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.
Several millennia later, Taiju awakens to find the modern world completely nonexistent, as nature has flourished in the years humanity stood still. Among a stone world of statues, Taiju encounters one other living human: his science-loving friend Senkuu, who has been active for a few months. Taiju learns that Senkuu has developed a grand scheme—to launch the complete revival of civilization with science. Taiju's brawn and Senkuu's brains combine to forge a formidable partnership, and they soon uncover a method to revive those petrified.
However, Senkuu's master plan is threatened when his ideologies are challenged by those who awaken. All the while, the reason for mankind's petrification remains unknown.
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Inferno792
Dr. Stone is one of those sorts of anime which you love even though it’s extremely over the top. It’s realistic while being unrealistic, funny yet with high stakes. It’s set in prehistoric-like times and that’s what’s unique about it. Make no mistake, this is the kind of “you’ll either love it or hate it” anime. It’s got these moments that’ll either make you fall in love with the show because of its execution or make you hate it because of how stupid it might seem. I fall into the former category and I’ll explain why. Dr. Stone is as much a comedy show asit is about science. You’ll fall off your couch laughing if you continue watching it. I liked the concept to begin with and enjoyed the first few episodes, but they are nothing compared to what Dr. Stone has to offer later in the season. The build-up is quiet but every following episode is an explosion. This is when I honestly began to dig the show as much as I do now.
The setting of the show is so intriguing that you’ll get sucked right in: Earth has been petrified; turned to stone by a mysterious light that suddenly encompasses the globe. Not one person on the planet is left standing. However, petrification doesn’t mean death. These people are still well and truly alive, but they can’t move, can’t speak, can’t think? Well, there’s one person who’s still maintained his ability to think and through his steely determination, breaks his petrification. I’m talking about none other than the protagonist: Senkuu.
Now, Dr. Stone is a show that you’ll only fully appreciate if you can give a pass to its ridiculous science fiction stuff. A lot of what it portrays in terms of science is correct, however, the way the characters achieve it is fairly exaggerated. That’s all down to the genius of Senkuu. He’s a supercomputer in the skin of a human. Senkuu is a guy made by mixing all of the most brilliant brains to ever exist in the real world. He’s just ten billion times smarter.
The main focus of Dr. Stone is showcasing the brilliance of Senkuu and his little science team that he manages to gather. The gang of characters that he befriends all have their different goals and personalities. His initial encounters with them are not always on friendly terms but one of the things that’s good to watch about this anime is how these characters work together with an aim to form the kingdom of Science – Senkuu’s ultimate objective. Most of the inventions of the team wouldn’t have been possible without the cooperation and expertise of each individual and this, in my opinion, is one of the major standout points in the show.
The story starts off with Taiju finally deciding to confess his feelings to the girl he’s loved for all his life. But, just like all great things, this does not come to pass. Right before his confession, the world is petrified. Along with Senkuu, Taiju is one of the few characters who partially maintained his ability to think, and that was largely thanks to his overwhelming love for Yuzuriha. He’s a hardheaded character (in both senses) who’s a perfect foil for Senkuu’s genius. He does most of the physical stuff which Senkuu isn’t great at, and their partnership together is what helps them overcome their greatest enemy.
Speaking of the enemy, that would be Tsukasa Shishio: the strongest person in the show thus far. He is another example of the exaggerations in the show as he’s shown to be powerful enough to kill lions with a single punch. His petrification is cured by Senkuu when he found himself in a perilous situation. However, the two soon find themselves to have totally opposite goals. Their rivalry is a great example of what Dr. Stone is about: brains vs brawns. We don’t see too much of Tsukasa after the initial few episodes but I do expect him to play a major part in the upcoming seasons.
The fiery Kohaku is the first of the many characters of the “new generation” that Senkuu encounters in his quest. She’s a fiery girl who’s one of the best fighters in this prehistoric world and one whose story I particularly enjoyed. Then there’s Chrome, the yang to Senkuu’s yin; a science user who’s shunned as a sorcerer as people find his interests weird. I personally think that Asagiri Gen, one of the characters introduced a bit later in the first half of the season, is one of the best in the show. I won’t go into details about him because almost anything I say about him would be more than some minor spoilers.
The art of Dr. Stone is great with extremely detailed backgrounds and character designs, but the animation does leave some question marks at times. It’s not that it’s bad, but you can certainly ask for something better, especially for a show that’s garnered this much popularity. There are times when stills are overutilized while the “chibi animations” were somewhat overused. That said, I can’t fault the overall art quality, although I fully expect and hope for this aspect of the show to be improved upon in the second season.
Unlike the animation, I have very little to complain about in the sound department. The OST has a variety of different tracks for various situations and their placement is pretty much spot on. I felt the voice actors too did a great job of mixing comedy along with the more serious stuff. The balance between the two adds a lot to the overall experience of the show. The first opening was good, but I think the second opening truly set the tone for the rest of the episode. I never really got bored of listening to it every episode and the visuals during the OP were perfectly directed.
Dr. Stone is definitely going to irk a few people due to its approach to the sci-fi genre and the way it’s handled. It has divided opinions over the last few months and I can understand where some of the negative opinions may stem from, but it covers up for it in spectacular fashion. But if you can ignore that, you’re in for a hell of a ride and an amazing watch. It kept me wanting more after every episode and I watched it as soon as possible most weeks during its run. Its transition from comedy, which is better than most pure comedy anime out there, to a darker tone whenever required was one of the highlights for me. Overall, Dr. Stone was a great source of entertainment, and definitely one of my favorite anime of the year.
Krunchyman
---The review contains spoilers--- Dr. Stone is an anime that took itself too seriously, and not serious enough — at the same time! It did this by highlighting the ‘cool’ aspects of science (through Senku’s re-engineering of past inventions), via methods that were beyond human capability. Sure. Humans can grow their own antibiotic (penicillium) through the natural molding process of bread; in fact, this was taken advantage of in ancient Egypt. But is it reasonable for one man to memorize the entire process of producing a sulfa antibiotic, and creating the various instruments necessary in doing so? Seems rather absurd. But what’s more unbelievable than theseabsurd scientific feats, is Senku’s eccentric personality. Actually, everyone’s personality is turned up to an eleven on the ridiculous scale (Taiju would probably be around 3,700). This wouldn’t be a problem if said characters were funny, yet their personalities are anything but. Starting with the man of science himself, Senku, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of all scientific inventions (actually, he puts encyclopedias to shame with their dearth of information). Senku offsets his profound cognitive abilities with an edginess that redefines the trope itself. Essentially, think of Senku as an extreme version of Light Yagami. But where Death Note succeeds in providing an engaging, thought-provoking plot, Dr. Stone is as fake as Matsuda’s girlfriend (forever alone!).
Even bad anime have one character that can make the show, somewhat, bearable. That is not the case for Dr. Stone. (Google) Chrome’s inane antics and exaggerated facial expressions would normally be sufficient to categorize him as the worst character of the show; however, Taiju’s tomfoolery is second to none (although, Ginrou’s cognitive bêtise was something to behold — so many awful characters). Moving on from the comedically impoverished lot, Shishiou is the token evil dude who is bent on world domination. Instead of a personality, he perform epic physical feats like punching a lion or snatching a bird in mid-flight (dude thinks he’s a f—kn’ falcon). Kohaku is your basic action-girl, and Yuzuriha is just that…m-minus the action, meaning: she’s just a girl (hard to believe, I know).
The amount of posing in Dr. Stone puts runway models to shame. Every time Senku inspires Chrome — which seems to be at least once per episode — they overly dramatize the situation to make it look like the two are going to save the world. Incidentally, this tone matched numerous events, particularly the tournament for Ruri’s hand in marriage. The staff conveyed a sense of urgency in winning the tournament, but zapped all tension away when “liquid hot” Magma lost in the second round. Also, the tournament itself was a travesty of bland fights, mismanaged pacing, and excessive stupidity.
Dr. Stone sort of had an interesting concept (turning everyone into stone), but it quickly dissolved into bat shit. The isekai-ish plot, along with the MMORPG style of acquiring new items was a stark reminder that Dr. Stone was a video game masquerading as an anime, meaning: we all got played.
Stark700
Having been a fan of Weekly Shonen Jump works for many years, their arsenal of genres continues to bring diversity to its audience. From ninjas in hidden villages to mages from magical guilds, it seems once in a while, there comes a new hot topic for fans to celebrate. Dr. Stone celebrates a post-apocalyptic adventure that serves as a love letter to science but also brings a refreshing look to its fans. One of the more distinctive features about the anime is the illustrator of the manga. Boichi had previously worked as an illustrator on manga such as Sun-Ken Rock, Wallman, and more recently, Origin. Tosee his character designs being animated is a breath of fresh air. In fact, the previews and key visuals demonstrated that Dr. Stone can be translated into the anime medium. Studio TMS collaborated with Crunchyroll to delivery to us a definitive imagination of the post-apocalyptic world. Just as in the manga, the anime takes in a period some 3700 years after the modern times. Now you can imagine how much potential Dr. Stone can bring with its expansive setting.
