JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken (TV)


JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken (2012), Battle Tendency, Phantom Blood, Sentou Chouryuu, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure The Animation
Japanese: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険
English: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
German: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood
Spanish: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Phantom Blood
French: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
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Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 6, 2012 to Apr 6, 2013
Premiered: Fall 2012
Broadcast: Saturdays at 00:30 (JST)
Studios: David Production
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, AdventureAdventure, SupernaturalSupernatural
Themes: HistoricalHistorical, VampireVampire
Demographic: ShounenShounen
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Statistics

Score: 7.891 (scored by 10469301,046,930 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #7792
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #58
Members: 1,620,933
Favorites: 36,591

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Episodes: /26

Synopsis

The year is 1868; English nobleman George Joestar and his son Jonathan become indebted to Dario Brando after being rescued from a carriage incident. What the Joestars don't realize, however, is that Dario had no intention of helping them; he believed they were dead and was trying to ransack their belongings. After Dario's death 12 years later, George—hoping to repay his debt—adopts his son, Dio.

While he publicly fawns over his new father, Dio secretly plans to steal the Joestar fortune. His first step is to create a divide between George and Jonathan. By constantly outdoing his foster brother, Dio firmly makes his place in the Joestar family. But when Dio pushes Jonathan too far, Jonathan defeats him in a brawl.

Years later, the two appear to be close friends to the outside world. But trouble brews again when George falls ill, as Jonathan suspects that Dio is somehow behind the incident—and it appears he has more tricks up his sleeve.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken was announced on July 5, 2012 at a press conference celebrating the 25th anniversary Hirohiko Araki's long-running series. The anime is a full adaptation of the first two parts in the series, Phantom Blood and Sentou Chuuryuu (Battle Tendency). While the animation was produced by David Production, the opening theme animations were produced by the studio Kamikaze Douga (神風動画).

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Staff

Mizusaki, Junpei
Producer, Episode Director
Okada, Akihiko
Assistant Producer
Tsuda, Naokatsu
Director, Storyboard
Suzuki, Kenichi
Director, Episode Director, Storyboard


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Opening Theme

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1: "JoJo ~Sono Chi no Sadame~ (ジョジョ~その血の運命~)" by Hiroaki TOMMY Tominaga (eps 2-9)
2: "BLOODY STREAM" by Coda (eps 11-25)
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Ending Theme

1: "Roundabout" by YES (eps 1-25)
2: "BLOODY STREAM" by Coda (eps 26)




Reviews

Sep 11, 2023
If you like campy telenovela in a style of anime, then you're in for a treat because JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is the anime for you!

The show definitely lives up to its title. I like how simple and yet complex the characters are. I admire Jonathan's kindness, Erina's caring nature but still a fighter who knows how to stand up for herself. I most especially love how Dio acts around being all hateful, dramatic, and generally theatric. I also love how I can relate a lot with Dio's struggles and still see him as what he is: the comically antagonist of the series.


Furthermore, I love ...
May 21, 2023
Mixed Feelings
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This is the pinnacle of masculinity. The entire show is based on the pillars of it, I don’t think I could watch a show with a clearer, simpler definition of manliness. The art and music is fantastic, but the downside is the characters and story, which are usually.. the most important parts. The characters are extremely simple, there is no realness between the fantasy that creates relatable, and it does not even have a compelling story. It is truly, just two guys trying to kill each other for 9 episodes straight. But there are no other major flaws, like bad dialogue or storytelling, which ...
Nov 24, 2023
ok i dont even know how to start this. Ive been holding on this series... dunno why... but after so much time and the good rating i finaly gave it a try.
Oh boy what a ride it was. It so bad overall, and i dont understand this ratings at all.
For start the art... Its horrible, its like a 80's american cartoon. Does not feel or look like a anime at all. The same with the fights look like old cartoon soo bad. The anotomy its a joke, they make strange poses all the time... and all that talk... simples & stupid talk during fights... but ...

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