Dr. STONE finally sets a date for his return

On the official site for the anime adaptation of the manga "Dr. STONE", a new promotional video for the final season of the project was revealed. The video confirms that this final season, titled "Dr. STONE: SCIENCE FUTURE," will premiere its first part in January-2025. It should be remembered that this final season will have a total of three cours (i.e. three quarters of broadcast) that will have a pause period between each one.

The latter has caused concern among fans, especially since the pause is unlikely to be minimal, i.e. there will only be three months of separation between each of the parties. It is evident that the production is trying to stretch interest in the franchise as much as possible, and many fear that the broadcast of this final season will be extended until 2027.

For their part, Riichiro Inagaki and Boichi began publishing the manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in March 2017 and finished it in March 2022. The work inspired a twenty-four-episode anime adaptation produced by TMS Entertainment studios and released in Summer-2019 (July-September). It was followed by a second season in Winter-2021 (January-March) and a third in Autumn-2023 (October-December).

Dr. STONE Synopsis

After five years of harboring unexpressed feelings, high school student Taiju Ooki is finally ready to confess his love to Yuzuriha Ogawa. However, just as Taiju begins his confession, a blinding green light hits the Earth and petrifies humanity all over the world, turning every human being into stone. Several millennia later, Taiju awakens to find the modern world completely non-existent, as nature has flourished in the years when humanity stood still.

Among a stone world of statues, Taiju meets another living human being: his science-loving friend Senkuu, who has been active for a few months. Taiju learns that Senkuu has developed a grand plan: to launch the complete rebirth of civilization with science. Taiju's strength and Senkuu's brain combine to forge a formidable partnership, and they soon discover a method to revive the petrified. However, Senkuu's master plan is threatened when his ideologies are challenged by those who awaken. Meanwhile, the reason for humanity's petrification is unknown.

Source: Comic Natalie

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