Dr. Stone is readying to bring its manga to an end, with the story of Senku and Taiju finally coming to a close following its debut in 2017 from creators Riichiro Inagaki and Boichi. Though the series still has plenty of ground to cover when it comes to its anime adaptation, fans and even other manga creators are taking the opportunity to bask in the mind-bending story of a world transformed into stone, with none other than the creator of My Hero Academia, Kohei Horikoshi, lending his thoughts on one of the biggest manga series of recent years.
The third season of Dr. Stone has been touting a release of this summer, which will further explore Senku attempting to free humanity from individual prisons of stone that has kept the vast majority of the populace in place for thousands of years. Of course, one of the big selling points of Dr. Stone is the mystery not just behind how humanity was frozen, but how there are apparently individuals that seem to have escaped this fate and have set up villages of their own, leaning more into the days of medieval times rather than the benefits of today’s modern civilization .
In a recent nod to Inagaki and Boichi, Horikoshi had the following to say, with the creator of My Hero Academia showing his love for the series of Dr. Stone as well as the work that has been put into this world of stone that has taken the mediums of anime and manga by storm:
“That was an exciting story from start to end! Thank you Inagaki-sensei and Boichi-sensei!”
My Hero Academy is also set to return to the world of anime this year, though rather than diving into its next season over this summer like Dr. Stone, the series is set to adapt the War Arc in the fall of this year, pitting the heroes of the UA Academy against the overwhelming force of Shigaraki’s new army in the Paranormal Liberation Front. Needless to say, expect some major events from these two big anime adaptations that are hitting this year.
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