History ScheduleSlip / AnimeAndManga

* ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'', the ContinuityReboot of the ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' franchise, was announced during July 2012's 20th Anniversary MilestoneCelebration for a Summer 2013 release. That got pushed back to Winter 2013, then even further, until its ''actual'' July 2014 debut.
** Then the third season didn't air until almost a year after the second, and there's still no word on a Season 4.

* ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure''[='s=] sixth episode was delayed due to news coverage of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami pre-empting all television programming in Japan for at least a week. This gave the animators time to re-animate a sequence that was considered [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents too soon]].

* Due to TooSoon issues related to the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of 2011, the penultimate episode of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' was postponed. WordOfGod expressed relief at the delay, as the earthquake cost the staff precious time that would otherwise have been used to make the episode. Eventually it was announced that the last episodes of the anime would air together about a month later (although this was apparently well after the episodes were completed). The last volume of the manga adaptation and the {{Prequel}} manga ''Oriko Magica'' were also delayed, the latter being moved from April to May.

* ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure''[='s=] sixth episode was delayed due to news coverage of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami pre-empting all television programming in Japan for at least a week. This gave the animators time to re-animate a sequence that was considered TooSoon.

* The ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' movies. The entire series was supposed to have finished up back in '''2009'''. The current target release date for the final installment? ''Winter 2015''. Well, that time has come and gone, and now no one knows when it's coming out, thanks to Anno's involvement with ''Film/GodzillaResurgence''. The Final movie has since been announced to be released in '''June 2020'''.

* The English dub of ''Manga/OnePiece'' has twice been hit with long hiatuses between releases. A 16 month gap between Seasons 3 and 4, and a currently on-going 15 month gap between Seasons 9 and 10. The latter is only slightly alleviated by the release of dubbed TV Specials.

** Since ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' came out, the manga has had trouble with schedule slips. The games come out with little between the two, resulting in one new manga being created before the other arc has finished.

* After an almost-three-year hiatus from June 2010 to March 2013, the ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' series started releasing new chapters. Unfortunately, the series went on another hiatus following February 2014 (when chapter 87 was published). The series finally returned in May 2017... only to go on another hiatus in August 2018 (after chapter 101 was published). The series us currently running again as of September 2019.

* After an almost-three-year hiatus from June 2010 to March 2013, the ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' series has finally started releasing new chapters. But as of February 2014, there have been no new releases, except for May 2014 when Volume 10 of the manga was released... which not-so-coincidentally covers up to all the currently released chapters (87 at that point). The series finally returned in May 2017... only to go on another hiatus in August 2018 (after chapter 101 was published). The series us currently running again as of September 2019.

* After an almost-three-year hiatus from June 2010 to March 2013, the ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' series has finally started releasing new chapters. But as of February 2014, there have been no new releases, except for May 2014 when Volume 10 of the manga was released... which not-so-coincidentally covers up to all the currently released chapters (87 as of this writing).

* The ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' movies. The entire series was supposed to have finished up back in '''2009'''. The current target release date for the final installment? ''Winter 2015''. Well, that time has come and gone, and now no one knows when it's coming out, thanks to Anno's involvement with ''Film/GodzillaResurgence''. The Final movie has since been announced to be released in '''2020'''.

** Creator/StudioShaft is notorious for this, really; ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'''s last few episodes being delayed caused a fair amount of InternetBackdraft. At least ''Madoka'' was delayed for understandable reasons.

* The ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' movies. The entire series was supposed to have finished up back in '''2009'''. The current target release date for the final installment? ''Winter 2015''. Well, that time has come and gone, and now no one knows when it's coming out, thanks to Anno's involvement with ''Film/GodzillaResurgence. The Final movie has been announced to be released in 2020''.

* ''Manga/MagicOfStella'' contains an InUniverseExample. Ayame, the writer for an {{doujin|shi}} game group, has a chronic problem of keeping up with deadlines, to the point that the group leader Shiina keeps {{blackmail}}ing her to keep her on line.

* Because of the R/S arc's EndingFatigue, ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' had a schedule slip for a long time, with Gen IV starting while the Gen III arcs had yet to conclude, Gen V starting while the Gen IV arcs had yet to conclude, and Gen VI starting while the Gen V arcs had yet to conclude. [[ArcFatigue The scheduling for BW2 aside]], Kusaka finally fixed this problem in Gen VI, as both arcs from that generation concluded just in time for Gen VII to start.

* The manga of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' had been running since just before the anime started and it ''finally'' reached its conclusion in 2013, after '''18 years''' of production. It averaged around one 6-stage volume a year (that's about one chapter every two months). There could occasionally be a full ''year'' in between chapter releases.
** The ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' movies count as well. The entire series was supposed to have finished up back in '''2009'''. The current target release date for the final installment? ''Winter 2015''. Well, that time has come and gone, and now no one knows when it's coming out, thanks to Anno's involvement with ''Film/GodzillaResurgence. The Final movie has been announced to be released in 2020''.

* The ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime had this as a result of the Pokémon Shock incident where children got seizures from the "Electric Soldier Poryhon" episode. [[http://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/comparisons/kanto/ep038.html This website]] lists a few episodes that had their airdates changed around as a result of the incident. This caused some continuity errors in the show, like Ash still having a Charmander in "Snow Way Out!" and "Showdown at the Po-ké Corral", an episode which set up the plot of ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'', airing long after the film's release in Japan rather than the week before like it was originally intended to.

** The ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' movies count as well. The entire series was supposed to have finished up back in '''2009'''. The current target release date for the final installment? ''Winter 2015''. Well, that time has come and gone, and now no one knows when it's coming out, thanks to Anno's involvement with ''Film/GodzillaResurgence. The Final movies has been announced to be relelased in 2020''.

** The ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' movies count as well. The entire series was supposed to have finished up back in '''2009'''. The current target release date for the final installment? ''Winter 2015''. Well, that time has come and gone, and now no one knows when it's coming out, thanks to Anno's involvement with ''Film/GodzillaResurgence''.

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': The creators of the anime were caught completely off guard by how popular it became, resulting in a four year gap before they were able to make a second season. This gap allowed the story to reach a point where a third season was announced right after the last episode of the second season ended, scheduled to air in Spring 2018, much to the relief of the fans.

* ''VideoGame/PrettyRhythmAuroraDream'' was supposed to premiere on April 2nd, 2011, but due to the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, the show premiered a week later.

** Akamatsu apparently finally admitted an inability to keep any sort of weekly schedule anymore when he announced ''Manga/UQHolder'' would shift from a weekly magazine to a monthly one, mentioning his age as an involved factor online.

** ''Manga/Drifters'', another Hirano work, has managed 68 chapters, the first 59 of which have been collected in five volumes, since it started publication in 2009.

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': The creators of the anime were caught completely off guard by how popular it was, resulting in a three year gap before they were able to make a second season.