As with many anime these days, it’s becoming easier to judge by the cover and more so by what to expect from the synopsis. Dr. Stone doesn’t hide anything from its fans as the first episode quickly unravels the depths of its plot. We are thrown into the story immediately as the world seemingly ends and mankind get petrified into stone. It’s too bad for a guy like Ooki Taiju since he was planning to confess his love to a girl named Yuzuriha. Then, we meet Senku Ishigami, a brilliant man with a fascination for science. Not only does have a big ambition to rebuild civilization, he also wants to revive science and discover the truth of the past. Comparing the two characters seems like apple and oranges at first but as time went on, I grew to appreciate both characters. They share similar goals despite possessing different skillsets. And unmasking the truth isn’t an easy task. Combining their talents together brings them closure to discovering the nature of the Stone World. However, you may be wondering what Dr. Stone is really aiming for.
The answer is quite simple and that is to explore the idea of science but translating it into without being dull or forced down our throats. Every idea spawned in the show has a purpose such as important inventions. Senku’s brilliance helps bring technology into the Stone World through his innovative ideas. It’s clear that his passions goes beyond just curiosity but genuinely wants to rebuild mankind into a civilization. As the main character, Senku’s natural charisma gave me the impression of a leader, someone who is capable of expressing his voice without much bias. Some of his actions may seem manipulative in nature but deep down, he is a selfless man who applies his logic to help people. However, Senku himself is not just the sole person to keep an eye on. If there’s one character to name that stands on the opposite side of Senku, it would be Tsukasa Shishio, a man with a desire to recreate a world without modern technology. Clashing against his personal ideas, Tsukasa serves as Senku’s main obstacle and antagonist throughout the show. Similar to Senku, he is also highly intelligent but also carries a great amount of physical strength. The plot details of his own ambitions and while not being promoted as much as Senku, we are shown about the true nature of his character.
As the cast expands, we are also introduced to Ishigami Village, a community from the Stone Age world where some of the major characters reside in. These include Chrome, Ginro, Kinro, Suika, Kohaku and her sister Ruri, to name a few. The village serves a symbol of mankind achievement. It’s where we see some of the science at work and inventions bought to reality with the ingenious work of the characters. These include but not limited to food seasoning tools, clothing, shelter, fire, traps, alcohol, gunpowder, iron, drugs, magnets, glass, weapons, and of course, the formula that de-petrified humanity. If you think about it really, the ability to make all these made possible may be the closest thing mankind has to a superpower.
With the manga still ongoing, the main plot is decorated into arcs that expands upon the overall storytelling. This is similar to long running Shounen Jump manga and also important to flesh out its colorful character cast. Dr Stone keeps its fans engaged and entertaining with its addictive character chemistry. We have characters such as Kohaku and Suika often stealing the spotlight with their personalities. Others such as Tsukasa and Asagiri develops rivalries with Senku to bring out the best of their characters. Unfortunately, not everyone can be appealing in the show. I quickly lost interest in Taiju and Yuzuriha’s relationship after being introduced to the Stone World. Even as one of the more important characters, Yuzuriha rarely ever stands out compared to the other cast. When we talk about Taiju, he holds a much lesser degree of presence compared to Senku, Kohaku, Tsukasa, or even Asagiri in later episodes. Fortunately, the character chemistry connects the show’s humor together to still bring out entertainment. There’s an immense amount of comedy that draws out character personalities. Sometimes, it may seem to go overboard but most often, it’s great to get the fans entertained.
Even as a 2-cour show, Dr. Stone doesn’t have enough material to cover to the manga story. With over 130+ chapters and ongoing, the anime did accomplish the mission to deliver a wealth of its ideas. If you managed to complete the anime from first episode to the end, you should have a great understanding on what the author is trying to deliver to us. Luckily enough, the anime remains faithful throughout its run without going off rail with its main plot. Even the ambiguous background storytelling is told through the eyes of the international space station crew. The animation quality is adamantly beautiful with its world setting from the prehistoric landscapes to its scientific inventions. I can’t thank Boichi enough to make his characters look more distinctive than the generic looking character models we find so often these years. Take me advice and read some of his other works. As with the animation, soundtrack brings a colorful sense of charisma with its theme songs. The character voice mannerisms synchronizes well with each personality especially Senku, our scientific genius of the Stone Age world.
There’s no doubt that Dr. Stone tried to be unique with its science culture and storytelling. Every now and then, there’s an anime that I find myself deeply indulged in with its creative ideas. This show proved itself to be a refreshing take on the science fiction genre that 2019 needed. Toonami also recently took steps to bring the show to a broader audience in the West. Hopefully, that means more fans will get to experience the fascination of Dr. Stone’s style of science. I mean, what more could you want? Another season? Well good news because we're getting it.
HotThotRed1
If Dr. Stone was a human being, it would be that one really annoying and narcissistic kid in class that thinks he knows everything about whatever sh*t and cr*p, but in reality, is just a whiny little p*ssy that nobody respects. I wish I could say that this analogy is 100% accurate, however, that is not the case as the fanbase, which encompasses of Turbo virgin redditors and other uneducated meaningless lifeforms, deeply respect and defend the show almost making it impossible to criticize. I get that this is a shounen and all, so there are bound to be some “illogical” things here and there,but if you’re going to add “science” as the main idea, then there can be absolutely NO ERRORS with the basic scientific laws that are used. But there is anyways. I feel like anyone with a basic understanding of the physical sciences (physics and chemistry) will be able to identify at least one or two scenes in which the writers just completely devoid themselves of all logic and break the laws of physics. The only positives in the show are the art and setting, but obviously that is not enough to make a good anime, yet it somehow worked anyway considering the crazy amount of promotion from Crunchyroll and the mentally “special” fanbase members.
Ok. Now before you hardcore fans begin to go all Mob Psycho 100 on me, just take a moment to relax and catch your breath because this train is going to be a one-way ticket straigth through the inferno all the way down to the ninth circle of hell.
Starting ez, as I said earlier, the only thing good in this show is the setting and how the art manages to capture the idea of a “Stone World” which on a side note, is a very creative title for a post apocalyptic world. The only problem I have with this doesn’t exactly have to do with the setting, but rather the writing, which is that they didn’t make it clear at the beginning that it was only humans and some birds that were affected by the unusual phenomena that turned them into stone.
Now, let’s get into the filth. So make sure you get the hot water running in the shower right now before continuing.
As I mentioned earlier, I acknowledge that this is shounen and there are bound to be some “illogical” things and one of those things is the fact that Senku was able to count roughly the exact number of seconds that pass while still stone for 3700 years. Now normally I would give this a pass with the assumption that this “plot convenience” would have an important role to play in the course of this show. Unfortunately, it didn’t. The only reason it existed was to add a “hype” moment for the ultra turbo virgin redditors and lonely youtube surfers to make a big deal out of. It was that awful.
Another filthy aspect of this show is the characters---every single one of them.
Senku is a guy with some Rick and Morty level IQ. Can confirm 10 billion percent true. His entire character is completely generic with such minimal personality that honestly just appears to be cringe most times. He’s a bearable character in the beginning, but in the village arc everything just seems dull.
Taiju is the guy that packs the brawn of the duo. Just like Senku, Taiju is also completely generic in his respective character archetype and neither of them receive any development at all. It’s just the same two characters doing their thing to speedrun scientific advancements.
Not to mention, but if Senku really does have such scientific intuition then wouldn’t he want to discover the cause of the “Stone World” in the first place. I mean seriously, any real scientist would first want to discover the problem before fixing it.
Tsukasa is the type of guy that is dumber than Senku (but still somewhat smart) and stronger than Taiju. Because of this I went under the false impression that he would be a good villain. The reason he doesn’t want scientific advancement is because of a “story” about a guy that wanted seashells for his dying sister but then some adult comes by and is like “OH! You can’t do that this is my property or something.” Therefore Tsukasa doesn’t like science because it makes adults corrupt. Honestly, WHERE IN THIS STORY IS THERE ANY MENTION OF SCIENCE CORRUPTING. IF ANYTHING IT SHOULD BE CAPITALISM OR PRIVATE PROPERTY AND IT WOULD STILL BE SH*T REGARDLESS.
I’m not going to go into much detail about Kohaku, but all you need to know is that she left the tournament arc, THE VERY IMPORTANT TOURNAMENT TO DECIDE THE VILLAGE CHIEF, because of the slight probability that some child might be drowning since they were alone. That same child was alone exploring the forest multiple times but NO, now all of a sudden I care about being paranoid about a child’s safety. PLOT CONVENIENCE!!!!!!
I also want to note that the character design was one notable thing at the beginning, however, they still managed to screw the one unique thing up entering the village arc.
Overall, Dr. Stone had a good premise and setting and a few artistic scenes that can make you feel at ease, but horrible execution throughout. The entire show is riddled with an unquantifiable amount of plot convenience, appalling characters, unfunny jokes, and ofcourse---downright fake SCIENCE in a few instances for the sake of coherency in the storyline, which is utter crap to begin with anyway.
