Snickers x Dr. Stone
石化した草薙 (Sekikashita Kusanagi)
- Comedy
- Gag Humor
- Parody
- Performing Arts
- Episodes
- 1
- Duration
- 30 sec
- Aired
- Oct 4, 2020
- Status
- Finished Airing
Synopsis
In Sekikashita Kusanagi, the brilliant Senkuu stumbles upon an unexpected method to awaken those turned to stone: the beloved chocolate bar, Snickers. This unique approach allows him to bring back individuals from their petrified state, igniting their senses with the enticing taste of the treat. With his newfound technique, Senkuu decides to revive the renowned comedian Kouki Kusanagi, setting the stage for a delightful blend of humor and ingenuity.
As Senkuu navigates the challenges of rekindling life and laughter, the narrative explores the quirks of revival and the unexpected consequences that come with it. The interplay between science and comedy creates a lighthearted atmosphere, showcasing the charm of creativity in a world where innovation knows no bounds.
Otaku Consensus
Sekikashita Kusanagi works because it understands its own scale: a TMS Entertainment-produced, ultra-short Dr. Stone gag that treats commercial pacing as the joke rather than a limitation. Fan response is warmer than its ad status would suggest, with a 7.18 MAL score from 9,932 votes, but the common criticism is unavoidable: it is so brief and openly promotional that its presence as a cataloged anime entry feels almost as funny as the short itself.
Why You Should Watch
Watch this if you want the Dr. Stone flavor in its most concentrated, ridiculous form: Senkuu’s deadpan science-show energy compressed into a brand-crossover gag instead of a full episode. It is for viewers who enjoy anime commercials, parody shorts, and database oddities as part of anime culture, not for anyone seeking a proper side story or character arc. If Pop Team Epic’s logic of “the bit is the format” appeals to you, or if you like seeing mainstream shounen properties repurposed into strange promotional miniatures, this scratches that same archival-curiosity itch. The commitment is microscopic, the joke is direct, and the novelty is that a Snickers collaboration somehow earned enough fan attention to sit on MAL with thousands of votes.
Key Characters
- SSenkuu Ishigami(VA: Yuusuke Kobayashi)
Senkuu remains the short’s anchor because Yuusuke Kobayashi’s familiar sharp delivery makes even a candy-bar crossover feel like an extension of Dr. Stone’s science-comedy persona.
What Makes It Stand Out
- 1
The entire entry is a single-episode promotional short, with user discussion explicitly treating its roughly 30-second length as part of the appeal rather than a flaw.
- 2
TMS Entertainment, the studio behind the main Dr. Stone anime, is credited here as well, giving the commercial more official franchise texture than a disposable outside-made tie-in.
- 3
Its genre and theme tags are unusually precise for an advertisement: Comedy, Gag Humor, Parody, and Performing Arts all point to the short functioning as a sketch rather than a conventional narrative installment.
- 4
The collaboration hinges on a real brand, Snickers, which makes the short a rare case where the product placement is not hidden inside the anime but is the entire comic mechanism.
- 5
Its MAL footprint is disproportionately large for its size: a #5658 popularity ranking and nearly ten thousand score votes for an ad-length short.
Fun Facts & Trivia
- Fun fact 1
- Sekikashita Kusanagi aired on October 4, 2020 and is listed as Finished Airing after only one episode.
- Fun fact 2
- The title connects the Dr. Stone collaboration to Kouki Kusanagi, a real comedian figure used as the revival target in the short’s gag structure.
- Fun fact 3
- A MAL user review rated it 7/10 while openly calling it an ad, concluding that for the 30 seconds it took, it was worth watching.
- Fun fact 4
- Its 7.18 MAL score places it in a surprisingly respectable range for something fans often discuss less as an episode and more as a promotional curiosity.
Studios
- TMS Entertainment
