This anime series is based on the 3rd story arc of the manga, Stardust Crusaders. Though I strongly suggest you watch this anime, it will be confusing if you have no have familiarity with the first two story arcs of the manga which is a a major draw back. Though the DVDs do have an extra that narrates them, it’s not that fun if you don’t read them first hand because you really see the transitions each story arc goes through and they are all captivating, and still continues to be that way as the manga progresses even after Stardust Crusaders. Obviously when Araki created
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Jojo, he already had the first 3 story arcs in mind and does an excellent job of exhibiting his magnificent creation he intricately planned out. The manga is currently licensed by VIZ but I strongly disapprove of how they only releasing Stardust Crusaders and skipping out on Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency. You really need to see the first two story arcs to learn about the origins of Dio and of Joseph, and reading it as a whole, you just see the build up was all for that moment.
The fact that some factors of Jojo are complicated to explain does not negate its quality, but only amplifies it because it really makes you curious and alert to how its so original in a certain way. The fact its supposed to be unorthodox really makes it unique in a different way.
The supporting cast have their own unique qualities and personalities. Like Kakyoin may seem cold and distant like Jotaro from an outside point of view, he’s very loyal, compassionate, and very formal. I say it really helps when Hirotaka Suzuoki is your seiyuu. Polernarf is somewhat of the comic relief of the series despite his serious intentions. It’s just when it comes to comic relief characters in action anime and manga, they tend to be good will and natured. And then there’s Iggy, the stand using dog. Even though he is a dog, he sure has a helluva an ego.
Initially, the manga had a Hokuto no Ken like approach to it. Sometimes you’d wonder if Buronson was the artist himself because the styles were exactly alike because of the massive bodies and the execution of stiffer fights were also present. But the art tends to evolve when Araki begins to make the bodies of his characters more lean and cut. Something lets say you can compare to the designs of the Battle Royale manga. But then he’d use water colors in some of his paintings on the covers to give it a somewhat more artistic distinctive look. Especially with the weird poses. I’m not saying it’s gay or metrosexual or however you wanna call it, I say it is probably meant to reflect on how Jojo is just weird, but in a cool and captivating way.
The art is somewhat 80s with the clothing and the massive bodies, but when you look at it in comparison to the manga where it currently is with the Steel Ball Run arc, the art is becoming more leaner and more modern by current standards being more stereotypically anime with big eyes, but Araki still uses the weird poses and the water colors on his covers. So if you read the manga from start to where it is right now, like Morikawa Jyoji’s Hajime no Ippo, you’re going to see an evolution to the style. But I really like the sense of fashion he puts into his characters and gives variety. Like Jotaro’s Japanese punk clothing you might see in Bebop High School. Especially with the long school boy trench coat. And Joseph now has this Indiana Jones look. And Abdul looks culturally authentic. And Polernarf as confirmed by SNK would of course be the model of one of Team Japan’s favorite fighters, Benimaru. And in the manga, the cyborg Nazi stroheim would inspire Guile’s design in Street Fighter II.
The stands of course are just unbelievable. Some of them are weird, and some of them are just frickin’ sweet. Like Jotaro’s stand, Stardust Plantinum has an Azteck warrior look to it. I have no idea how to describe Dio’s stand, the World. It’s humanoid like Stardust Plantinum, but has all these cords and looks all tubey. It looks likes some sort of hyro powered fighter or something. Joseph’s stand Purple Hermit is just a bunch of purple vines but has its use. So you’re going to see a lot of variety with the art and design though not necessarily too distinct in comparison to some action anime or manga of this nature except with the execution of the action.
Now time to talk about what makes this anime stands out, but not necessarily that recognizable to other anime and manga fans outside of the land of the rising sun. It’s definitely the fights. The final battle is just breath taking. On my list of top anime manga fights, Dio vs Jotaro hits number one. It’s an all out battle for the fate of the world. Despite how wild and crazy this fight is, I really love how strategy and intuition is still present in the fight, though it’s not necessarily as technical as you’d see in a martial arts oriented anime like street fighter. If you had to put the mind games of L and Light from Deathnote into a physical plane or in layman’s terms, “a fist fight,” this would be it. You’re not going to see these fights in Dragon Ball Z, in Naruto, in Hajime no Ippo, History’s Strongest Disciple Ken’ichi, Flame of Recca, nowhere but Jojo. The original Jojo fights in the first two story arcs were more martial arts based being all Hokuto no Ken like and all and still entertaining in their own respective rights. But its good when you start from the beginning, you see the evolution to where it is now.
But with this anime or manga being old, I kind of don’t like the dark resolution. I understand it’s a dark anime, but for me, it’s kind of hard on the eyes.
