List of Delayed Anime Due to the Covid 19 Pandemic

2020, so far, has been an unexpectedly unlucky year. Things aren't going as planned and a lot, some are not really great stuffs, have already happened within the first four months. Like you I've been stuck here at home eagerly joining the fight to stop the spread of Coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19. I've been jobless for a month which mean I have more time to watch anime since no sports exists now and it's the only way that I can fight boredom and stress this unfortunate event has brought me.

Sadly... because the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected Japan they're now on a expanded State of Emergency and in the past days there have been a lot of announcements for anime delays, cancellations, postponements of TV shows, movies and even manga suffered from this ferocious disease.

Here's the list of anime TV shows, movies, and manga affected by the COVID-19 this season:


Television Series

• Re:ZERO - Starting Life in Another World Season 2 (The second season of Re:ZERO - Starting Life in Another World was scheduled to premiere in April, but has now been delayed to July 2020, Crunchyroll reports. - Gamespot.com)

• My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax (The third season of the anime, is delayed due to the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. - AnimeNewsNetwork.com)

• Sword Art Online: Alicization War of Underworld Part 2 (The second cour of Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld has been delayed until July. - Otakumode.com)

• Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater (The production committee announced that it has delayed the airings of the anime's fourth episode and onward until further notice due to the effects of the spread of the new coronavirus disease. The announcement noted that the show's production has only finished up to the third episode. The third episode aired and streamed as scheduled. - AnimeNewsNetwork.com)

• Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Fifth Plate (Episode 3 and later episodes have been delayed due to the effects of the new COVID-19. - AnimeNewsNetwork.com)

• One Piece (Toei Animation's official website for the One Piece anime announced on Monday that the anime is delaying the 930th episode and later episodes due to the spread of the new coronavirus disease. - AnimeNewsNetwork.com)

• The Millionaire Detective - Balance: UNLIMITED ("The Millionaire Detective - Balance: UNLIMITED" anime series' remaining episodes will be POSTPONED due to production delays brought by the coronavirus pandemic. Its broadcast will restart on July 16th. Source: The Millionaire Detective's Official Website https://fugoukeiji-bul.com/onair/ ©Aniradio+ www.aniradioplus.com - AniRadio+ Facebook page)

• The Misfit of Demon King Academy (TV Anime The Misfit of Demon King Academy Delays Premiere from April to July Die to Coronavirus. - Crunchyroll.com)

• Appare-Ranman! (The broadcast of the series is delayed starting with the fourth episode due to the effects of the spread of the new coronavirus disease. - AnimeNewsNetwork.com)

• A Certain Scientific Railgun T (The official website for the anime announced that its 13th episode is delayed due to the new coronavirus disease situation. It was scheduled to air on April 24, but the 12th episode will re-air instead on that date. The staff will reveal later when the 13th episode will air. - AnimeNewsNetwork.com)

• Bungo and Alchemist -Gears of Judgement- (Episode 4 has been delayed, and will now be available on May 8. - Funimation's Facebook page)

• Digimon Adventure: (The official website for Toei Animation's Digimon Adventure: reboot anime announced on Monday that they will delay further episodes due to the spread of the new coronavirus disease. The Digimon Adventure: anime was scheduled to air its fourth episode on April 26, but the same timeslot will now air a rerun of the recenty concluded GeGeGe no Kitarō anime (another Toei Animation series). - AnimeNewsNetwork.com)

• Pocket Monsters (The official Twitter account for the new television anime revealed on Sunday that the staff are temporarily suspending part of its production of the series due to the new coronavirus disease situation and the state of emergency declared in Japan. As a result, new episodes are delayed, and channels will re-air old episodes starting next week. The staff will reveal at a later date when the anime will return. - AnimeNewsNetwork.com)

• No Guns Life second half (The official website for the television anime of Tasuku Karasuma's No Guns Life manga revealed on Tuesday that the show's second half is delayed due to the effects of the spread of COVID-19. The anime's website and Twitter account will announce a new premiere date after it is decided. - AnimeNewsNetwork.com)

• Healin' Good Precure (The official website for Toei Animation's Healin' Good Precure anime announced on Monday that they will delay further episodes due to the spread of the new coronavirus disease.The Healin' Good Precure was similarly scheduled to air its 13th episode on April 26, but will now air "selected episodes" from the previous 12 episodes. - AnimeNewsNetwork.com)

• IDOLiSH7 Second Beat! (The official website for IDOLiSH7 Second Beat!, the second season of the IDOLiSH7 anime, revealed on Monday that the anime is delayed starting with the fifth episode due to the state of emergency declaration against the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The show's fourth episode will still air as planned on April 19. AnimeNewsNetwork.com)

• Hatena☆Illusion (The official Twitter account for the Hatena☆Illusion TV anime announced on March 31 that the 12th episode of the series, which was set to air on Thursday in Japan, has been postponed. The official website for the TV anime will announce the next broadcast date for the series, though nothing has been scheduled as of yet. - Crunchyroll.com)

