On April 19, 2020, TV Tokyo, MediaNet & ShoPro announced that the Pokémon anime series will be going on hiatus, with production on the TV anime series temporarily suspended, and the Pokémon anime will rerun the old episodes on all networks and on TV Tokyo starting next week due to the complicated COVID-19 epidemic in Japan. It is not clear when the new episodes will air. The staff will reveal at a later date when the anime will return.[1] In addition, production for the Toei anime shows were suspended due to the pandemic after the episodes aired including Healin' Good PreCure (Episode 12) and Digimon Adventure: (Episode 3).