KEY POINTS

  • Anime and manga industry has taken a hit due to coronavirus pandemic
  • The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has resulted in delays
  • Shows like "Boruto: Naruto Next Generations" and "Appare-Ranman!" are postponed indefinitely

The coronavirus crisis continues across the world and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expanded the state of emergency to the entire country. This has impacted the anime and manga industry as several anime series and movies face indefinite delays.

“I decided to put all prefectures under the state of emergency to curb infections in respective areas and especially to keep the movement of people to a minimum heading into the Golden Week holidays,” Abe said, according to Kyodo News.

The global coronavirus death toll stands at 183,489, according to the latest data collected by Johns Hopkins University. More than 2.6 million people are tested positive for COVID-19.

Crunchyroll compiled a list of anime and movies affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Television Shows

  1. “Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World” Season 2
  2. “Appare-Ranman!”
  3. “Sword Art Online Alicization War of the Underworld” Part 2
  4. “IDOLiSH7 Second BEAT!”
  5. “Food Wars! The Fifth Plate”
  6. “My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax”
  7. “No Guns Life (2nd Cour)”
  8. “Hatena ☆ Illusion” Episode 12
  9. “The Millionaire Detective - Balance: Unlimited”
  10. “Digimon Adventure:”
  11. “Pokémon”
  12. “Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater”
  13. “One Piece”
  14. “The Misfit of Demon King Academy”
  15. “A Certain Scientific Railgun T”
  16. “Cardfight! Vanguard Gaiden”
  17. “Tsukiuta. The Animation” Season 2
  18. “Boruto: Naruto Next Generations”
  19. “Healin'Good ♡ PreCure”

Movies

  1. “Love Me, Love Me Not”
  2. “Evangelion: 3.0+1.0”
  3. “Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] iii.spring song”
  4. “given (Movie)”
  5. “Violet Evergarden The Movie”
  6. “Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur”
  7. “Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet”
  8. “Doraemon: Stand by Me 2”
  9. “Shimajiro to Sora Tobu Fune”
  10. “Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop”
  11. “Princess Principal Crown Handler Part 1”
  12. “Ojamajo Doremi 20th Anniversary Film”

Here is a list of manga and magazines facing delays due to coronavirus pandemic, according to Anime News Network.

  1. Hana to Yume
  2. MOE
  3. Young Animal
  4. Ane Friend
  5. Morning two
  6. Young Magazine the 3rd
  7. Good! Afternoon
  8. Monthly Young Magazine
  9. Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine
  10. Hatsu Kiss
  11. Weekly Shonen Jump
  12. Shonen Jump+
  13. Jump Square
  14. The Case Study of Vanitas
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