Anpanman anime has halted dialogue voice recording sessions indefinitely due to concerns over the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Voice actress Midori Kato reported on Saturday that Sazae-san, a similarly long-running family anime series, has also halted voice recording sessions for the same reasons.
The anime series began in 1988, and a new Anpanman film has opened each summer since 1989.
Anpanman television anime series adapts the late Takashi Yanase’s picture books about the titular superhero with a sweet bean bun for a head.