Re:ZERO Animation Director Says TV Anime Production Moved to Homes After Episode 5

Animation director Naoki Hiramura, who worked on episode 5 of the current season of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, tweeted out last night about the current state of production for the TV anime series during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, mimicking the sentiment shared by a lot in the anime industry in Japan at the moment.

Much like the animators we spoke to in our feature on the coronavirus’ effect on the anime industry, it seems White Fox, the studio behind Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, has stay-at-home orders in place for those working on their series’ as well.

After this episode, I’ve been completely cooped up at home working on the series because of the coronavirus.