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 (pictured above) and an announcement promo. The character designer, Yuuko Iwasa drew an illustrations to commemorate the announcement (pictured right).
The new anime will adapt the Terraforming one-shot episode included on 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 premiered on June 25.Produced by TMS Entertainment, the first anime season premiered in 24 episodes in Summer 2019, followed by the 11-episode second season Stone Wars in Winter 2021, and a special episode Ryuusui in July 2022. The third season New World aired in two parts, the first 11 episodes in Spring 2023, with the second part aired 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.
Dr. Stone adapts Riichiro Inagaki 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 in 2019. The manga has a cumulative 20 million copies of its volumes in circulation.
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
Official site: https://dr-stone.jp/
Official X: @STONE_anime_off
Source: animate Times
Dr. Stone: Terraforming on MAL
