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List of Shows, Films, Manga, Games Affected by COVID-19 (Updated September 26)
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All of ANN's coverage of works hit by new coronavirus disease
Here is all of ANN's coverage of the series, films, manga, and games that the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has affected.
Note: Asteroid in Love, Bungo & Alchemist, Darwin's Game, Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia, Hatena Illusion, Jewelpet: Attack Travel, Kukuriraige -Sanxingdui Denki-, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation-, and Shachibato! President, It's Time for Battle! all had delays this year, but their staffs specifically did not cite COVID-19 as the reason.
Animated Series
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime season 2 (first half delayed to January 5, and second half delayed to July 2021)
- EX-ARM (delayed to January 2021)
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park (delayed to October 6)
- Maesetsu! (delayed to October 4)
- Dropout Idol Fruit Tart (delayed to October 12)
- Warlords of Sigrdrifa (delayed to October 3)
- Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- (delayed to October 2)
- Assault Lily Bouquet (delayed to October 1)
- Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III (delayed to October 2)
- A3! Season Autumn & Winter (delayed to October 12)
- Akudama Drive (delayed to October 8)
- To Your Eternity (delayed to January 2021)
- Tsukiuta. The ANIMATION 2 (delayed again to October 7)
- IDOLiSH7 Second Beat! (resumes from episode 3 on October 4)
- Shiro, the Giant, and the Castle of Ice (rescheduled to August 8)
- Nanatsu no Taizai: Fundo no Shinpan (The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement) (rescheduled to January 2021)
- Gal & Dino (new episodes replaced with five-episode rerun starting May 23, but restarting from episode 1 on October 3)
- Skate-Leading Stars (rescheduled to January 2021)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens (resumes on August 8)
- Higurashi: When They Cry (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni) (rescheduled to October 1)
- Girl Gaku ~Sei Girls Square Gakuin~ (resumes on July 6)
- Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori (resumes on July 5)
- Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (resumes on July 5)
- So I'm a Spider, So What? (delayed to January 2021)
- Kiratto Pri☆Chan (resumes on July 5)
- Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE Season 2 (resumes on July 9)
- Black Clover (resumes on July 7)
- Healin' Good Precure (resumes on June 28)
- One Piece (preparations underway to resume on June 28)
- Digimon Adventure: (restarted on June 7, with new episodes resuming on June 28)
- No Guns Life second half (rescheduled to July 9)
- The Millionaire Detective - Balance: UNLIMITED (restarts from with episode 1 on July 16 and with episode 3 on July 30)
- Log Horizon: Entaku Hōkai (delayed to January 2021)
- Major 2nd season 2 (resumed from episode 5 on May 30, but episode 8 delayed until July 11)
- Sazae-san (dialogue recording halted, but resuming on June 21)
- Chibi Maruko-chan (resuming on June 21)
- Thunderbolt Fantasy (puppet series) season 3
- Mashin Eiyūden Wataru Shichi Tamashii no Ryūjinmaru (resuming with episode 3 on June 19)
- Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- second season (rescheduled for July 8, with second half premiering in January 2021)
- Zoids Wild Zero (resumes on June 19)
- Sword Art Online: Alicization War of Underworld Part 2 (delayed to July 11)
- ORESUKI: Are you the only one who loves me? (finale OVA scheduled for September 2)
- Hakushon Daimaō 2020 (episode 8 delayed to June 20)
- Appare-Ranman! (restarts on July 3)
- My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax (delayed to July 9)
- Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater (restarts on July 7)
- The Misfit of Demon King Academy (rescheduled to July 4)
- Pokémon Journeys: The Series (resumed on June 7)
- Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Fifth Plate (restarts on July 3 after delay)
- The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (delayed to April 2021)
- Duel Masters King (resumed from episode 5 on May 31)
- Mewkledreamy
- Strike the Blood IV (volume 2 delayed to July 29)
