Fuzors was the third Zoids anime series, appearing after Chaotic Century/Guardian Force and New Century /Zero. There was a three-year gap between them, however, which built up fan expectations and theory a bit too far. Between people's preconceptions and a different (and lower-budget) animation studio, Fuzors never did very well on either shore. After a slow start in a too-late-for-target-market timeslot, it was canceled thirteen episodes in before the plot really got going. Pacing has never been the Zoids anime's strong point, shall we say.
The entire English version—the series seems to have been created with America and the Hasbro line in mind first—would eventually air in Australia and New Zealand, and a Japanese version followed suit, fixing a few of the animation feckups and completely redoing episode 2 to be more nonsensical plotwise but much more action-packed. The damage was still done, Fuzors having become hated among the English-speaking fandom and mostly ignored in Japan. Tellingly, the English version ends with a narration hinting at further adventures, and the later-produced Japanese version has no such thing.
I am of the opinion none of the Zoids shows would have done very well with such a treatment, and since I rather like Fuzors, I figured a site for it was in order to showcase what it did do right and why I like it. I started this section and let it sit far, far too long...about time I get going. There will be summaries, oh yes, and eventually clips and such shiny things from the Aussie DVD release. Donations to fund buying the horribly expensive Japanese discs are welcome ;p.