Well, this oav series has no specific big name band doing any opening or ending themes nor is there any lyrical open and ending themes at all. I think it would have been cool if they did something like that for this anime. The background music is still very excellent and gives an eerie and spooky feel to it. I like it a whole lot. I don’t know what else there is to describe with the music. Though it is good, it doesn’t really stand out though certain songs do match the intensity and other emotions of the situation.
The voice acting in this was dead perfect. Kosugi Juurouta as Jotaro was excellent, though I don’t think this is how a Japanese 17 year old should sound. But he makes Jotaro sound very intimidating, intelligent, and tough. I love the emotion he gives and he really brings the battle cries and the phrases of Jotaro to life. Like whenever he’s throwing multiple punches, he cries ora ora ora ora ora ora ora. And he’s always saying yare yare daze you can say something is along the lines of “oh well.”
Nobuo Tanaka as Dio Brando was just amazing and couldn’t imagine anyone else doing it. I love how they give an echo effect to his voice, especially when he uses the powers of the World to freeze time. And he really brings out the psychotic sadist that Dio is with the way he yells and screams. He’s got that battle cry of “WRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY” and “muda muda muda muda.” Meaning it’s all useless if you wanted to translate it in a very literally loose way. I understand that in the Phantom Blood movie, Tanaka was replaced by veteran Midorikawa Hikaru. He’s done a lot of roles himself. Though I have yet to watch Phantom Blood, I just can’t imagine Midorikawa playing somebody like Dio and I don’t think he’s ideal for villains. But until I watch that movie and review it, I’ll give a more accurate judgement.
Alternative Titles
Synonyms: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure OVA 1
Japanese: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険
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Type:
OVA
Episodes:
6
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Nov 19, 1993 to Nov 18, 1994
Producers:
Shueisha
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Studios:
APPP
Source:
Manga
Theme:
Vampire
Demographic:
Shounen
Duration:
35 min. per ep.
Rating:
R+ - Mild Nudity
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Your Feelings Categories Oct 12, 2008
This anime series is based on the 3rd story arc of the manga, Stardust Crusaders. Though I strongly suggest you watch this anime, it will be confusing if you have no have familiarity with the first two story arcs of the manga which is a a major draw back. Though the DVDs do have an extra that narrates them, it’s not that fun if you don’t read them first hand because you really see the transitions each story arc goes through and they are all captivating, and still continues to be that way as the manga progresses even after Stardust Crusaders. Obviously when Araki created
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Nov 11, 2010
This OVA series is based on the third part of the popular, long-running manga series JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, known as Stardust Crusaders, and the condensation from a 152 chapter strong series to a 13 episode OVA series results in the removal of a lot of material from the original work, condensing it into almost a ‘summary’ of the story, with several of the key fights highlighted and detailed. In some cases, as such with the final episode and several other times during the OVA, the events are changed due to some dramatic licensing from the directors, but this does not directly impact the storyline whatsoever.
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Mar 26, 2016
Stardust Crusaders's OVA is, lets be perfectly honest here, pretty bad overall. It removes a lot of the more entertaining fights in favor of streamlining the series for a 6 episode run.
The visuals range from outdated to just plain bad, the characters look strange, even compared to Araki's art style, the colors are faded and washed out compared to Araki's more bright and flamboyant style, which is a damn shame. The sound design is bad in most places, until you get to the very last episode, which I will cover later. The voice acting is flat and lifeless, sound effects have no impact, and the ... Sep 6, 2017
Hello all, hope this review finds you well. This is my first real review, since my other one was a joke. Now let's begin this review.
Unlike many people on this site, I started JoJo on the manga, on the very first part. I vehemently hated JoJo for the terrible fanbase that I was constantly in contact with and had no option to avoid, due to the airing of the anime. However, I decided to give the series a shot, and I was hooked from the first page. Now, I've recently finished reading what is currently available of JoJolion. I was very curious about this ... Dec 22, 2019
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is an adaptation of Stardust Crusaders which, instead of adapting the whole story, chooses some of the most memorable fights to animate. The art style is a good adaptation of Araki's style and the animation is very good a lot of the time. The VHS rips of this show look dated, but that is the fault of the VHS not of this adaptation. Stardust Crusaders is the second best part of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and has some of the most fun fights. The final episode where Jotaro fights DIO is a must watch for any Jojo fans and is far better than
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Dec 4, 2010
I found this anime by hitting a random button, and recognizing the word "Stand". I had seen the Gintama episodes about it, and figured I should watch the real thing. It was actually quite enjoyable. I know nothing about the original manga, but apparently that probably increased my enjoyment.
