Has Dr. Stone’s return to Crunchyroll awakened the sci-fi fan in you? Good news: futuristic robots and inventions of all kinds are also on the program for other anime, which you might like!
Dr Stone
After a mysterious phenomenon strikes the Earth, humanity finds itself forever petrified…until the year 5738, when Senku and his friend Taiju finally wake up. The two comrades, accompanied by a handful of survivors, engage in a major quest to find a cure capable of freeing the 7 billion humans still petrified. Their hopes rest on their abilities to survive, the genius of Senku and the formidable powers of science.
After repelling the attacks of Hyuga, damned soul of the terrible Tsukasa, Senku and his group, nicknamed “the Kingdom of Science”, embarked on a real telecommunications race to gain the advantage over their opponents.
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Thanks to Senku’s electronic knowledge, he and his friends have managed to prevail against Tsukasa’s forces and have never been closer to discovering the truth about the petrification of the Earth. To discover more, they will have to cross the oceans aboard their newly built ship. What adventures await them?
Launched on April 6, the third season of Dr. Stone was particularly awaited by fans of the series. Still produced by the TMS Entertainment studio (Detective Conan, D.Gray-Man, Baki), the adaptation of Boichi’s manga manages to retain its humor as much as the beauty of its wild universe. Seeing Senku’s genius at work will make you want to pull out your old physics and chemistry textbooks!
A new episode of season 3 of Dr. Stone is available every Friday on Crunchyroll.
NieR:Automata Ver1.1a
A true video game phenomenon, NieR:Automata is a Japanese RPG launched on Playstation 4 in 2017. Building on its incredible success (rave reviews and more than 6 million copies sold worldwide!), the pearl of the Platinum Games studio has had entitled to its anime adaptation on the occasion of its sixth anniversary.
Produced by the famous studio A-1 Pictures (Black Butler, Fairy Tail, Mashle), NieR:Automata Ver1.1a essentially takes up the framework of the original work and allows you to appreciate its futuristic and mechanical universe, whether you are a fan of the game or not.
Year 5012. Aliens have suddenly invaded Earth sending mechanical life forms to conquer it. Humanity is on the verge of extinction, but a small group of refugees on the moon organizes the response by creating robotic soldiers. Their last hope lies in a new generation of female androids: the Yorha 2B units. Can they reclaim Earth?
Trigun Stampede
In 1998, the Trigun series attracted attention for the quality of its animation but also for its atypical setting, born of the astonishing mix between science fiction and western. 25 years later, its cult characters are back in a highly anticipated prequel, the first season of which has been available in full on Crunchyroll since the beginning of the year.
Vash The Stampede is a happy and pacifist adventurer, evolving in a futuristic Wild West and whose head is put at a price of no less than 6 million dollars. Intrigued by this strange character, young journalist Meryl Stryfe and her partner, a jaded veteran named Roberto De Niro (classy!), set out to find him.
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When they finally meet him, they understand that his reputation as a killer is in fact due to the existence of his twin brother, the terrible Million Knives…
Code Geass
Why not complete this selection on a timeless note with the cult Code Geass series? Declared “best anime series” from 2006 to 2008 by the Anime Grand Prix, as well as in 2010 at the Japan Expo, Code Geass its highly philosophical plot and complex political context have made it into the Pantheon of the best SF anime.
In the near future, Japan lives under the yoke of the fictional empire of Britannia. Renamed “Zone Eleven”, the country suffered daily from the terror of the occupier who suppressed all sedition thanks to his armies of Mecas, the “Nightmare Frames”.
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But the day of the revolt may have come when a young student named Lelouch accidentally finds himself involved in a terrorist attack. While he should have died, Lelouch will on the contrary survive, and even inherit a mysterious power, the “Geass”, which gives him the possibility of controlling the will of others. Will this ability allow Lelouch to rock Britannia’s empire to free his people?
These anime are to be discovered on Crunchyroll.