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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
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Attack on Titan's Season 4 Trailer Parallels (and Flips) Season 1's Start


Along with introducing new characters and confirming a time jump, the Season 4 trailer of Attack on Titan parallels the Season 1 premiere of the anime before flipping it on its head. The trailer opens with Falco, one of the new characters, laying injured on a battlefield and reaching out towards a bird, wishing for it to fly away from this place. Similarly, Season 1 starts with Eren watching two geese fly free from the walls moments before the Colossal Titan demolishes Shiganshina. In both cases, these kids are faced with horrific events and long for freedom; however, one is presented with a clearly human threat, and the other, Eren, is presented with something he once thought was inhuman.

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