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* ''Yamato Gensouki''.
* The anime version of ''[[Ranma One Half½]]'' abruptly ended about two-thirds of the way through the story. The manga continued to [[No Ending|the Grand Non-Finale]].
** Anime based upon [[Rumiko Takahashi]]'s manga seem usually subject to this. The anime versions of ''[[Ranma One Half½]]'', ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'', and ''[[Inuyasha]]'' are all Cut Short. Possibly because Takahashi manga are [[Long Runner|so long]]. ''Urusei Yatsura'' did get a theatrical wrap-up, though.
*** ''[[Inuyasha]]'' was eventually finished with a second anime series called ''Inuyasha: The Final Act'', which covered the manga from the point where the first series left off to its conclusion. It has been confirmed that ''The Final Act'' will be dubbed into English.
* The original ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'' OVA is rather infamous for this. It got to about episode 8, which was a big [[Character Development]] moment for [[Playful Hacker|Nene Romanova]] and the [[Mid-Season Upgrade]] for everyone, and then... a combination of internal politics and budget issues caused a schism between the two companies that produced the show, ending production abruptly. ''Bubblegum Crash!'' tried sometime later to tie things up, but didn't have everyone on board, and the result was... [[Fanon Discontinuity|not well received by fans]].
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* ''[[Shenmue]]''. The second installment ended with Ryo finally meeting Shenhua and discovering that the mirror he's been carrying does indeed have some sort of supernatural power. Then Yu Suzuki got the plug pulled on his series, so we'll never know the significance of this, nor Lan Di's ultimate role in the story. Then Suzuki quit at Sega, guaranteeing that we'll ''really'' never know how it all would have turned out.
* The 1999 PC [[Survival Horror]] game ''Nocturne'' ended on a positively agonizing cliffhanger, which over a decade later has yet to be revisited thanks to the game's storyline morphing into ''[[Blood Rayne]]''. All is not lost, though: an interview with the developers stated that ''Nocturne'' is not [[Canon Dis ContinuityDiscontinuity]], and that they created ''Bloodrayne'' specifically to have an intellectual property they could relinquish to Majesco if and when they severed ties with the company. They still hope to release a true sequel to ''Nocturne'' someday.
* ''[[Freedom Force]] 2'' ends with the Jean Grey Expy, Alchemiss encountering an entity calling itself ''Energy X''. Unfortunately, there has heen no confirmation one way or the other if we'll ever see a third game...
* The ''[[Legacy of Kain]]'' series. The last game does give a glorious send off (of a sort) to one of its two main protagonists and does end on a hopeful note but the [[Big Bad]] is still at large and there's plenty of dangling story strings to be resolved. A final game to wrap the series up will almost certainly not be made due to the main writer departing and the death of one of the voice actors.