Why The Water Magician Episode 6 Didn’t Release on August 7

Viewers are curious to know why The Water Magician Episode 6 didn’t premiere this week on its usual time on TBS and Crunchyroll. Generally, for U.S. viewers, the episode comes out a day before its original broadcast in Japan due to varying time zones. Now that Episode 6 has skipped its release date, many are curious to know how many days they have to wait to watch the next episode. So, here’s all you need to know about the reason for the delay and the episode’s expected premiere date.

Why there was no Episode 6 of The Water Magician on August 7

The Water Magician didn’t air on TBS due to a special programming taking its slot. As it failed to broadcast on the given date, the episode didn’t come out on Crunchyroll either.

TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System), a Japanese network, broke the news that Episode 6 will not premiere on August 8 in Japan. This is because its slot had been taken for the promotion of the upcoming anime movie, Alice in Wonderland -Dive in Wonderland. Additionally, Part 2 of the after-talk special will stream on d Anime Store in Japan at a similar time in place of the regular broadcast. As the schedule has changed for this week, Episode 6 wasn’t released for the global viewers on August 7, as well.

When will The Water Magician Episode 6 be released now?

The Water Magician Episode 6 will release on August 15 in Japan on TBS. For international viewers, you can expect the episode on August 14 on Crunchyroll.

The previous episode, titled “The Great Tidal Bore,” features Ryo, who starts preparing himself for another confrontation with akuma. Elsewhere, trouble arises in the dungeon. The usual timings for its Crunchyroll premiere are 9:28 AM PT (Pacific Time) is 12:28 PM ET (Eastern Time).