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* ''Manga/{{F}}'': The original series was serialized between 1985 and 1992. The manga received two sequels: ''F Regeneration Ruri'' (2002-2006) and ''F Final'' (2009-2011).



* There was a considerable gap in ''Franchise/{{Gatchaman}}'' TV anime, with ''[[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Gatchaman Fighter]]'' airing from 1979-80 and the first season of ''Anime/GatchamanCrowds'' starting in 2013 -- 33 years. There was an OVA series and a live-action film in the in-between period.

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* There ''Franchise/{{Gatchaman}}'':There was a considerable gap in ''Franchise/{{Gatchaman}}'' the TV anime, with ''[[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Gatchaman Fighter]]'' airing from 1979-80 and the first season of ''Anime/GatchamanCrowds'' starting in 2013 -- 33 years. There was an OVA series and a live-action film in the in-between period.



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* ''Manga/WorldTrigger'': Season One (2014-2016) and Season Two (2021). Five years due to the manga going on an unexpected indefinite hiatus due to the author's poor health.



* ''ComicBook/BarbWire'''s original book ran for 9 issues in 1994-1995, and was followed by the 4-issue miniseries ''Ace of Spades''. A short-lived reboot series was launched in 2015, twenty years later.



* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' was another one ScrewedByTheLawyers. After a copyright lawsuit led to his original publisher folding their comics division at the end of 1953, he didn't appear in print again until 1973 at which point the Captain Marvel trademark had been lost.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' was another one ScrewedByTheLawyers. ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'':
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After a copyright lawsuit led to his original publisher folding their comics division at the end of 1953, ''ComicBook/CaptainMarvelAdventures'' was cancelled, and he didn't appear in print again until 1973 ''ComicBook/Shazam1973'' at which point the Captain Marvel trademark had been lost.lost.
** ''ComicBook/MaryMarvel1945'' was cancelled in 1948. The Captain Marvel's sister next book, ''ComicBook/TheNewChampionOfShazam'', came out in 2022, seventy-four years later.



* ''ComicBook/Superboy1980'' concluded in 1984. The next series (which was not a live-action tie-in) was launched ten years later.
* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'':
** ''ComicBook/Supergirl1972'' and ''ComicBook/Supergirl1982''. Ten years wherein Supergirl's strip was relegated to one of the ''ComicBook/SupermanFamily'' backups due to one restructuring of the ''Superman'' line. The second book was cancelled in 1984, and Kara Zor-El would not headline another book until ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'', due to be temporarily jettisoned from continuity.
** Twenty-one years between ''ComicBook/PowerGirl1988'' and ''ComicBook/PowerGirl2009'', and fourteen years from the latter series to ''ComicBook/PowerGirl2023''.



* ''ComicBook/WorldsFinest1941'' concluded in 1986. The next ''World's Finest'' book came out in 1990, four years later, while DC figured out how to reimagine the classic Superman/Batman team-ups in the new continuity where they were not close buddies.



* ''{{Franchise/Foundation}}'':

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* ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind'' (1936) and its [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind#Sequels authorised sequel]] ''Literature/{{Scarlett}}'' (1991) have a gap of 55 years (coincidentally, so do the films based on both of them (1939/1994)) and then an officially authorized POVSequel ''Rhett Butler's People'' (2007) 16 years later.
* Creator/PhilipPullman's ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'':
** ''Once Upon a Time in the North'' (2008), a prequel short story focusing on Iorek Byrnison and Lee Scoresby, was published five years after ''Lyra's Oxford'', a sequel short story to the original trilogy.
** A full-on sequel novel was later announced, initially titled ''Literature/TheBookOfDust'' before it was turned into a SequelSeries bearing that name, while its installments were titled separately. The first entry, ''La Belle Sauvage'' was released in 2017, nine years after ''Once Upon a Time in the North'' and seventeen years after ''The Amber Spyglass''.

