History MissingEpisode / AnimeAndManga

* A borderline case exists with the manga ''Manga/KuniGaMoeru''. The manga, which chronicled a Japanese family in Manchuria from the late Taisho era on through the end of World War Two, included a chapter dealing with the NankingMassacre. A group of... [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment concerned citizens?]] complained that the reference photos that the artist used for depictions of the incident were inaccurate and in their opinion forgeries. This same group further... um... [[PoliticallyCorrectHistory disputes the historical accounts of the Massacre]]... and so put pressure on Shueisha, the publisher, to suspend the manga (it was later reinstated and allowed to finish) and remove the offending 21 pages from all but the original serial magazine run. If you can't find a original copy of the issue of ''Young Jump'' the uncensored version ran in or find the few pages posted on the net here or there, it is pretty much a lost episode.

** In Poland, three episodes were skipped: 45 and 46 were skipped because Polsat (the station that aired Sailor Moon in Poland) got the package that excluded these episodes, and 133 was skipped to avoid possible offense to Catholics.

** The Creator/DiCEntertainment dub threw out six episodes entirely: 2, 5, 6, 20, 42, and 67. Most of these were not seen (legally) in the US until the uncensored, subtitled [[Creator/ADVFilms ADV]] release. Even that did not include episode 67, from the ''R'' season (a BeachEpisode with no relation to anything else in the show, featuring unexplained plesiosaur-like animals in the modern day). It was claimed by an ADV representative that Creator/NaokoTakeuchi despised that episode (as did the director), and that Toei refused to license it, although the episode showed up in other countries' adaptations. (Referenced in [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/SMMiniMangas/SMARTEnglishDubEpisode64Omitted01.html this fanart here]].) Later, it was clarified that ADV had obtained its masters from [=DiC=], whose materials lacked the episode. It wasn't seen legally in the US until 2015 when it was included in Viz's simulcast of the original anime, and later in their dub.

** [=DiC=] supposedly skipped over Episodes 2 because of a scene with Umino lifting up the teacher's skirt (made fun of in this fanart [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/ArtworkJAFanarts/SMARTEnglishDubOmitted2ndEpisodea.jpg here]]), a scene of possessed students throwing rocks into the school building, and themes involving fortune telling. Episode 5 was supposedly skipped because of a scene with Shingo kicking Luna (referenced in thie fanart ([[http://www.sailorenergy.net/ArtworkJAFanarts/SMARTEnglishDubOmitted5thEpisode.jpg here]]), and Episode 6 was possibly skipped because of a sequence where Usagi disguises herself as an "adult" (a skimpy outfit with an exposed midriff) in order to infiltrate an adults-only jazz club. However, other than one or two scenes with easily-editable objectionable content, these were most likely skipped due to [=DiC=] wanting to burn through "solo Sailor Moon" episodes as quickly as possible. Episodes 20 and 67 were both beach filler episodes and skipped because they contributed nothing to the plot. Episode 42 on the other hand was a flashback episode that revealed Minako/Sailor Venus's past, and was likely skipped because it gave the rest of the Sailor Scouts little-to-no screentime, even if it was still an important episode to Venus' character development.

** [=DiC=] supposedly skipped over Episode 6 because of a sequence where Usagi disguises herself as an "adult" (a skimpy outfit with an exposed midriff) in order to infiltrate an adults-only jazz club. Episodes 2 and 5 were also skipped (made fun of in these fanarts [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/ArtworkJAFanarts/SMARTEnglishDubOmitted2ndEpisodea.jpg here]] and [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/ArtworkJAFanarts/SMARTEnglishDubOmitted5thEpisode.jpg here]]), but, other than one or two scenes with easily-editable objectionable content, they were most likely skipped due to [=DiC=] wanting to burn through "solo Sailor Moon" episodes as quickly as possible. Episodes 20 and 67 were both beach filler episodes and skipped because they contributed nothing to the plot. Episode 42 on the other hand was a flashback episode that revealed Minako/Sailor Venus's past, and was likely skipped because it gave the rest of the Sailor Scouts little-to-no screentime, even if it was still an important episode to Venus' character development.