- A Certain Scientific Railgun T (episode 16 delayed to July 24, with earlier episodes also delayed but rescheduled)
- Haikyu!! To The Top's second half
- Pokémon: Twilight Wings episode 5
- Cardfight!! Vanguard Gaiden if (premiere rescheduled for May 30)
- VladLove
- The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬ (delayed to January 2021)
- Extra Olympia Kyklos (resumes on June 22)
- Kingdom season 3
- The Irregular at Magic High School season 2 (Raihōsha-hen)
- The Promised Neverland season 2
- Anpanman (dialogue recording halted)
- A3! Season Spring & Summer (link 2, link 3, resumed on April 6)
- number24 (resumed on April 8)
- Infinite Dendrogram (resumed on February 27)
Animated Films
- Princess Principal: Crown Handler movie 1 (rescheduled to February 11)
- Happy-Go-Lucky Days (rescheduled to October 23)
- Looking for Magical DoReMi (rescheduled to November 23)
- Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Gekitotsu! Rakuga Kingdom to Hobo Yonin no Yūsha (rescheduled to September 11)
- Fate/Grand Order The Movie Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot: Wandering: Agateram (rescheduled to December 5)
- Love Me, Love Me Not (rescheduled to September 18)
- Eiga Precure Miracle Leap: Minna to Fushigi na 1-nichi (delayed again until October 31)
- Gekijōban Seitokai Yakuindomo 2 (rescheduled for January 2021)
- Given (rescheduled for August 22)
- Butt Detective: Tentō Mushi Iseki no Nazo (rescheduled to August 14)
- Fushigi Dagashiya Zenitendō: Tsuritai Yaki (rescheduled to August 14)
- Recycle Zoo: Mamore! Mokuyōbi wa Shigen Gomi no Hi (rescheduled to August 14)
- Violet Evergarden: The Movie (rescheduled to September 18)
- Eiga Soreike! Anpanman Fuwafuwa Fuwari to Kumo no Kuni (rescheduled to summer 2021)
- Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal (rescheduled to January 8 and February 11, 2021)
- Gekijōban Pocket Monster Koko (rescheduled to winter)
- Tokyo 7th Sisters: Bokura wa Aozora ni Naru
- Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
- Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (rescheduled to April 2021)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway
- Monster Strike The Movie: Lucifer Zetsubō no Yoake (rescheduled to November with June 13-14 online previews)
- Sayonara, Tyranno (Annyeong, Tyrano: Yeong-wonhi, Hamkke or My Tyrano: Together, Forever, Japanese release)
- Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight Rondo Rondo Rondo
- A Whisker Away (Nakitai Watashi wa Neko o Kaburu) (streams on Netflix globally on June 18)
- Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time
- Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
- Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song (delayed again until further notice)
- Stand By Me Doraemon 2
- Eiga Doraemon: Nobita no Shin Kyoryū (delayed to August 7)
- Shimajirō to Sora Tobu Fune
Live-Action
- Seiho Boys' High School! (rescheduled to October 7)
- Gekijō-ban Kamen Rider Zero-One/Mashin Sentai Kiramager the Movie (rescheduled to December 18 and early 2021, respectively)
- The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window (delayed to 2021)
- Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō (rescheduled to October 30)
- Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku (Super Radical Gag Family) (resumes on August 21)
- Ultraman Taiga: New Gene Climax (rescheduled to August 7)
- Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (rescheduled to September 25)
- Cowboy Bebop (granted exemption to continue filming in New Zealand in next six months)
- Power Rangers (granted exemption to continue filming in New Zealand in next six months)
- Tokyo Revengers (delayed after filming was halted in April)
- Yowamushi Pedal (production halted, but still opening on August 14)
- The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese (rescheduled to September 11)
- Godzilla vs. Kong (rescheduled to May 21, 2021)
- Toei studio productions (Kamen Rider Zero-One, Mashin Sentai Kiramager resumed filming on June 1 and will resume airing new episodes on June 21)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Japanese release, rescheduled to June 26)
- Grand Blue Dreaming (rescheduled to August 7)
- Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō The Final, Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō The Beginning (delayed to Golden Week 2021)
- Whisper of the Heart
- Kamen Rider Den-O: Pretty Den-O Tōjō! (rescheduled to August 14)