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* ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind'' (1936) and its [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind#Sequels authorised sequel]] sequel ''Literature/{{Scarlett}}'' (1991) have a gap of 55 years (coincidentally, so do the films based on both of them (1939/1994)) and then an officially authorized POVSequel ''Rhett Butler's People'' (2007) 16 years later.
* Creator/PhilipPullman's ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'':
** ''Once Upon a Time
''Literature/GreatAltaSaga'': The three books in the North'' (2008), a prequel short story focusing on Iorek Byrnison this series are, in order, ''Sister Light, Sister Dark'' (1988), ''White Jenna'' (1989), and Lee Scoresby, was published five years after ''Lyra's Oxford'', a sequel short story to the original trilogy.
** A full-on sequel novel was later announced, initially titled ''Literature/TheBookOfDust'' before it was turned into a SequelSeries bearing that name, while its installments were titled separately. The first entry, ''La Belle Sauvage'' was released in 2017, nine years after ''Once Upon a Time in the North'' and seventeen years after
''The Amber Spyglass''.One-Armed Queen'' (1998).



* The third ''Literature/LegacyOfOrisha'' book, ''Children of Anguish and Anarchy'', took a long time to come out compared to the previous novels; ''Children of Blood and Bone'' came out in March 2018, ''Children of Virtue and Vengeance'' (which ended on a {{Cliffhanger}}) came out over year later in December 2019, while after years of no news it was eventually announced in 2023 that ''Anguish and Anarchy'' would be released in June 2024, nearly a full five years after the second book.

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* ''Literature/LegacyOfOrisha'': The third ''Literature/LegacyOfOrisha'' book, ''Children of Anguish and Anarchy'', took a long time to come out compared to the previous novels; ''Children of Blood and Bone'' came out in March 2018, ''Children of Virtue and Vengeance'' (which ended on a {{Cliffhanger}}) came out over year later in December 2019, while after years of no news it was eventually announced in 2023 that ''Anguish and Anarchy'' would be released in June 2024, nearly a full five years after the second book.book.
* ''Literature/MemorySorrowAndThorn'' (1990-1994) and ''Literature/TheLastKingOfOstenArd'' (started in 2017). Twenty-three years.



* ''[[Literature/PeterPan Peter and Wendy]]'' (1911) and its authorised sequel ''Literature/PeterPanInScarlet'' (2006) -- ''95'' years.

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* ''[[Literature/PeterPan Peter ''Literature/PeterPan'': ''Peter and Wendy]]'' Wendy'' (1911) and its authorised sequel ''Literature/PeterPanInScarlet'' (2006) -- ''95'' 95 years.



* ''Literature/TheIliad'' and ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' were likely composed some time around 850 BC. ''Literature/TheAeneid'', a ContinuationFic, was finished in 19 BC. If both are taken as part of Myth/ClassicalMythology, that's a gap of ''over 800 years''.


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* ''Literature/TheIliad'' and ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' were likely composed some time around 850 BC. ''Literature/TheAeneid'', a ContinuationFic, was finished in 19 BC. If both are taken as part of Myth/ClassicalMythology, that's a gap of ''over 800 years''.
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* Music/PeterGabriel: ''Music/{{Us}}'' (1992) released six years after ''Music/{{So}}'' (1986)[[note]]''Music/{{Passion}}'' (1989), a reworking of the score for ''Film/TheLastTemptationOfChrist'' released between ''So'' and ''Us'', is generally regarded as a soundtrack album rather than a proper studio album[[/note]], and ''Music/{{Up|PeterGabrielAlbum}}'' (2002) came out a full decade after ''Us''. His next record, the CoverAlbum ''Scratch My Back'' (2010), released eight years after ''Up'', and while the re-recordings album ''New Blood'' (2011) took only a year to come out, the follow up ''i/o'' was stuck in DevelopmentHell until its release in 2023 (it was originally slated for 2004 and started production all the way back in ''1995'', concurrently with ''Up'').

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* Music/PeterGabriel: ''Music/{{Us}}'' ''Music/{{Us|1992}}'' (1992) released six years after ''Music/{{So}}'' (1986)[[note]]''Music/{{Passion}}'' (1989), a reworking of the score for ''Film/TheLastTemptationOfChrist'' released between ''So'' and ''Us'', is generally regarded as a soundtrack album rather than a proper studio album[[/note]], and ''Music/{{Up|PeterGabrielAlbum}}'' (2002) came out a full decade after ''Us''. His next record, the CoverAlbum ''Scratch My Back'' (2010), released eight years after ''Up'', and while the re-recordings album ''New Blood'' (2011) took only a year to come out, the follow up ''i/o'' was stuck in DevelopmentHell until its release in 2023 (it was originally slated for 2004 and started production all the way back in ''1995'', concurrently with ''Up'').
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* ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' (1992-1997) to the {{Revival}} ''WesternAnimation/XMen97'' (2024) - A 27 year gap. This is for a followup in the same medium, not counting the 2015 ''ComicBook/XMen92'' comics that revisited the universe.

