Zoids: New Century, or Zoids: New Century Slash Zero (ゾイド新世紀／ZERO（スラッシュゼロ） Zoido Shinseiki Surasshu Zero), is an anime television series created in 2001 by Shogakukan, Inc. It is the second Zoids series created, based on the range of mecha models produced by TOMY. The series has been dubbed and released in Western nations, originally simply under the title Zoids, before being later rebranded as Zoids: New Century by Viz, and was the first Zoids series to be dubbed in English.