Manga and Other Publications
- One Piece (One Piece manga volume 97, One Piece Oda Eiichiro Gashū Tiger Color Walk 9, and One Piece Magazine Vol. 10 delayed to September 16, with more interruptions possible as Eiichiro Oda reorganizes workplace)
- My Hero Academia manga (takes one-week hiatus to switch to digital on July 13)
- Golgo 13 (resumes on July 10)
- Kinnikuman (delay extended until June 29)
- Weekly Shonen Sunday (combining four issues into two)
- Mix
- Matinee to Soiree
- The Devil is a Part-Timer! light novel series (final volume delayed to August 7)
- Weekly Shonen Jump (more delays are possible)
- Weekly Shonen Jump manga volumes (more delays are possible)
- Masahiro Itosugi's new series
- Hana to Yume
- Young Animal
- MOE
- Morning two
- Ane Friend
- Young Magazine the 3rd
- good! Afternoon
- Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine
- Monthly Young Magazine
- Hatsu Kiss
- comic tint
- Honey Milk
- Shōnen Magazine R
- Shonen Jump+ manga volumes
- Jump Square manga volumes
- The Case Study of Vanitas
Home Video and Overseas Releases
- Children of the Sea GKIDS screenings (rescheduled to August 11 & 13, then canceled)
- Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna (theatrical release delayed and home video delayed)
- My Hero Academia season 4's final BD/DVD volume delayed
- Tokyopop print releases (rescheduled)
- Bakugan: Armored Alliance's English dub (continuing with voice actors at home)
- Crunchyroll dubs (resuming four series and starting three more series)
- Oscar and Golden Globe Awards' temporary eligibility rule changes
- Funimation dubs (resuming My Hero Academia, Black Clover, Asteroid in Love, Nekopara, plus Fruits Basket 2nd Season, Plunderer, If My Favorite Pop Idol Made it to the Budokan, I Would Die, A Certain Scientific Railgun T)
- Gundam films' 4K remastered Blu-ray Disc box set releases
- Aniplex home video releases
- For Whom the Alchemist Exists home video release
- Gundam G no Reconguista II: Belry Gekishin home video release
- Square Enix North American manga, book releases
- Kodansha Comics print releases
- Yen Press print releases
- HIDIVE dubs
- Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul Sentai Filmworks/Cineworld screenings
- Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song Fathom Events screenings
- Promare GKIDS screenings
- Interspecies Reviewers home video releases
Games
- Tales of Arise (delayed to after 2020)
- Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Infinite Combate (delayed to summer)
- Fairy Tail role-playing game (delayed to July)
- Today's Menu for Emiya Family
- TurboGrafx-16 Mini (delayed to May 22 in North America)
- Guilty Gear -Strive- (delayed to early 2021)
- Princess Connect! Re:Dive (updates will lack some voice content)
- Little Witch Academia VR Broom Racing (delayed to late 2020 on Oculus Quest, early 2021 on other platforms)
- Sword Art Online Alicization: Lycoris
- Fate/Grand Order Golden Week event, updates
- Granblue Fantasy voice recordings
- Death Stranding PC version
Passings
- Shu Wada (actor)
- Kumiko Okae (actress)
- Rick May (voice actor)
- Jay Benedict (voice actor)
- Ken Shimura (comedian/actor)
Update: Links to Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet, Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Gekitotsu! Rakuga Kingdom to Hobo Yonin no Yūsha, Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul, and Toei studio productions added, and Stand By Me Doraemon 2's link fixed. Thanks, matthewlow, rokon, Muhd Khuzaimin, and veemonjosh.
Update (April 23): Gundam films' 4K remastered Blu-ray Disc box sets, Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō, Masahiro Itosugi's new series added.
Update (April 24): The Promised Neverland season 2, The Millionaire Detective - Balance: UNLIMITED, Kumiko Okae updated.
Update (April 25): Kiratto Pri☆Chan, Mashin Eiyūden Wataru Shichi Tamashii no Ryūjinmaru, The Irregular at Magic High School season 2 updated.
Update (April 26): Kingdom season 3, Funimation dubs, Duel Masters King, Mewkledreamy, Major 2nd season 2 updated.
Update (April 27): A Certain Scientific Railgun T, Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE Season 2, Nakitai Watashi wa Neko o Kaburu, Girl Gaku, Black Clover, Eiga Precure Miracle Leap: Minna to Fushigi na 1-nichi season 2, Chibi Maruko-chan, Sword Art Online Alicization: Lycoris, Fate/Grand Order, Granblue Fantasy, Death Stranding updated.
