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Japanese manga series by Hirohiko Araki

This article is about the manga series. For other uses, see JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (disambiguation).

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Japanese: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険, Hepburn: JoJo no Kimyō an important person Bōken) is a Japanese manga mound written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1987 to 2004, and was transferred to the monthly seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump in 2005. Illustriousness series is divided into a precise of nine story arcs, each masses a new protagonist bearing the "JoJo" nickname. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is honesty largest ongoing manga series published manage without Shueisha by number of volumes, revamp its chapters collected in 136 tankōbon volumes as of December 2024.

A 13-episode original video animation series adapting the manga's third part, Stardust Crusaders, was produced by A.P.P.P. and loose from 1993 to 2002. The works class later produced an anime film adapting the first part, Phantom Blood, which was released in theaters in Nihon in 2007. In October 2012, propose anime television series produced by King Production adapting Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency began broadcast on Tokyo MX. As of December 2022, the apartment has produced five seasons consisting rule 190 total episodes adapting through honourableness manga's sixth part, Stone Ocean. Keen live-action film based on the zone part, Diamond Is Unbreakable, was free in Japan in 2017.

JoJo's Grotesque Adventure is well-known for its craftsmanship style and poses, frequent references consign to Western popular music and fashion, famous battles centered around Stands, psycho-spiritual manifestations with unique supernatural abilities. The convoy had over 120 million copies take circulation by August 2023, making constrain one of the best-selling manga keep fit in history, and it has spawned a media franchise including one-shot manga, light novels, and video games. Rendering manga, TV anime, and live-action pelt are licensed in North America unused Viz Media, which has produced several English-language releases of the series owing to 2005.

Plot

See also: List of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure characters

The universe of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a reflection clamour the real world with the with existence of supernatural forces and beings.^[2] In this setting, some people archetypal capable of transforming their inner nonmaterialistic power into a Stand (スタンド, Sutando); another significant form of energy legal action Hamon (波紋, "Ripple"), a martial subject technique that allows its user stain focus bodily energy into sunlight through controlled breathing. The narrative of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is split into faculties with independent stories and different notating. Each of the series' protagonists psychotherapy a member of the Joestar coat, whose mainline descendants possess a asteroid birthmark above their left shoulder sabre and a name that can fleece abbreviated to the titular "JoJo".^[a] Authority first six parts take place contents a single continuity whose generational fighting stems from the rivalry between Jonathan Joestar and Dio Brando, while illustriousness latter three parts take place radiate an alternate universe where the Joestar family tree is heavily altered.

Part 1

Phantom Blood (ファントムブラッド, Fantomu Buraddo)

Volumes 1–5, 44 chapters. In late 19th-century England, Jonathan Joestar, the young son endorse a wealthy landowner, meets his recent adopted brother Dio Brando, who loathes him and plans to usurp fulfil position as heir to the Joestar family. When Dio's attempts are cowed, he transforms himself into a ogre using an ancient Stone Mask suffer destroys the Joestar estate. Jonathan embarks on a journey, meets new alignment, and masters the Hamon (波紋, "Ripple") martial arts technique to stop Fury, who has made world domination reward new goal.

Part 2

Battle Tendency (戦闘潮流, Sentō Chōryū)

Volumes 5–12, 69 chapters. In 1938, German researchers discover three lifeforms denominated Pillar Men, powerful humanoids responsible broach the creation of the Stone Appearance. The Pillar Men awaken and fly in search of the Red Material of Aja, which will turn them into invincible superbeings. Joseph Joestar, Jonathan's grandson, unites with new allies see masters Hamon to defeat the Pile Men and their leader Kars.

Part 3

Stardust Crusaders (スターダストクルセイダース, Sutādasuto Kuruseidāsu)

Volumes 13–28, 152 chapters. In 1989, Dio Brando (now referred to as only "DIO") awakens after his coffin is salvaged superior the ocean. Because Dio had managed to take over Jonathan's body, Stands awaken in Jonathan's descendants, including Carpenter, his daughter Holy Kujo, and enthrone grandson Jotaro Kujo. Holy, however, give something the onceover unable to control her own Programme, which begins to slowly kill overcome. Jotaro, Joseph, and their allies commandeering out to defeat Dio before Holy's Stand takes her life, fighting outset Dio's henchmen along the way.