Just to clarify, it’s not the fake science that’s the worst part of the show but how the characters are written. The most important part in any show I believe is the characters and how they develop and contribute towards the overall story and that is what the writers screwed up the most.
If you really want to watch a good shounen science show, watch FMA Brotherhood. Seriously I would much rather watch this 10 times in a row if I’d known Dr. Stone would be such utter sh*t that make my brain cells melt.
EDIT: Ok, so I wrote this review like 2 years ago during the peak of my adolescent-like weeb stage, hence the plentitude of jargon only people who watch a lot of anime would understand. Looking back on this, I'm not particularly proud of my presentation in this review as I was going for a dark-comedic vibe, but, I guess the comedic part I was going for may not have landed so nicely (Comments have been equally positive and negative). To be clear, my opinions on the show have not changed much at all. I still think its trash for how it gets away with minimal animations and other stuff I mention in the main body of this review. As for the use of the term "fake science," I will agree that it is not the best use of words to highlight my point. What I meant to say by "fake science" is an issue with the writing with how conveniently everything plays out for the main characters that it just feels so unrealistic and lacks immersiveness. Although on a side note, I wouldn't be surprised if the author did in fact sneak in some plot holes. If you feel the need to go on a rant and comment on a review from almost 2 years ago, maybe you should rethink your own life instead.
YeeYeeAss
Dr. Stone is amazing First off, this anime may not be for everyone The story: Some mysterious green light turns everyone into stone statues, then after 3700 years our main character Senku wakes up. He knows what happened and he wants to turn everyone back into living beings. Then he starts his quest on resurrect everyone. He starts off by building essential tools and equipment. Later on his best friend Taiju wakes up. Senku wants to rebuild humanity with science. Characters: Senku is very weak body wise but his intelligence is off the charts. Taiju is kinda dumb but he is strong and has a god likestamina. Yuzuriha is Taijus "girlfriend", she is very skilled with her hands. Tsukasa is the main bad guy of the show and he is kinda a communist. Kohaku is very strong and has very good agility. Chrome is another scientist but he has no clue of modern science. Kinro is one of the villages guards and is very strong and determined. Ginro is somewhat strong and kind of a coward. Gen Asagiri, is a mentalist who switches sides like Italy. He is best boi. There are a lot more.
The art is very beautiful looking even though the characters eyes are very far away from each other.
The sound work in this is great. The ost is very beautiful and both openings are bangers.
This anime has done something remarkable. It made me enjoy physics and science.
If you are a man of science and physics, you should check this anime out. The characters are nice and so is the story
I would recommend this. I fell in love with this show.
HellLyter
Local turnip hair kid wakes up in a prehistoric future and uses the power of science and improbable percentages in an attempt to beat the anime version of Sid Meier's Civilization in record time. This basically sums up what I’ve seen from Dr. Stone, and I’m 99% percent certain that its unique premise has drawn the attention of a lot of anime fans. Ha, bet you were expecting a cheap 10 billion percent joke, but I still have my dignity. Of course just because this anime has a plot that isn’t “dude dies by truck-kun and is revived as an OP isekai god” doesn’t mean thatthe show itself will be great. With that said, let’s dive into my thoughts on Dr. Stone!
Plot: 7 billion out of 10 billion (So much for my dignity…)
Premise aside, I actually kinda like what they did with the execution of the story. Now naysayers will surely argue that this anime fails because despite it advertising that the protagonist Senkuu uses science and reason to solve problems, the anime is still crazy over the top. And yeah, things are incredibly overblown, like people in this anime accomplish feats that should be physically and mentally impossible. But now I’d like to remind everyone that this is an anime. A shounen at that. One that takes place 3700 years in the future. Did anyone actually think that Dr. Stone was going to aim for absolute realism? I personally believe that it does a seamless job at combining fantasy and shounen elements with the application of science. And Senkuu’s experiments really spice things up with how innovative and useful they can be. Also, the anime goes on to explain how he was able to make all of these modern achievements with such primitive tools, and it’s actually kind of believable. Its even kinda fun, and I actually learned a little about the construction of scientific elements. But hey, if Dr. Stone’s approach turns you off, you can always learn about science by watching Bill Nye the Science Guy before he became a shill or something. Your choice!
The plot is definitely the high point of the anime for me, and while it’s a little held back by some of the weak characters, the story still manages to be great. It has some solid progression in both science as well as the advancement of the primitive village people. I honestly think that their development and curiosity with the modern world is endearing and shows that no matter how far civilization has regressed, humans will alway maintain their desire for progress and innovation. I’d also like to give a shoutout to the backstory episodes revolving around Senkuu’s dad, which, while rushed, were really interesting and added a lot to the narrative.
Animation: 4 billion out of 10 billion
Visuals are probably the weakest point of this show. One thing that Shounen anime are typically known for aside from deafeningly loud protagonists and bloviated power levels are their fight sequences. And the ones depicted in Dr. Stone are pretty lackluster. They use the typical easy-outs like close ups to hide the fact that nothing is really being animated and a bunch of still shots with nothing but the characters’ voices to remind us the characters are actually battling. Also, the art, which is generally fine and consistent, can get really bad when characters are drawn to look “funny.” Now this is just my opinion of course, but I thought the CrAZy faces the characters made were closer to cringe than comedy so…they just didn’t work for me.
Sound: 5 billion out of 10 billion
Did anyone notice the catchy Celtic sounding music that would play right after the theme song? I love that kind of stuff. The soundtrack was also infused with some similar sounding music from time to time, which was cool. I’ll probably get a lot of flack for this, but I wasn’t a fan of any of the theme songs. They just weren’t my style, ya know? When it comes to voice acting, the performances sort of go both ways for me. While the seiyuu generally do a good job, they also sometimes go a little overboard with their acting, and it just seems really forced sometimes.
Characters: 4 billion out of 10 billion
Oh boy, here’s where the anime could have been a great success in my eyes had they done this part right. Unfortunately, a lot of the characters are hit or miss. And for me, the science wizard Senkuu falls in the latter category. He’s a super duper spectacular unparalleled genius dude who uses big brain time 10 billion percent of the time. He knows all there is to know about science and cackles annoyingly when he figures something out as his companions look on in dumbfounded wonder. I praised the show’s usage of science, but I have to bash the guy who they wrote to apply it. He’s more of a plot device if anything, and despite the anime’s best efforts to make him a deep character by doing things like providing his backstory, it just doesn’t work for me. He’s just a character who feels sorta…empty.
Senkuu’s childhood friends, Taiju and Yuzuriha, are featured a lot at the beginning, but get absolutely zero development. And of course right when you think they’ll become important and useful, they’re completely removed from the anime without a trace. A bit of a waste if you ask me. There’s also Tarzan-kun, the antagonist of the story who’s a big guy with a big heart. Except not really. He’s supposed to be one of those hero antagonists who despite his questionable actions still wants what’s best for the world. Tarzan-kun just wants to make a utopia consisting of only untainted children with the goal of them living in harmony. Except he counteracts his own goal by literally reviving con artists, murderers and sluts, so…so much for that!
The characters who save this anime are definitely the village people. While none of them have stood out yet as particularly special, I believe that a lot of them have the potential to get there down the line. I like warrior girls, so I ended up liking Kohaku. Yeah, I’m actually not that hard to please. Chrome ended up being a solid character who would honestly be a better protagonist than Senkuu. Suika is absolutely adorable and actually useful, and the other villagers like Ginrou and Kaseki just add some needed humor and fun to the anime. They’re all around pretty solid characters, and I started to enjoy watching Dr. Stone a lot more after their introduction.
Entertainment: 6 billion out of 10 billion
I honestly got pretty bored with Dr. Stone at the beginning. While the plot was definitely interesting, I feel like the writers weren’t effectively using what they had and instead focused on some one dimensional characters making terrible jokes with a little bit of random science thrown in here and there. But as I said, once Senkuu got to the village, the anime started to turn around for the better, and I actually found myself becoming a bit invested in the show. It wasn’t a dramatic shift or anything as the core problems of Dr. Stone were still apparent, but the show was able to alleviate some of these issues by actually becoming fun and enjoyable to watch.
Overall: 5 out of 10, because I can’t handle any more billions
Dr. Stone had a lot of potential. Now while it wasn’t completely squandered or anything, I feel like this anime could have really been so much more if it wasn’t for the failings of a lot of the core characters and the general mediocrity of the first six or so episodes. And while it certainly got better down the line, it wasn’t a big enough improvement to elevate this show to new heights or anything in my mind. But hey, its still a fine show, and you might actually learn something from watching. I know I sure did! Wanna know what I learned?