* The Creator/DiCEntertainment dub of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' threw out six episodes entirely: 2, 5, 6, 20, 42, and 67. Most of these were not seen (legally) in the US until the uncensored, subtitled [[Creator/ADVFilms ADV]] release. Even that did not include episode 67, from the ''R'' season (a BeachEpisode with no relation to anything else in the show, featuring unexplained plesiosaur-like animals in the modern day). It was claimed by an ADV representative that Creator/NaokoTakeuchi despised that episode (as did the director), and that Toei refused to license it, although the episode showed up in other countries' adaptations. (Referenced in [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/SMMiniMangas/SMARTEnglishDubEpisode64Omitted01.html this fanart here]].) Later, it was clarified that ADV had obtained its masters from [=DiC=], whose materials lacked the episode. It wasn't seen legally in the US until 2015 when it was included in Viz's simulcast of the original anime, and later in their dub.

** Until 2015, ''Sailor Stars'' had never been shown in the US, due to licensing for Sailor Moon being revoked outside of Japan before Cloverway/Pioneer could get to them. As above, this changed with Viz's acquisition of the series.

** [=DiC=] supposedly skipped over Episode 6 because of a sequence where Usagi disguises herself as an "adult" (a skimpy outfit with an exposed midriff) in order to infiltrate an adults-only jazz club. Episodes 2 and 5 were also skipped (made fun of in these fanarts [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/ArtworkJAFanarts/SMARTEnglishDubOmitted2ndEpisodea.jpg here]] and [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/ArtworkJAFanarts/SMARTEnglishDubOmitted5thEpisode.jpg here]]), but, other than one or two scenes with easily-editable objectionable content, they were most likely skipped due to [=DiC=] wanting to burn through "solo Sailor Moon" episodes as quickly as possible. Episodes 20 and 67 were both beach filler episodes and skipped because they contributed nothing to the plot. Episode 42 on the other hand was a flashback episode that revealed Minako/Sailor Venus's past, and was likely deleted because it gave the rest of the Sailor Scouts little-to-no screentime, even if it was still an important episode to Venus' character development.

** [=DiC=] supposedly skipped over Episode 6 because of a sequence where Usagi disguises herself as an "adult" (a skimpy outfit with an exposed midriff) in order to infiltrate an adults-only jazz club. Episodes 2 and 5 were also skipped (made fun of in these fanarts [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/ArtworkJAFanarts/SMARTEnglishDubOmitted2ndEpisodea.jpg here]] and [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/ArtworkJAFanarts/SMARTEnglishDubOmitted5thEpisode.jpg here]]), but, other than one or two scenes with easily-editable objectionable content, they were most likely skipped due to [=DiC=] wanting to burn through "solo Sailor Moon" episodes as quickly as possible. Episodes 20 and 67 were both beach filler episodes and skipped because they contributed nothing to the plot. Episode 42 on the other hand was a flashback episode that revealed Minako/Sailor Venus's past, and was likely deleted because it gave the rest of the Sailor Scouts little-to-no screentime, even if it was still important episode to Venus' character development.
** Episodes 119 and 152 (from the ''S'' and ''[=SuperS=]'' seasons respectively) were initially skipped by Cartoon Network and Toonami because the monsters-of-the-day were too revealing, and they had to be sent back to Cloverway for further digital paint editing. Because production and broadcast was so rushed, they had no choice but to skip them during the first run. Both were eventually aired in reruns. Episode 119 happens to be a very important episode, since it was Hotaru's debut as Sailor Saturn, and skipping it created glaring plot holes.

* The Creator/DiCEntertainment dub of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' threw out several episodes entirely. These were not seen (legally) in the US until the uncensored, subtitled [[Creator/ADVFilms ADV]] release. Even that did not include ''Sailor Moon R'' episode 67 (a BeachEpisode with no relation to anything else in the show, featuring unexplained plesiosaur-like animals in the modern day). It was claimed by an ADV representative that Creator/NaokoTakeuchi despised that episode (as did the director), and that Toei refused to license it, although the episode showed up in other countries' adaptations. (Referenced in [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/SMMiniMangas/SMARTEnglishDubEpisode64Omitted01.html this fanart here]].) Later, it was clarified that ADV had obtained its masters from [=DiC=], whose materials lacked the episode. It wasn't seen legally in the US until 2015 when it was included in Viz's simulcast of the original anime.
** [=DiC=] skipped over Episode 6 because of a sequence where Usagi disguises herself as an "adult" (a skimpy outfit with an exposed midriff) in order to infiltrate an adults-only jazz club. Episodes 2 and 5 were also skipped (made fun of in these fanarts [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/ArtworkJAFanarts/SMARTEnglishDubOmitted2ndEpisodea.jpg here]] and [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/ArtworkJAFanarts/SMARTEnglishDubOmitted5thEpisode.jpg here]]), but, other than one or two scenes with easily-editable objectionable content, they were most likely skipped due to [=DiC=] wanting to burn through "solo Sailor Moon" episodes as quickly as possible.

