The 16th issue of this year's Weekly Shounen Jump revealed main staff and the second key visual (pictured) for the Dr. Stone anime series on Monday. The anime adaptation of Riichiro Inagaki and Boichi's post-apocalyptic manga produced by TMS Entertainment will air in July 2019.
Staff
Director: Shinya Iino (Made in Abyss assistant director)
Series Composition: Yuuichirou Kido (Nanatsu no Taizai: Seisen no Shirushi script)
Character Design: Yuuko Iwasa (D.Gray-man animation director)
Music: Tatsuya Katou (Medaka Box), Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records), Yuki Kanesaka (Kekkai Sensen & Beyond insert song composition)
The adventure sci-fi manga has been serialized in Weekly Shounen Jump since March 2017. Shueisha published the ninth volume on February 4, with the tenth volume planned for an April 4 release.
VIZ Media published the first three chapters of the manga in English concurrently with the Japanese release as a part its Jump Start initiative and later serialized the series regularly in their digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. The company's new Shounen Jump service now publishes the manga simultaneously with its Japanese release digitally, following the discontinuation of the digital magazine last December. The fifth volume went on sale on March 5.
Source: Comic Natalie
Update March 24
The 17th issue of this year's Weekly Shounen Jump announced additional voice cast for the anime series on Monday.
Chrome: Gen Satou (Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken)
Kohaku: Manami Numakura (Renai Boukun)
Kinrou: Tomoaki Maeno (Blend S)
Ginrou: Ayumu Murase (Muhyo to Rouji no Mahouritsu Soudan Jimusho)
Source: Comic Natalie
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