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Hasbro Studios Rebrands to 'Allspark,' Promotes New Zoids Series

Hasbro Studios announced last Thursday that it has rebranded under the new name Allspark, and will promote a "brand-new" Zoids series at the MIPTV content trade show in France next week.

C21 Media's page for Allspark simply says "Zoids," but does not specify the series. Hasbro previously promoted a Zoids series last October with the tagline "Build Them to Life" without specifying whether it is representing a specific Zoids series or the entire franchise. As with the previous promotion, the image on the MIPTV page appears to show Wild Liger from the new Zoids Wild series.

The Zoids Wild anime premiered in Japan last July, and it is currently airing.

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.

Takara Tomy first announced Zoids Wild with a planned anime, manga, model kit line, and Switch game. The manga launched in Shogakukan's Coro Coro Comics magazine in April 2018. A Nintendo Switch game shipped in Japan on February 28.

Thanks to Angel Leonardo Silvio for the news tip.

Sources: Allspark website, TVKids.ws, C21 Media via Transformer World