While vaccination efforts continue globally against the COVID pandemic, cases are rising all over as restrictions have wobbled during the summer season. The United States has been hit by surges in southern states where vaccination levels wane while the U.K. is doing well despite the delta variant’s arrival. In Japan, cases are on the uptick as vaccinations are rolling out slowly, and it seems anime studios are being impacted by the wave now.
According to a new report by Anime News Network, one director has spoken out about the pandemic’s most recent impact on studios. Takashi Watanabe, a well-known artist and director, outed the situation on Twitter. It was there he said he knows at least one animation studio has “gone on lockdown due to a COVID cluster” and there could be more.
According to Watanabe, the unnamed studio has imposed an “implicit gag order”…
