Dr. STONE would have a fourth season

According to a leak from the next issue of the magazine Weekly Shonen Jump, the anime adaptation of the manga written by . next December 21 in Japan“, will have a fourth season. The official announcement would come after the broadcast of the final episode of the third season, scheduled for Dr. STONE, “Boichi and illustrated by Riichiro Inagaki

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 of the publisher Shueisha in March 2017 and was completed in March 2022. The work inspired a twenty-four-episode anime adaptation produced by the studios TMS Entertainment , directed by Shinya Iino and scripts written by Yuichiro Kido, released in July 2019. A second season followed in Winter-2021 (January-March) and a third currently broadcast.

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 the petrification of humanity is unknown.

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