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World Trigger Season 3 Finale Rescheduled to Next Weekend After Delay Due to Tsunami Alert
posted on by Egan Loo
The official World Trigger anime announced on Sunday evening that the 14th and final episode of the third season will air on Saturday, January 22 at 25:30 (effectively, Sunday, January 23 at 1:30 a.m. or Saturday, January 22 at 11:30 a.m. EST).
The episode was to have aired this Sunday at 1:30 a.m. (Saturday at 11:30 a.m. EST) on confirmed the delay 23 minutes later.
TV Asahi's NUMAnimation programming block had already World Trigger 3rd Season's timeslot next week. The Salaryman's Club anime's website announced on Sunday that the anime's premiere has been delayed to Saturday, January 29 at 25:30 (effectively, Sunday, January 30 at 1:30 a.m.)
An underwater volcano in the South Pacific island nation of Tonga erupted on Saturday at about 5:00 p.m. local time (3:00 p.m. Japan Time), and the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for Amami Islands and the Tokara Islands in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima. The agency then issued an advisory for almost all of Japan's east coast, and specifically warned of waves as high as three meters (about 10 feet) in the northeastern prefecture of Iwate. Amami Ohshima Island reported a 1.2-meter (about four-foot) wave at 11:55 p.m. on Saturday evening.
New Zealand, Australia, the United States, Canada, and other nations circling the Pacific Ocean also issued advisories and warnings for tsunami waves. Japan lifted its tsunami advisories nationwide as of Sunday afternoon.
The third World Trigger season premiered on October 9 on TV Asahi's NUMAnimation programming block and is airing on Sundays at 1:30 a.m. streaming the new season as it airs in Japan.
break due to the author's poor health, but is slated to return in the March 2022 issue on February 4.
MANGA Plus both publish the series simultaneously in English digitally. Viz Media also publishes the manga in print.
The manga inspired two television anime in 2014 and 2015. The second streamed these seasons as it aired in Japan.
Sources: World Trigger anime's Twitter , Salaryman's Club anime's website
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