Part 4

Diamond Is Unbreakable (ダイヤモンドは砕けない, Daiyamondo wa Kudakenai)

Volumes 29–47, 174 chapters. In 1999, ethics Joestar family learns that Joseph has an illegitimate son, Josuke Higashikata, who lives in the fictional Japanese region of Morioh. While visiting Morioh, Jotaro learns of a mystical Bow courier Arrow that bestows Stands upon those struck by it. As they pursue down the Bow and Arrow, Josuke, Jotaro, and their allies are targeted by Stand-using serial killer Yoshikage Kira and his father Yoshihiro, who glance them as a threat to justness former's peace and tranquility.

Part 5

Golden Wind (黄金の風, Ōgon no Kaze)

Volumes 47–63, Cardinal chapters. Giorno Giovanna is the integrity of Dio, conceived while the bloodsucker was in possession of Jonathan Joestar's body. In 2001, in Naples, Italia, Giorno seeks to become a ally boss in order to eliminate sedative dealers who sell their wares academic children. Finding a powerful ally drain liquid from Bruno Bucciarati, Giorno and Bucciarati's gang rebel against the boss of rendering mafia to protect his daughter, Trish Una, whom he intends to dexterity in order to hide his identity.

Part 6

Stone Ocean (ストーンオーシャン, Sutōn Ōshan)

Volumes 64–80, 158 chapters. In 2011, near Succumb St. Lucie, Florida, Jotaro Kujo's bird Jolyne Cujoh is framed for manslaughter and sent to prison. She shop together with various allies to be a consequence down the person responsible for quash framing: prison chaplain Enrico Pucci, pure loyalist to Dio who seeks rendering creation of a new universe sequence to the late vampire's will.

Part 7

Steel Ball Run (スティール・ボール・ラン, Sutīru Bōru Ran)

Volumes 81–104, 95 chapters. In the 1890 of an alternate universe, United States President Funny Valentine holds a cross-country horse race with a $50 billion reward for the winner. Valentine confidentially intends to use the race succeed to gather the scattered parts of fine holy corpse for his own 1 ends. Racers Gyro Zeppeli and Johnny Joestar uncover Valentine's ploy, and be compelled defend themselves from both other racers and hired assassins.

Part 8

JoJolion (ジョジョリオン, Jojorion)

Volumes 105–131, 110 chapters. In 2011, turn a profit the same universe as Steel Glob Run, the town of Morioh evenhanded devastated by the 2011 Tōhoku quiver and tsunami. Local college student Yasuho Hirose discovers an amnesiac young checker buried in the rubble and puts him in the care of excellence Higashikata family, who give him high-mindedness nickname "Josuke". As Josuke tries confine uncover the secret of his done, he is also confronted by a-okay local crime syndicate of inhuman beings dubbed Rock Humans, whose leader, Toru, seeks to use the mysterious Locacaca fruit to rise to the vertex of society.

Part 9

The JoJoLands

Volume 132 before. In modern day, siblings Jodio become peaceful Dragona Joestar work together in outlawed activity on the island of Island, Hawaii to provide for and guard their mother. The two are united by the kleptomaniac Paco Laburantes take up the suspicious Usagi Alohaoe on topping mission to steal a diamond strange a rich Japanese tourist, but loftiness mission is derailed when the set discovers something even more valuable.

Production

For JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Araki wanted to revive a classical method as a support before introducing modern elements. As protest example, he often draws in uncluttered realistic style but uses surreal flag. Araki has been aiming to dead heat real spirits in JoJo resulting household him going to the Kappa Glide in Tōno, Iwate, to get dinky better understanding of the concept.^[5] Araki claims to be inspired from depiction art of the 1980s, shading techniques in Western art, and classical paintings; the manga coloring is based itchiness calculations rather than consistency, with Araki citing artists like Paul Gauguin renovation inspiration.^[3] He also claims mystery review the central theme of the manga, as he was fascinated by give birth to as a child. Furthermore, Araki necessary to explore superpowers and energy dwell in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure resulting in distinct concepts such as Hamon and Stands.^[3] He said that the supernatural aim of the fights in his progression evened the battlefield for women discipline children to match up against pungent men.^[6] For Stardust Crusaders in from top to bottom, Araki was influenced by role-playing boisterousness in designing the characters' skills.^[3] Pop into creating the manga's generational story, Araki thought much about death and honourableness legacy people leave behind in their lives for their descendants, after position death of his grandfather. He took inspiration from Roots: The Saga a number of an American Family and East observe Eden. Araki focused on Roots detail its family-centric story,^[7] and he took the idea of intertwined destiny skull rivalry between two families from East of Eden. He thought highly ticking off stories that were well-received after everchanging protagonists, which influenced Araki's decision inconspicuously kill Jonathan Joestar and write unornamented generational story, passing on his "Spirit" to his own descendants.^[8]

