Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Digimon

The is an ongoing pandemic of the disease  caused by the  that began in December 2019. It has had an impact on the Digimon franchise.


 * Delay of North American theatrical release of Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna and straight to DVD/BD release on July 7
 * Digimon Adventure: hiatus, replaced with  S6 reruns, starting April 26
 * Stay @ Home with Digimon Six-week Free Streaming Campaign launched by Bandai Channel, starting April 26
 * Digimon Web Twitter art
 * Volcano Ota's "Let's Fight Together" series of sketches
 * Delayed collaboration events
 * Digimon Coloring Contest May 1 - 31
 * Miyazaki Ayumi writing a song with his nephew, Shison Jun, called Kibou no Ashioto (Footsteps of Hope), using messages about the pandemic from his fans, with an illustration by Watanabe Kenji.
 * Brian Donovan is unable to reprise his role as Davis Motomiya in Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna due to a fault with his home recording studio.
 * Digimon Adventure: resumed broadcasting on June 7, re-airing episode 1
 * The Precious GEM Yagami Taichi and Agumon 20th Anniversary figure is delayed from April 2020 to May 2020
 * The Precious GEM Ulforce V-dramon figure is delayed from June 2020 to August 2020 in Japan and August 2020 to October 2020 for the west.
 * Bandai were set to give out promo packs for the Digimon Card Game at the Ani-Com & Games Hong Kong 2020 between July 24 and July 27, however the event was delayed.
 * Neil Kaplan was unable to reprise his role as Hawkmon in Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna due to being unable to find a way to make it work because of the deadlines created by the coronavirus.
 * Seki Toshihiko, who voiced Lucemon in Digimon Savers: Another Mission, tested positive for coronavirus on August 3, and has since recovered.
 * Wave two of the Digimon Figural Keychains from Monogram Direct were originally set to release in April 2020 but instead released in September 2020.
 * Digimon Survive is delayed to 2021.
 * The The Digimon Card Game Tamer Battle and January 2021 Tamer Meeting events, originally scheduled for 9 January 2020, are postponed.
 * The full release of ST-1, ST-2, and ST-3 and Special Release Booster Ver 1.0 are delayed in USA from January 2021 to 12 February 2021 due to Covid related production issues. They were delayed again on February 11 to the end of February due Covid related shipping issues.
 * The western release of Special Release Booster Ver 1.5 is delayed from February 2021 to March 12 2021
 * Mexican singer and voice actor Ricardo Silva Elizondo, who performed the Latin American version of 02's opening theme, Target, passed away on his 67th birthday due to complications of COVID-19.
 * Theatrical release of Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna delayed from 12 November 2020 to 21 January 2021 in Portugal. It was later pushed further to 18 February 2021 and then to a undefined date.
 * The western release of the Digivice Ver.Complete is delayed from February 2021 to March 2021
 * The western versions of BT-04, ST-4, ST-5, and ST-6 are delayed from May 7, 2021 to June 4, 2021
 * The western store release of the Digital Monster X is delayed from Summer 2021 to October 2021
 * Due to Japan's state of emergency in July 2021, the Digimon Card Game 3on3, DC-1, and Digimon Tamers Karaoke events are cancelled
 * DigiFes 2021's attendance is limited to less than 66% of the venue's capacity for COVID-19 safety reasons.
 * Digimon Survive is delayed once again, this time to 2022.
 * The pop-up museum at the Marine Lobby on the 1st floor of the Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Hall between July 28 and July 30 is cancelled due to the coronavirus.
 * The English release of BT-06 is delayed from September 10, 2021 to October 8, 2021. The American release is then delayed again to November 2021, though the European version remains October 8.
 * The Digimon Card Game Championship 2021 is delayed from September to October, then is delayed again to Spring 2022 because of the Corona Virus. Parallel versions of BT5-001, BT5-010, and ST1-11 were planned to be given out at the event, so instead they will be given out at alternate events to avoid fans waiting until 2022 to get the cards.
 * The US's second wave of the Vital Bracelet Digital Monster is delayed from October to November 2021 due to port backup issues stemming from the coronavirus
 * The western release of BT-07 is delayed from January 2022 to February 11, 2022
 * The US release of EX-01 is delayed from December 10, 2021 to January 7, 2022 then is delayed again to January 21, 2022. The European release is unaffected.