During the ongoing AnimeJapan 2022 convention this weekend, it was announced that the Dr. Stone Special Episode – Ryusui will premiere on television in Japan in July 2022.
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Alongside information on the special episode’s release, new character design art was also shared, showing off Ryusui in a costume similar to that of a pirate captain. Check out the new Dr. Stone Special Episode – Ryusui artwork below:
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今夏7月放送テレビスペシャル『Dr.STONE 龍水』
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📺#DrSTONE龍水 解禁情報②📺
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今夏7月放送テレビスペシャル『Dr.STONE 龍水』
龍水の表情設定画・新ビジュアルを公開‼
＼▼詳細はこちら‼https://t.co/35ou9sp37z
2022年7月テレビスペシャル『Dr.STONE 龍水』🌊
2023年 『Dr.STONE』第3期🌎✨#DrSTONE pic.twitter.com/bA2L7Xs6dw— アニメ『Dr.STONE』公式 テレビスペシャル&第3期放送決定！！ (@STONE_anime_off) March 26, 2022
The special episode is dedicated to the character Ryusui Nanami, one of the major characters in the Dr. Stone series and one of the Five Wise Commanders of the Kingdom of Science, a state that’s found inside the series. The special will also act as a bit of a holdover for fans as they wait for the highly anticipated third season of the anime to return in 2023.
2022 has already been a big year for Dr. Stone, as the manga series recently came to a close at the beginning of March. Following its launch in March 2017, Dr. Stone quickly became one of the most popular manga in circulation and has gone on to sell over 10 million copies worldwide, while also winning the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award in 2019.
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“After five years of harboring unspoken feelings, high-schooler Taiju Ooki is finally ready to confess his love to Yuzuriha Ogawa. Just when Taiju begins his confession however, a blinding green light strikes the Earth and petrifies mankind around the world—turning every single human into stone,” reads the official synopsis for the manga. “Several millennia later, Taiju awakens to find the modern world completely nonexistent, as nature has flourished in the years humanity stood still.”