Update (April 28): Monster Strike The Movie: Lucifer Zetsubō no Yoake, Shu Wada updated.
Update (April 29): Oscar and Golden Globe Awards' temporary eligibility rule changes added.
Update (April 30): Nakitai Watashi wa Neko o Kaburu updated.
Update (May 2): A Certain Scientific Railgun T, Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens, The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese updated.
Update (May 4): Extra Olympia Kyklos updated.
Update (May 6): One Piece anime and manga, Crunchyroll dubs updated.
Update (May 7): The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax updated. (Typo fixed. Thanks zrnzle500.)
Update (May 8): Golgo 13, Little Witch Academia VR Broom Racing, Vladlove updated.
Update (May 9): Princess Connect! Re:Dive, Bakugan: Armored Alliance's English dub updated.
Update (May 10): Sazae-san, Kamen Rider Zero-One, Mashin Sentai Kiramager updated.
Update (May 11): Weekly Shonen Jump, The Devil is a Part-Timer! light novel series updated.
Update (May 12): Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Fifth Plate, Gal & Dino, Mix, Matinee to Soiree, A Certain Scientific Railgun T updated.
Update (May 13): Gekijōban Pocket Monster Koko, Cardfight!! Vanguard Gaiden if, Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight Rondo Rondo Rondo, Eiga Soreike! Anpanman Fuwafuwa Fuwari to Kumo no Kuni, Tokyopop print releases updated.
Update (May 15): Pokémon: Twilight Wings, Akudama Drive, Guilty Gear -Strive- added, plus a note about anime with delays not linked to COVID-19.
Update (May 16): Kinnikuman, Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku (Super Radical Gag Family) updated.
Update (May 18): English dubs for Fruits Basket 2nd Season, Plunderer, If My Favorite Pop Idol Made it to the Budokan, I Would Die, A Certain Scientific Railgun T; My Hero Academia season 4's final BD/DVD volume added.
Update (May 20): Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle-, TurboGrafx-16 Mini, Today's Menu for Emiya Family, Sayonara, Tyranno (Annyeong, Tyrano: Yeong-wonhi, Hamkke or My Tyrano: Together, Forever) added.
Update (May 22): Haikyu!! To The Top's second half, Higurashi: When They Cry (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni), Warlords of Sigrdrifa, Fairy Tail role-playing game added.
Update (May 23): A Certain Scientific Railgun T episode 16, Strike the Blood IV, Zoids Wild Zero, Maesetsu!, Kyoshin to Hyōka no Shiro added.
Update (May 24): Mewkledreamy added.
Update (May 25): Skate-Leading Stars, Hakushon Daimaō 2020, Duel Masters King added.
Update (May 26): Nanatsu no Taizai: Fundo no Shinpan (The Seven Deadly Sins: Anger's Judgment) added.
Update (May 27): Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō The Final, Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō The Beginning added.
Update (May 28): That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime season 2, The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, EX-ARM, Weekly Shonen Sunday added, and Monster Strike The Movie: Lucifer Zetsubō no Yoake updated.
Update (May 29): Assault Lily Bouquet, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Infinite Combate added, and Bungo & Alchemist, Grand Blue Dreaming updated.
Update (May 30): Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III added, and Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Fifth Plate updated.
Update (May 31): Pokémon Journeys: The Series updated.
Update (June 1): No Guns Life, The Misfit of Demon King Academy updated.
Update (June 2): Sonic the Hedgehog, Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater updated.
Update (June 3): Gekijōban Seitokai Yakuindomo 2 added.
Update (June 4): Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway added, and Digimon Adventure: updated.
Update (June 5): My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax, Tsukiuta. The ANIMATION 2 updated.
Update (June 7): Kamen Rider Zero-One, Mashin Sentai Kiramager updated.
Update (June 8): Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet updated.
Update (June 9): Shachibato! President, It's Time for Battle! added, and Appare-Ranman! updated.
