Editing Apocalypse Zero (section)

== Media ==

=== Manga ===
The ''Apocalypse Zero'' [[manga]] series was written and illustrated by [[Takayuki Yamaguchi (artist)|Takayuki Yamaguchi]]. It was originally serialized in the [[Akita Shoten]] magazine ''[[Weekly Shōnen Champion]]'' from 1994 to 1996. A total of 11 ''[[tankōbon]]'' (chapter collections) volumes were published by Akita Shoten.<ref>{{cite web | script-title=ja:覚悟のススメ 第1巻 | trans-title=Apocalypse Zero Volume 1 | url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?key=search&isbn=051561 | publisher=[[Akita Shoten]] | language=ja | access-date=2010-11-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324100740/http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?key=search&isbn=051561 | archive-date=2012-03-24 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:覚悟のススメ 第11巻 |trans-title=Apocalypse Zero Volume 11 |url=http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?key=search&isbn=051952 |publisher=[[Akita Shoten]] |language=ja |access-date=2010-11-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050316001701/http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?key=search&isbn=051952 |archive-date=2005-03-16 }}</ref> An English translation of the manga was published as a [[graphic novel]] in the US by [[Media Blasters]] beginning on January 19, 2005. The manga was sold [[shrink wrap]]ped, presumably due to the large amount of violence.<ref>{{cite web | date=November 24, 2004 | title=Level C Uncut but... | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-11-24/level-c-uncut-but | publisher=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=2010-11-08}}</ref> Only six of the original 11 volumes were translated and released, as Media Blasters chose to cease publication of the series in early 2007.<ref>{{cite book | title=Apocalypse Zero Vol. 1 (v. 1) | isbn=1586555758 | last1=Yamaguchi | first1=Takayuki | date=February 2005 | publisher=Media Blasters, Incorporated }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Apocalypse Zero Volume 2 (6) (v. 2) | isbn=1586556266 | last1=Yamaguchi | first1=Takayuki | date=April 2005 | publisher=Media Blasters }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Apocalypse Zero Volume 3 (6) (v. 3) | isbn=1586556908 | last1=Yamaguchi | first1=Takayuki | date=5 September 2005 | publisher=Media Blasters }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Apocalypse Zero Volume 4 (v. 4) | isbn=1586557289 | last1=Yamaguchi | first1=Takayuki | date=14 December 2005 | publisher=Media Blasters }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Apocalypse Zero Volume 5 (v. 5)  | isbn=1586557912 | last1=Yamaguchi | first1=Takayuki | date=15 March 2006 | publisher=Media Blasters }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Apocalypse Zero Volume 6 | isbn=1586558331 | last1=Yamaguchi | first1=Takayuki | date=14 July 2006 | publisher=Media Blasters, Incorporated }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | date=March 14, 2007 | title=Media Blasters pulls out of Seinen / Older Shounen Market | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-03-14/media-blasters-leaves-shounen-manga-market | publisher=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=2010-11-08}}</ref>

The manga was published in Italy by [[Dynit|Dynamic Italia]], flipping it in a left-to-right format.

From 2010 to 2014, Yamaguchi wrote ''Exoskull Zero'', a [[Reboot (fiction)|reboot]] of ''Apocalypse Zero'' featuring a similar protagonist in a slightly different plot. It was published in Akita Shoten's [[Champion Red]] magazine.

=== OVA ===
The ''Apocalypse Zero'' [[anime]] OVA was co-produced by [[JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment|Victor Entertainment]], [[Tomy]] and {{ill|Big West (advertising agency)|lt=Big West|ja|ビックウエスト}}, it was animated by [[Ashi Productions]] and directed by [[Toshiki Hirano]]. It was released in Japan in two volumes from October 23, 1996, to December 18, 1996, on VHS and Laserdisc. The OVA was planned to have ten episodes, but was canceled after the completion of the second episode. The reasons for the OVA's cancellation are currently unknown. The anime was released in Italy in 1999 on VHS, licensed by Dynamic Italia. The US license for ''Apocalypse Zero'' was acquired by Media Blasters who created a dubbed English language version of the anime translated by Takashi Sakudo and produced by [[Bang Zoom! Productions|Bang Zoom! Studios]]. The two VHS volumes were released from June 20 to August 22, 2000.<ref>{{cite book | title=Apocalypse Zero Battle 1 | isbn=1586550101 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Apocalypse Zero Battle 2 | website=Amazon | date=22 August 2000 | url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004TLMN/ | access-date=2010-11-08}}</ref> A DVD release containing both episodes was released on August 28, 2001.<ref>{{cite web | title=Apocalypse Zero – Battle 1–2 | website=Amazon | date=28 August 2001 | url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005KB6H/ | access-date=2010-11-08}}</ref>

A [[DVD region code|Region 2 DVD]] of the series with both episodes was released in Japan by [[Toshiba]] in 2003.

=== Video game ===
A video game based on ''Apocalypse Zero'' was released on the [[PlayStation]] on March 21, 1997, exclusively in Japan by [[Takara Tomy|Tomy]].<ref>{{cite web | script-title=ja:覚悟のススメ |trans-title=Kakugo no Susume | url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000069S2H/ | language=ja | access-date=2010-12-11}}</ref> The game is a standard 3D [[fighting game]] allowing the player to go head-to-head against the CPU or against another player. It features seven characters to choose from based on both the anime and manga, and animated cut scenes taken from the OVA.