Every Returning Anime Affected by COVID-19 - and When They Come Back
The entertainment industry has been heavily affected by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, and anime is no exception. A state of emergency was declared in Japan on April 16, which was lifted on May 25 after the number of cases in the country fell. Most studios suffered delays in production before and during that time, including TV Tokyo, MediaNet and Toei Animation. Meanwhile, international streaming services and distributors like Crunchyroll, FUNimation and Sentai Filmworks announced delays in the simulcasting and dubbing of licensed anime. Some adjusted to a work-from-home strategy to ensure production continued and broadcasters resorted to replaying older episodes in their stead. Now, more and more series are steadily resuming from where they left off or announcing rescheduled air dates. Here’s a list of every returning anime series and film affected by COVID-19 and the date of their return. A Certain Scientific Railgun T (earlier episodes rescheduled with Episode 16 airing
