Lost anime media
Anime
List of anime that are either partially found/lost, or lost completely. Will not include found anime
At the moment, the info I have isn’t completed, but I’ll still keep this public in case you get interested in searching for these. Will keep updating soon. And if I made any mistakes on here, please let me know so I can fix it. Now then, have fun learning about old lost anime!
At the moment, the info I have isn’t completed, but I’ll still keep this public in case you get interested in searching for these. Will keep updating soon. And if I made any mistakes on here, please let me know so I can fix it. Now then, have fun learning about old lost anime!
Movie, 2007,
1 ep
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An incredibly popular piece of anime lost media. After it aired in theaters, it was never shown again. Only few bits can be found
TV, 2002,
26 eps
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A Japanese Korean sports anime. Only the first episode is available
TV, 1967,
26 eps
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Not to be confused with the 1992 anime Yadamon, which isn’t lost media at all. I can’t really tell if full episodes have been found or not, all that comes up when I look for it is the 1992 series and some merch
TV, 1969,
162 eps
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Completely lost. The opening was uploaded to YouTube at one point but is now completely taken down
ONA, 2011,
2 eps
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Was only available on an IOS app that has been taken down, only the first episode remains
TV, 1972,
13 eps
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Partially found, tapes of the show still exist with private collectors who recorded the episodes and several clips are available online
TV, 1970,
240 eps
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Only two stills remain, no info on this show in English
TV, 1973,
26 eps
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The film reels were sold off to pay debt after reruns finished for the 1979 version. Episodes still do survive but cannot be uploaded online. Right now, all that’s online is the opening, ending, and some other little things, plus, not every episode has been found, some with no audio, some with only pictures, and some with nothing surviving
TV, 1995,
39 eps
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Based off a 50s radio drama. Only the opening is available. I found some cels of the show online that I’m going to try to get my hands on soon
TV, 1965,
105 eps
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Completely lost, has an American remake with only a few episodes foubd
TV, 1980,
1306 eps
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Many versions of this, all being lost media. Only the opening survives
TV, 1978,
33 eps
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Only opening and ending available. Never released on home media due to copyright issues
TV Special, 1979,
1 ep
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Completely lost, only aired once and a few stills are available
TV, 1983,
51 eps
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Based off of an olympics mascot. Only three episodes have surfaced
TV, 1974,
26 eps
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Based off of a novel. Only one episode has ever surfaced, but is now deleted
TV, 1969,
78 eps
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Completely lost. Apparently a traffic safety short survives as two people had allegedly watch it years ago
TV, 1969,
65 eps
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Not to be confused with the 70s or more popular 90s version, this was a failed attempt at Moomin based off the Finnish comics of the same name. Had a lot of production issues and is wildly different from the comics, having more guns, death, drinking, that kinda stuff. Most of the show is available online, but some episodes are still lost
TV, 1974,
260 eps
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A low budget abime that only has some scattered episodes found
TV, 1996,
46 eps
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Based off of a manga by the creator of sazae san. Only the opening and small parts have surfaced
TV, 1970,
39 eps
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The earlier adaptation of Ijiwaru baasan, only clips have surfaced
TV, 1969,
? eps
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The longest anime of all time. Based off of a manga by Machiko Hasegawa. Something to note is that when a sazae san episode airs, it never airs again, and the creator has stated that no merch such as home media will be made to any of her works. Some earlier episodes are on Japanese prime video iirc and random episodes are on YouTube, but they get taken down quickly
TV, 1967,
21 eps
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One episode of this anime apparently was on vhs tape, but the owner refuses to upload it. Other than that, not much is online
TV, 1965,
52 eps
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An anime mixed with animated and live action segments. Only two episodes were uploaded but have since been taken down, leaving only the opening online
Movie, 1933,
1 ep
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Completely lost. Stills exist that are in somewhat good quality for an almost 100 year missing short
OVA, 2015,
7 eps
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The second episode is online, the first episode has nothing, and the rest of the series is lost. Heck, it’s unknown if the other episodes entered production
TV, 1996,
140 eps
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The first 26 episodes were online at some point but have since been taken down
TV, 1967,
156 eps
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To be honest idk what survives for this show. There seems to be a few scattered episodes. Highly recommend watch Kenny lauderdales video on old anime where he talks about this show more
TV, 1970,
100 eps
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Not much I could find on this show, found one clip when I looked up the Japanese name for it
TV, 1967,
54 eps
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The show seems to survive with dubbed episodes. Example: if a Japanese episode is the lost, a dub to it survives
TV, 1992,
26 eps
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Similar to Perlman, some dubbed episodes survive. Only 7 episodes are known to exist. Also fantastic name
TV, 1997,
60 eps
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Seems to have had a home video release in Japan, but no episodes are online
TV, 1974,
156 eps
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Three episodes of the Norwegian dub exist, for the rest, I don’t really know
TV, 1968,
26 eps
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According to a YouTube description of a clip from the show, only a few episodes survive online (I think?). I couldn’t find much on this show, not even in Japanese, but considering it has a dvd release, I’m not sure if it’s fully lost. Leaving it here until I get some confirmation
Movie, 1962,
1 ep
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Isao takahatas first ever credited role in an anime production. Completely lost, not much info available
Movie, 1917,
1 ep
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The first anime ever created (that actually has a release date), now completely lost