* The third episode of Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket, "To Be or Nazi Be",[[note]]"Hitler's Legacy"[[/note]] was not broadcast by Creator/AdultSwim (even though the next-ep preview at the end of episode 2 still mentioned it), and had its release delayed until the fifth DVD volume, due to adventures and humor involving ThoseWackyNazis. This made preexisting ''Lupin III'' fans '''extremely''' unhappy, and may have contributed to the show's poor performance in America, thus becoming a small-scale FranchiseKiller (nothing was licensed for a few more years afterwards, and those new licenses that have come up afterwards were sporadic and typically picked up by a smaller company called Creator/DiscotekMedia).

* When [[Anime/OjamajoDoremi Magical DoReMi]] was brought to the United States, episode 30 was skipped because it had religious references and kids walking around unsupervised in a graveyard.

** Another hard to find thing about Sazae-san is a RunningGag that appeared at the end of each episode from 1969 to 1991, in which Sazae would toss a bean or rice cake in the air and would catch it in her mouth at the end of each show, which was often imitated by viewers. In 1990, a child choked to death doing this, and just like the Hawaii Five-0 episode "Bored She Hung Herself" [[note]]which was also banned when someone in RealLife tried to imitate the stunt shown on TV, though ''Hawaii Five-O'''s didn't involve eating tossed food[[/note]], it vanished off the face of the earth, and was replaced with a rock-paper-scissors game between Sazae and the viewers at home.

* Episodes 16A and 47A of the 1967 anime of ''Perman'' are missing. In addition, episodes 4A, 17A, 39A, and 45B only exists in picture with no audio.
* Out of the 43 episodes produced for ''Animated Travels: Marco Polo's Adventures'', episodes 1 and 43 survive. The other 41 episodes were wiped by NHK.

* A borderline case exists with the manga ''Manga/KuniGaMoeru''. The manga, which chronicled a Japanese family in Manchuria from the late Taisho era on through the end of World War Two, included a chapter dealing with the NankingMassacre. A group of... [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement concerned citizens?]] complained that the reference photos that the artist used for depictions of the incident were inaccurate and in their opinion forgeries. This same group further... um... [[PoliticallyCorrectHistory disputes the historical accounts of the Massacre]]... and so put pressure on Shueisha, the publisher, to suspend the manga (it was later reinstated and allowed to finish) and remove the offending 21 pages from all but the original serial magazine run. If you can't find a original copy of the issue of ''Young Jump'' the uncensored version ran in or find the few pages posted on the net here or there, it is pretty much a lost episode.

** The American dubs of the 2005 anime and the manga are selected episodes, see here, [[http://doraemon.wikia.com/wiki/Doraemon_in_North_America]] that focus more on action/adventure rather than [[AnAesop life lessons]] and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming moments.]] Unless the [[Creator/BangZoomEntertainment dubbing company]] changes their mind, there will be many lost episodes for the U.S., the dub for which ended after 52 episodes.

* In the original run of the edited version of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', two episodes were pulled. One was early on; a young Gohan gets lost in a cave during his wilderness training and encounters a grouchy robot, who ends up becoming fond of him and [[spoiler:sacrifices his life to save Gohan]]. The reasons for pulling this episode are unknown. The other occurred on Toonami, after Frieza impales Krillin on his horns; in the first half of the episode, Frieza continually tortures him until he's lost nearly all the blood in his body.
** More material was cut out of the edited version of the first two seasons. At that moment, ''fifteen'' episodes' worth of material were edited out, including most of the first episode and Tenshinhan's Z-era introduction to name a few. In addition to that, an episode created for the edited broadcast (Episode 10: "Escape From Piccolo") was skipped over in '96 due to objectionable content and only reinstated on the home release and on television in '98 after making the jump from syndication to Cartoon Network.