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* ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' (1992-1997) to the {{Revival}} ''WesternAnimation/XMen97'' (2024) - A 27 year gap. This is for a followup in the same medium, not counting the 2015 ''ComicBook/XMen92'' ''ComicBook/Xmen92'' comics that revisited the universe.
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* The ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' manga (1996-2000) and the ''[[Manga/CardcaptorSakuraClearCard Clear Card]]'' arc (2016-ongoing) -- 16 years.

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* The ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' manga (1996-2000) and the ''[[Manga/CardcaptorSakuraClearCard Clear Card]]'' arc (2016-ongoing) (2016-2023) -- 16 years.
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* ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' (1992-1997) to TheRevival ''WesternAnimation/XMen97'' (2024) - A 27 year gap. This is for a followup in the same medium, not counting the 2015 ''ComicBook/XMen92'' comics that revisited the universe.

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* ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' (1992-1997) to TheRevival the {{Revival}} ''WesternAnimation/XMen97'' (2024) - A 27 year gap. This is for a followup in the same medium, not counting the 2015 ''ComicBook/XMen92'' comics that revisited the universe.
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* ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' (1992-1997) to TheRevival ''WesternAnimation/XMen97'' (2024) - A 27 year gap. This is for a followup in the same medium, not counting the 2015 ''ComicBook/XMen92'' comics that revisited the universe.
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* ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'':
** ''Literature/DuneMessiah'' (1969) and ''Literature/ChildrenOfDune'' (1976) -- 7 years.
** ''Children of Dune'' and ''Literature/GodEmperorOfDune'' (1981) --- 5 years.
** ''Literature/ChapterhouseDune'' (1985) has a 14 year gap to the next installment, the prequel ''[[Literature/PreludeToDune Dune: House Atreides]]'' (1999), and a 21 year gap to the chronological sequel ''Hunters of Dune'' (2006).
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* The third ''Literature/LegacyOfOrisha'' book, ''Children of Anguish and Anarchy'', took a long time to come out compared to the previous novels; ''Children of Blood and Bone'' came out in March 2018, ''Children of Virtue and Vengeance'' (which ended on a {{Cliffhanger}}) came out over year later in December 2019, while after years of no news it was eventually announced in 2023 that ''Anguish and Anarchy'' would be released in June 2024, nearly a full five years after the second book.
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* ''Literature/Area51'': ''Legend'' (2004) was followed by ''Redemption'' (2018) fourteen years later.
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* ''Series/CobraKai'' comes out in 2018, 34 years after the first ''Film/{{The Karate Kid|1984}}'' movie (1984). While there were sequels to the original film, as well as a reboot, the show specifically focuses on the rivalry between Daniel and Johnny 34 years after the tournament. Even taking the intervening films into account, it still applies as it comes 8 years after the [[Film/TheKarateKid2010 reboot]] (2010), 24 years after the last original continuity film ''Film/TheNextKarateKid'' (1994) and 29 years since the last appearance of Daniel and the Cobra Kai storyline in ''Film/TheKarateKidPartIII'' (1989), which itself saw a sequel gap of 5 years until the next installment.

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* ''Series/CobraKai'' comes came out in 2018, 34 years after the first ''Film/{{The Karate Kid|1984}}'' movie (1984). While there were sequels to the original film, as well as a reboot, the show specifically focuses on the rivalry between Daniel and Johnny 34 years after the tournament. Even taking the intervening films into account, it still applies as it comes 8 years after the [[Film/TheKarateKid2010 reboot]] (2010), 24 years after the last original continuity film ''Film/TheNextKarateKid'' (1994) and 29 years since the last appearance of Daniel and the Cobra Kai storyline in ''Film/TheKarateKidPartIII'' (1989), which itself saw a sequel gap of 5 years until the next installment.
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** The seventh book, ''Literature/ForwardTheFoundation'', was published in 1993, five years after ''Literature/PreludeToFoundation'' (Dr Asimov had been ill for these past several years, and had died in 1992).

