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 noted that this
final season will have a total of three cours (i.e. three quarters of
broadcast) that will have a break period between each one.
The latter has caused concern among fans, especially
since the break is unlikely to be minimal, i.e. only three months apart between
each of the parts. 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 extend until 2027.
For their part, Riichiro Inagaki and Boichi began
publishing the manga in Shueisha 's Weekly
Shonen Jump magazine in March 2017 and ended 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 Fall 2023
(October-December) .
Synopsis of Dr. STONE
After five years of harboring unspoken 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
strikes the Earth and petrifies humanity across the globe, turning every single
human into stone. Several millennia later, Taiju awakens to find the modern
world completely nonexistent, as nature has flourished in the years when
humanity stood still.
Amongst a stone world of statues, Taiju encounters
another living human: 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 revival 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 awakened. Meanwhile, the
reason for humanity's petrification remains unknown.
Source: Comic Natalie
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