JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 3: Stardust Crusaders

Years after an ancient evil was salvaged from the depths of the sea, Joutarou Kuujou sits peacefully within a Japanese jail cell. He's committed no crime yet demands he not be released, believing he's been possessed by an evil spirit capable of harming those around him. Concerned for her son, Holy Kuujou asks her father, Joseph Joestar, to convince Joutarou to leave the prison. Joseph informs his grandson that the "evil spirit" is in fact something called a "Stand," the physical manifestation of one's fighting spirit which can adopt a variety of deadly forms. After a fiery brawl with Joseph's friend Muhammad Avdol, Joutarou is forced out of his cell and begins learning how to control the power of his Stand.

However, when a Stand awakens within Holy and threatens to consume her in 50 days, Joutarou, his grandfather, and their allies must seek out and destroy the immortal vampire responsible for her condition. They must travel halfway across the world to Cairo, Egypt and along the way, do battle with ferocious Stand users set on thwarting them. If Joutarou and his allies fail in their mission, humanity is destined for a grim fate.

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Joestar, Joseph Main

Ishizuka, Unshou Japanese

Kuujou, Joutarou Main

Ono, Daisuke Japanese

Kakyouin, Noriaki Main

Hirakawa, Daisuke Japanese

Polnareff, Jean Pierre Main

Komatsu, Fuminori Japanese

Avdol, Muhammad Main

Miyake, Kenta Japanese

Brando, Dio Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Horse, Hol Supporting

Kiuchi, Hidenobu Japanese

Narrator Supporting

Ookawa, Tooru Japanese

Q, Suzie Supporting

Kojima, Sachiko Japanese

Merlai, Anne Supporting

Kugimiya, Rie Japanese

Fukuda, Jun Producer

Mori, Ryousuke Producer

Kajita, Kouji Producer

Oomori, Hiroyuki Producer

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May 17, 2025

Gucci100

Recommended

Thus ends the first part of the third part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventures with Jotaro Kujo. The things I loved were the length of the story and the non-stop excitement.

Jotaro's character, or JoJo, in this part possesses qualities that Jonathan and Joseph didn't possess. However, Joseph remains a legend in my eyes and the first to break the curse of the Joestar family.

I enjoyed the new characters: Polnareff, Kakuin, and Mohammed Abdul.
A wonderful part and an excellent part as a whole. The story in this part is very enjoyable.

The new power system: the Stand or Spiritual Power to the Stands Camet is great, ... but the transition from the waves we were used to in the first two parts from both Jonathan and Joseph was wonderful. This power system is one of the masterpieces of the JoJo anime.

The comedy: The comedy of both Polnareff and Joseph was very wonderful. The personalities and interactions of each of them will remind you of them every time you think of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Part 3. Character Plot: The story of Polnareff's sister and Dio taking Jonathan's body (which was expected from the first part) was excellent. The idea that Joseph wants revenge and saves his daughter, and Jotaro's mother as well, was okay. But it became important when we talk about the Joestar family.

Multiple nationalities in JoJo: Joseph is British, Jotaro's mother is half-Italian and half-British, if I remember correctly. Jotaro is half-Western and half-Japanese, Polnareff is French, and finally, Mohammed Abdul, who was Egyptian.

Multiple nationalities in the part, or even in JoJo, is something special, and I liked that move by Arkhi. Ultimately, the next part, "Fight in Egypt," will be a part about the history and return of Dio (the villain) against them.

I'm excited for them to meet the legendary "Dio" (the despicable one). The next part will be the climax of Part Three. Let's go.
5/18/2025

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jun 8, 2024

LebronsHairline

Mixed Feelings

Short Review:
SDC just isn't as interesting as other parts of the series; it can actually be quite a bore sometimes unlike any other part in the franchise. I believe this is for two reasons: First, Jotaro is one of the least interesting and personable Jojos and he also is succeeding one of the best characters in the entire franchise, Joseph. Second, the arcs and villains leading up to the ending are just not that interesting. Maybe only a couple of the villains that the heroes fight along the way to Dio are memorable at all, and only superficially. Third, the rest of the supporting cast ... is not very cool. Yes, this might seem like a very shallow critique, but one of the main things that makes Jojo so unique and exciting is how — uniquely, in Araki's over the top yet sublime style — its characters are so badass. On top of that, the characters are not very fleshed out either, although this has never been a strength of the franchise to begin with.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jun 19, 2025

k-0da

Not Recommended

Either this show isn't for me, or the battle shounen genre as a whole isn't for me.

I didn't really like the first two parts of Jojo, but oh my god, was this one a drag. The animation is serviceable, though the OP is one of the best of all time without a doubt. Music is okay I guess. Everything else was not great.

Never before has a series exhausted be so much by being so boring. Every episode. Fight. Every episode. Jotaro aura farms. Every episode. Only Polnareff is allowed to experience emotions. The characters are allergic to hanging out with each other besides ... forming strategeies for whatever horrible mercnary just got thrown at them, save for Polnareff and Avdol. That's a lie, there is some camrederie between the group--Jotaro and Joseph as a grandson/grandpa duo, Jotaro and Kakyoin for going to school.... I'm sure there are more... but its not enough to not feel endless bored. Every episode follows the same formula, usually solved by someone thinking of a clever way to resolve it (that person is usually Jotaro), but the way this show solves problems doesn't translate into the cast learning and growing together. They get smarter and stronger, but it feels more individualist, rather than a unified group I'm supposed to be rooting for. I just didn't feel a connection between the group at all, and that made the show move at a snails pace.

I don't like Jotaro. I like him more than Joseph, who was annoying, but I don't like him more than Johnathan, who at least had a personality. He is just cool and aura farms all the time. Nothing else much too him in season one, besides he cares I guess about the women in his family and is sometimes respectful. Poor Polnareff is pulling double time for him in terms of moving the plot forward.

Polnareff appears to be the fan favorite, probably because he's the only one allowed to experience emotions. In any other anime he would've been kind of annoying, but here, he's the glue keeping the show together as the only character I care about on an emotional level.

In an episodic show, the core cast has to be the glue holding it together, and that is just not here. I have no idea how anyone rates this an 8. The fights aren't even that interesting.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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