Appreciate soap. It can be just as effective as any old doctor. Yep, that’s what I got out of this anime.
spykiller
Thrilling and satisfying, but imperfect and some times ugly, are the words I would use to describe dr.stone. While on other shounen animes you can only get the satisfaction at the end of an arc that takes dozen of episodes to get to, this anime does it in less than three episodes by putting smaller goals. Although, that doesn't mean it the best anime ever or even this season. The rewarding feeling that you get every few episodes is enough to make up for a ton of its flaws and make it memorable. story______________________________ The story feels a lot like an isekai (and I know many peoplewould describe it that way), and that is in no way a bad thing. The anime starts with a little intro that gives us a brief look into the world and the main character before the disaster happens. The intro doesn't waste much time, and the disaster hits off fast on a sort of cliff hunger (a bad one because you don't care about the character as you have just seen him for the first time in your life). Making this into a good starting goal for the anime. (The goals are one of the things that shine bright in this anime.) The story then continues into a steady base until the antagonist is introduced. There we establish the big goal of the anime, which is a mouse and cat scenario of two kinds of judgments/ways of saving the world(at least that what I thought it would be when I first saw it). The thing with these two approaches that i don't like is how black and white they are. Having 2 grey approaches would have been much better. Still, after the story continues, this makes more sense because the antagonist feels a lot more like white noise, although that doesn't mean that this approach is good or even bad. Still, honestly, all doesn't matter much when you think of the anime as a whole package. Where is the jest of the anime is the goal completion part. In many ways, this anime feels like a video game, and they knew that about it. Some moments kill peacing. Like a long flashback of Senku's past that didn't add to his character or the story. Wrapping things up the story in no way groundbreaking, but in this case, it doesn't matter, making the story just a background for the quest completion feeling was the right thing to do.
Characters ______________________________
In most isekai the protagonist is someone unfit for their world but super in the other world, this by itself isn't enough to build a story around most of the time, thus the huge amount of bad isekais. These kinds of stories demand the main character being excellent, the story writer clearer knows this so well to a level of having every character be just a supporting for the main character. Making them weak on their own, but when Senku is in the picture, they make him grander, which reflects on them making them a tad bit more memorable than they ever should be. In the end, Senku is a great overall character and more than capable of carrying the story and even the other characters, but this still doesn't hide the fact that the other characters are quite weak.
Sound ______________________________
Nothing to talk about much in terms of sound. The anime is a tad bit better than a lot of other animes but isn't amazing enough to be remembered for how it sounded. There is one thing I would like to mention, and that is how poor of a decision it was to change the first op that fits the anime so much, into more generic bog-standard shounen op.
Art______________________________
Unique in good and bad ways. The art is nothing to write home about being just good with some questionable character designs that to this day still feel so weird and a tad bit creepy, don't get me wrong I love when animes try to go for unique character design but not when they miss it up.
Conclusion _____________________________
Looking into this anime is just like looking into someones face it doesn't matter how beautiful they may seem. Looking too much to their face is going to bring its imperfections (and how creepy you are) but looking at it as a whole (the way you should look at it) makes look as beautiful as it supposes to be(well I feel like a serial killer or a creep writing this).
Syureria
Have you ever thought that the civilization now, which we built more than 200,000 years will be destroyed in a few seconds? Dr. Stone tells the story of a modern world that was destroyed because everyone turned to stone. I don't know even I don't want to know why they turned to stone. Senku who wants to accelerate science and bring it to the stone world. He tried to build a modern civilization to restore it to normal. Focuses on two things namely natural science and moral science, while the story itself, seems boring and unattractive because with that difference they create conflict that istoo forced, as if they were created so that it has an enemy. Yet what's interesting here is how they develop science from zero, From how they make fire, knives, soap, electricity, lights, medicine, and how Senku gathering for friend to create a kingdom of science.
Now I will discuss the characters that have a big impact on the course of the story. Senku, He is the main character in this anime who has the nature of not caring about anything except science.Taiju Ooki, he was the first person raised by Senku because he really needed his muscles. Kohaku, she was the second person needed by Senku because of his exceptional skills in things that needed energy such as the Taiju. Tsukasa, he is an enemy in this anime, who wants to stop the development of science in order to create an ideal world without mortals.
Next is the character design, in my opinion the character design in this anime seems normal. For this animation is good because I like their animation very clearly, where the picture should be made for comedy and to explain something about science. They use images that are simple but easy to understand, when they explain the plan to build civilization or when making something. From the beginning, maybe this anime's purpose was to educate, so it was made as simple as possible and easy to understand. For the accuracy of knowledge, better open wikipedia or google to make sure it, not that I mean to say this anime is misleading or the other but be wise viewers and sort out which ones are genuine which ones are fake.
An anime usually has its own signature, don't care whether it's from the storyline, voice actors (seiyuu), soundtracks, characters, and also the opening theme. What's interesting here is the opening theme which I think is very extraordinary, the song titled "Good Morning World" sung by "Burnout Syndromes" caught my attention. The conformity of the theme and song poetry is very suitable and encourages me to watch, although being heard several times it still remains interesting. For the voice actor I think it's good, nothing needs to be added, but what I like most is the voice actor Senku, because his explanation of science is easy to understand and is suitable when joking or serious.
Additionally, did I as an audience become smart after watching this anime?
The answer, I leave it to you but, what needs to be known is that this anime functions to trigger our curiosity about science, not to make us become smart instant, so don't you try to go out of your house and live in the middle of the forest then you apply Senku science ... because it is a very strange thing.
Roevhaal
I was quite interested in this series going into it, with such an interesting premise it had a lot of potential to be something great. To have everyone get turned into stone and have our protagonist awaken 3,700 years later where he has to re-build society from scratch makes for a lot of interesting possibilities. However before this series was able to take advantage of this premise they drove it off a cliff by introducing what can best be described as a communist gorilla. I guess it couldn't be a shounen jump series without a shitty villain, huh? Our communist gorilla by the name of Tsukasaimmediately change the series from a promising civilisation building series into what is essentially another battle shounen, this time scienence vs brawn. Because of this most of the science stuff is related to eventually fighting the communist monkey kingdom which works the same way as a training arc in a battle shounen as they prepare for combat. If a rinse and repeat of the battle shounen story structure wasn't enough pretty much half the show is comedic relief. Gags after gags after gags, I have no idea what they were thinking, this might not be a big deal in the manga as you can skim past it but here we are constantly interrupted by chibi faces with obnoxious voices making appaling facial expressions.
The only saving grace for this show is a few episodes where we stray away from this and we get to see what this series could have been if it was done competently. Though to be honest at the same time this also felt like a punch in the face as it showed that there were competence somewhere behind this but they chose not to take advantage of it and make something new but instead opting for yet another a semi-battle shounen.
Gsarthotegga
I try to avoid giving 1-star ratings very often, but I can't think of any redeeming qualities this show might possess. After looking up animation clips for this (revised) review, I have to say that the animation is mostly poor based on the "choice bits," and almost every scene of animation uses time/money-saving techniques; there are loads of stills and hardly any good effects or background animation, and even then, the characters mostly just slide around and you see their mouths flap. All of the budget is dumped into the fights, and they are still very bland; they give you these wide "money shots" wherethey actually animate, then it's back to close-up animation saving techniques. The character design is not only ugly, but I feel queasy looking at it. This is some of the most sterile and unpleasant artwork I've had the displeasure of viewing. Even completely non-distinct anime copy-pasta on DeviantArt is preferable (please, don't make me regret saying that).
Every time I see Senkuu's smug face, and his swamp-creature hair, his inane dialogue fires off in my head, and I want to pulverize a punching bag that looks like Senkuu, except then I would have to look at his shit-eating grin and broccoli hair, and it would result in an infinite regress. For anyone feeling guilty about beating up nerds in high school, watch this show, and associated your unfortunate victims with Senkuu—should do the trick! I've always abhorred this kind of behavior, but then the question comes to me, "Would you bully Senkuu?" and I have to think about it. Working title for this review: "How Dr. Stone made me reevaluate whether bullying in high school is actually a public service."
I was pretty sure I wouldn't really appreciate this show from all the corny adverts, but I knew I was fated to watch it, because it tackles something compelling that is rarely addressed very well or often in fiction—both survival in a harsh world, and either the building or rebuilding of civilization. Unfortunately, it's a shallow show in all respects, and it overly worships science to the point that it's no wonder scientism is a real problem.
As for the story, our hero Senkuu was shoved into a locker for 3,700 years... no, there's just some strange glowy thing, and then everyone turns to stone for 3,700 years. For some reason, none of the other animals turn to stone except for the birds. I'm not sure why, but I always imagine primates chucking stone pigeons at each other; the idea fascinates me far more than whatever will happen in future seasons.
The basic idea for how the world is "reset" seems kind of ludicrous to me, but I'm not going to judge, as I don't know what direction the authors will eventually take this sad excuse for a story. However, the idea that these characters could be conscious for 3,700 years is a little baffling. It's not full-on consciousness exactly, but they have glimmers of it. Probably dreamlike, at best. What does make it ridiculous is how lucid Senkuu is during the process. He records each day in his mind, so he can be prepared for the seasonal cycle and winter. Talk about dedication. How he has the wherewithal to figure this information will be useful and he will eventually be released from his stone prison is beyond me. Being trapped like this with such coherence for 3,700 years... should make him insane, but I guess he is simply the most logical and mentally stable person to have ever been conceived...
