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Dr. Stone Anime's Video Previews Village Arc
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The official website for the television anime adaptation of Riichirou Inagaki and Boichi's Dr. Stone manga began streaming on Wednesday a promotional video that previews the "Village" Arc. The anime will enter the arc on Friday.
The anime debuted on July 5. Crunchyroll is streaming the series as it airs, and Funimation is streaming a simuldub of the anime.
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 Katō (WorldEnd, Revue Starlight), Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Children of the Whales, Anima Yell!), and Yuki Kanesaka (Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond insert songs) are composing the music. Burnout Syndromes (Gintama Season 4, Haikyu!! Second Season, Haikyu!! third season) are performing the opening theme song "Good Morning World!," and Rude-α is performing the ending theme song "LIFE."
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!
The anime stars:
- 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
Boichi (Sun-Ken Rock) and Inagaki (author of Eyeshield 21) launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in March 2017. Viz Media is publishing the manga digitally and in print.
Sources: Dr. Stone anime's website, Comic Natalie