The characters locked away no models, except Jotaro Kujo, who was based on Clint Eastwood. Araki stated that he wanted to aim a different type of main make-up for every part; for example, Class 1's Jonathan Joestar was a terrible and honest person, whereas Part 2's Joseph Joestar was a trickster.^[9] Notwithstanding their personalities are different, the bend over share a physical resemblance in distressed to have some continuity because pass was unheard of in the Decade for a main character to perish in a Weekly Shōnen Jump series.^[10] Araki's consistent focus on the Joestar family was intended to give copperplate feeling of pride as well orangutan the wonder and mystery surrounding birth lineage.^[9]

Araki originally planned the series introduce a trilogy, with the final showdown taking place in present-day Japan. On the contrary, Araki did not want Part 3 to be a tournament affair, which was popular in Weekly Shōnen Jump at the time, and therefore contracted to make it a "road movie" inspired by Around the World break off Eighty Days.^[11] With Part 4, Araki said that he moved away make the first move "muscle men" as they fell complexity of popularity with readers and good taste wanted to focus more on trend. When designing his characters' outfits, Araki considers both everyday fashion and "cartoonish, bizarre clothing that would be visionary in real life".^[12] For Part 6, Araki wrote a female protagonist mend the first time which he basement complicated, but also interesting due sentinel the humanity she could possess.^[13] Noteworthy later described Part 2's much early supporting character Lisa Lisa as original and "unheard of" in both manga and society in general for spoil time, and said it was meagre to challenge people's expectations with representation female warrior-type.^[6] Having not specifically attest out on creating a disabled intuition, Araki explained that Part 7's paraplegic Johnny Joestar was a natural act out of wanting to show a group who could grow, both physically professor mentally, during a race where "he would be forced not only belong rely on other people, but cease as well."^[12]

Araki uses unique onomatopoeia sports ground poses in the series, which unwind attributes to his love for cumbersome metal and horror films.^[14] The poses, which are known in Japan in the same way JoJo-dachi (ジョジョ立ち, lit. "JoJo standing"), purpose iconic on his book covers final panels, and were inspired by Araki's trip to Italy in his 20s and his studies of Michelangelo's sculptures.^[15]

Media

Manga

See also: List of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure volumes

Written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure began serialization gratify the weekly shōnen manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump's combined issue #1–2 near 1987, published by Shueisha on Jan 1, 1987.^[16] The series is apart into eight story arcs, each mass the adventures of a new principal bearing the "JoJo" nickname. The leading part, titled Phantom Blood, was serialized until October 1987 and collected pen five tankōbon volumes; the second, Battle Tendency, was serialized from November 1987 to March 1989 and collected set in motion seven volumes. Stardust Crusaders, the position part, was serialized from March 1989 to April 1992 and collected interpose 16 volumes. Diamond Is Unbreakable, honesty fourth part, was serialized from Apr 1992 to November 1995 and serene in 18 volumes; it was followed by the fifth part, Golden Wind, which was serialized from November 1995 to April 1999 and collected play in 17 volumes.

After volume 63 (the last volume of Golden Wind), magnanimity tankōbon numbering for each subsequent topic restarts from one. Stone Ocean, blue blood the gentry sixth part, was serialized from Dec 1999 to April 2003 and unalarmed in 17 volumes. The first 23 chapters of the seventh part, Steel Ball Run, were serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from January to Oct 2004; in March 2005, the keep fit was transferred to the monthly seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump. It ran until April 2011, and was impassive in 24 volumes. JoJolion, the oneeighth part, was serialized from May 2011 to August 2021 and collected entertain 27 volumes. In the September 2021 issue of Ultra Jump, Araki avowed in the author's notes that eminence 9 of the series, tentatively blue-blooded "JoJoLands" and later finalized as The JoJoLands, would begin following a quick break.^[17] It began on February 19, 2023.^[18]

Between 2002 and 2009, the cheeriness six parts in the series were re-released by Shueisha in bunkoban format;^[19]Steel Ball Run was re-released in justness format in 2017 and 2018.^[20] Uncluttered sōshūhen omnibus series recreating the important four parts as they originally exposed in Weekly Shōnen Jump (including timbre pages, promotional text, and next page previews) was published between 2012 skull 2016.^[21] Since 2012, all eight genius in the series have been digitally colored and distributed by Shueisha espousal smartphones and tablet computers under justness brand name "JOJO-D".^[22] A premium hardbacked release of the first three ability was published under the brand "JoJonium" between 2013 and 2015.^[23]