Story: 8/10 There is a bad guy. Good guys gather to fight him. They run into Bad Guys minions. Some minions turn into Good guys. They fight the Bad Guy. This is true for pretty much all shonen. What differentiates them is the action itself. Stands are a cool medium, and the action is decent. Art 10/10 The ... Nov 10, 2013
Collecting these ovs´s a looong time ago on VHS for me was a must! based from what i heard from classmates and seen on a old vhs tape trailer it was MORE than worth it and i will never ever discard this. The first thing i noticed was the marute drawing wich looked pretty well for its time, a more ´upgraded a la fist of the north star animation´ and looked more tight and ofc handdrawn near its best, the way we don´t see it anymore. And since this storyline only folowed only 2 arc´s of the manga franchise it was kinda
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Mar 21, 2020
People tend to hate this OAV because of the fact that, well, it looks terrible. And in part this is true - the art style is bad-to-average, with basically nothing in common with Araki's ultra-stylish art style. While Jojo is a very funny, adventurous and stylish work of fiction, the OAV is instead serious and nearly dramatic.
However, I believe that, at the same time, this OAV is kind of underrated. While, like I said, the art style is quite poor, the animations are incredibly fluid, which makes fighting scene very satisfying to watch. Especially the final fights with Dio, that covers the final two episode of ... Mar 14, 2023
JoJo no kimyou na Bouken (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) is a unique adaptation, to say the least. This was one of the first official ways that this series was introduced to the western world. Even though there is a full adaptation of not only this part of the series but the two previous parts, as well as future parts, I think you should watch this.
This adaptation gives you a feeling that the new adaptation does not give you: Fear. Fights between our protagonists and the enemy stand users have this feeling of danger and dread to them. While the new show is overall more lighthearted and ... Feb 7, 2018
This anime seems to be for those who have read the manga first to get the relationship between the characters, but that has little to do with how good the anime actually is. The revenge story is the better one compared to the heal my mother/daughter story.
Pros: Good but dated animation, intriguing and funny characters, mediocre story held aloft by great fights. Cons: Nothing really outstanding or profound about the sound except the horror movie closing music. The revival of Jotaro's grandfather(Joseph) who's been drained of all blood with a transfusion from some sort of vampire-like guy is very laughable, alongside the blood is also the cure ... Mar 12, 2020
Heads up, I'm also including the prequel in this review for your information.
The *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (ova)* is great in all regards; as I enjoyed the story all the way through. I personally have not read the manga, but have watched the 2014-15 adaption of "Part 3" of JoJo and enjoyed so that's my reference when I compare this. I loved the animation, especially the animation for the prequel ova as it might not have been Araki's type of style, but it can recognize that it is *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure,* and I love how the style they use. In addition, Joseph is so much different ... May 16, 2012
(This review applies to the entire series, both the 1993 and the 2000 continatuion episodes.)
Yes, it is certainly bizarre. JoJo is the thinking man's surrealist DBZ. Except instead of endless 3-frame loops of tedious "fight animation" it has sudden, subtle, blink-and-you'll-miss-it fight scenes. In it, weird fighters use weird powers in weird ways; typically by outwitting -- rather than merely overpowering -- their opponents. The series' greatest strength is the unexpected, shocking oddity of it. Whenever you think the series is about to devolve into fighting game cliche, something utterly bugfuck happens. A villain will gleefully and intentionally decapitates himself to show his badassery. A dog addicted ... May 19, 2022
i thought it would be decent at best, but surprisingly it was good. The 90s anime aesthetic fits Stardust Crusaders best, and I even prefer the art here to the art in the 2015 anime, especially the colors.It suffers from alot more bullshit than the 2015 anime,such as not being faithful to the manga in some stuff, but that's to be expected when you try to adapt a 125 chapter manga into a 6 episode anime, but either way i found that interesting, it's nice to spot the differences. I enjoyed it just as much as i enjoyed the 2015 anime and the manga, i
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Feb 6, 2022
Jojo's Bizzare Adventure OVA 1, this is my first jojo series because I like to start an anime series from the very first anime of the series so don't roast my review pls.
Jojo 1993 is good and its 30 mins per episode. I'm seeing a lot of jojo in tiktok and other social media platforms that it made me curious on whyis this good and said to be unique. I didn't read the manga of jojo because its too long and I don't read too much manga as of now. Jojo has 8 parts and now preparing for the 9th part. Each part has 100+ ... Apr 1, 2022
If you have never seen Jojo's before, start with the newer anime. This is only worth watching if you have already watched/read Jojo's part 3. A lot of parts of this are pretty laughably bad, due to weird changes in the story to save time. However, the final fight of this is REALLY well done and is honestly better than the newer anime. The retro aesthetic looks great with Jojo and is way better in the final fight, but the animation also seems really slow the rest of the time. I would definitely recommend watching the final fight, but you can skip out on the
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