Like most anime that are deeply flawed, this one suffers from empty-headed, tropey characters. Senkuu has a grating personality; seemingly a character of pure logic, who is actually rather illogical at various times (case in point being the stupid "first death" encounter with Tsukasa, which was just dreadful writing). He has a god-like ability when it comes to science, doesn't need any references at all, and his scope of knowledge is very wide. He's essentially a living science encyclopedia of quite a few volumes, kind of like how in Fahrenheit 451, characters were tasked with memorizing books to preserve knowledge. He's quite arrogant, is only interested in science (but secretly he treasures his friends... gag...), and always saves the day. He incessantly repeats annoying lines about 10 billion percent, millimeters, and how exhilarating science is, just to remind you of how obsessed he is with everything science-related—almost every line out of this disgusting green-haired weirdo is the equivalent of Naruto's "Believe it!." He also has e=mc^2 written on his shirt, which is maybe the cringiest thing I've ever seen. A bad Mary Sueish character, and it's extremely unrealistic to think this kid wasn't righteously bullied—in fact, I'm sure they dunked his head in the toilet so many times that his hair turned green from the badly treated toilet water, which would be the only way to explain his sewage-water perm.
The characters are all stock characters: Taiju is a stupid meathead, and Yuzuriha is your typical kind-hearted girl. These two characters disappear to spy on the villain, so we don't see them again for most of the series. It would have made sense to cut back to them on occasion for a break from the science lessons, but I can't say I missed them. Honestly, if you ran into these two idiots, you'd probably assume you traveled back in time and met pre-historic cavemen.
The whole village of characters that Senkuu finds are quite dull. They're basically like "Ooga booga. Me find shiny rock. Trade you for feather of flying chicken." This is the point where we get nothing but phoned-in and contrived drama, a little romance, and heavily exaggerated and lame anime humor—they scream, make stupid faces, conk each other on the head, and deliver jokes from the stalest stock joke manual. This would have already been stale during the time of actual cavemen, and they couldn't even write! One of the strangest aspects about the village is that all of the elderly people appear to be dwarves. Kaseki is your stereotypical dwarvish blacksmith/craftsman, and all of the other old characters are very short or look like children. It's really weird that all of the elderly seem to be half the size of the younger characters.
The best character is easily Asahiri Gen, a machiavellian mentalist who looks like a Naruto villain. He's more realistic and human than most of the other characters, and his humor generally works (ever so slightly) better since he's not a complete idiot and has knowledge of the modern world. All of the characters are so godawful, and even though Gen looks like some weeaboo who shows up at school with Naruto cosplay, he's at least self-aware.
Dr. Stone kind of functions as edutainment—except it's not entertaining, and it's not very educational. Scientific concepts are explained, and they go through the process of how to make various inventions—most of it's pretty basic science, but the average person involves themselves so little with these processes after they've had science classes years prior, yet, in all honesty, watching this stuff on YouTube would probably be more enjoyable. Who wants to watch 24 episodes of a dumb shounen that distills scientific concepts that would probably take no more than an hour to familiarize yourself with? "Edutainment" is the most lazy kind of hack-job one can write. It's literally "Let's have the characters try to make penicillin for 4-5 episodes so we don't have to advance the plot or write interesting characters lol."
The trial and error science segments are the best part of the show, but they're actually very boring and drag the plot down to a snail's pace—there's not much of a plot, anyway, so I guess it doesn't matter? Very little happens, and it's all predictable Saturday morning cartoon crap with stereotypical screaming imbeciles. I suppose there is a sense of weight and accomplishment to their successes in scientific (re)advancement that is kind of compelling. You really do see civilization built from the ground up in a somewhat convincing way—in the sense that most of the science isn't total junk, and they progress in a kind of... cavepunk fashion... nevertheless, the shoddy societal elements and the basic characters render this advancement as superficial.
Of course, the weeks and months of trial and error required for scientific success is also cheapened at various points when the characters are in danger, and they pull some crazy idea out of nowhere. For example, they make a steam-powered automobile. This took time. When they are about to raid the enemy base, they take a mere afternoon to modify their vehicle into an armored tank with a cannon! The show goes from what feels like semi-realism to fantasy nonsense.
Another rather stupid thing is the village could easily fend the antagonist's men off with bows, but they don't seem to have any. In preparation, they construct katanas. Katanas are superb for cutting unarmored opponents and obviously superior to stone tools, but the main reason these were made was to push through technological milestones and because it looks cool in the fight scenes, but what society would make specially crafted swords (not to mention it is terribly difficult to make quality katanas) before the bow and arrow?! Maybe the village had 1 or 2, but they never seemed to use them. They love to show the advancement of society via technology, but they often don't bother to do so in a manner that concords with the needs of humanity.
As can be expected for what is a shounen anime, there are action scenes and conflict, but if you want to write a goody-two-shoes manga/anime, I'd suggest going with something with less conflict. It's difficult to suspend disbelief when you have characters like Taiju who refuse to fight back and an insistence on never causing any death. They're up against brutal musclemen with clubs and spears, and the protagonists always managing to keep things bloodless makes it all the more ridiculous. Their reluctance to kill just increases the chance of them all dying. We don't need massacres like what Vinland Saga offers, but to shy away from how unpleasant warfare can be just cheapens the true nature of what our pre-civilization and our current civilization is like. Seriously, if you want to go dumb-dumb philosophy hour on us, at least make it low-stakes—like high school gang fights. On top of that, everyone has so much plot armor that there's no tension within the conflicts. We know they'll never be killed, seriously hurt, or mentally scarred.
Just thinking about this show makes me hate science, and I start to think maybe science was a mistake, and the villain's anti-technologist stance was the correct one. Had I been born in a world without the sophisticated technology we now have, this cesspool of a show wouldn't exist. This show makes me despise the IFLS crowd even more than I already did. They are some of the most unimaginative, self-righteous, and gullible people, and this show was made for them to reenact the pointing wojak meme while they gulp down soy milk and bug burgers.
ExemplarCayman
“Mix the chlorosulfuric acid into the acetanilide we just made, and we get para-acetamidobenzenesulfonyl chloride.” Dr. Stone is a very, very good children’s cartoon. Easily one of the best series to ever come out of the Weekly Shonen Jump. Normally, I wouldn’t care about a children’s cartoon enough to review it, cause I’m an adult (it’s a joke, it’s hard to convey the comedic intent in writing because you can’t do intonations… so you wouldn’t get it unless I explain it). But the polarized audience reaction to this show is a phenomenon interesting in itself. Dr. Stone very vividly demonstrates that any show has two completely distinctcomponents to it - the plot and the story. The plot is a summary of the events that happen during the show - who goes where, does what, fights whom, etc. The story is the show’s ideas, themes and messages, i.e. the point it is trying to present to us, the audience. And this is where the root of the polarized response to Dr. Stone lies. People who like it, like the story. People who hate it, hate the plot. You could say that they watched two different shows. I wouldn’t say that, though - I would say the first group watched an anime called Dr. Stone, and the second group didn’t watch anything because they failed the act of watching a TV show on a fundamental level. Because the plot is completely irrelevant, only “the point” of the show is what matters - it’s literally in the freaking name of the thing. Prioritizing the summary of events over it would also very literally be “missing the point.” Have I made my point clear? Good, I will now proceed to describe both the plot and the story of this series to elaborate.
The plot of Dr. Stone is a Sunday morning pop-science show framed as your typical WSJ battle shounen. It’s a steady stream of flashy physics/chemistry experiments meant to get children interested in science by making it look cool. It’s also a steady stream of training, battles and tournaments as you would expect of the battle shounen - but here they’re meant to show off to children the scientific method and scientific way of thinking - which is done by contextualizing those things as the means to achieving the fundamental WSJ values of Friendship, Effort, Victory (i.e. knowing how stuff works lets you save people, planning and preparation gives you the upper hand in battle, etc).
The target audience defines the show’s simplicity of presentation - clear-cut good guys vs. bad guys, absurdly over the top developments, physical comedy, etc. - and these are the parts that get targeted as “contrived” or “unrealistic” by the segment of the audience incapable of engaging a work of fiction on any level except the most literal. If you consider the “world's strongest teenager” punching a lion to death unrealistic - that’s a wrong show for you. Also, anime is a wrong medium for you, because the whole point of animation is the absence of constraints reality imposes on live-action, and any anime that has the level of realism of a TV show is by definition a bad anime, but that’s just fyi.
Incidentally, what I called “simplicity” is only simple by the standards of high-brow literature - the show’s writing is miles better than your average shounen. It stays clear from most of the insufferable birth defects of the genre - for example, it doesn’t subject the audience to any of the “narrating things literally happening on-screen right now because children can’t be trusted to process visual information.''
And here’s what makes up the story - the part responsible for Dr. Stone being one of the best series to come out of WSJ like I said above:
1) The best representation of science in a TV series, period. Characters have to slowly and painfully grind to get results, to obtain any sort of a complex thing multiple people with different skills and competences are needed, trial and error rules the day, etc. While artistic license is employed, it’s very minimal - if some process takes half a year in real life it WILL take half a year in-universe.
