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I would like to know more about the anime called Mushiking. It is a 52-episode anime (according to Wikipedia) which I just can't find.

There are 1-2 segments on YouTube in Japanese, but that is the most that I could find.

Does anyone know what happened to this anime? Or where could I watch it?

Aki Tanaka
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Facsiga
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    not finding it on youtube wouldn't be too surprising since technically it is illegal to upload anime to youtube. according to [Anime News Network](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4834) there's no english information so quite possible that your looking for fan subs but they have the link to TV Tokyo's official site so you may get some info there – Memor-X Dec 05 '13 at 01:23
  • Could you clarify what exactly you're looking for? Nothing "happened" to it _per se_; it looks like it was just not very popular, seeing as it was basically just a marketing vehicle for a line of games. If you _really_ want to watch it, it looks like you can [buy the DVDs on Amazon Japan](http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0009OAW0A). – senshin Dec 05 '13 at 01:48

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Mushiking was pretty much a large advertisement for a game and didn't get a great following - That isn't to say that anime based on games can't be popular (see Pokémon & Yugioh) , but more often than not efforts to make a company's new product the new "thing" end in failure.

It didn't disappear, rather it faded away in time. A thing that happens to all media, unless it is significantly loved by consumers.

That being said, you can still find the DVDs in some places (Japanese):

Wow HD

Amazon Japan (Thanks @senshin)

Toshinou Kyouko
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