One Of The Most Epic Anime Ever Just Got Delisted

Update 7/15/2022 10:10 a.m. ET: Good news everyone, last night Hidive tweeted out that Legend of the Galactic Heroes has returned to its streaming service. Original article continues below:


If you were wanting to set aside some time and finally tackle one of the most intimidating classic anime in your backlog, I’ve got bad news for you: Legend of the Galactic Heroes has been delisted from anime streaming service Hidive.


Yesterday, Twitter user Kirby Noodle noticed Legend of the Galactic Heroes was missing from her favorites list on Hidive. Searching in her history tab revealed a message saying the anime was no longer available in the United States. According to a screenshot of her subsequent email correspondence with Hidive, the anime’s removal wasn’t a technical or service error; Legend of the Galactic Heroes is in fact “currently unavailable” on Hidive.


“Our content consists of owned and licensed programs. In cases of licensed programming, sometimes that content is temporarily unavailable,” Hidive’s support team said in the email. “At this moment we do not have a time frame for when the title you mentioned will return.”


Read the full article on Kotaku