2) Reconstruction (as in, modification that makes it more in line with reality) of the standard shounen tropes. The protagonist is a genius kid - but his genius is a bunch of encyclopaedic knowledge. He read a lot of books, i.e. put in hard work and dedication, and got rewarded for it. No inherited genetic superpowers, no power-ups acquired by being hot-blooded - just a good old effort. When he encounters something outside of his area of expertise, he fumbles and struggles like any of us would. An actually relatable role model.
3) Campiness and unpredictability. Larger-than-life characters and over-the-top developments that keep you awake because you haven’t seen them in 500 other shows before.
4) Theme and narrative consistency. One of the main messages of the show is that science can explain any mystery with enough time and effort - there is no such thing as supernatural. The story introduces quite a few things that appear ridiculous or nonsensical (hence campiness) - and lo and behold - they do get the in-universe explanations eventually, even if it takes a lot of time.
5) It does, in fact, make science look cool. One of the best scenes of the series is a presentation on how much of a difference for one’s quality of life a simple pair of glasses makes. Teaching/reminding the audience just how amazing are the fruits of civilization that we take for granted is the most inspiring thing ever.
Some other unrelated notes:
- The artist is Korean so the art is manhwa-like, unusual by the normal anime standards. Female character faces are definitely not for the faint of heart.
- The series effectively reboots itself after ~6 episodes, to a point where I question why those early installment weirdness parts weren’t given the FMA: Brotherhood treatment. You can’t exactly skip them, cause they’re full of plot points, just a heads up that you’ll be watching a very different show after a certain point.
9/10 for “having your children watch this would be good parenting”.
mpdissonance
Dr. Stone is an anime with a fascinating premise and a very intriguing world. On first pass, it looks competently animated, the plot progression is quite enjoyable, and hints at fascinating themes. With all those features, surely this series had to be quite great and I’m writing a rave review of it. Right? Well, in this stone world impossible things are possible. Despite all this series had going for it, it was wildly, ridiculously flawed. Dr. Stone is sophomorically directed, cartoonishly over-acted, and the largely decent soundtrack is used incorrectly. It’s childishly written, and its characters were unbearably cliché and plastic. It’s somehow simultaneously annoyinglypretentious and crudely constructed.
I will start with on positive note. The premise is incredibly intriguing. One day, some cataclysmic event causes every human being on earth to freeze in stone. Over 3,000 years later, a genius-level teenager, our main character Senku, and his brutish friend, Taiju, become unfrozen. Senku is now tasked with using all his scientific knowledge to rebuild human society from scratch. However, they unfreeze our main antagonist, Tsukasa, out of necessity. Tsukasa decides that a premodern world without scientific knowledge and liberal ideologies surrounding it would be better as the strong could survive, and evil people from modern society couldn’t corrupt the purity of the strong.
This premise, to quote Senku’s overly repeated catchphrase, has the potential to be “exhilarating.” We have themes explicitly discussed about the relationship of scientific knowledge to social progress and political ideologies, pitting modern liberal egalitarianism against a radically inegalitarian critique of individualism of modern society. As well as the potential for a fascinating, rewarding, almost RPG-like plot for the trials and tribulations of building scientific advancements out of nothing.
Instead of fleshing out those themes and premise, we get subjected to a cliche battle shounen/comedy replete with the most obnoxious of shounen tropes. Our main protagonist comes off like an obnoxious, pretentious Rick and Morty fan. He has little to no personality outside of the fact that he’s a stereotypical ‘genius science guy’ that is minimally built up using the most annoying tropes. He has no need for personal relationships and views everyone instrumentally, which just contradicts the whole thematic contrast that is explicitly brought to light at with his early arguments with Tsukasa. I can put up with unlikable main characters, but Senku is unlikable in ways that contradict the themes the anime pretty much throws in your face. As a result of marred execution, the themes this anime pretends to have just make absolutely no sense. Further, like most other characters in this anime, Senku’s development is non-existent and his entire development is unsubtly thrown in your face with the most obnoxious, predictable tropes (eg., he literally wears a shirt that says E=MC^2 for Christ’s sake, which might as well be from Big Bang Theory). Taiju is a typically bland shounen protagonist, driven only by love for a girl thousands of years ago at first that is quickly resolved, and then is just a rather useless energetic idiot. But it’s not a big deal, because he’s essentially entirely forgotten after about the tenth episode. Tsukasa, meanwhile, is just not sympathetic in anyway and is built up to just be a stereotypical badass with a stiff-to-non-existent. Taiju’s love interest, Yuzihara, is about as poorly written as a shounen female character could possibly be. She has no personality at all, and seems to only exist as a cheap excuse for occasional trashy weeb fan service.
As the plot progresses, Senku gets separated from Taiju and Yuzihara and he comes across a primitive village full of the descendants of the only survivors of the freezing. Senku starts using his rather unbelievable level of scientific knowledge to make the village more scientifically advanced, while Tsukasa goes off to unfreeze those he deems worthy to build his own somewhat anarcho-primitivist society. Little attention is given to Tsukasa for the rest of the series, as well as Taiju and Yuzihara who join his society as informants to Senku. They are largely ignored for the rest of the series, which brings to mind one of the worst traits of series like HunterxHunter and Naruto: forgetting important characters and plot points for extended lengths of time that makes everything in between feel like filler. It would’ve been better served if it would’ve shown what was going on with the antagonist and given a chance to develop the rest of the characters. The rest of the season is essentially just an expository build-up to the inevitable war between Senku’s Kingdom of Science and Taiju’s Kingdom of stone which will happen in season two.
The cast of characters in the village is notably better than the cast we started with for the first ten episodes. There’s Chrome, a curious villager who becomes Senku’s protégé and is essentially a smarter version of your typical Shounen protagonist. Ginro, a boisterous and vain guard. Kohaku, the younger sister of the village cheif who is essentially the only somewhat well-written female character in the series. Run, the village’s princess and a cliché damsel in distress. Gen, a vain mentalist from modern society who was unfrozen and decided to join Senku because he wants modern conveniences. Kaseki, an ever-resourceful craftsman who helps Senku in his inventions. Magma, who has ambitions to be village leader and distrusts Senku for potentially taking that away from him. As well as a host of others. None of them are particularly well written, but some of the dynamics they have are at least passably entertaining and minor characters, though understandably underdeveloped, are less cliché and stiff than the main cast.
Most of the middle portion of the series involves Senku earning the trust of the villagers by building modern conveniences for them. Things from simple frivolities like decorative spears and ramen, to unbelievable advancements like electricity generators and antibiotics. Here, the writers really stretch your willing suspension of disbelief. Sure, the basic premise does a bit and unbelievable feats are forgivable in a shonen, but for a show ostensibly about science it is wildly unrealistic. The idea that Senku as a teenager is an expert on every single aspect of modern technology is ridiculous, a lot of the ways they build the technology are wildly crude for the precise results they get (like vacuum tubes, prescription glasses, and chemical antibiotics). Heck, in the first few episodes we are told Senku somehow stayed conscious every waking moment of 3,700 years, and Tsukasa (an 18-year-old, mind you) can somehow kill a lion in one punch. I suppose I can forgive it for a little unrealism, but it comes off as pretty damn corny most of the time with its over-the-top theatrics.
That’s not to say the invention phase was devoid of entertainment value. Probably the best part of the series was watching the villagers come together to build impossible inventions, at times learning to innovate themselves. The sense of discovery and accomplishment from watching them made this series far more enjoyable than its aesthetic merit would predict. Further, the background story and lore for the village was well-executed in well-placed flashbacks and was one of the best points the story had going for it, even if the idea behind was a little ham-fisted and not believable. The world-building, setting, and sense of history were strong points.
But beyond the “invention of the week format,” the key plot points were developed in ridiculous, formulaic ways. We have the annoying cliché of a Shonen battle tournament to determine the village leader, which is interrupted in the dumbest of all possible ways. We have annoyingly over-explained battle techniques and tactics and overly liberal use of flashbacks. Most of the ugly features typical of battle shonen are omnipresent, which is extremely disappointing given the compelling premise meant that they were entirely unnecessary. No sense of subtly given to any writing at any turn. Worse yet, it introduces humor at the worst most annoying of points when it could have a modicum of emotional engagement. Sometimes, the jokes are funny, but most of the time they’re just childlishly rehashing the stereotypical actions of characters in predictable, unfunny ways. Often times, the humor is just the same few jokes told repeatedly.
The scenes that were supposed to have emotional impact were largely just Senku repeating the same few inspirational lines about science over and over with over-the top animated representations, indicated how low-quality the direction was. The animation quality itself looks fine at a glance, but when the only way anything could be conveyed was with unfunny chibi lines and over-the-top diagrams, you really get the sense the directors had no clue how to convey anything without feeding it to the viewers on a silver spoon. No sense of originality was given to the direction at all, despite the talent in just drawing pretty scenes that was present.
