An infographic showing the impact of coronavirus on animation production with various panels and monitors.

However, in other respects, the Coronavirus has given animation an edge over live-action, as the former can be produced remotely and without human contact much more easily than the latter. Netflix and other streaming outlets have redoubled their committment to animation, promising even greater amounts of animated content for both child and adult audiences. Production on most shows has been able to continue during the pandemic with some adjustments, to the point where the Writers Guild of America has urged live-action writers left unemployed by the pandemic to pursue work on animated projects. In a particularly noteworthy trend at the time, a couple of live-action shows spent their production working on completely animated episodes. The Season 7 finale of live-action series The Blacklist had segments produced with pre-visual 3DCG animation, stylized like a comic, as the virus precluded filming it as normal. The returning seasons of black•ish, PEN15, and One Day at a Time (2017) each had one special episode animated in 2D animation. The live-action series No Activity went further and had its entire fourth season produced in 3DCG animation, a rarity among adult animated series at the time. Based on these developments, it seems likely that animation will weather the pandemic stronger than ever Ver mais