A new teaser visual has been released for the upcoming third season of Dr. Stone. The visual highlights Senku and his friends on a ship, sailing towards a new island. The latest season, titled Dr. Stone: NEW WORLD, will premiere sometime in Spring 2023.
The Dr. Stone “Ryusui” special recently aired this past July in anticipation of the third season.
Much of the production team of the “Ryusei” special are returning to work on season three. The staff includes Shuuhei Matsushita (Yu-No: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World assistant director) as the new director, taking over for Shinya Iino, who directed the first two seasons. Other returning staff consists of Yuuichirou Kido as series screenwriter and scriptwriter, Mayuko Iwasa as character designer, Yoshio Mizumura as design worker, Hiroyuki Horiuchi as main animator, Shunichirou Yoshihara as art director, Fusako Nakao as color designer, and Takeshi Kuzuyama as photography director. Tatsuya Katou, Hiroaki Tsutsumi, and YUKI KANESAKA serve as music composers. TMS Entertainment is handling the animation production.
Dr. Stone is based on the manga series by Riichirou Inagaki and Boichi, which ran in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from March 6, 2017 to March 7, 2022. Twenty-six tankoubon volumes have been released under the Jump Comics label in total. A spin-off titled Dr. Stone Reboot: Byakuya was serialized in the same magazine from October 28, 2019 to December 23, 2019.
Crunchyroll is streaming the anime series in select English-speaking countries and territories. It describes the story as:
Several thousand years after a mysterious phenomenon that turns all of humanity to stone, the extraordinarily intelligent, science-driven boy, Senku Ishigami, awakens. Facing a world of stone and the total collapse of civilization, Senku makes up his mind to use science to rebuild the world. Starting with his super strong childhood friend Taiju Oki, who awakened at the same time, they will begin to rebuild civilization from nothing… Depicting two million years of scientific history from the Stone Age to present day, the unprecedented crafting adventure story is about to begin!
Source: Dr. Stone Official Anime Twitter
