Dr. Stone; a Post-Apocalyptic training in Comic

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Whether you are an anime fan, or a parent interested in choosing educational entertainment for your little ones, Dr. Stone is a work with great potential. This anime motivates audiences to approach knowledge, not only as a useful tool in everyday life, but even as something transcendent. Currently we see the growing interest and popularization of science in the youth field. Normally we take things like electricity, soda, baking soda, medicine for granted, but we would see these benefits of today as amazing if we had to remake the world.

Part of the magic and popularity of the play is that the protagonists experience the challenges with a sense of humor, an epic accent, somewhat folk, but generally lighthearted. The story begins at an end of the world in which all human beings turn to stone. Dr. Stone; Senku Ishigami, is a young man of high intelligence, whose name means something like “stone god of a thousand heavens.” Waking up in a jungle world, surrounded only by statues that were once human, he promises himself to find a way to reverse petrification in as many people as possible to rebuild civilization through the application of science. In this post-apocalyptic context, Doc. Is the hope for survival through community building: He, Taiju, and their friends begin a charismatic journey through knowledge to re-develop civilization.

-“I will use science to rebuild civilization from scratch. I will use the power of science to save all humans.” Dr Stone

E = mC2
The Energy of a body at rest is equal to its mass multiplied by the speed of light squared. Albert Einstein

Could it be that this fantasy tells us about something that can happen or that potentially already happened before? If you believe that Atlantis existed, -a great civilization that was destroyed and forced the civilization to a reset-, then we would be in a Déjà vu or a second, third or fourth act of the creation of culture. And what if there were also lands like Mu, Lemuria or Hyperboria? If this were to happen again, surely having a person who has memorized the wisdom of technology and science would be incredibly helpful.

The universe is approximately 13.8 billion years old, planet Earth 4.5 billion years old, and humanity 6 million years old, of which only the last 300 years are the stage of industrial civilization. Senku Ishigami, if he were with us in 2020, would be a person comfortable with the current times. His desire to be an astronaut would most likely make him part of the SpaceX team, founded by Elon Musk, and the current plans to explore the galaxy. Or perhaps, in the parallel world where a Dr. Stone is on planet Earth in the second millennium, there is also Nikola Tesla and they are collaborating in a renaissance of science.

Dr. Stone is a Post Apocalyptic manga written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Boichi. The manga has been published since March 6, 2017 in the pages of the magazine Shūkan Shōnen Jump, it is was collected in fifteen Tankōbon until March 2020. The Ivrea Publishing House has licensed the manga in Spain and the anime series has been made with a premiere in July 2019.

The second season of the anime titled Dr. Stone: Stone Wars premiered on January 14, 2021, and adapted the climax of the war between the Scientific Kingdom and the Tsukasa Empire. A television special taking place between the second and third seasons, titled Dr. Stone: Ryusui, premiered on July 10, 2022. The third season titled Dr. Stone: New World is divided into two parts (cours); the first part aired from April 6, 2023, to June 12, 2023; the second part premiered on October 12, 2023, ending on December 21, 2023. A fourth and final season, titled Dr. Stone: Science Future, was announced to premiere on January 9, 2025, and will run over three divided cours.

Production

Riichiro Inagaki began working on Dr. Stone with the initial idea of ​​creating a protagonist who was considered a relatively normal character unlike many others within the genre. He decided that his best approach with the creation of Senku was to create a character who was ambitious and decided to actively push themselves through hard work to meet their goals. He also wanted to create a character who closely resembled the character Agon Kongo from his own manga serialization Eyeshield 21 in terms of personality and characteristics and felt that it was appropriate for the chosen setting. Inagaki was personally fascinated by the subject of science as a child and sought to create a science-based story for entertainment purposes that also told common themes and messages that would be compelling to audiences. As for influences, Inagaki stated that Video Girl Ai was a series that had a significant impact on the development of the story.

Inagaki works remotely with his illustrator Boichi, in which the former sends his own created storyboards to the latter through his own editor. By the time the pair began working on the series, Inagaki was already quite familiar with Boichi’s work as an artist and initially had a hard time getting his ideas across for his collaborator to illustrate, often not knowing how to draw some of Senku’s inventions and how to make them feel impressive. While developing the setting for the series, Boichi became enthralled with imagining how to create the look of a futuristic Japan set 3,700 years after humanity was turned to stone. He settled on the idea of ​​creating a vast, beautiful world where Japan’s nature was left untouched due to the loss of humanity’s influence. When asked about scientific details, Inagaki revealed that both he and Boichi have conducted research on the topic during the development of the series, while also receiving help from a consultant.

