It has been announced that the second cour of "Dr. Stone Science Future," the fourth and final season of the TV anime series "Dr. Stone," based on the manga serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha), will begin airing on TOKYO MX and other stations from July 10th. In the second cour, after a battle in which both sides use their wits to take control, Senku and his friends succeed in capturing Xeno, and set out on an adventure across South America in search of the source of all the mysteries. The main PV has been released on YouTube, showing Stanley and his friends in hot pursuit of Senku and his friends in order to recapture Xeno, and Senku and his friends using Craft to face the looming difficulties as they search for the source of all the mysteries.
It was also announced that Megumi Han will be appearing as a voice actor in the second season. Han, who plays the young genius geographer Chelsea, commented, "One day, I was thinking about cicadas. Cicada larvae emerge from the ground after 2 to 5 years, don't they? To live for 7 days. I wondered if they could count their years like humans can. It was mysterious. Then the thought of the petrification process in this film came to mind... It was also on that day that I received my acceptance or rejection for the role of Chelsea. Geography is a field that is said to be the mother of all sciences. I will put all my effort into it so that I can repay the feelings that Senku and the others have shared with me up to this point!"
Pan will be appearing at the advance screening of the second season with a stage greeting to be held on June 28th, along with Yusuke Kobayashi, who plays Ishigami Senku, and Nojima Kenji, who plays Xeno.
The theme song artists were also announced, with the band KANA-BOON performing the opening theme "SUPERNOVA" and singer-songwriter Otoha performing the ending theme "no man's world."
KANA-BOON's Taniguchi Maguro commented, "I am very happy to be in charge of the opening theme! Thanks to everyone, we have been able to create a great song! It's a solid, aggressive song that is perfect for this season, when the battle between Senku and his friends is intensifying. It's sure to get you excited, so please look forward to it. Let's get the future of Dr. STONE exciting together!"
Otoha said, "I'm just a person who loves Dr. STONE, so it's just an honor. I've always been inspired by their indomitable spirit, so it was like extracting only the purest crystals from a waterfall of words and sounds. In other words, it was difficult because I love it so much. I hope that it will be a song that people will want to sing, both alone and with others. I'm very happy to be able to share a part of Dr. STONE and its future. I hope I can continue to support it."
"Dr. Stone" is written by Inagaki Riichiro (Eyeshield 21) and illustrated by Boichi (San-Ken Rock and ORIGIN). It was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from March 2017 to March 2022. Thousands of years have passed since all of humanity was instantly turned to stone by a mysterious phenomenon. Senku Ishigami, a boy with a superhuman intellect and a natural scientist, awakens and, in a desperate situation, decides to search for his friends and take the world back... This is the story. Senku uses science to try to build a civilization from scratch. The comics have sold over 18 million copies in total.
The first season of the TV anime aired from July to December 2019, the second season from January to March 2021, the TV special "Dr. Stone Ryusui" in July 2022, the first cour of the third season from April to June 2023, and the second cour from October to December of the same year. The final season will be split into three cours, with the first cour aired from January to March.