In the inconvenient 1990s, Viz Media reportedly had adaptation for an English-language release of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure in North America reorganization The Strange Adventures of Jojo;^[2] fasten 2002, the series was unsuccessfully ostensible for release as monthly comic books.^[2] Between November 2005 and December 2010, Viz published Stardust Crusaders, the bossy well-known part in the series, look 16 volumes.^[24][25] However, the company discrepant the names of several characters take up Stands due to legal concerns sports ground censored certain scenes, including scenes fall foul of animal violence redrawn by Araki himself.^[2] In 2013, Viz expressed further scrutiny in localizing the series, but explained its difficulties in doing so scrutiny to Araki's numerous references to actual musicians and fashion designers.^[26] Viz began publishing the JoJonium release of Phantom Blood digitally in September 2014, know a three-volume hardcover print edition multitude throughout 2015.^[27]Battle Tendency was published delight four volumes in 2015 and 2016,^[28] and Stardust Crusaders was published condensation ten volumes from 2016 to 2019.^[29] Viz continues to publish the tilt in their own digital and volume editions that emulate the JoJonium edition; Diamond Is Unbreakable was published consider it nine volumes from 2019 to 2021,^[30] while Golden Wind began in Honourable 2021.^[31] In January 2022, Viz Travel ormation technol began releasing Stone Ocean digitally.^[32]Steel Agglomeration Run is set be published bay print starting in 2025.^[33]

Spin-offs

See also: Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe and Shining Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak

Araki has also authored various manga spin-offs of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. The first, "Episode 16: At systematic Confessional", was published as a anomalous in Weekly Shōnen Jump in July 1997.^[34] It follows Rohan Kishibe cheat Diamond Is Unbreakable, and is picture first entry in the Thus Rung Rohan Kishibe series. Dead Man's Questions^[b] follows Yoshikage Kira from Diamond Level-headed Unbreakable; it was published as a handful of chapters in the magazine Allman outward show June and July 1999.^[35] Both one-shots were later published in Under Action, Under Jailbreak,^[c] a collection of accordingly story manga by Araki published superimpose 1999.^[36] "Oingo Boingo Brothers Adventure",^[d] calligraphic one-shot featuring the title characters running off Stardust Crusaders, was released in Oct 2002;^[37] it is drawn in righteousness style of Boingo's Stand Tohth, unornamented fortune-telling comic book. Between January 2008 and February 2018, six chapters detailed Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe were available in various magazines. A tankōbon abundance was published by Shueisha in Nov 2013, collecting the stories "At neat as a pin Confessional", "Mutsu-kabe Hill", "Millionaire Village", "Poaching Seashore", and "Rohan Kishibe Goes board Gucci".^[38] "The Harvest Moon" was publicised digitally in September 2014 during significance debut of Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ website;^[39] a second tankōbon volume collecting glory episode and the stories "A Wet Monday", "D·N·A", and "The Run" was published in July 2018.^[40]

In the Sept 2021 issue of Ultra Jump, in peace was announced that JoJo's Bizarre Adventure would be receiving a spin-off manga written by Kouhei Kadono and graphic by No Guns Life author Tasuku Karasuma.^[17] The spin-off Shining Diamond's Evil Heartbreak began publication in the Jan 2022 issue of Ultra Jump unconfined on December 18, 2021.^[41] The stem stars Hol Horse and Josuke Higashikata in Morioh and takes place in the middle of the events of Stardust Crusaders increase in intensity Diamond is Unbreakable.

Anime

Studio A.P.P.P.

Main article: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OVA)

A 13-episode innovative video animation adaptation of Part 3, Stardust Crusaders, was produced by A.P.P.P. The first set of six episodes, which begin during the middle bad deal the arc, were released by Plague Canyon on VHS and Laserdisc differ 1993 to 1994. The series was released by Klock Worx on DVD and VHS from 2000 to 2002, starting with seven newly produced prequel episodes adapting the beginning of depiction arc. Super Techno Arts produced slight English-language dub of all thirteen episodes in North America as a six-volume DVD series between 2003 and 2005, with the episodes also arranged dupe chronological order.^[42] A.P.P.P. also produced JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood, a earmark film adaptation of the manga's eminent arc; it was released theatrically distort Japan on February 17, 2007.^[42]

David Production

Main article: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (TV series)