The soundtrack sounded fine and the basic instrumentation of the main themes was mostly fitting, but it would often introduce musical interludes at the most predictable of times. Like the music was just some sort of applause card for a live studio audience or something, worsening the overall ham-fisted nature of the direction. The voice acting, meanwhile, usually over-acted especially with the main cast, again feeding the theme of a lack of subtly, and unremarkable. At least the OPs were quite good.
To conclude, this was a deeply flawed anime. I’ll admit, it’s quite enjoyable to watch, but in the way that eating cheap junk food is enjoyable. It’s just designed to formulaically hit dopamine receptors in the most conventional, safe and predictable manner possible, and not really do much else. It feels like a series with remarkable potential that was wasted by a studio that just wanted to callously cash in on a marketable IP. I suppose whether the themes will make sense will depend on where it goes in the second season, I have not read the manga. I will probably watch it just like I will probably eat potato chips despite knowing they’ll ruin my dinner, but I wouldn’t recommend that you do it as well.
Story: 3/10
Art: 3/10
Sound: 4/10
Character: 1/10
Enjoyment: 6/10
Overall: 3/10
IwaOi-KHRStan
a friend of mine gave me the advice to watch me, speaking about how scientific this series is. i' ve found nothing about science in this series, at least if we don't consider some elementary school level things. totally overrated. unrealistic things like humans defeating lions with bare hands, 6 months to create a hut pretending to be a scientist. the protagonist is annoying, and the characters too. comic relief without a meaning. the beginning of everything is the most anti-science thing in the series, and rather than analysing it, the play a survival game. good joke. it was boring and annoying.
Zerity
Slight spoilers Dr.Stone is alright. When reading the synopsis of Dr.Stone I was pretty hyped. As post-apocalyptic stories are my favorite kind of story. However when watching it I was let down. Even though the premise was amazing the execution was silly and poor with many plot deceives. However it was still enjoyable to watch and watching Senku rise up his city of science was satisfying. One of the things I don't like with this show are the characters. I mean I like Senku a little but none of the characters honestly stick out or make any real impression. There all the extremes of their tropesand for most of the show everyone is just screaming. They are all kinda fun to watch but after the show ends there all just forgettable and hard to remember who they are. I will say watching the villages growth from not believing in science to loving it and that transformation was really nice. There were some good heartwarming moments which were sweet and that was one of the things I liked about the show. With the show having this silly vibe to it never had any moments were I was scared or worried about what was going to happen to the characters. You know nothing bad will happen so even the dangerous situations make you feel like nothing serious will happen and Senku will just save the day like he always does. With no real danger you can't get excited or feel anything during the dangerous parts. Like when Senku and that Magma feel into that whole during the cave expedition, we all know nothing serious was ever gonna happen. So it just makes the show less interesting overall.
However, I can't find myself loving the show. It really is just the dumb stuff that happens that as a kid I wouldn't even notice or mind but when thinking of them just bothers me. For example during the tournament, when Chrome had to keep completely still to have the water not move to burn blond muscle man and put his clothes on fire bugged me because in Senku's words that is 10,000,000% impossible and especially in that scenario. I would list a few more but then it'll just sound like me just being a petty bitch so I will refrain.
There was also no character development throughout the series, sure the villagers turned to like science but that's not character growth, same with Chrome the only thing that changed with him was him calling himself a sorcerer user to a science user, because of this I couldn't become immersed or generally love the characters. Sure they were kinda fun to watch at the start but as the story goes and they become less interesting and just bland.
The music is honestly good and I love to listen to the OP and ED on youtube. There just perfect songs to jam to, the inset songs though are alright, there were a few I liked but the rest I completely forget after it ended. The animation was alright, a lot of moving panels during the action scenes with very little fluid movement but it was awful and it got the job done, and the character designs were okay, the only good one was Senku.
Overall a pretty fun show to watch but nothing to fantastic that leaves an impression on me. It had it's good moments and it's not so good moments, it's silly moments and heartwarming moments, and I will say I'm a little excited for Season 2 where we will be getting a war arc, because who doesn't like a war arc. However I doubt anything serious will happen.
JJMFREAP
It's quite rare to find something you have basically zero complaints about. Something that excels at basically everything. Dr. Stone is one of those rare gems! This is an anime that delivers on so many fronts, remains consistently engaging all throughout and delivers astonishing quality. It also succeeds in the daunting task of making bucketloads of real world science fun and interesting without becoming drab and boring. I think this should be on the watchlist of anyone, because there's so much to love about it, I'm ten billion percent certain anyone, regardless of their taste, can find something to latch onto here. On a purely technicallevel, the anime is done exceptionally. The visuals are vibrant, expressive and gorgeous to look at. The animation is smooth, dynamic and full of energy. Personally, I'm a huge fan of Boichi and his instantly recognizable artstyle and the anime managed to handle the daunting task of bringing his outlandish drawings to life perfectly. The visuals even switch effortlessly between a more detailed and realistic look to something much more stylized and cartoony to fit the tone of the specific moment. The sound design and music are awesome too and contribute flawlessly to the experience. The voice acting on hand is also some of the best I've heard. Over the top, yet always on point for what's happening and each casting choice fits the characters perfectly. Their exaggerated deliveries fit perfectly with the wacky Boichi expressions. It truly helps the characters come to life. The pacing is also handled really well, it stayed engaging from beginning to end and never felt rushed or overextended.
For the story itself, Dr. Stone is quite unique and if you just told me this premise, I never would've thought it would work so well. A science focused story in a primitive world is certainly creative and the way the progression of story follows the progress of inventions and innovations is really satisfying. They even managed to capture the big explainy pages from the manga really well, without going into overt exposition dumps. The characters feel genuinely intelligent and creative (or not when it befits them), their decisions all make sense for their respective personalities and they all have awesome chemistry with each other. You can take any pair of characters and observe how they have a unique relationship with each other, their respective traits adding unique layers and nuance to the whole deal. For this reason, one of the very few complaints I have is that I kind of wish that the original quartet of Senku, Taiju, Yuzuriha and Tsukasa stayed together and worked together for a little bit longer before the split. I really liked their dynamic and I wish we got a little bit more of it. Regardless, even the way things turned out works really well and that part was just something subjective about how I felt about it.
Senku himself is an awesome protagonist with lots of layers to him. He isn't just a walking exposition dump and his ambitions make sense. His wacky yet entirely logical Spock-esque approach is also engaging and unpredictable. Not to mention that his and Chrome's genuine love for science is truly infectious. If you're a science nerd, this show will scratch that itch really well for you. Learning all these real world phenomena in a fun and entertaining, story relevant manner is just a blast and it makes you feel very smart whenever you actually know something and go "Hey, I've seen that before" when they show it.
Beyond that, the entire experience is just fun in such an unexpected way. The series comes from a shonen jump series, yet doesn't feel like it. While there is action and some great fight scenes, they aren't the focus, yet that never detracts from the overall feel The conflicts feel real and believable without being overdramatic. Seeing characters that disagreed before actually reach mutual understanding is really fulfilling to see. There's plenty of poignant interactions and every moment has meaning, there's no filler to speak of. There's lots of humour too and it's balanced really well with all the serious moments. Also, I want to mention that it's also really refreshing to have a series like this, especially one that is de facto post-apocalyptic in nature, have such an air of optimism and positivity. There's this really strong feeling of hope that permeates everything, in a very tangible and non-cheesy manner. It truly feels like a celebration of humanity's accomplishments, of the power of collaboration and of our resilience. Even if the whole planet turns to stone, it's good to know that all it takes is one onion-headed turbonerd to save us all from extinction. The dinosaurs perished, but we will survive! Don't get me wrong, I love a good dystopia, I engage with those all the time, but given the times we live in, it's great to get some genuine, non-sugar coated positivity from a story.
In conclusion, Dr. Stone is just a blast and it's a very unique show. With its awesome cocktail of action, humour, clever science, engaging story and fantastic characters, I believe anyone can find something to love here. If nothing else, you can come and see what happens when we give caffeine to a primitive boy and watch him become a hyperactive berserker for a few minutes right before violently shitting himself. That alone makes this worth it.
I'll definitely be diving right into the next seasons to see where this goes. So go and watch this now! I'm ten billion percent certain you'll enjoy it.
HaXXspetten
Dr. Stone is an interesting shounen in the sense that it takes a bit of a different direction from the norm. Despite the manga being published in Weekly Shounen Jump, Dr. Stone is by no means a battle shounen, but instead focuses on something more intelligent and creative, namely scientific discoveries and the development of early human society. That is not to say that the show is necessarily realistic all the time, but rather more of a liberal and fictional take on something that at least has realistic roots. That being said, I also have to stress that the opening arc of Dr. Stone is... notvery good, to put it lightly. More specifically the first six episodes of this anime are honestly quite awful and mostly annoyed me when I watched them. At the time it just came across as a very childish show that couldn't shut up about trying to shove in your face just how incredibly realistic it was all the time, despite having a superhuman and all-knowing protagonist in Senkuu with a seemingly perfect memory and who somehow managed to not lose his mind after staying conscious for literally thousands of years. Not to mention the rest of the cast consisted of his friend Taiju who does nothing but scream in every possible moment (Black Clover flashbacks on that one) and a Jojo character in Tsukasa, capable of punching lions to death with his fists. Overall it just felt like a mess that pretended to be way smarter than it actually was instead of being something that actually felt like an actual representation of how someone could try to get by in life in their particular situation.
