86 returns to Crunchyroll. Of the 441 mecha TV series we record, 25 state a free episode.
Neither 86 entry in our index holds a single source row, so we counted the shelf it sits in: 372 free episodes across 25 entries, twelve of them stating exactly one, and four runs that reach their last episode.
By Riley Kuroda · AnimeSphere staff · August 18, 2026
Anime News Network reports that the 86 anime is listed on Crunchyroll again, after a stretch when it was not. The same report places the delisting somewhere between April and May of this year. Nothing else is settled: not the reason, not the exact dates, not the regions affected. Full report at Anime News Network.
We hold nothing of 86
Our index carries two entries for the show: 86 EIGHTY-SIX, spring 2021, 11 episodes recorded, and 86 EIGHTY-SIX Part 2, autumn 2021, 12 episodes recorded. Both pages were fetched today. Both are titled "Watch ... Online", neither states a free episode count, and neither entry holds a single episode source row of any kind. In our index there is nothing to lose and nothing to regain.
The mecha shelf, counted
We record 441 entries that are television series carrying the Mecha genre. All 441 pages were fetched today and every one returned HTTP 200. Of those, 25 state a free episode, with 372 free episodes between them. Twelve of the 25 state exactly one episode.
Ten of the 25 are Gundam entries, and six of those ten state exactly one episode. We do not know why some hold more than others, and we will not guess.
The largest single count belongs to Transformers Generation 1: 97 free episodes against 98 recorded. Its rows all sit on the channel "Hasbro Pulse", which carries a YouTube verified badge. Two uploads were opened today, those we file as episodes 1 and 98. Both resolved, running 1,374 and 1,365 seconds, and both report an automatic English caption track, which means the audio is English. The country list is unrestricted. The run stops one short of the recorded total.
Runs that reach the last episode
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing states 49 free episodes against 49 recorded, all on "GUNDAM CHANNEL INTL", which does not carry a verified badge. Episodes 1 and 49 were opened today, running 1,467 and 1,437 seconds, each with an authored English subtitle track among ten authored languages and an automatic Japanese caption. That is Japanese audio with real English subtitles, not an English dub. Both upload titles match our numbering, the country list is unrestricted, and no video is filed against two episode numbers or two series.
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2 states 12 free episodes, the whole recorded season, on the same channel, which again carries no verified badge. Two of its uploads were opened today, running 1,509 and 1,494 seconds, both reporting an automatic English caption, so the audio is English. One carries the marker "(EN dub)" in its title. The uploads for this season number themselves continuously from the first, so their numbers do not line up with the ones we store.
Magic Knight Rayearth states 20 free of 20 recorded, and God Mars states 64 of 64. Both sit on "Anime! on TMS Official Channel", which carries a YouTube verified badge. First and last episodes of each were opened today and all resolved. Rayearth reported automatic English captions and "English Dub" in its titles. God Mars reported only an automatic Japanese caption, with "English Sub" in its titles, and a still frame from its first episode shows an English subtitle line burned into the picture. Both country lists include the United States.