Funimation Has Delayed Dub Releases So Employees Can Work From Home

The coronavirus is now affecting the anime industry, with Funimation being the latest company to close their offices and have employees working from home.

Over on the Funimation blog there is a much longer explanation on why this decision was made. The safety and health of the employees has been deemed more important than getting out the dubs on time, but Funimation will still strive to deliver as best they can during this epidemic while keeping their employees safe.

“The safety of our Funimation family is our highest priority right now, so we’re adjusting our dub-production schedule to allow everyone to work from home," the post reads. "This means there will be delays in some of our dubbed series in the coming weeks, but subs are still on schedule!"The post explains how this will impact the Funimation SimulDub production and release schedule, while has allowed the studio to release dubs at the same time as the subbed release. "(We) have temporarily paused SimulDub production for the remainder of the current and upcoming seasons. We’ll let you know if and when that changes."

This means that the following simultaneous dubbed releases will be delayed:

March 18, 2020

• BOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense, starting with Episode 9

March 19, 2020

• Hatena Illusion, starting with Episode 8

• Infinite Dendrogram, starting with Episode 8

• Nekopara, starting with Episode 9

• Smile Down the Runway, starting with Episode 9

• Toilet-bound Hanako-kun, starting with Episode 9

March 20, 2020

• Asteroid in Love, starting with Episode 5

• Case File nº221: Kabukicho, starting with Episode 21

• Darwin’s Game, starting with Episode 9

March 21, 2020

• My Hero Academia, starting with Episode 84

March 22, 2020

• Black Clover, starting with Episode 124

• ID: INVADED, starting with Episode 13

March 24, 2020

• Sorcerous Stabber Orphen, starting with Episode 10

April 3, 2020

• A Certain Scientific Railgun T, starting with Episode 8

While the dubs will be delayed, subs will still be released on time and on schedule, so you can still get your weekly hit of anime. For anime recommendations, check out our favorite anime releases of 2019.