** "The Legend Of Dratini" was banned from the beginning because of a metric fuckton of gun play, including two characters getting guns to their heads and one character shooting off about [[BottomlessMagazines a hundred rounds]] at Team Rocket from two revolvers to interrupt their motto. Another reason may have been because of Meowth donning a [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]]-esque mustache for one scene. Extra fun when in later episodes, Ash suddenly has 30 Tauros we never saw him catch, because he caught them here. Also could have been trouble since this is where the gang gets to the Safari Zone they had been searching for for a couple of episodes, but luckily the previous episode just happened to feature a nature preserve that just happened to be right next door to the Safari Zone which is also supposed to be a nature preserve. It was pretty easy to edit dialogue to make ''that'' episode the Safari Zone and actually make things more logical than they were before. This episode has never been available for legal viewing in the US or any country that used the [=4Kids=] adaptation as basis. Further, more detailed reasons are {{discussed}} by [[http://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/comparisons/kanto/ep035.html Dogasu's Backpack.]]
** "Electric Soldier Porygon", the infamous episode that gave viewers epileptic seizures. It was only aired once in Japan, where the strobe effect employed caused seizures in some Japanese kids. And then a whole lot more Japanese people got sick when the news reported on it by ''[[WhatAnIdiot showing the clip that was giving people seizures!]]'' This wasn't the only episode where the effect was employed, but while the previous episodes had the strobe effect removed, this episode was simply pulled. The episode can be found on Website/YouTube, where it can (reputedly) be watched safely due to the lower frame rate. In fact, anime had been like this for years and it wasn't until the Porygon episode that this kind of thing stopped.

** Similar to the ''Black Jack'' example above, the ''Advanced'' episode "Shaking Island Battle!" was scheduled to air in November 2004 in Japan but never did, as the plot dealt with Whiscash causing earthquakes in an island. A month before its scheduled broadcast, a real earthquake struck Japan's Niigata Prefecture, and after initially postponing the episode, the producers decided to drop the episode entirely. The only trace of its existence is the preview for the episode made before the quake.

* The 2007 film adaptation of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood'' could only be watched during its brief theatrical run in Japan. The film's theatrical release was cut short due to negative reactions from fans and Creator/HirohikoAraki himself, and any chances of it being released on home video were shattered after A.P.P.P. got themselves into hot water due to a scene of Dio reading the Quar'an in the ''Stardust Cruaders'' OVA. However, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOUDdJRvn2Q a university student was able to get a hold of the first 16 minutes of the film]] from an art professor who had connections to the studio, and it is the only way to watch the film. However, there is no voice acting, and most of it is in animatic form. However, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB66laScBPU the trailer for the film]] is still viewable and features fully animated clips with voice acting.

*** This episode actually aired, but was never released. The dubbed version cut out the biting scenes, and had the witch use her magic to make the princess switch ages with her.

* Episode 33 of ''Oyako Club'' was unaired for unknown reasons.

* The 2007 film adaptation of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood'' could only be watched during its brief theatrical run in Japan. The film's theatrical release was cut short due to negative reactions from fans and Creator/HirohikoAraki himself, and any chances of it being released on home video were shattered after A.P.P.P. got themselves into hot water due to a scene of Dio reading the Quar'an in the ''Stardust Cruaders'' OVA. However, a university student was able to get a hold of the first 15-minutes of the film from an art professor who had connections to the studio and it is the only way to watch the film. However there is no voice acting, and most of it is in animatic form. Though the trailer for the film is still viewable and features fully animated clips with voice acting.

* When Series 1 and 2 of ''Manga/NintamaRantarou'' were released on DVD box sets by [=NBCUniversal=] Entertainment Japan in 2004 and 2005, episodes 26, 28, 56, 73-75, and 98-100 were not included. Apparently, this was due to NHK losing the masters to them.
** Though, the entire Series 1 can be found online, episodes 26 and 28 are only available in Chinese. But the second half of the latter was included as additional material on the DVD box sets. Series 2 is only lacking episodes 85-99.

* The Creator/DiCEntertainment dub of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' threw out several episodes entirely. These were not seen (legally) in the US until the uncensored, subtitled [[Creator/ADVFilms ADV]] release. Even that did not include ''Sailor Moon R'' episode 67, a BeachEpisode with no relation to the rest of the plot ''or'' the setting of the show; it has Chibi-Usa befriending a baby dinosaur on an island off the coast of (then) current-day Japan. It was claimed by an ADV representative that Creator/NaokoTakeuchi despised that episode (as did the director), and that Toei refused to license it, although the episode showed up in other countries' adaptations. (This is acceptably {{Parodied}} in [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/SMMiniMangas/SMARTEnglishDubEpisode64Omitted01.html this fanart here]].) Later, it was clarified that ADV had obtained its masters from [=DiC=], whose materials lacked the episode. It wasn't seen legally in the US until 2015 when it was included in Viz's simulcast of the original anime.

* The HotSpringsEpisode of ''Manga/OutlawStar'' was dropped from the dub on Cartoon Network, since it'd take too long and cost too much money to digitally cover the sheer number of naked breasts and crotch on the female characters and tone down some of the sexually suggestive lines. There does exist an edited version for pre-watershed screening, but due to the adult content of the episode, the edit has a vastly shorter run time. The episode ''was'' shown, although with some apparent cuts, on the short-lived CNX Channel in the UK and is available on DVD uncut and uncensored.