• Anpanman (The Mainichi Shimbun newspaper's Mantan Web website reported on Monday that the Soreike! Anpanman anime has halted dialogue voice recording sessions indefinitely due to concerns over the new coronavirus disease. - AnimeNewsNetwork.com)

• Tsukiuta. The ANIMATION 2 (The official Twitter account for the Tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION anime franchise revealed on Monday that the Tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION 2 sequel is delayed until July. The staff stated the delay is "due to the effects of recent global issues." - AnimeNewsNetwork.com)

• Sazae-san (Show's voice actress Midori Kato stated on Radio Nikkei's "Chūō Keiba Jikkyō Chūkei" program on Saturday that the Sazae-san anime has halted voice recording sessions indefinitely due to concerns over the COVID-19 coronavirus illness. - AnimeNewsNetwork.com)

• A3! Season Autumn & Winter (The cast for the television anime of Liber Entertainment's A3! actor-training smartphone game announced on Saturday that the A3! Season Autumn & Winter half will premiere in October. It was originally scheduled to run from July to September 2020. - AnimeNewsNetwork.com)

• Cardfight!! Vanguard Gaiden (The official website for Bushiroad's Cardfight!! Vanguard franchise announced on Monday that Cardfight!! Vanguard Gaiden if, the newest anime series in the franchise, will be delayed once again due to the effects of the new coronavirus disease on the anime's production. The anime will now premiere in May. The website will announce a specific premiere day at a later date.

The anime was previously delayed from its original April 11 premiere to April 25. - AnimeNewsNetwork.com)

• Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (TV TOKYO announced through the latest issue of V-JUMP and on the homepage of BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS on April 20 that the TV anime series will have a change in the broadcast schedule after episode 154, which is scheduled to be broadcast on April 26. - Crunchyroll.com)

• The Promised Neverland Season 2 (The official Twitter account for Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu's The Promised Neverland manga announced on Thursday that the premiere date of the second season of the TV anime has been pushed back from October 2020 to January 2021 due to the effect of the new coronavirus disease on the production. The planned rerun of the first season has similarly been postponed from July 2020 to October 2020. - AnimeNewsNetwork.com)

• The Irregular at Magic High School Season 2 (The official website for Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei: Raihōsha-hen (The irregular at magic high school: Visitor Arc) , the second season of The irregular at magic high school television anime, announced on Friday that the anime is delayed from July to October due to the effects of the new coronavirus disease. - AnimeNewsNetwork.com)

• Kingdom Season 3 (Due to heavy impacts on the production schedule from Japan's state of emergency, the Kingdom Season 3 simulcast will be delayed starting with episode 5.

No return date has been announced, but we'll keep you updated as more information is available. - Funimation's Facebook Page)

• Black Clover (The official Black Clover TV anime website announced today that new episodes, starting from May 5, of Black Clover will be delayed due to the State of Emergency and ongoing effects of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Japan. - Crunchyroll.com)

Movies

• Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time

• Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song (delayed for second time)

• Violet Evergarden

• Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet

• Eiga Doraemon: Nobita no Shin Kyoryū

• Given

• Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Gekitotsu! Rakuga Kingdom to Hobo Yonin no Yūsha

• Love Me, Love Me Not

• Fushigi Dagashiya Zenitendō: Tsuritai Yaki

• Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop

• Butt Detective: Tentō Mushi Iseki no Nazo

• Recycle Zoo: Mamore! Mokuyōbi wa Shigen Gomi no Hi

• Princess Principal: Crown Handler movie 1

• Happy-Go-Lucky Days

• Looking for Magical DoReMi

• Eiga Precure Miracle Leap: Minna to Fushigi na 1-nichi

• Shimajirō to Sora Tobu Fune


Live-Action Movies

• Cowboy Bebop

• Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

• Ultraman Taiga: New Gene Climax

• Kamen Rider Den-O: Pretty Den-O Tōjō!

• Grand Blue Dreaming

• Tokyo Revengers

• Whisper of the Heart

• Sonic the Hedgehog (Japanese release)


Manga [SOURCE: CBR.com - Every Manga Delayed By COVID-19]

• Ane Friend

• Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine (Attack on Titan)

• comic tint

• good! Afternoon (Grand Blue, Drifting Dragons, Witch Craft Works)

• Hana to Yume (Skip Beat, Yona of the Dawn, Takane and Hana)

• Hatsu Kiss

• Honey Milk

• Jump Square (volumes) (Blue Exorcist, Platinum End, World Trigger)

• Kinnikuman

• Masahiro Itosugi's upcoming, unnamed series

• MOE

• Monthly Young Magazine

• Morning two (Space Brothers)

• Shonen Jump+ (volumes) (Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku, Spy x Family)

• Shōnen Magazine R (Noragami, Seraph of the End, Welcome to the Ballroom)

• The Case Study of Vanitas

• Weekly Shonen Jump (magazine and volumes) (Black Clover, Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen, Dragon Ball Super, The Promised Neverland, Dr. Stone, One Piece, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, My Hero Academia)

• Young Animal (Berserk, March Comes in Like a Lion)

• Young Magazine the 3rd

To be updated...