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Dr. Stone Anime Reveals Theme Song Artists, July 5 Debut
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
This year's 27th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed the theme song artists and July 5 premiere on Monday for the television anime adaptation of Riichirou Inagaki and Boichi's Dr. Stone manga.
The anime will debut on Tokyo MX on July 5 at 10:00 p.m. before airing later that evening on KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, and BS11. The anime will also air on TV Hokkaido, Tohoku Broadcasting, TV Aichi, and TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting. The anime will also stream on 21 streaming services in Japan, but will stream first on d Anime Store.
Burnout Syndromes (Gintama Season 4, Haikyu!! Second Season, Haikyu third season) will perform the opening theme song "Good Morning World!," and Rude-α will perform the ending theme song "LIFE."
Crunchyroll will stream the series as it airs.
The previously revealed cast includes:
- Yūsuke Kobayashi as Senku
- Makoto Furukawa as Taiju Ōki
- Kana Ichinose as Yuzuriha Ogawa
- Yūichi Nakamura as Tsukasa Shishio
- Gen Sato as Chrome
- Manami Numakura as Kohaku
- Tomoaki Maeno as Kinro
- Ayumu Murase as Ginro
- Karin Takahashi as Suika
- Reina Ueda as Ruri
- Kengo Kawanishi as Gen
- Mugihito as Kaseki
Shinya Iino (storyboards, episode director on Hanebad!, Revue Starlight, Made in Abyss) is directing the anime at TMS Entertainment. Yuichiro Kido (episode scripts for Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga, After the Rain, 91 Days) is in charge of series composition and is writing the scripts. Yuko Iwasa (Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, Yowamushi Pedal) is designing the characters. Tatsuya Kato (WorldEnd, Revue Starlight), Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Children of the Whales, Anima Yell!), and Yuki Kanesaka (Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond insert songs) are composing the music.
Viz Media describes the manga's first volume:
One fateful day, all of humanity was petrified by a blinding flash of light. After several millennia, high schooler Taiju awakens and finds himself lost in a world of statues. However, he's not alone! His science-loving friend Senku's been up and running for a few months and he's got a grand plan in mind—to kickstart civilization with the power of science!
Boichi (Sun-Ken Rock) and Inagaki (author of Eyeshield 21) launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in March 2017. The manga was tied for 15th place in the 2018 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook in December 2017. Viz Media is publishing the manga digitally and in print.
Source: Weekly Shonen Jump issue 27