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** The seventh book, ''Literature/ForwardTheFoundation'', was published in 1993, five years after ''Literature/PreludeToFoundation'' (Dr (Dr. Asimov had been ill for these past several years, and had died in 1992).



** ''The Sicilian'' and ''The Godfather Returns'' (1984) -- 20 years

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** ''The Sicilian'' and ''The Godfather Returns'' (1984) (2004) -- 20 years
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' aired its series finale in 2006 and officially ended in 2007 with ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo Trouble In Tokyo]]'', and was followed by ''WesternAnimation/NewTeenTitans'' shorts in 2012 (about 5-6 years, depending if you count ''Trouble In Tokyo'') and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' in 2013 (about 6-7 years - though ''Go!'' is more of a [[DarkParody Dark]] SelfParody than a sequel), and eventually making a minor comeback with ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoVsTeenTitans'' in 2019 (about 12-13 years).
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* ''Manga/BlackButler:'' ''Book of the Atlantic'' movie - 2017, the fouth season - 2024 (8 year gap).

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* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'', which premiered in 2017, was a direct sequel to the film ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' (2010) -- 7 years.
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*** ''Literature/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoonTime'sBlackLagoon'' (2006) - distant sequel to the original ''Creature From the Black Lagoon'' trilogy, set decades later and exploring the origins of the Gill-Man, coming 50 years after ''Film/TheCreatureWalksAmongUs'' (1956).

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*** ''Literature/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoonTime'sBlackLagoon'' ''Literature/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoonTimesBlackLagoon'' (2006) - distant sequel to the original ''Creature From the Black Lagoon'' trilogy, set decades later and exploring the origins of the Gill-Man, coming 50 years after ''Film/TheCreatureWalksAmongUs'' (1956).
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*** ''Creature From The Black Lagoon: Time's Black Lagoon'' (2006) - distant sequel to the original ''Creature From the Black Lagoon'' trilogy, set decades later and exploring the origins of the Gill-Man, coming 50 years after ''Film/TheCreatureWalksAmongUs'' (1956).

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*** ''Creature From The Black Lagoon: Time's Black Lagoon'' ''Literature/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoonTime'sBlackLagoon'' (2006) - distant sequel to the original ''Creature From the Black Lagoon'' trilogy, set decades later and exploring the origins of the Gill-Man, coming 50 years after ''Film/TheCreatureWalksAmongUs'' (1956).
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* ''Manga/BlackButler'' ''Book of the Atlantic'' movie - 2017, the fouth season - 2024 (8 year gap).

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* An odd example involving a ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' prequel taking place in an AlternativeContinuity. In the late '90, Creator/NewLineCinema acquired their rights to adapt ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''Literature/TheHobbit'', with the books being adapted in two trilogies, the first airing in the early 2000, and the other one a decade later. Tolkien Estate was not happy with Jackson's adaptations, and would take them around 2 decades to allow another adaptation of Middle-Earth to be created. In 2017, Amazon acquired the rights to adapt the Second Age, which led to the creation of ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' (with New Line Cinema being again involved), which aired a decade later after the Hobbit trilogy.

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* An odd example involving a ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' prequel taking place in an AlternativeContinuity.AlternateContinuity. In the late '90, Creator/NewLineCinema acquired their rights to adapt ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''Literature/TheHobbit'', with the books being adapted in two trilogies, the first airing in the early 2000, and the other one a decade later. Tolkien Estate was not happy with Jackson's adaptations, and would take them around 2 decades to allow another adaptation of Middle-Earth to be created. In 2017, Amazon acquired the rights to adapt the Second Age, which led to the creation of ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' (with New Line Cinema being again involved), which aired a decade later after the Hobbit trilogy.
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* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' (2005-2014) and ''Series/HowIMetYourFather'' (2022-) -- 8 years after the original show ended.

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* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' (2005-2014) and ''Series/HowIMetYourFather'' (2022-) (2022-2023) -- 8 years after the original show ended.

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