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Zoids, Patlabor Get Crossover Manga
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Naoto Tsushima launched a manga crossover between the Zoids and Patlabor franchises titled Zoids x Patlabor -Code Name B.U.D.D.Y.- on IMAGICA Infos' Hero Comics website on Saturday. The manga centers on the Zoid Hunter Wolf, who is transported to the world of Patlabor and protects Tokyo alongside the new Ingram Mark III Labor.
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— ゾイド【公式】 (@zoids_official) August 30, 2025
ゾイド × パトレイバー
Code Name B.U.D.D.Y.
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ヒーローコミックスにて本日よりマンガ連載開始！… pic.twitter.com/tkpOWdHrvv
The first ZOIDS: Chaotic Century anime premiered in 1999. The franchise most recently teased a 25th anniversary project for the anime in July 2024.
Takara Tomy announced the Zoids Wild project in 2018 as the latest installment in its Zoids franchise. The project includes anime, manga, model kits, and two Nintendo Switch games.
GENCO revealed the Patlabor EZY anime project in 2017, with a booth at the MIFA film market at Annecy International Animation Film Festival. The pilot for the project aired in August 2022. The anime project will start in 2026.
The Patlabor franchise's original concept of police officers piloting robotic mecha (patrol labors or "Patlabors") was developed by HEADGEAR, a group consisting of director Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell, Sky Crawlers), script writer Kazunori Itō (.hack, Dirty Pair), mecha designer Yutaka Izubuchi (Eureka Seven, Mobile Suit Gundam franchise), character designer Akemi Takada (Kimagure Orange Road, Urusei Yatsura, Fancy Lala), and manga creator Masami Yuuki (Birdy the Mighty). The franchise spawned two original video anime, a television anime series, and three anime films. The last anime film, Patlabor WXIII, was released in theaters in Japan in 2002.
Sources: Hero Comics, Zoids franchise's X/Twitter account
