Daniele Arcangeli
Daniele Arcangeli is an Italian creator who makes lost media that never existed. Since December 2024, on Instagram as @_danielearcangeli (110K followers) and under the name Nasty Plot, an 80s and 90s nostalgia and lost media archive, Daniele has reimagined pop culture franchises such as Pokémon, Dragon Ball, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Studio Ghibli and Stranger Things as recovered VHS tapes and worn 16mm reels from the 1950s to the 1990s: fictional found footage with an analog horror edge, where the bright worlds of childhood turn eerie, mysterious or tragic.
Many reels run as numbered series, like The Oak Expedition and The Kanto Survey. Each one is a "recovered reel" with its own case file: who filmed it, when it aired, why it disappeared. Made with generative AI and edited by hand: every story is fiction, the nostalgia is real. The reels are widely reshared by pop culture pages, often credited to "creator Daniele Arcangeli".
Before the tapes came the music. From 2016 to 2023, under the name Arcangeli, Daniele released electronic remixes of Avicii, ILLENIUM, The Chainsmokers, Halsey, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and OneRepublic, plus a remix of the Attack on Titan soundtrack, on YouTube and SoundCloud. This site keeps both archives in one place.
- @_danielearcangeli
- TikTok
- @_danielearcangeli_
- YouTube
- danielearcangeli
- SoundCloud
- danielearcangeli
- Contact
- contacts@arcangeli.one
Questions
Is The Oak Expedition real lost media?
No. The Oak Expedition, The Kanto Survey and every other "recovered reel" by Daniele Arcangeli are fiction: imagined lost films made with generative AI and edited by hand. No such footage was ever shot or broadcast.
Who makes the recovered reels on @_danielearcangeli?
Daniele Arcangeli, an Italian digital creator, has published them on Instagram since December 2024 under the name Nasty Plot, an 80s and 90s nostalgia and lost media archive.
How are the reels made?
With generative AI, then edited by hand: the images, the archival look of VHS and 16mm film, and the case file in each caption, which tells who filmed the reel, when it aired and why it was lost.
Which Daniele Arcangeli is this?
The Italian creator behind the Instagram account @_danielearcangeli and the Arcangeli remixes, not other people with the same name.
Is Daniele Arcangeli the same artist as Arcangeli, the remixer?
Yes. From 2016 to 2023 Daniele released electronic remixes as Arcangeli, of songs by Avicii, ILLENIUM, Halsey, Taylor Swift, OneRepublic and others, on YouTube and SoundCloud.
Where can I watch the reels?
On Instagram at @_danielearcangeli, where they are first published, and on TikTok at @_danielearcangeli_. Every reel also has its own page on arcangeli.one with its case file.