Dr. STONE (2019)

Name: Dr. STONE
Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation, Anime, Comedy
Released: 2019-07-05
Cast: Yusuke Kobayashi, Makoto Furukawa, Kana Ichinose, Manami Numakura, Gen Sato

Series · 24m episodes · Rated TV-14 · In Japanese

Action, Adventure, Animation, Anime, Comedy, Fantasy, Foreign (non-English), Sci-Fi

Humanity rebuilds with wholesome humor and earnest scientific discovery in a whimsically measured adventure.

Uplifting. A family watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.

Streaming on Netflix, Hulu and Crunchyroll.

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Dr. STONE parents guide

Nothing past what a TV-14 promises: no sex or nudity and mild language.

Rated TV-14, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 7.

Scare: Not scary
Jump scares: None noted
Gore: No gore
Violence: Some violence; Some fighting or peril.
Sex and nudity: None noted
Language: Mild; Mild words like damn, hell or crap.

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What is Dr. STONE about?

One fateful day, all of humanity was petrified by a blinding flash of light. After several millennia, high schooler Taiju awakens and finds himself lost in a world of statues. However, he’s not alone! His science-loving friend Senku’s been up and running for a few months and he's got a grand plan in mind—to kickstart civilization with the power of science!