The Stone Fes. 2026 event at Yokohama Buntai announced on Saturday that a sequel anime subtitled Dr. Stone: Terraforming is in production. The official website also revealed a new anime logo and an announcement promo. Character designer Iwasa Yuuko drew an illustration to commemorate the announcement.
The new anime will adapt the Terraforming one-shot included in volume 27 of the original manga. The story is set after the conclusion of the main series and the final episode of Dr. Stone: Science Future, which aired in June 2025.
Production and broadcast history
Produced by TMS Entertainment, the first anime season premiered with 24 episodes in Summer 2019. The 11-episode second season, Stone Wars, followed in Winter 2021, and a special episode, Ryuusui, aired in July 2022. The third season, New World, aired in two parts: the first 11 episodes in Spring 2023 and the second part in Fall 2023. The fourth and final season, Science Future, aired in three split cours from January 2025 to June 25, 2026. Crunchyroll streamed the anime series with English subtitles and dubs worldwide, excluding Asia.
Manga background
Dr. Stone adapts Inagaki Riichiro and Boichi’s post-apocalyptic adventure sci-fi manga, which ran in Weekly Shounen Jump from March 2017 to March 2022. Shueisha published the 27th volume, which includes the Terraforming one-shot, in April 2024.
A nine-chapter side story titled Dr. Stone Reboot: Byakuya was serialized in the same magazine from October to December 2019. The manga has a cumulative 20 million copies of its volumes in circulation.
English release and awards
VIZ Media licensed the manga in English and shipped the 27th and final volume in June 2025. Shueisha is also releasing the manga and side story digitally in English on its Manga Plus platform.
The manga won the 64th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shounen category in 2019. It ranked second in the comic category of the 2018 Next Manga Awards, was selected as a Jury Recommended Work in the Manga Division at the 21st Japan Media Arts Festival, and was nominated for the 54th Seiun Award in the Best Comic category in 2023.
Announcement links
Official site: https://dr-stone.jp/
Official X: @STONE_anime_off
Source: animate Times
