Anime delays/Coronavirus effects on anime

[Nachtwandler]

Originally Posted by mei misaki fan

Does anyone know a date for when productions resume again in japan?

The lockout is till May 31 currently.

[Calca]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

My fear is that with the financial tightrope most anime productions are walking anyway, some of these series - the less commercially-driven ones - may be abandoned rather than finished.

As a fan of isekai/fantasy series, even stupid ones that are generic, I am worried those types will be on the chopping block. For example Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha, I enjoy mindless stuff like that where I don't have to think and can just watch OP and ridiculous protagonists.

Originally Posted by Nachtwandler

The lockout is till May 31 currently.

It's not a lockout, but it is a state of emergency. Due to WWII, the Japanese are VERY wary about authoritarian figures and so they truthfully have no legal power to prevent people or businesses from closing down. It's up to the production companies if they want to close and when to reopen if they do.

[Guardian Enzo]

Haikyuu S4 Pt 2 officially delayed from planned summer premiere. Expect a lot more of these announcements.

[SeijiSensei]

Originally Posted by Calca

As a fan of isekai/fantasy series, even stupid ones that are generic, I am worried those types will be on the chopping block. For example Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha, I enjoy mindless stuff like that where I don't have to think and can just watch OP and ridiculous protagonists.

I think it more likely that shows like Hoshiai no Sora, Sing "Yesterday" for Me, or Sakura Quest would get axed before those isekai series.

[Guardian Enzo]

Well, "Yesterday" is finished so you don't have to worry about that one.

[SeijiSensei]

Yes, I know that. I included it more as an example of a type of anime I'd guess to be more vulnerable. I wonder if it would have been completed had it not already been in the can.

[Guardian Enzo]

Yeah, in general principle I agree with you. Anything with an element of financial risk is going to be the first sort of show to be abandoned.

[Infinite Zenith]

I think the new Higurashi is also seeing some delays and is not going to air during the summer season.

[Guardian Enzo]

Yes, that has been announced.

[Calca]

State of emergency seems to have been lifted throughout Japan. Maybe some semblance of production can return to a little bit of normalcy.

[SeijiSensei]

Some efforts are being made to protect seiyuu:

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/int...ancing/.159640

Lot easier than protecting actors in live-action productions.

https://twitter.com/yurikageyama/sta...25476491595776

[serenade_beta]

Originally Posted by Infinite Zenith

I think the new Higurashi is also seeing some delays and is not going to air during the summer season.

Well, considering what Higurashi is about, I'm actually not sure when it will broadcast.

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by serenade_beta

Well, considering what Higurashi is about, I'm actually not sure when it will broadcast.

Hurm, I hadn't thought about that. I wonder.

[Calca]

Damn, Danmachi S3 delayed till October or later.

[Tohsaka]

Tsukiuta 2 delayed again to October.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...ctober/.160312

[SeijiSensei]

This season's CGDCT anime, Diary of our Days at the Breakwater, with the T being fishing, will return July 7th.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...-delay/.160167

I enjoyed the three episodes released so far. Not too similar to Tsuritama though.

[Tohsaka]

Log Horizon S3 delayed to January 2021.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...vid-19/.160631