Lost World: Shikaban was originally drawn by Osamu Tezuka in the early 1940s when he was a middle school student, and differs from the professionally published versions of Lost World. The series was first publicly released in 3 limited edition hardcover volumes by Meichokan Kyoukai on February 28, 1982, and received a general release when it was published in 2 volumes by Kodansha as part of the Tezuka Osamu Manga Zenshuu colelction from December 14, 1994 to January 17, 1995.