According to a leak from the next edition of the magazine Weekly Shonen Jumpthe anime adaptation of the manga written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Boichi“Dr. STONE“, will have a fourth season. The official announcement would come after the broadcast of the final episode of the third season, scheduled for Next December 21 in Japan.
According to the leak, which actually comes from a comment by author Riichiro Inagaki within the magazine, It is mentioned that “the series is heading towards its conclusion” with this fourth season, so some presume that it could be the last. Considering that there are just under a hundred chapters of the original manga left to adapt, What will be the production plans?
Inagaki and Boichi began publishing the manga in the magazine Weekly Shonen Jump from the publisher Shueisha in March 2017 and finished it in March 2022. The work inspired an anime adaptation of twenty-four episodes produced by the studios TMS Entertainmentunder the direction of Shinya Iino and scripts written by Yuichiro Kidoreleased in July 2019. A second season followed in Winter-2021 (January-March) and a third currently broadcast.
Production team
- Shinya Iino (Black Fox) is in charge of directing the anime at the studios TMS Entertainment.
- Yuuichirou Kido (Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!, Nanatsu no Taizai: Seisen no Shirushi) is in charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
- Yuuko Iwasa (Yowamushi Pedal Movie) is in charge of character design and animation direction.
- Tatsuya Katou (Buddy Complex, Comet Lucifer, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya) is in charge of the composition of the soundtrack under the sound direction of Jin Aketagawa.
Synopsis of Dr. STONE
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 across the globe, 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 encounters 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 brains 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.
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