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Delayed 3rd Assassination Classroom Episode Rescheduled for Friday (Update 2)
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The official Fuji TV at 25:20 on Friday night (effectively 1:20 a.m. on Saturday in Japan or 11:20 a.m. on Friday EST). However, the cautioned that the schedule is subject to change.
The third Assassination Classroom episode was delayed "due to circumstances."
The band Psycho- film theme song "Who What Who What" during their television performance last week.
Two Japanese men — Kenji Gotō and Haruna Yukawa — were captured by the terrorist group ISIS, and a video of the two hostages was revealed last week. The terrorists demanded US$200 million within 72 hours in exchange for the men's release, and the deadline for the exchange was 2:50 p.m. JST (12:50 a.m. EST) last Friday. The Japanese government later received a photograph, purportedly of Gotō holding a photograph of Yukawa's body. The captors then changed their demands, asking for the release of Iraqi Female Prisoner Sajida al-Rishawi in Jordan in exchange for the release of both Gotō and Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh.
A commercial for the 10-Oku-En Big (1-Billion-Yen Big) soccer lottery stopped airing due to the hostage crisis. The commercial, which had been airing since October, included a character similarly named Gotō and the dialogue line, "The deadline's approaching."
Source: 47 News
Update: The episode aired as scheduled on Friday evening (early Saturday morning). Character designer Ansatsu Kyōshitsu Hajimatta" (Assassination Classroom began), #ansastsu_anime, and Karma-kun were trending on Twitter.
Update 2: Funimation is now streaming the episode.
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