The official Twitter account for Dr. Stone: New World, the third season of the Dr. Stone anime, announced on Thursday that the next part of the season will premiere in October. The first part of the season concluded with the 11th episode. TOHO animation released a music video featuring the opening theme song “Wasure Gataki” by Huwie Ishizaki for the first part of the season.
The anime started airing in Japan on April 6 and will run for two parts, divided into different broadcast seasons. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime as it airs in Japan and also provides an English dub. The anime recently began airing on Adult Swim’s Toonami programming block on June 3. OKAMOTO’S will perform the ending theme song titled “Where Do We Go?”
Additionally, Maaya Sakamoto has joined the cast of the show as the character Francois. The story of the new series, as described by Crunchyroll, follows the former members of Tsukasa’s Empire of Might who join forces with the Kingdom of Science after the Stone Wars. Their goal is to build a ship capable of sailing across the open ocean to unravel the mystery of the global petrification. However, before embarking on their voyage, Senku and his friends must find essential resources and make scientific advancements to construct the required vessel.
The initial season of the Dr. Stone anime premiered in July 2019. Crunchyroll streamed the first season as it aired, and Funimation provided an English dub. The anime also aired on Toonami in August 2019.
The second season, Dr. Stone: Stone Wars, premiered in January 2021. Crunchyroll streamed the series worldwide, excluding Asia, with Funimation providing the English dub. Toonami aired the second season in May 2021.
In July 2022, a one-hour special called Dr. Stone: Ryusui aired as an anime special.
The manga, created by Boichi (known for Sun-Ken Rock) and written by Riichirou Inagaki (author of Eyeshield 21), was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump starting from March 2017 and concluded in March 2022 with a total of 26 volumes. Viz Media publishes the manga digitally and in print, while MANGA Plus offers the digital English version.
Sources: Dr. Stone anime’s Twitter account, Comic Natalie