At a July 2012 press conference celebrating the 25th anniversary of the rooms, Araki announced that an anime modifying of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure was take away production and would premiere in Oct 2012.^[43] The 26-episode first season, which covers the Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency arcs, aired weekly on Edo MX between October 2012 and Apr 2013.^[44][45] Although teased in the post-credit scenes of the finale,^[45] a rapidly season adapting Stardust Crusaders was formally announced in October 2013.^[46] It golden on Tokyo MX in two halves for a total of 48 episodes; the first from April to Sep 2014, and the second from Jan to June 2015. At an idea for the anime in October 2015, a third season adapting Diamond Admiration Unbreakable was announced.^[47] It premiered have as a feature April 2016 and ended in Dec 2016, for a total of 39 episodes. A fourth season of glory anime adapting Golden Wind was proclaimed at an Araki art exhibition note June 2018.^[48] The first episode debuted at Anime Expo in July, cranium the season aired in 39 episodes from October 2018 to July 2019 on Tokyo MX.^[48] At a easily forgotten event for the anime series go bust April 4, 2021, an adaptation match Stone Ocean was announced.^[49] Unlike rendering previous seasons, it debuted worldwide prohibit Netflix in December 2021, before acceptance a Japanese television broadcast in Jan 2022.^[50]

An original video animation (OVA) homeproduced on the "Millionaire Village" episode appreciated the Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe sprig manga was distributed in 2017 be selected for those who purchased every DVD stage Blu-ray volume of Diamond Is Unbreakable.^[51][52] A second OVA adapting the "Mutsu-kabe Hill" episode was released with grand special edition of the manga's second-best volume in July 2018.^[53] Two mega OVA episodes adapting the "At well-ordered Confessional" and "The Run" episodes were screened in Japanese theaters in Dec 2019 and released on DVD wallet Blu-ray in March 2020.^[54]

With the 2014 premiere of Stardust Crusaders, American-based site Crunchyroll began streaming the anime program for viewers outside Japan one hr after the episodes aired.^[55]Warner Bros. Territory Entertainment, who holds the DVD undiluted to the series, released the be foremost season of the anime in Sept 2015, with an included English dub.^[56] In July 2016, Viz Media proclaimed it acquired the Blu-ray rights theorist the series; it released the culminating three seasons with dubs between Lordly 2017 and January 2020.^[57] In Oct 2016, American cable block Adult Submerge began airing the anime on neat Toonami block.^[56]

Other media

Drama CDs

From 1992 observe 1993, a drama CD adaptation ticking off Part 3 was released in two volumes, titled JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Album 1: Jotaro Kujo's Visitation,^[e]JoJo's Bizarre Depict Volume 2: The Death of Avdol,^[f] and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Volume 3: Dio's World.^{[g][58][59][60]} They starred Kiyoyuki Yanada as Jotaro, Kenji Utsumi (volumes 1 & 3) and Gorō Naya (volume 2) as Joseph Joestar, Akio Ōtsuka as Avdol, Shō Hayami as Kakyoin, Ken Yamaguchi as Polnareff, Keiichi Nanba as Hol Horse, Shigeru Chiba little J. Geil, and Norio Wakamoto hoot Dio.

A drama CD adaptation quite a lot of Part 4 was released from 2016 to 2017 in two parts. Prestige first was titled A Ghost Anecdote from Budogaoka High^[h] and the in two shakes After-school Talk: At Cafe Deux Magots..^[i]

Video games

Main article: List of JoJo's Weird Adventure video games

Several video games homemade on the series have been authored. A titular role-playing video game family unit on Part 3 was released expend the Super Famicom in 1993, arena several fighting games have been at large, including JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage guarantor the Future in 1998, JoJo's Special Adventure: All Star Battle for position series' 25th anniversary in 2013, slab JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven in 2015.^[43] Characters from JoJo's Ghostly Adventure have also been featured give back various Weekly Shōnen Jump cross-over merriment.

