Now, TO THE REVIEWMOBILE!
Story: 8
The story so far, if not complex or especially well written, is fun, thrilling, and chock-full of action and awesomeness. The first impression I got from Jojo's Bizzare Adventure was that this was going to be a completely over-the-top experience. No subtle psychological games here. This is all about big brawny men facing each other in large-hamming contests not less grand than their mano-a-mano fights. The premise quickly gets so outrageous that it can only be fun - as long as it doesn't take itself too seriously, which luckily is not a mistake this adaptation makes. To sum it up, this is the kind of plot that I could expect Charles Dickens to write after he got stoned on some heavy stuff and watched Hokuto no Ken, Hellsing and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, AT THE SAME TIME. Make of that whatever you want to.
Art: 10
The art is nothing short of awesome to me. The colour are straight out of some hippie's acid trip. It's a compliment, actually! They're gorgeous and out of this world, giving an unreal feeling to the entire anime. The graphic representation of sounds makes this anime into some sort of moving comic. The animation in itself is not extra smooth, but I feel like this is not really important here. The only thing that really annoys me is the censorship, but that's not the animators' fault. The OP, on the other hand, must be the most amazing one in YEARS.
Sound: 10
Forget the soundtrack, which is still excellent. When you have a great rock song like "Roundabout" (by English band YES, no less) for an anime's ED, you know you're dealing with people who has real taste. The song wins the prize for best anime OST this year alone, hands down.
Character: 9
This is where the fun really lies. Jojo is a World of Ham where every. Single. Character. Is out there to chew the scenery in unbelievable ways. The villain is the most... villainous I've seen as of late. Even secondary characters pull off outrageous, ludicrous stunts, both in action scenes but more often in dialogues. Everyone will just scream all the time in the most hot-blooded possible way. It sounds ludicrous? It is. But it's so exaggerated that it works perfectly! Again, the magic element is that the anime doesn't take itself seriously. It's aware of the ridiculous levels of testosterone that are flying around and does nothing to tone them down, with everyone screaming at the top of their lungs in an almost Kamina-esque way. As a result, all main characters and a good deal of the secondary ones pass through as a single troupe of uncomparable badasses; and whenever someone loses a fight, it's only because someone managed to top his badassery with EVEN MORE badassery. And Dio Brando, is the most badass of them all.
Enjoyment: 10
I couldn't give less than a 10 to the enjoyment of this series. To me, every episode is 25 minutes of hysterical, orgasmic fun. It just boils down to that: if you like people acting outrageously, exaggerate exclamations, fights to the last broken bone and the last drop of blood, martial arts and supernatural powers in an unlikely setting, all finely crafted and delivered in an ultra-dense form, this anime is for you. If you don't, well, why do you watch anime?
Overall: 9
A must watch, and possibly the best show of this season!