Adaptation
Director Shinya Iino expressed that one of the challenges with adapting the series to animation was determining how the backgrounds would appear in a different medium. He would claim that Boichi had provided assistance by sending his own sketches as a way to make the adaptation process easier. Lino would also claim that the theme of science featured in the manga captured his attention in the series, as it was not a theme that appeared in many other shōnen series.

Content

Manga
The work was written by Riichiro Inagaki and drawn by Boichi. The manga began serialization in the pages of Shonen Jump on March 6, 2017, and as of March 2022, it has collected twenty-five Tankōbon. It was one of a series of story proposals that Inagaki brought to his editor, who chose it because he had no idea how it would develop. Boichi was approached, who was looking for a story to work on, when Inagaki (a fan of his art) finished the storyboards for chapter 3.

At their panel at Anime Boston, Viz Media announced their licensing of the manga, and the first volume was published in September 2018. Shueisha began simulpublishing the series in English on the Manga Plus website and app in January 2019.

In October 2019, a nine-chapter spin-off miniseries called Dr. Stone Reboot: Byakuya was announced to debut on October 28 in the 48th issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump with story and art by Boichi. As with the main series, the spin-off also launched on Shueisha’s Manga Plus service. Viz Media also published the series on their digital platform Shonen Jump. The series ended on December 23, 2019. A collected tankōbon volume was released on March 4, 2020.

Anime
An anime adaptation was announced in the 51st issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump on November 19, 2018. The series is animated by TMS Entertainment, with Shinya Iino as director, Yuichiro Kido as scriptwriter, and Yuko Iwasa as character designer. Tatsuya Kato, Hiroaki Tsutsumi, and Yuki Kanesaka composed the series’ music. The series aired from July 5 to December 13, 2019 on Tokyo MX and other channels. It aired for 24 episodes. The first opening theme is “Good Morning World!” by Burnout Syndromes, while the series’ first ending theme is “Life” by Rude-α. The second opening theme is “Sangenshoku” by Pelican Fanclub, while the series’ second ending theme is “Yume No Youna” by Saeki YouthK.

Second Season
A second season of the anime adaptation was announced after the end of the first season. The second season focused on the story of the manga’s “Stone Wars” arc. Officially titled Dr. Stone: Stone Wars, the second season premiered in January 2021 and features 11 episodes.

The opening theme for the second season is “Rakuen” by Fujifabric, while the ending theme for the second season is “Koe?” by HATENA.

A sequel to the series was announced after the final episode of the second season aired. A television special titled Dr. Stone: Ryusui focusing on the character Ryusui Nanami premiered on July 10, 2022 in Japan. At the Jump Festa 2022 event, it was revealed that a third season would premiere in 2023.

Third Season
After the special aired, the title of the third season was revealed to be Dr. Stone: New World. It premiered on April 6, 2023, and will consist of two split cours.

The first part of the third season aired between April 6 and June 15, 2023, and features 11 episodes. The second part began broadcasting on October 12, 2023.

The series is broadcast by Crunchyroll worldwide outside of Asia,​ including with Latin Spanish dubbing, and Funimation broadcast an English simuldub.​ On November 9, 2020, it premiered on the Toonami block on Cartoon Network in Latin America.​ On December 11, 2022, Crunchyroll announced a dubbing of the series into Spanish.

Fourth Season
Following the final episode of the third season, a fourth and final season, titled Dr. Stone: Science Future, was announced. It is scheduled to premiere in 2025 and will run for three split cours. The first part premiered on January 9, 2025.

Reception

Dr. Stone was ranked 15th, alongside Eizōken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!, on a list of the best manga of 2018 for male readers compiled by Kono Manga ga Sugoi!. The series placed second in the fourth “Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards” in 2018. The series was ranked 17th alongside Sweat and Soap and Heterogenia Linguistico ~Ishuzoku Gengogaku Nyūmon~ on Kono Manga ga Sugoi!’s list of the best manga of 2019 for male readers. In 2019, Dr. Stone won the 64th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category.

Barnes & Noble included Dr. Stone on their list of “Our Favorite Manga of 2018”.

In November 2019, Crunchyroll included Dr. Stone on their “Top 25 Best Anime of the 2010s”. IGN also included Dr. Stone among the best anime series of the 2010s. Dr. Stone was the eighth most-watched anime series on Netflix in Japan in 2019.

Gadget Tsūshin listed Senkū’s catchphrase “This is exciting!” on their list of anime buzzwords of 2019.

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