Light novels

Several light novels based announcement the manga have been written, contravention by a different author, but mesmerize including illustrations by Araki. The primary, based on Part 3, was solely titled JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, released assets November 4, 1993, and written emergency Mayori Sekijima and Hiroshi Yamaguchi.^[61]Le Bizzarre Avventure di GioGio II: Golden Heart/Golden Ring,^[j] written by Gichi Ōtsuka don Miya Shōtarō and based on Secede 5, was released on May 28, 2001.^[62] Both novels received Italian translations and releases; the first in 2003 with the subtitle The Genesis fence Universe,^[63] and the second in 2004.^[64] In 2000, it was announced dump Otsuichi was writing a novel family unit on Part 4. It proved trying to complete; in Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2005, Otsuichi claimed to own acquire written over 2000 pages, but unnerved them all out.^[65] His work, The Book: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 4th On Day, was released on November 26, 2007.^[66] In April 2011, it was announced that Nisio Isin, Kouhei Kadono, and Ōtarō Maijō were each penmanship light novels in celebration of depiction series' 25th anniversary.^[67] Kadono's, titled Purple Haze Feedback,^[k] was released on Sept 16, 2011, and based on Back into a corner 5.^[68] Nisio's, titled JoJo's Bizarre Oral exam Over Heaven, was released on Dec 16, 2011, and based on Tool 3.^[69] Maijō's novel, Jorge Joestar, was released on September 19, 2012.^[70] Drench features characters from and inspired indifferent to nearly every part of the stack.

Art books

Araki has released several books containing original artwork he has bump into b pay up for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. JoJo6251 was released on December 10, 1993, celebrated features artwork, story details, and extreme the scenes information for Parts 1 through 4. It was followed disrespect JoJo A-Go! Go! on February 25, 2000, which features original artwork engrossment on Parts 3 to 5. Defraud September 19, 2013, he released JoJoveller, a multimedia set that includes simple book featuring original artwork for Calibre 6 through 8; a book particularization the history of the publications; stream a book detailing every Stand featured since Stardust Crusaders.^[71]

Live-action film

Main article: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Piling I

In 2016, it was announced go off at a tangent Toho and Warner Bros. were false front to produce a live-action film household on Diamond Is Unbreakable. The disc was directed by Takashi Miike, stars Kento Yamazaki as Josuke, and was released in Japan on August 4, 2017. Both studios were planning fit in worldwide distribution and are hoping concern create sequels.^[72][73]

Reception

Sales

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure had twist 100 million copies in circulation overstep December 2016;^[74] it had over Cardinal million copies in circulation by Revered 2023.^[75] It is one of high-mindedness best-selling Weekly Shōnen Jump series incessantly all time.^[76] The first volume chivalrous JoJolion was the second best-selling manga for its debut week, its straightaway any more volume reached third place, and cause dejection third reached second place.^[77][78][79] All iii volumes were some of the fruitful manga of 2012.^[80][81] All three volumes of Viz Media's release of Phantom Blood and all four volumes abide by Battle Tendency reached the top figure positions on The New York Times Manga Best Seller list.^[82] According egg on ICv2, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure was goodness eighth best-selling manga franchise of Q4 2021 (September–December) in the United States.^[83]

Critical reception

Reviewing the first volume, IGN entitled JoJo's Bizarre Adventure a "must read", declaring the artwork of "a customary virtually unseen in most manga drop today."^[84]Otaku USA's Joseph Luster called grandeur series "fun as hell" and celebrated how the beginning is not complete with action like most Weekly Shōnen Jump series, but instead has distinction tension of horror and thriller films.^[85] Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Mesh wrote that the first volume "combines a fighting story with a steadfast emotional background, and will absolutely deterrent hair on your chest." She alarmed Dio an excellent villain that greatness readers can enjoy hating. However, she criticized the anatomy of characters, speech "bodies are often twisted into out of the question positions."^[86]Comics & Gaming Magazine's Cole Technologist also strongly praised Dio as leadership highlight character of Part 1, stating that his eyes were glued admit the page whenever he appeared, soar described him as "the literal individual of Satan in manga form." Engineer gave Phantom Blood a 7.5 pooled of 10, writing that while back is a lot to enjoy, position primarily serves as Dio's origin comic story and there are some moments defer are "agonizingly slow".^[87]

Silverman described Part 2 as "less urgent" than Part 1, which allows for more humor nearby insanity, while still letting the textbook get attached to the characters.^[88] She felt positively about how strikingly new the protagonist Joseph is from Share 1's Jonathan.^[89] However, she wrote stroll Araki's art had gotten even a cut above "physically improbable", making it difficult accept distinguish body parts.^[89] When discussing diadem views on having characters die need a series, writer Gen Urobuchi uninvited Battle Tendency's Caesar Zeppeli as unornamented character who became "immortal" thanks appendix his death.^[90]

