Today the Tokyo Babylon 2021 TV Anime production team has released an official statement announcing that the beginning of broadcast, which was originally scheduled for April 2021, has been postponed.
Here’s a rough translation of the statement:
Important report
We would like to express our sincere gratitude for your continued patronage.
The [Tokyo BABYLON 2021] committee takes the issue of imitation very seriously.
A compliance team was set up within the committee to reflect deeply and take strict measures.
We will continue to work on further legal compliance.Therefore, we will postpone the broadcast of this work, which is currently scheduled to be broadcast in April 2021.
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to CLAMP, everyone who loves the original “Tokyo BABYLON” work, everyone who is looking forward to and supporting the TV anime “Tokyo BABYLON 2021”, and everyone involved.
We pledge to deliver entertainment that fans can enjoy with peace of mind, and the production committee will work together to produce it.
We will seriously and sincerely make works that everyone truly loves, so thank you for your cooperation.
All of TOKYO BABYLON 2021 PROJECT
The decision comes after incident of using unauthorized materials for Subaru Sumeragi’s ceremonial robes and Hokuto Sumeragi’s pink outfit. Back then, the two previously released PVs were removed from YouTube, as well as all visuals have been removed from the official website and all Tokyo Babylon 2021 social networks. Since then, the team has been reworking on these.
The production team did not announce the new air date at this moment.
Source: Tokyo Babylon 2021.
However unfortunate, I feel this is the right decision to make in order to have an adaptation that feels right at least in that regard. It is somewhat expected that this would happen, considering that a lot of the work had been done already (the voice actors were already dubbing the scenes). It makes me wonder if there were other cases, other than the two ones reported, that they identified.
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I saw the news earlier this morning. I’ve been wondering if they’d do it or not… it was a big announcement, and you could tell they worked on many scenes already from the trailers!
But they are really making it happen, i can only wish luck to the staff remaking the episodes >.<
A shame it's not an April release anymore considering how emblematic cherry blossom trees are in Tokyo Babylon.
And I regret not saving the trailers now hahaha I should have downloaded them as soon as they were shared online, but I think they must still be around on youtube, I will very likely find them easily 🙂
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And I regret not saving the trailers now hahaha
Me too lol! But I think someone must have downloaded them, though… hopefully.
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I saved the first trailer but not the second since I was unimpressed with the second. I would be happy to send you the first trailer for preservation’s sake.
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Sorry for the late reply! Could you please send it to chibiyuuto at gmail dot com? Thank you!
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Reblogged this on CuteSherry and commented:
This news was published a few hours ago, I personally saw the tweet this morning since I am following the official account of the anime. I’ve been wondering if they’d do it or not… it was a big announcement, and you could tell they worked on many scenes already from the trailers!
But they are really making it happen, i can only wish luck to the staff remaking the episodes >.<
A shame it's not an April release anymore considering how emblematic cherry blossom trees are in Tokyo Babylon.
And I regret not saving the trailers now hahaha I should have downloaded them as soon as they were shared online, but I think they must still be around on youtube, I will very likely find them easily 🙂
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