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Hideki Futamura<br/>Hiroyuki Kitakubo<br/>Kazufumi Nomura<br/>Noboru Furuse
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is a
Japan ese
Manga written and illustrated by
Hirohiko Araki . It is famous for its original art style (complete with over-the-top violence), intricate plot, and numerous Western rock music references. Every main character's name in each series can be read as ''JoJo''. The manga, published by
Shueisha in their magazine
Weekly Shonen Jump , started in 1987 and went on to 2004. The latest part was initially published in Weekly Shonen Jump, but was moved to
Ultra Jump in 2005. It's currently Shonen Jump's 2nd longest running manga with 92 and counting volumes (including Steel Ball Run) (only
Kochi-Kame , with 150+ volumes, has more.) It is the longest manga not to have a TV anime adaptation.
The manga is published in English by
Viz Media , starting from part 3. Eight volumes have been published.
There have been seven series of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure manga, each featuring a different cast of characters.
See Also: Phantom Blood
See Also: Battle Tendency
See Also: Stardust Crusaders
See Also: Diamond is Unbreakable
See Also: Golden Wind
See Also: Stone Ocean
See Also: Steel Ball Run
See Also: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OVA)
Two
OVA series have been adapted from series 3 of the manga by A.P.P.P. (Another Push Pin Planning) Company in Japan. The original six-episode series in 1993 began with Joseph, Jotaro, Polnareff, Abdul and Kakyoin in the
Egypt ian desert on their quest to find Dio (volume 20 in the manga). The series offered very little exposition, assuming the viewer already knew the backstory. A
Prequel seven-episode series was released in
2001 , offering an explanation for those unfamiliar with the story in the previous series. It started with Joseph coming to Japan to explain Jotaro's strange behavior (volume 12 in the manga). The entire 6-volume (13-episode) anime series has been released in English in chronological order by
Super Techno Arts .
''Phantom Blood'', a theatrical film based on Series 1 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, was released February 17, 2007 in Japan. A.P.P.P. and several of the original crew members for the OVA returned to produce the film. The theme song was composed by the Japanese group
SOUL'd OUT with their single "Voodoo Kingdom".
See Also: List of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure video games
version (U.S. version), featuring the face of Jotaro Kujo]]
Several in 2002. This game was supposed to be released in
Europe as ''GioGio's Bizarre Adventure'', but this didn't come through because of the heavy references to band names, and Araki is unwilling to compromise in the change of names to avoid lawsuits. Capcom originally intended to release the game in the United States, even showing a playable version at
E3 2002 , but no further plans or official release date has been announced since then.
A new game by ,
2006 for the PlayStation 2. The story is based on series 1 and features action/adventure gameplay, similar to Golden Whirlwind's. Araki has personally checked the quality of the game and its faithfulness to the original. The release of the game coincides with the release of the new movie and the 25th anniversary of Araki Hirohiko's manga career. The game itself includes a bonus disc celebrating 20 years of the JoJo franchise.
Before a JoJo game was released, Bandai released a multi-Jump crossover adventure game titled '''' (known in Japan as ''Famikon Janpu Tsū Saikyō no Shichinin''), released in 1991, featured Jotaro as a selectable character. Joseph, Avdol, Kakyoin, and Polnareff also made appearances in this game. Both games were available on the
Nintendo Famicom .
Characters from ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' were also featured in the
Shonen Jump Crossover game ''
Jump Superstars '' and its sequel ''
Jump Ultimate Stars , ''including Jotaro Kujo and Dio Brando as playable characters.''
See Also: Stand (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
A (スタンド ''sutando'') is a supernatural power in the
Manga and
Anime JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. When first presented in Part 3, Joseph Joestar referred it as幽波紋(スタンド yuuhamon) ; which means ghostly hamon and it is theorized to be a semi-physical manisfesation of one's hamon (or ripple) powers as seen in the Part 1 & Part 2.
The exact requirements for a person to obtain a stand are unclear, although the series hints that it can be linked to bloodline, rigorous spiritual/hamon training, and/or exceptionally strong willpower. However, a stand may never manifest itself in one's life until it is amplified by certain conditions/factors.
One of the known and most commonly used amplifing factors, is to pierce oneself with "stand arrows" created from a mysterious meteorite. Although it is often considered to be a gamble, as it would easily kill a non-qualified person, and there is no known way to know if a person is qualified ahead of time, although the Arrows tend to seek out qualified people on their own if there is someone to guide them. Another amplifying condition is done by simply being around powerful stand users, such as the case of Trisha Una's Spice Girl from Part 5 - (
Golden Wind ). A qualified existing stand user may also have their stand "upgraded" by piercing the arrow through the stand--this results in the Stand becoming a "Requiem" form of its previous self. However, this is also a gamble, as an unqualified stand user may render their new stand uncontrollable or actually kill one self in the process.
Enrico Pucci of Part 6 -
Stone Ocean , was able to produce artificial stand users with his stand, White Snake, by stealing others' stands and "inserting" them into regular people. It is unclear as to whether or not these artificial stand users were capable of having stands of their own, but Enrico does claim that only certain individuals are qualified to have stands inserted. Stone Ocean is also the only time in the series where a person may carry 2 stands, by having both a natural and inserted one.
In Part 7,
Steel Ball Run , a third amplifying factor is introduced by fusing parts of oneself with "The Saint"'s body parts. However, stands generated by this factor disappear as soon as the body parts defuse from one another.
- In the NBC drama, Heroes , a fictional Japanese salaryman named Hiro Nakamura is a fan of ''Jojo's Bizarre Adventure''. In his blog, he states that he wants to "be like Jojo and Vaan and go on adventures". One of his powers includes time manipulation, a gift shared with Jojo characters Jotaro Kujo and Dio Brando (fitting, since series 3 seems to be his favorite). Hiro's future self even signed a blog entry as "Jotaro Kujo".
- In "''Taizo Mote King Saga''", an Araki-esque character appears. A Jolyne lookalike fawns over how well done the drawing is. Jotaro also makes an appearance in chapter 59.
- Stroheim, a character from series 2, is said by many to have influenced Capcom when they created Guile (though Dire from series 1 also looks similar to him). CAPCOM has also stated the character Rose from Street Fighter was based, both on looks and fighting style, on Lisa Lisa from series 2.
- SNK Playmore admitted that they based Benimaru Nikaido , a character from their KoF series, on Jean Pierre Polnareff , one of the characters from series 3. They continue referring to the former by the latter's name to this day.
