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Japan's Kids Station, Animax Channels Air Anime for Free Until March 27
posted on by Alex Mateo
Japan's many schools, venues, and events in Japan temporarily closing due to concerns over the COVID-19 coronavirus illness. The channels are aiming raise children's spirits and ease anxiety relating to the temporary school closure.
Kids Station broadcasts anime including Lupin III: Part II.
Sunday Webry (Sunday Web Every) manga website announced on Tuesday that it is posting all volumes from the following manga series for free for a limited time:
- Takuya Mitsuda
- Tsubasa Fukuchi
- Rumiko Takahashi
- Mitsuru Adachi
- The Law of Ueki by Tsubasa Fukuchi
- Takashi Shiina
- Motoyuki Tanaka
- Kazuhiro Fujita
Major and Psyche Mata Shite mo will be free from March 8-14. Ranma 1/2, Miyuki, and The Law of Ueki will be free from March 15-21. GS Mikami, Libero Revolution!!, and Ushio & Tora will be free from March 22-28.
Both Komi Can't Communicate, and 18 other manga until March 16.
Last Thursday, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe NAMJATOWN, AnimeJapan, and Shizuoka Hobby Show are closed, canceled, or postponed.
As of Monday, the WHO reported that Japan has 254 cases of the virus, with six deaths. These numbers do not include the number of cases from the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Yokohama. That cruise ship had 705 infected engers, and six deaths.
The first reported cases of the COVID-19 disease occurred in Wuhan, China in December, and then began to spread in varying rates and intensities across many parts of the globe through incubation in human hosts. The WHO declared a world health emergency on January 30. As of Monday, the WHO reported that there are 88,948 infected individuals worldwide, with 80,174 of them in China and 254 official cases in Japan proper. 2,915 individuals have died from the disease in China. The WHO raised its global risk assessment over the virus from "high" to "very high" on Friday.
Sources: Twitter via Hachima Kikō (link 2)
