JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run Manga Gets Anime

The "JOJODAY" fan event for the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime based on Hirohiko Araki's manga announced on Saturday that Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run manga will get an anime adaptation.

(Belated) happy holidays! Sharing some festive artwork from Ashiya Kohei, the animation director of Phantom Blood to Vento Aureo.

(Dreamwidth doesn't display the images, but there's artwork of characters from Phantom Blood, Diamond is Unbreakable, and La Squadra.)

Hirohiko Araki’s New Manga Techniques Book Releases in November 2024

This new book, titled Hirohiko Araki’s New Manga Techniques: How to Create Villains (荒木飛呂彦の新・漫画術 悪役の作り方), releases in Japan on November 15, 2024. It promises to reveal deeper insights into Araki’s creative process, particularly the art of creating compelling villains. It will be available in paperback format with 224 pages and priced at 1,034 yen (including tax).

The last canon arc for Phantom Blood! Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio covers Chapters 39–43 or Episodes 08–09, depending on the media you've chosen to review.

Which was your favorite scene in this arc? Did you prefer how the manga handled this arc or how the anime did? Anything in one media that you wished also appeared in the other? Let us know in the comments below!

If you're still starting out on the canon review, you can always revisit the previous discussion posts here:

• Dio Brando the Invader
• A Letter from the Past
• The Stone Mask
• Youth with Dio
• Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange
• Ripple Overdrive
• Tarkus and the Dark Knight Bruford
• Pluck for Tomorrow and the Successor
• The Three from a Faraway Land

Really sorry about disappearing; Life happened 😅 I'm back with the canon review posts!

Today's canon arc is Pluck for Tomorrow and the Successor, which covers Phantom Blood Chapters 31–35 or Episodes 06–07, depending on the media you've chosen to review.

Which was your favorite scene in this arc? Did you prefer how the manga handled this arc or how the anime did? Anything in one media that you wished also appeared in the other? Let us know in the comments below!

If you're still starting out on the canon review, you can always revisit the previous discussion posts here:

• Dio Brando the Invader
• A Letter from the Past
• The Stone Mask
• Youth with Dio
• Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange
• Ripple Overdrive
• Tarkus and the Dark Knight Bruford

Apologies for the delay on getting this post up; work decided to kick my butt, then I got sick, then the holidays happened orz

Today's canon arc is Ripple Overdrive, which covers Phantom Blood Chapters 23–25 or Episodes 04–05, depending on the media you've chosen to review.

Which was your favorite scene in this arc? Did you prefer how the manga handled this arc or how the anime did? Anything in one media that you wished also appeared in the other? Let us know in the comments below!

If you're still starting out on the canon review, you can always revisit the previous discussion posts here:

• Dio Brando the Invader
• A Letter from the Past
• The Stone Mask
• Youth with Dio
• Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange

Today's canon arc is Youth with Dio, which covers Phantom Blood Chapters 12–16 or Episodes 03–04, depending on the media you've chosen to review.

Which was your favorite scene in this arc? Did you prefer how the manga handled this arc or how the anime did? Anything in one media that you wished also appeared in the other? Let us know in the comments below!

If you're still starting out on the canon review, you can always revisit the previous discussion posts here:

• Dio Brando the Invader
• A Letter from the Past
• The Stone Mask

There's no deadline for commenting. Feel free to comment any time ⭐

Today's canon arc is A Letter from the Past, which covers Phantom Blood Chapters 06–07 or Episode 02, depending on the media you've chosen to review.

Which was your favorite scene in this arc? Did you prefer how the manga handled this arc or how the anime did? Anything in one media that you wished also appeared in the other? Let us know in the comments below!

Many thanks to everyone who commented on the "Community events" post a couple of weeks ago. It's time to get this party started! ⭐

Schedule

Every 15th and 30th/31st of the month, a new post will go up dedicated to a specific story arc. The comments of each post will be a free-for-all with discussions, reactions, questions, recommendations, etc. relevant to that particular story arc.

Twice a month might be too long between posts, but we can always adjust the schedule down the line.

Phantom Blood arc breakdown

Story arc breakdown, and the list of corresponding manga chapters or anime episodes is taken from JoJo Wiki.

• 15 September: Dio Brando the Invader
• 30 September: A Letter from the Past
• 15 October: The Stone Mask
• 31 October: Youth with Dio
• 15 November: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange
• 30 November: Ripple Overdrive
• 15 December: Tarkus and the Dark Knight Bruford
• 31 December: Pluck for Tomorrow and the Successor
• 15 January: The Three from a Faraway Land
• 30 January: Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio

See you on the 15th!

anime_jojo shared the new Stone Ocean OP on their account last week!

【本日、新月…アニメ「ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 ストーンオーシャン」新OP映像解禁！！】

OPアニメーション：神風動画

▼「Heaven’s Falling down」好評配信中https://t.co/FNvVCNBEZe

歌：sana (sajou no hana)
作詞：藤林聖子
作曲・編曲：菅野祐悟#StoneOcean #jojo_anime pic.twitter.com/LyWoHwweNk

— TVアニメ『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険』公式 (@anime_jojo) December 23, 2022

Today, they also shared some Stone Ocean icons that can be used for social media.