AnimeJapan’s 2020 edition gets an unexpected revamp by Aniplex, proceeding under a different name and format this weekend.
Later in February, AnimeJapan 2020 and Family Anime Festa 2020, events originally planned to take place at Tokyo Big Sight on 21/03/2020 and 22/03/2020, were cancelled due to concerns over Coronavirus.
Aniplex announced that although AnimeJapan 2020 is cancelled, they’ve decided to air several talk events and revisit anime on Abema TV throughout 21/03/2020 and 22/03/2020.
Aniplex 48 Hours TV is going, as the name implies, air for 48 hours straight and will feature several talk panels as well as old and new anime for fans to watch.
Some of the talk panels confirmed to air are the following (all times are JST):
21/03/2020
10:00 – 10:29 – Fate/Grand Order: Shinsei Entaku Ryouiki Camelot 1 – Wandering; Agateram
Cast:
- Mamoru Miyano
- Nobunaga Shimazaki
- Rie Takahashi
- Satoshi Tsuruoka
- Mikako Komatsu
- Ayako Kawasumi
12:00 – 12:29 – Fate/stay night [Heaven’s Feel]
Cast:
- Noriaki Sugiyama
- Noriko Shitaya
- Ayako Kawasumi
18:00 – 18:29 – Hataraku Saibou
Cast:
- Tomoaki Maeno
- Kana Hanazawa
22/03/2020
11:00 – 11:29 – Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen
Cast:
- Ryota Suzuki
- Aoi Koga
- Makoto Furukawa
- Konomi Kohara
- Miyu Tomita
- Yumiri Hanamori
14:00 – 14:29 – Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Raihousha-hen
Cast:
- Yuichi Nakamura
- Saori Hayami
- Yoko Hikasa
15:00 – 15:29 – Back Arrow
Cast:
- Yuki Kaji
16:00 – 16:29 – Fate/Grand Order
Cast:
- Nobunaga Shimazaki
- Ayako Kawasumi
- Rie Takahashi
- Minami Tanaka
17:30 – 17:59 – Uchi Tama?! 3-Chome tsushin
Cast:
- Soma Saito
- Yuma Uchida
- Kensho Ono
22:00 – 22:29 – Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld
Cast:
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
- Ai Kayano
- Haruka Tomatsu
23:00 – 23:29 – Kimetsu no Yaiba
Cast:
- Hiro Shimono
- Akari Kito
For an extensive guide on the talk panels confirmed for Aniplex 48 Hours TV, please refer to the official website (link below).
Follow THIS link to watch DAY 1’s broadcast and follow THIS link to watch DAY 2’s broadcast. If, by any reason, the broadcast isn’t available in your country, it means that Aniplex region locked this broadcast.
Of course, that is not confirmed but we are just making a note as it is very common for broadcasts via AbemaTV to be region locked.