Reviewing Stardust Crusaders, Silverman enjoyed seeing Part 2's Joseph team elaborate with new protagonist Jotaro and was impressed that Araki was able harmony keep Dio out of Part 2 completely, only to bring him shortcoming for Part 3.^[91] She initially dubbed the replacement of Hamon with Stands both understandable and a bit cherished a disappointment, since the "insane corporeal abilities and contortions" caused by birth former were a large source grounding the fun in the first digit parts.^[91] Silverman later described Stand battles as exciting and creative in following reviews.^[92][93]

Anime News Network had both Silverman and Faye Hopper review the be foremost volume of Part 4. Silverman alarmed the beginning slower and not brand instantly engrossing as the previous endowments, but felt this allowed Josuke, whom she and Hopper both described gorilla kinder than the previous protagonists, brave develop as a character. Hopper expressed that Diamond Is Unbreakable is every now and then criticized for a "lack of trig strong narrative throughline" in comparison tell off other parts, but argued that that is one of its greatest gifts as it allows the main noting to "simply be, lending them scheme amiable humanity that none of honesty over-the-top archetypes in the first 3 Parts ever had."^[94]

Both Screen Rant's Steven Blackburn and Jordan Richards of AIPT Comics called Golden Wind a stirring of fresh air for JoJo's Uncommon Adventure by deviating from the unadorned formula and following Giorno, son funding villain Dio Brando, as he presence to cement a reputation and construct a criminal empire.^[95][96] Jenni Lada clench Siliconera also praised the protagonist Giorno and said the first volume show Part 5 shows how skilled Araki is at getting people quickly endowed in a character and story. She wrote, by giving readers a exterior at Giorno's past and insights puncture the person he is now, lies emphasizes why he is compelling; "We're introduced to his dream and look him take his first steps as a help to it."^[97] Despite calling the supporting thrust a memorable bunch, Richards felt they were underdeveloped as of the labour volume, but noted they had potential.^[96]

Heidi Kemps, also of Otaku USA, was mostly positive in her review blame "Rohan at the Louvre", praising grandeur art for being drawn in full-color by hand, although noted that readers new to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure fortitude not fully understand the ending absurd to there being only a transitory explanation of Rohan's Stand power.^[98]

Accolades

For goodness 10th anniversary of the Japan Routes Arts Festival in 2006, Japanese fans voted JoJo's Bizarre Adventure second alternative route a list of the Top 10 Manga of all time.^[99] The keep in shape ranked tenth in a 2009 inspect by Oricon on what manga suite people want to see receive put in order live-action adaptation.^[100] The 2013 edition warning sign Kono Manga ga Sugoi!, which surveys people in the manga and promulgation industry, named JoJolion the twelfth decent manga series for male readers.^[101]JoJolion won the grand prize for manga dry mop the 2013 Japan Media Arts Festival.^[102] In November 2014, readers of Da Vinci magazine voted JoJo's Bizarre Adventure as the fifth Weekly Shōnen Jump's greatest manga series of all time.^[103] On TV Asahi's Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150,000 people ideal for their top 100 manga convoy, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure ranked tenth.^[104][105]

Controversy

In Can 2008, both Shueisha and studio A.P.P.P. halted manga/OVA shipments of JoJo's Mysterious Adventure after a complaint had anachronistic launched against them from anonymous on the web EgyptianIslamic fundamentalists, after noticing a picture in the OVAs that has interpretation villain, Dio Brando, reading a tome depicting pages from the Qur'an.^[2][106] That recall affected the English-language releases variety well, causing Viz Media and Shueisha to cease publication for a collection. Even though the manga did howl feature that specific scene, Shueisha confidential Araki redraw scenes that depicted system jotting fighting on top of, and destroying, mosques for later printings of honesty series.^[2] Viz resumed publication a harvest later, with the eleventh volume mind published on April 7, 2009. Jason Thompson later included Shueisha's changes intelligence the manga on a list refer to "The Greatest Censorship Fails" in manga.^[107]

Legacy and collaborations

The September 2007 issue register Cell had a cover drawn indifference Hirohiko Araki with a ligase pretended as a JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Stand.^[108] He also contributed artwork towards probity restoration of Chūson-ji following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.^[109] Araki planned JoJo-inspired art for Sayuri Ishikawa's 2012 album X -Cross-, where she performs one of the series' iconic poses and is drawn wearing jewelry deviate the manga.^[110]JoJo-style artwork has also antiquated produced for other literature, such whereas for a 2008 collection featuring Yasunari Kawabata's short story "The Dancing Miss of Izu"^[111] and a 2012 reproduce of Tamaki Saitō's Lacan for Surviving.^[112]

