At the Dr. STONE stage today at AnimeJapan 2022, it was revealed that the previously announced Dr. STONE Special Episode – RYUSUI will set sail for science on Japanese TV in July 2022. Alongside the date, the character design setting art for the titular character Ryusui was released showing just how cool he is.

Previously released teaser:

Dr. STONE has so far released two TV anime series, with the Dr. STONE Special Episode – RYUSUI and season 3 set to screen in July 2022 and sometime in 2023. Crunchyroll will stream the two upcoming projects as they air just as it has for the first two seasons. Crunchyroll describes the series as such:

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!

Sources: AnimeJapan 2022 Stage, Dr. STONE on Twitter

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.