History KeepCirculatingTheTapes / AnimeAndManga

* While the original Japanese version of ''Anime/AkageNoAnne'' is extremely easy to find, the South African produced English dub was lost to the public for years (in fact, the videos on YouTube of said dub are region-locked if you live in the US and Canada).

* Some distributors in Latin America such as Creator/TelevixEntertainment and Creator/RoseEntertainment also have some of their dubs partially or almost completely lost (although they still retain their licenses, but have never given them a home release). It is practically impossible to see the complete dubs of series like ''Anime/MidnightHorrorSchool'' or ''Anime/FortuneQuestL'', since the only thing on the internet is clips and with the best luck in the world, between 2 or 4 full episodes. In question of Rose Entertainment, the company also claims to have the rights of the three first seasons of ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' dubbed in Brazilian Portuguese, however since its airing in the country through Rede Bandeirantes in 2002, [[ScrewedByTheNetwork who lacked interest in broadcast more than the first season and didn't do a single effort on promoting the show]], the anime never ever aired again in the country, being it TV, home video or streaming.

* Some distributors in Latin America such as Creator/TelevixEntertainment and Creator/RoseEntertainment also have some of their dubs partially or almost completely lost (although they still retain their licenses, but have never given them a home release). It is practically impossible to see the complete dubs of series like ''Anime/MidnightHorrorSchool'' or ''Anime/FortuneQuestL'', since the only thing on the internet is clips and with the best luck in the world, between 2 or 4 full episodes. In question of Rose Entertainment, the company also claims to have the rights of the three first seasons of ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' dubbed in Brazilian Portuguese, however since its airing in the country through Rede Bandeirantes in 2002, [[ScrewedByTheNetwork who lacked interest in broadcast more than the first season and didn't do a single effort on promoting the show]], the anime never ever aired again through TV, home video or streaming in the country even again.

* Some distributors in Latin America such as Creator/TelevixEntertainment and Creator/RoseEntertainment also have some of their dubs partially or almost completely lost (although they still retain their licenses, but have never given them a home release). It is practically impossible to see the complete dubs of series like ''Anime/MidnightHorrorSchool'' or ''Anime/FortuneQuestL'', since the only thing on the internet is clips and with the best luck in the world, between 2 or 4 full episodes.

* ''Kyutai Panic Adventure'' was a series of anime specials that Fuji TV produced for their annual "Odaiba Adventure King" expos back in the mid-noughties (the first two are the best-known among Western anime fans, since they entail {{Crossover}}s between ''Anime/OnePiece'' and ''Anime/DragonBallZ''). They've never seen the light of day on home release, because they were specially engineered for Fuji TV's observatory sphere, [[RogerRabbitEffect Roger-rabbiting]] the characters onto a ''five''-screen panorama.

** An English dub of ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody'' called [[http://lostmedia.wikia.com/wiki/My_Melody%27s_Magical_Adventure_%28Mid-2000%27s_Cartoon_Network_Dub%29 "My Melody's Magical Adventure" actually exists.]] [[NoExportForYou But unless you live in Asia]], you have to be lucky to find at least one episode of the dub. A clip of the dub was released on Website/YouTube [[MissingEpisode but is currently removed.]] As a result, footage of the English Dub is [[MissingEpisode extremely hard to find online.]] The Portuguese and Tagalog dubs aren't easy to find either.
** The 2007 anime ''Sugarbunnies'' starring the titular rabbit groups. The series spawned two follow ups between 2008 (Sugarbunnies: Chocolate!) and 2009 (Sugarbunnies: Fleur). While the three never made it to the West, the series was able to air in Europe with different dubs (notably in Italy, where the [[AlternativeForeignThemeSong anime gained a new theme song and credits]] sung by Music/CristinaDAvena). However, [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes clips and full episodes of these dubs are extremely difficult to find online.]] The original Japanese versions of the first two seasons are on Youtube.

* While uploads of the series persist online, the ''Anime/FireEmblem'' OVAs are nowadays extremely difficult to get physical copies of. It was only ever released on VHS, and in Japan, the Laserdisc, having never been rereleased in either another home media format or is being streamed anywhere, muddied even further by both KSS and Studio Fantasia going bankrupt years later. The English Dub is just as rare, as the ''Fire Emblem'' series was still obscure outside Japan at the time, combined with ADV Films ceasing operations in 2009.

*** ''Anime/{{Hamtaro}}'' (there were compilation DVDs and VHS tapes but those are long gone).

* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'':
** For a long time, if you wanted any of the franchise on DVD, then you may have had to fork over a chunk of change. 4Kids' (former) main home video distributor, Creator/{{FUNimation}} Entertainment, got into a dispute with 4Kids, and after that, 4Kids' shows generally didn't come to any home video format for many years. Yu-Gi-Oh! reached DVD via Creator/{{FUNimation}} up to Season 3, but after that, no [=DVD=]s ever saw the light of day, and the [=DVD=]s that DID come out went for a lot of money since they were discontinued for years especially the box sets). GX and 5Ds were pretty much nonexistent on home video as well. There were briefly uncut [=DVD=] releases of the original series, containing a then-new uncut dub with the original music intact, and an option to watch with Japanese audio and English subtitles on the [=DVDs=], but only three volumes were released before Yu-Gi-Oh! DVD releases came to an end.
** When 4Kids went kaput and the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise rescued by Konami, Cinedigm got the license to release the series on DVD. All of the original series is out, and releases for GX, 5Ds, and Zexal are currently in progress. They also put out the "Bonds Beyond Time" on ''billingual'' DVD ''and Blu-ray'' (using Manga UK's subtitles). Unfortunately, there's still no word on a subtitled release for the main series. Fortunately, you can now also watch the entirety of the original ''Anime/YuGiOh'' for free on [[http://www.hulu.com/yu-gi-oh on Hulu]] and [[http://www.yugioh.com/episodes the official Yu-Gi-Oh! website]], and both sub and dub of GX and 5D's are now available on Crunchyroll, as well as the dub and 80+ episodes of the sub of the original series.

* No anime series in the ''Anime/CuteyHoney'' franchise has been dubbed and/or released overseas save for the original 1973 anime and ''New Cutey Honey''.

** ''Anime/Pokemon4Ever'', ''Pokémon Heroes'', ''Jirachi: Wish Maker'' and ''Anime/PokemonDestinyDeoxys'' are hard to find digitally due to Creator/{{Paramount}} acquiring 49 percent of Creator/{{Miramax}} (and the worldwide distribution rights) in 2019. The Pokémon Company tried re-releasing ''Anime/Pokemon4Ever'', but that was stopped due to the rights still being under Miramax. The Spanish dub of ''Anime/PokemonDestinyDeoxys'' popped up on Creator/PlutoTV in 2021, and that's it.