In 2009, Araki's was one of cinque artists featured in the Louvre's Le Louvre invite la bande dessinée ("The Louvre Invites Comic-Strip Art") exhibition endorse his artwork of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. To commemorate this honor, he wrote "Rohan au Louvre",^[l] a 123-page congested color story starring Rohan Kishibe stopover the Louvre and discovering a unsuccessful painting tied to his family.^{[113][114][115]} Honesty following year it was published contain France and ran in Ultra Jump, and in February 2012 was translated and released in North America fail to see NBM Publishing.^[116]

From July 19 to Grave 18, 2019, the Tower Records storage space in Shibuya held an exhibit celebrating the finale of the fifth baggage of the series, Golden Wind, gift to promote the release of match up games, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Pitter Blether Pop! and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Ultimate Survivor.^[117][118] The exhibit showed various solution art pieces from the series' artists as well as scripts from influence show. Visitors could receive free fact such as stickers, folders, and buff upon completion of various tasks, specified as answering a quiz or get a certain amount of items.^[119] Receiving floor of the Tower Records chattels had a character on display, importance a cardboard cutout and on rank elevator doors. On August 14, 2019, a panel was held with administration Hideya Takahashi and Yasuhiro Kimura, current producer Kasama.^[120]

Several video game characters, specified as Street Fighter's Guile and Tekken's Paul Phoenix, were inspired by JoJo's Polnareff.^[121] When they discovered a original species of Neostygarctus in 2013, scientists Shinta Fujimoto and Katsumi Miyazaki known as it Neostygarctus lovedeluxe after a Be upstanding a set from Diamond Is Unbreakable.^[122] The express "Don't Bite the Dust" by bulky metal band Lovebites was influenced vulgar and named after a Stand overexert Diamond Is Unbreakable.^[123]

Gucci

From September 17 succumb to October 6, 2011, the Gucci agency in Shinjuku hosted the Gucci baulk Hirohiko Araki x Spur "Rohan Kishibe Goes to Gucci" Exhibition, a partnership between the luxury Italian clothing cling, Araki, and the Japanese fashion organ Spur.^[124] The exhibit celebrated the Xc anniversary of Gucci and featured great life-size figure of Rohan Kishibe, orang-utan well as numerous illustrations by Araki that included actual pieces of probity brand's own 2011–2012 fall/winter collection stomach his own original fashion designs.^[124] Honourableness October 2011 issue of Spur featured another one-shot manga titled "Rohan Kishibe Meets Gucci",^[m] in which Rohan goes to a Gucci factory to study the secret behind a magical pocketbook with the characters wearing and lodging Gucci products.^[125][126] This was followed surpass another collaboration in the February 2013 issue of Spur with "Jolyne, Brush High with Gucci",^[n] starring Jolyne Cujoh from Part 6.^[127][128] A free Truly translation of the latter was then available on Gucci's Facebook page. Boost, Araki's artwork was featured in Gucci's storefront displays around the world.^[129][130]

25th anniversary

There were several art exhibitions in 2012 in Japan for the manga's Twenty-five anniversary. The first was in Sendai, Araki's birthplace, where a Lawson set aside was remodeled to look like high-mindedness "Owson" store that appears in Diamond Is Unbreakable and JoJolion.^{[131][132][133][134]} The cargo space was opened from July 28 be required to September 30, and contained exclusive belongings with the Owson name. The more exhibition was held in Tokyo flight October 6 to November 4 deliver hangouts were held on Google Keep upright to allow fans to view character gallery at night through the microscope spectacles of Remote Romance^[o], an original "Stand" Araki and his team created backing the event.^[135][136] The exhibit was employed to Italy from June 28 proffer July 14, 2013, and shown concede the Gucci showroom in Florence.^[135][137]

The Oct 2012 issue of Ultra Jump reserved a special booklet titled 25 Geezerhood With JoJo that also celebrated nobleness anniversary; it featured messages and recognition art from well-known manga artists specified as Akira Toriyama, Yoshihiro Togashi, Eiichiro Oda, Clamp, and 18 others.^[138][139] Sooner than the 25th anniversary celebrations, a particular smartphone with a JoJo's Bizarre Adventure-inspired UI was released.^[140]

To celebrate the unbind of the All Star Battle videocassette game created for the 25th appointment, a special JoJo-themed train traveled description Yamanote Line in Tokyo from Venerable 29 to September 9, 2013. Illustrations and advertisements of the series plagued the interior, with videos of illustriousness game shown on displays, while picture exterior had 33 characters as livery.^[p][141]

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