A new character was introduced in the first trailer of the upcoming season.
On the second day of Jump Festa 2026, it was announced that the third cour of Dr. Stone: SCIENCE FUTURE, will air in April 2026. SCIENCE FUTURE is the fourth and final season of the Dr. Stone anime, and fans have been eagerly waiting for more news on the grand finale ever since cour 2 ended in September 2025. During the panel at Jump Festa, a main trailer featuring a brand new character was also released.
Dr. Stone: SCIENCE FUTURE Cour 3 details
Unfortunately, the exact release date of the third cour hasn’t been revealed yet. However, the trailer shows us what we’re in for as Senku and his friends enter their final goal: a journey to the Moon. The video also gives us a glimpse of the new character Sai, who is a mathematical genius. Although anime watchers don’t know how Sai might influence the story, with a mathematical genius mind on his side, Senku is sure to have an upper hand against Xeno.
Even though we don’t know who will be voicing Sai, fans can take a look at the official character visual, which shows a young man with brown hair and a black substance covering his arms up to the elbows.
The Dr. Stone anime first came out in 2019, followed by season 2 in 2021. A TV special series titled Dr. Stone: Ryusui, which takes place between seasons two and three came out in 2022. Season 3 ran over two split cours in 2023. It was announced that the fourth and final season of the anime, titled Dr. Stone: SCIENCE FUTURE, will be divided into three cours. The first cour aired in Winter 2025, with the second following in Summer 2025. The third and final cour will air in April 2026.
Shuhei Matsushita directed the second cour of Dr. Stone: SCIENCE FUTURE at TMS Entertainment with Kurasumi Sunayama writing the scripts and composition. Yuko Iwasa designed the characters and Tatsuya Kato, Hiroaki Tsutusmi and Yukihiro Kanesaka composed the music.
The Dr. Stone anime is based on the manga series of the same name, written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Boichi. Crunchyroll currently streams all seasons of the anime, and describes the series as:
Several thousand years after a mysterious phenomenon that turns all of humanity to stone, the extraordinarily intelligent, science-driven boy, Senku Ishigami, awakens.
Facing a world of stone and the total collapse of civilization, Senku makes up his mind to use science to rebuild the world. Starting with his super strong childhood friend Taiju Oki, who awakened at the same time, they will begin to rebuild civilization from nothing...
Depicting two million years of scientific history from the Stone Age to present day, the unprecedented crafting adventure story is about to begin!