Earlier today, the official Dr. Stone anime website updated with several new character designs. Images of Senku, Taiju Ōki, Tsukasa Shishio, and Yuzuriha Ogawa were revealed, which you can check out below.
Dr. Stone will hit Japanese TV in July. TMS Entertainment is producing the adaptation.
The confirmed voice cast includes:
- Senku: Yūsuke Kobayashi
- Taiju Ōki: Makoto Furukawa
- Yuzuriha Ogawa: Kana Ichinose
- Tsukasa Shishio: Yūichi Nakamura
Riichiro Inagaki and illustrator Boichi’s Dr. Stone manga launched in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump in March 2017. The series spans six compiled volumes to date, with the latest shipping to stores on December 4.
Viz Media currently holds the rights to the Dr. Stone manga, which they describe as:
Imagine waking to a world where every last human has been mysteriously turned to stone…
One fateful day, all of humanity turned to stone. Many millennia later, Taiju frees himself from the petrification and finds himself surrounded by statues. The situation looks grim—until he runs into his science-loving friend Senku! Together they plan to restart civilization with the power of science!
When every human on Earth is turned to stone by a mysterious phenomenon, high-schooler Taiju is also petrified the moment he’s about to confess to his high-school crush. Flash forward several thousands of years later, Taiju awakens and joins up with his friend Senku, who has ambitious dreams. His plan: to restart civilization from square one with the power of science!
Source: Comic Natalie