However, fortunately and to me quite unexpectedly, after that Dr. Stone managed to resolve most of its problems almost in a split second. See, the main story of the anime doesn't actually start until episode seven, and from there on out the show is actually quite good.
So how did it manage this comeback exactly? Well first of all it pretty much got rid off the super annoying Taiju from the spotlight entirely and Tsukasa only rarely shows up anymore. Instead, we get to meet a whole new cast of characters that are much more likeable, believable and fun to watch. And most importantly, the general direction of the story changes drastically. Instead of merely having the rather monotonous goal of simply going around reviving petrified statues all over, we instead get a much more interesting plot direction as Senkuu and the others tries to elevate a primitive village into something with modern day technology. Senkuu of course has the knowledge of what he wants to achieve with it, but actually getting there with such limited resources and a group of sceptical natives that don't understand what they're doing is no easy feat. Basically, you can say that in many ways, the main story of Dr. Stone is actually not too different from what Slime did a year ago, I.E: showcasing the development of society and technology, as well as how to implement it in an otherwise primitive world. Once again, it all feels a bit like playing a game of Civilization.
That is not to say that there still aren't times where Dr. Stone's showcasing of science becomes very questionable as far as realism goes, such as when Chrome supposedly makes a fire lens out of his own sweat and tears in episode 14, which for numerous reasons would be impossible to do in reality in that situation. Nevertheless you can still at least see the thought process behind it and what the show is trying to get at. And I think that might be the most important thing to remember about thie anime, namely that despite the direction it's taken and the fact that it's largely based on real science, it is ultimately still a shounen. In other words it's still primarily an anime made for kids and people in their early teens. It doesn't have to be 100% believable when it's merely a fictional show made for entertainment in the end. I mean god's sake let's not forget we have a character literally rolling around inside a watermelon to move around.
Overall, Dr. Stone is far from a flawless anime but it is creative and original, and it has an interesting concept to work with that still has plenty of potential to be expanded upon in the future. Ironically, the initial premise of the global petrification and how the world ended up in this primitive state is one of the least interesting aspects of the show, but the civilization building side of it is always fun to watch. The opening arc is still unforgivably bad though and that is definitely dragging down my overall score of the show, but nevertheless I would still recommend people to drag themselves through the lackluster early parts because what comes thereafter is worth the effort. If you can get over the fact that some of the characters seem to have a couple light-years of distance separating their eyes for some inexplicable reason that is.
_Shara_
Dr. Stone unfolds in a dystopian, post-apocalyptic future where the central character, Senku, a science enthusiast, faces an extraordinary event that petrifies all living beings on Earth, including himself. He reawakens 3700 years later to a world devoid of civilization. After discovering the process to revive petrified individuals, Senku gradually awakens friends in his proximity. With his exceptional intellect and the power of science, he embarks on the task of rebuilding civilization. Among the awakened is a boy with remarkable physical abilities who believes the new society should not rely on science to avoid the destructive fate of the 21st century. This clash between two ideologies— the scientific pursuit and the avoidance of past mistakes — becomes a central theme.
It's uncommon to find a Japanese author centering their project on scientific principles, but Inagaki succeeds admirably. He captivates readers through excellent characterizations, infused with humor and action. While I haven't delved into the manga yet, the anime is enjoyable, offering adventure, action, mystery, and simplified explanations of current scientific concepts.
In Dr. Stone, the narrative celebrates human ingenuity, highlighting the significance of seemingly mundane elements, like electricity, taken for granted in a world where their absence exposes humanity's fragility in a wild environment.
The pacing, introducing new characters and their relationships, coupled with technological growth, is well-calibrated, presenting an incremental advancement.
TMS's animations are well-executed, featuring good character designs and a blend of styles to emphasize comical or pivotal moments. The music, aside from Lilian's outstanding singing, is enjoyable if not particularly memorable.
IN CONCLUSION:
Recommended for enthusiasts of mysterious and adventurous tales, with a dash of comedy — especially appealing to those who enjoy post-apocalyptic settings. An additional highlight is the inventive combinations used to progress in the Kingdom of Science!
XIR3X
*************SPOILER*********** Dr. stone had a lot of potential that got completely wasted, this show has a lot of problems: 1)The plot goes totally no sense, the focus goes from the stone world and the mystery around the petrification to a battle for the world's dominance between two kids,then the show became a chemistry documentary. 2)The main villain it's one of the dumbest characters I've ever seen, Tsukasa wants a "young world" because an old man one time broke the necklace made for his sister, so all the old people must die, that's stupid, this is not even comparable to a decent background, that story seems like a joke,how can anyone take it seriously.
3)Senku, Senku is the real problem of the show, he can handle every situation without any tension or problem, every situation get solved by Senku instantly with the help of irrealistic physics and perfectly timed luck moments, that sucks because stops the developments of the character, he doesn't need to adapt to the situation,everything goes as planned, so we have our main character and his slaves that does everything he says without even thinking about it.
4)Another problem with this show is the number of dumb scenes I've seen, every single episode had at least one stupid scene that's totally useless and it's not funny since the 90% of time destroy 2 or 3 physics principle.
5)The last point is the relationship between the characters, it's inhuman,
every character just say ok to every situation and it seems no one remembered the facts happened 2 or 3 episodes before, just see a character like Magma to understand this point.
In overall Dr. Stone failed as a scientific show and fails as a shounen, a poor character design,scientific ignorance and wrong plot focus make this show a joke on the science. (3.5/10)
Isvi_Berserk
-Note: English is not my native language, I apologize for possible mistakes. (This review does not contain spoilers) Dr. minecraf... to begin with it this entertaining, this had a unique style and it's very creative, the premise is interesting, and in several moments I loved how combined comedy and science (although it doesn't always turn out to be funny at all), of course, it's the perfect example in many moments of why science is great. But there are several things that take me out of context, and although this it's not a "shonen battles" as such, I am quite shocked that they want to be so scientificand put a guy who busts bears, dodges arrows, it has superhuman strength, when they are supposed to represent a normal high school students and not only that, in the first episodes they want me to swallow that a boy is able to keep his mind awake and stable counting every damn second for more than 3,000 years in where him happened to be a stone, really? of course this boy is a super genius like Jimmy Neutron that like to act cool at all times.
This anime is so unrealistic or convenient when it is supposed to be related to scientific facts, so much so that it seems to me in many moments a bit ridiculous.
Let's talk about the main character Senku, this is a boy with an IQ of 300 or more, and the series tries to praise his super intelligence in each damn episode while he tries to look great and arrogant at all times and is not small thing, the guy has knowledge in all possible matters that can occur to you or that are necessary for the time of the plot: agriculture, biology, chemistry, architecture, medicine, technology and I'm just starting. Is there anything he don't know? He can literally do and solve everything. To hell with reviving people who have knowledge in different branches to survive, if Senku is enough to solve almost any problem.
Now the main antagonist, he is not super smart and cannot solve complicated problem with the head. What can we do to fix that? Ohhh I know, let's make the boy have superhuman strength, tame bears like Vladimir Putin, run as fast as a four-legged animal, knock down lions at once and look like a very muscular and imposing Tarzan and why not, let's make it a reference to "the pillar men" of the JOJOS (AWAKEN MY MASTERS!!!) and finally we have our super intelligent protagonist and his contrast, the super strong and gifted antagonist. Wow, what a high school boys we have here!!!
As for the rest of the characters, I could describe them as the workforce or workers of Senku, to make any invention that occurs to him, and to the cavemen who follow his beloved and evil Tarzan, literally many of the guys he revived seem than apes with legs and no head, and the occasional super strongs teenagers capable of knocking down 10 men alone, although not as strong as evil Tarzan of course.
The series tries very hard at the moment of wanting to be scientific and intelligent (which in a certain way it is), But they could not even pass the first episode without showing many pointless things. Even so, it is more interesting and enriching than most current series.
As for production is good, the animation and the sound are quite nice... my only complaint is the design of the girls, most of all the eyes become very large and they faces is a little deformed, is to get used to that. Boichi drawing is amazing, but the only thing that works well for women is the bodies.
It would be good if the series recognized its ridiculous nature, but still knows how to characterize its characters, generate conflicts with logical solutions, (almost always) and knows how to separate the comic moments from the tragic, but certainly the series is not as good as they says.
Doctor Stone has many ridiculous conveniences that take away the verisimilitude of the series. It can be seen as an educational program or attempted scientific dissemination or good entertainment for a Saturday afternoon, but for a shonen is mediocre. The premise, art, music are not so bad, but the story and characters leave to be desired.
“¡¡YEAH SCIENCE, BITCH!!” - Jesse Pinkman
