Kensho Ono as Arashi
  
• Takahiro Sakurai as Bacon
  
• Mikako Komatsu as Penne
  
• Etsuko Kozakura as Onigiri
  
• Subaru Kimura as Gyoza
  
• Kaito Ishikawa as Drake
  
• Ami Koshimizu as Sauce

Norihiko Sudo (Kenyū Densetsu Yaiba, ToHeart2, Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl) is directing the anime at Oriental Light and Magic. Mitsutaka Hirota (Sweetness & Lightning, The Prince of Tennis II, Anime-Gataris) is in charge of the series scripts. Yuki Matsuoka (Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, Beyblade: Metal Fury) is serving as sound director and Noriyuki Asakura (Knights of Sidonia, Rurouni Kenshin) is composing the music.

The Zoids Wild project also includes a new manga that launched in Shogakukan's Coro Coro Comic magazine on April 13, a new model kit line that will launch with the 3,000-yen (about $30) "ZW01 Wild Liger" and "ZW02 Gil Raptor" model kits in June, and a Nintendo Switch game. The Zoids Wild franchise will also have an exclusive smartphone app that can be used to take pictures or footage of Zoids model kits, edit them, and then upload them to social media sites and video sites.