* The Creator/DiCEntertainment dub of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' threw out several episodes entirely. These were not seen (legally) in the US until the uncensored, subtitled [[Creator/ADVFilms ADV]] release. Even that did not include ''Sailor Moon R'' episode 67, a BeachEpisode with no relation to the rest of the plot ''or'' the setting of the show; it has Chibi-Usa befriending a baby dinosaur on an island off the coast of (then) current-day Japan. It was claimed by an ADV representative that Creator/NaokoTakeuchi despised that episode (as did the director), and that Toei refused to license it, although the episode showed up in other countries' adaptations. (This is acceptably {{Parodied}} in [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/SMMiniMangas/SMARTEnglishDubEpisode64Omitted01.html this fanart here]].) Later, it was clarified that ADV had obtained its masters from Creator/DiC, whose materials lacked the episode. It wasn't seen legally in the US until 2015 when it was included in Viz's simulcast of the original anime.
** [=DiC=] skipped over Episode 6 because of a sequence where Usagi disguises herself as an "adult" (a skimpy outfit with an exposed midriff) in order to infiltrate an adults-only jazz club. Episodes 2 and 5 were also skipped (made fun of in these fanarts [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/ArtworkJAFanarts/SMARTEnglishDubOmitted2ndEpisodea.jpg here]] and [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/ArtworkJAFanarts/SMARTEnglishDubOmitted5thEpisode.jpg here]]), but, other than one or two scenes with easily-editable objectionable content, they were most likely skipped due to DiC wanting to burn through "solo Sailor Moon" episodes as quickly as possible.
** Episode 89 was skipped in several countries, but oddly not in the Creator/DiC dub. That and the fact that it was a clip show led many fans to think it was made by DiC, even though it was part of the Japanese run.

* The ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' dub skipped about a dozen episodes, jumping from Yusei's duel with Placido straight to the setup for the duel with Team Ragnarok and skipping over the Crimson Devil arc as well as the duel with Team Taiyo. This was followed up by 4Kids cutting the rest of the series after the duel with Aporia, meaning that the whole storyline with the Arc Cradle was cut alongside finding out who ZONE really was, and the final duel between Yusei and Jack was also removed due to this.

* Nippon's "Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics" did have dubs for all of the episodes, but many were unaired in the U.S., or were pulled from reairing:

* The DiC dub of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' threw out several episodes entirely. These were not seen (legally) in the US until the uncensored, subtitled [[Creator/ADVFilms ADV]] release. Even that did not include ''Sailor Moon R'' episode 67, a BeachEpisode with no relation to the rest of the plot ''or'' the setting of the show; it has Chibi-Usa befriending a baby dinosaur on an island off the coast of (then) current-day Japan. It was claimed by an ADV representative that Creator/NaokoTakeuchi despised that episode (as did the director), and that Toei refused to license it, although the episode showed up in other countries' adaptations. (This is acceptably {{Parodied}} in [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/SMMiniMangas/SMARTEnglishDubEpisode64Omitted01.html this fanart here]].) Later, it was clarified that ADV had obtained its masters from Creator/DiC, whose materials lacked the episode. It wasn't seen legally in the US until 2015 when it was included in Viz's simulcast of the original anime.
** DiC skipped over Episode 6 because of a sequence where Usagi disguises herself as an "adult" (a skimpy outfit with an exposed midriff) in order to infiltrate an adults-only jazz club. Episodes 2 and 5 were also skipped (made fun of in these fanarts [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/ArtworkJAFanarts/SMARTEnglishDubOmitted2ndEpisodea.jpg here]] and [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/ArtworkJAFanarts/SMARTEnglishDubOmitted5thEpisode.jpg here]]), but, other than one or two scenes with easily-editable objectionable content, they were most likely skipped due to DiC wanting to burn through "solo Sailor Moon" episodes as quickly as possible.

* The original 4Kids dub of ''Franchise/OnePiece'' skipped a number of episodes (read: nearly ''forty'') during its run on Cartoon Network. Part of this was accomplished by cutting slower-paced episodes together, but much of it was due to ''skipping entire story arcs'' to introduce "marketable" characters more quickly, leading to some truly gargantuan [[DubInducedPlotHole plot holes.]] The episodes stopped being "missing" in the US after Toei handed the series to Creator/{{FUNimation}}, who promptly got to work on making an uncut release.