Update (June 10): ORESUKI: Are you the only one who loves me?, Dropout Idol Fruit Tart added, and Sword Art Online: Alicization War of Underworld Part 2, Hakushon Daimaō 2020 updated.
Update (June 11):Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- updated.
Update (June 12): Tokyo 7th Sisters: Bokura wa Aozora ni Naru, Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, Seiho Boys' High School! added, and Zoids Wild Zero, Mashin Eiyūden Wataru Shichi Tamashii no Ryūjinmaru updated.
Update (June 13): Thunderbolt Fantasy added.
Update (June 14): Major, Sazae-san, Chibi Maruko-chan updated.
Update (June 15): Log Horizon: Entaku Hōka, Godzilla vs. Kongi added, and Gekijōban Pocket Monster Koko updated.
Update (June 18): Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal added, and The Millionaire Detective - Balance: UNLIMITED, The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese updated.
Update (June 19): Fate/Grand Order The Movie Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot: Wandering: Agateram, Ikebukuro West Gate Park, Yowamushi Pedal, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation- added, and One Piece, Digimon Adventure:, No Guns Life updated.
Update (June 20): Healin' Good Precure updated.
Update (June 21): Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna added, and Black Clover updated.
Update (June 22): Kinnikuman updated
Update (June 23): Gekijō-ban Kamen Rider Zero-One/Mashin Sentai Kiramager the Movie added
Update (June 24): Eiga Soreike! Anpanman Fuwafuwa Fuwari to Kumo no Kuni added
Update (June 25): Violet Evergarden: The Movie updated
Update (June 26): So I'm a Spider, So What? added, and Kiratto Pri☆Chan, Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE Season 2, Golgo 13, Tales of Arise updated
Update (June 27): Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Butt Detective: Tentō Mushi Iseki no Nazo, Fushigi Dagashiya Zenitendō: Tsuritai Yaki, Recycle Zoo: Mamore! Mokuyōbi wa Shigen Gomi no Hi, Kamen Rider Den-O: Pretty Den-O Tōjō! updated
Update (June 29): Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori added, and live-action Tokyo Revengers film updated.
Update (July 2): Given, Girl Gaku ~Sei Girls Square Gakuin~ updated.
Update (July 3): Cowboy Bebop updated, and Power Rangers added.
Update (July 5): Gekijōban Seitokai Yakuindomo 2 updated.
Update (July 7): Higurashi: When They Cry (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni) updated.
Update (July 8): Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, Ultraman Taiga: New Gene Climax updated.
Update (July 9): Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku (Super Radical Gag Family) updated.
Update (July 10): Eiga Precure Miracle Leap: Minna to Fushigi na 1-nichi updated.
Update (July 11): My Hero Academia manga updated.
Update (July 13): Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens manga updated.
Update (July 17): Skate-Leading Stars updated.
Update (July 20): Gal & Dino updated.
Update (July 21): Love Me, Love Me Not updated.
Update (July 22): Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō, Children of the Sea GKIDS screenings updated.
Update (August 1): Fate/Grand Order The Movie Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot: Wandering: Agateram, Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Gekitotsu! Rakuga Kingdom to Hobo Yonin no Yūsha updated.
Update (August 5): Nanatsu no Taizai: Fundo no Shinpan (The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement) updated.
Update (August 8): Shiro, the Giant, and the Castle of Ice updated.
Update (August 16): One Piece updated.
Update (August 17): Looking for Magical DoReMi updated.
Update (August 18): Happy-Go-Lucky Days updated.
Update (August 21): IDOLiSH7 Second Beat! updated.
Update (September 4): Tsukiuta. The ANIMATION 2!, Gekijō-ban Kamen Rider Zero-One, Mashin Sentai Kiramager the Movie, The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window updated.
Update (September 6): Seiho Boys' High School! updated.
Update (September 7): To Your Eternity added.
Update (September 11): Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III, A3! Season Autumn & Winter, Akudama Drive updated.
Update (September 18): EX-ARM, Ikebukuro West Gate Park, Maesetsu!, Dropout Idol Fruit Tart, Warlords of Sigrdrifa, Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle-, Assault Lily Bouquet updated.
Update (September 24): Princess Principal: Crown Handler updated.
Update (September 26): That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime updated.
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