Lost Media and Known Edits

Despite best efforts from Keshiheads all around the world, there are still a small number of original episodes (or parts of episodes) yet to appear in full. The majority of missing episodes are special episodes that aired during holidays. Here is a list of what's currently missing and what's been cut in recent years.
==Lost Media==
=== Current list of missing (and part-found) original episodes===
Completely lost - Other than the international dubs or via the "Fighting Spirit Award" winners on the official DVD, no known footage has been surfaced.
Title 	Runtime 	Notes 	International Dub Available?
Episode 7 	54 minutes	Episode cut from TBS Channel 2 repeats due to copyright reasons 	Yes
Episode 44 	54 minutes	Episode cut from TBS Channel 2 repeats due to copyright reasons 	Yes
Episode 70 	54 minutes	Episode cut from TBS Channel 2 repeats due to copyright reasons 	Yes
Episode 132	90 minutes	"Masterpiece Selection" - A clipshow of highlights from previous episodes. This episode only aired in one prefecture and did not broadcast nationally.	No
Partially found - These are episodes that are missing over half of the original footage, even if the footage found is only a couple of seconds long.
Title 	Runtime 	Notes 	International Dub Available?
Pilot Episode	60 minutes 	A large number of photos and magazine articles were discovered, but 3 seconds of footage is found. This episode only aired in one prefecture and did not broadcast nationally.	No
Episode 41 	111 minutes	9 mins near the beginning found along with a few seconds of footage from "Clive James in Japan" 	Partial
Episode 116 	114 minutes	Approx 30 minutes can be found on the official DVD 	Partial
Episode 130 	111 minutes	Approx 30 minutes can be found on the official DVD 	Partial
Episode 131 	114 minutes	First 20 minutes surfaced 	Partial
 
Partially lost - These are episodes that are missing less than half of the original footage. Even if it's only a couple of minutes long.
Title 	Runtime 	Notes 	International Dub Available?
Episode 56 	54 minutes	see "Known Edits" 	Yes
Episode 63 	54 minutes	see "Known Edits" 	Yes
Episode 86 	81 minutes	Only missing Karaoke along with the Final Fall sketch. Most of Karaoke can be found via the UK dub	Yes
Episode 129	54 minutes	Approx 2 minutes at the beginning is yet to be surfaced, otherwise complete 	Yes
==Episodes no longer repeating in Japan==
These episodes no longer broadcast on TBS Channel 2 in Japan as of 2023. 
*Episode 7: Due to Ultraman's appearance throughout the episode, not aired since 1986
*Episode 11: Due to Ultraman's appearance in parts of this episode, not aired since 1986
*Episode 17: Special episode, not repeated since the 00's/early 2010's
*Episode 28: Special episode, not repeated since the 00's/early 2010's
*Episode 41: Special episode, not aired since 1987
*Episode 44: Not repeated since the early 2010's for unknown reasons
*Episode 62: Special episode, not aired since 1988 but was available to stream until 2016
*Episode 70: Copyright reasons, not aired since 1988
*Episode 73: Special episode, not repeated since the 00's/early 2010's
*Episode 86: Special episode, not repeated since the 00's/early 2010's
*Episode 106: Special episode, not aired since 1988
*Episode 116: Special episode, not repeated since the 00's/early 2010's
*Episode 128: Special episode, not aired since 1989
* Episode 129: Special episode, not aired since 1989
*Episode 130: Special episode, not aired since 1989
*Episode 131: Special episode, not aired since 1990
*Episode 132: Clipshow of past episode highlights, not aired since 1990. Initially was only aired in Kanto Prefecture.
*Episode 133: Special episode, not aired since 1990
==Known edits (in Japan only)==
===Cut from TBS Channel 2 repeats===
All of these were cut during the repeat showings on TBS Channel 2 and why they were cut (if known).
* Episode 56: The complete Final Fall sketch (Because the guards were dressed up as "Doraemon" and a character from "Dragon Ball").
*Episode 61: Junji Inagawa's battlefield report before the 2nd commercial break (because it mentions about sending in new game ideas).
*Episode 63: The complete Final Fall sketch.
*Episode 86: The complete Final Fall sketch (Although the full episode doesn't get shown anymore, the sketch is completely cut on the MXC DVD release).
*Episode 104: Junji Inagawa's battlefield report before the 2nd commercial break (Due to Ultraman's appearance). This was also cut on the Prime Video release.
*Episodes featuring Ritsuko Nakayama as the bowler had to be slightly edited on recent TBS Channel 2 repeats in order not to have her face shown. Due to this, some of the openings had to be replaced with the Skittles animation from earlier episodes (However, her face was still shown on the 2023 preview show when Skittles was shown)
There are some other sketches which were removed by TBS due to copyright reasons (as of 2023).
If anyone know an edit or a cut made by TBS Channel 2, update this page explaining why.
===Known edits on Amazon Prime Video (Japan)===
*Episode 88: One contestant on Tug of War is completely cut due to the contestant pulling a piglet.
*Episode 99: A sketch about Hitler, Gengis Khan and a bottle of some kind of alcohol was cut.
*Episode 102: Some of the sketches are cut short (probably to do with licensing issues with the Japanese Family Feud/Fortunes)
*In one episode, A sketch has cut short with someone pretending to be Mike Tyson.
*Sketches relating to jokes about Native Americans are cut short.
*Another sketch featuring the joke about "No Ugly Chicks" is edited.
*Some black contestants are cut throughout the show.
*All playings of Quake has been removed in favour of the 2011 Touhoku Earthquake. They can still be found on TBS Channel 2 showings though.
* Due to licencing issues, all playings of Karaoke has been removed.
*Some Youshichi Shimada introductions has been removed before Wipe Out.
*Characters such as Ultraman, Superman and Kinnikuman are cut due to copyright reasons.
*Some of the contestants on Honeycomb Maze were cut short to avoid showing the guards covering the contestant with black ink, or to show close ups of it.
*Just like the official DVD's, some background music has been altered due to copyright reasons.
If anyone know an edit or a cut made by Prime Video, update this page explaining why.
===Other known edits=== 
*Episode 62: Due to copyright reasons, on the TBS streaming website, all of the movie and TV scenes were cut when showcasing the monsters at the beginning. Some of the monsters playing the games were also had to be cut losing approximately 3-5 minutes of the episode.
==Takeshi's Castle: Extra Edition== 
*Most of the 32 episodes of this spin-off are currently missing as not all TBS stations aired it and any episodes that did air only survives via off-air recordings.
*What does survive is the last 3 minutes of one episode, around 10 minutes of episode 28, approx 18 minutes of episode 29, and a clip from another episode (according to what's been uploaded online).
*See Takeshi's Castle: Extra Edition for more information.
==Found Episodes==
*August 2023: Episode 28
*April 2024: Episode 73
===External Links===
*Keshiheads forum thread about the lost episodes
*Lost Media Wiki (Pilot)
* Lost Media Wiki (Original episodes)
*Lost Media Wiki (Extra Edition)
Category:Takeshi's Castle