The Zoids Official Fan Book EX
(ゾイドオフィシャルファンブック・エクストラ) series ('EX' standing for 'extra') was a set of
pamphlets included with
certain NJR and Blox Zoids, beginning with Gojulas Giga in 2002 and
ending with Brastle Tiger in 2004. Each pamphlet contained a factfile
and (usually) a short Battle Story segment focused on the Zoid whose
box it came
in. These Battle Story portions told of the war between the
newly-formed Neo Zenebas Empire and what remained of the Helic Republic
Army, concluding the NJR arc of the storyline. In fact, since there was
no longer a Battle Story section on the back of the model boxes at this
time, and the Official Fan Book series ended with the development of
the Gojulas Giga, these pamphlets were the only first-hand source for
this major segment of the Battle Story.
A handful of late NJR Zoids (Seismosaurus, Gairyuki, Liger Zero Phoenix
and Energy Liger) did not come with an Official Fan Book EX volume, but
contained similar factfiles and Battle Story segments within their
manuals. For the sake of convenience, this page also includes these
story segments.
The images used in these translations were provided by Green Gairyuki,
Momonga
and The Iron Bible.
Transcripts of the original text can be found here.