Dr. Stone announces fourth and final season

❘ Published: 2023-12-21T16:18:32

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It’s time to celebrate for fans of the popular anime Dr. Stone. Its fourth season has just been announced.

It’s a bittersweet day for Dr. Stone fans. Following the release of Season 3’s final episode, the anime revealed that the adventure would continue one last time with a fourth and final season titled Dr. Stone: Science Future.

Based on Riichiro Inagki’s manga series of the same name, this dystopian sci-fi thriller won fans over when it first debuted back in 2017. And the anime series which came two years later has only added to its popularity.

So, here is what we know about the Dr. Stone Season 4 announcement.

Dr. Stone Season 4 announcement

On December 20, Shonen Jump News announced that the Dr. Stone TV Anime “will head towards its conclusion” with its fourth and presumably final season.

Dr. STONE TV Anime Season 4 has been officially revealed through an author comment by Riichiro Inagaki in Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #4/5.

Inagaki adds the series 'will head towards its conclusion' with this new, and presumably final season. pic.twitter.com/5mx3MOcn4E
— Shonen Jump News (@WSJ_manga) December 20, 2023

The news shocked fans. Although Dr. Stone isn’t a long series, with its final manga chapter being released back in March 2022, there are still several arcs for the anime adaptation to get through.

This has resulted in some fans expressing their disbelief about the news on Twitter and Reddit. And other fans speculating how many episodes we could see in this “final” season.

In fact, one fan did the math for the rest of us and calculated that the anime will adapt roughly 2.5 chapters per episode, which means there are 3 cours or approximately 36-39 episodes left.

This is just about enough to cover the material left in the manga. Although, it does raise concerns about the overall pacing of the beloved series final season.

What is Dr. Stone Season 4 about?

Titled Dr. Stone: Science Future, the plot revolves around a 16-year-old science prodigy Senku Ishigami who ends up petrified along with the rest of the world due to a mysterious flash in 2019.

Thousands of years later, Senku is revived and has to figure out how to restart human civilization through his extensive knowledge of science.

The fourth season is expected to focus on Senku and friends using their intelligence and abilities to fight against people who want to stop them from saving humanity, including formidable enemies like Tsukasa Shishiou and Ibara.

You can watch all previous seasons of Dr. Stone on Crunchyroll, or Netflix if you’re located in East Asia including Japan, South Korea, and Singapore.

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