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Dr. Stone Anime Gets Second Trailer


Earlier today, the official Dr. Stone anime website updated with a new teaser trailer.

The two-minute promo introduces the major story beats through character narration, before diving into an extended prologue. Opening theme song Good Morning World! by Burnout Syndromes kicks in as a background track at the 1:16 mark.

Dr. Stone will hit Japanese TV on July 5. Crunchyroll will host the show’s premiere on July 4, at Anime Expo. Both Anime Expo and Funimation will stream the show, with Crunchyroll streaming a simulcast and Funimation producing a SimulDub.

Dr Stone Anime VisualShinya Iino will direct the project at TMS Entertainment, with Yuko Iwasa (Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, Yowamushi Pedal Movie) providing character designs. Yuichiro Kido (Gatchaman CROWDS insight) is in charge of series composition.

Other confirmed crew members include:

  • Music: Tatsuya Katō
  • Music: Yuki Kanesaka
  • Music: Hiroaki Tsutsumi

The confirmed voice cast includes:

  • Senku: Yūsuke Kobayashi
  • Taiju Ōki: Makoto Furukawa
  • Yuzuriha Ogawa: Kana Ichinose
  • Tsukasa Shishio: Yūichi Nakamura

Dr Stone Anime VisualCrunchyroll describes Dr. Stone 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!

Riichiro Inagaki and illustrator Boichi’s Dr. Stone manga launched in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump in March 2017. The series spans nine compiled volumes to date, with the latest shipping to stores on February 4.

Viz Media currently holds the rights to the Dr. Stone manga, which they describe 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: Comic Natalie

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