Instant History

Anime digital archeology.

Lost: For media that is completely lost.
Partially Lost: These pieces of media have had over half their content found.
Found Media: Media that was once lost, but now found.
Partially Found: Media that's had up to half of its content found is listed here.

Anime to watch to fill in the Rookie Episode Fan badge on mal-badges; all animes with 100+ episodes.

List of longest anime series by total runtime (minutes). Movies, episodes and all other specials even if they are not listed on MAL included in the runtime. Movies and other specials are counted in the number of "episodes".

Last updated: 9th May 2024

Few series listed below that are not counted as a singular series when it comes to the purpose of this list but are often grouped together or seen together and whose length is worth mentioning:

1. World Masterpiece Theater (WMT)

1490 episodes
36968 minutes


https://myanimelist.net/stacks/26291
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/32408


Anime: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/32408
Manga: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/39346
Live: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/39525
All: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/39354

Collection of series and films where some footage or stills exist but the rest does not exist or is not known to exist anymore


Actually Lost: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47057
Actually Lost 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47061

Partly Lost: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47060

Not Available on the internet: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/29546
Not Available on the internet 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47062