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'JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 7: Steel Ball Run' Anime Adaptation Announced

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The JoJoDay Stage special event announced an anime adaptation of the seventh part of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) manga series, Steel Ball Run, on Saturday. Production company Warner Bros. Japan simultaneously opened an official website, revealing a teaser visual (pictured) and an announcement promo.

Steel Ball Run originally began in Weekly Shounen Jump in January 2004 as an unrelated story to the series. Following its transfer to Ultra Jump in April 2005, it became an official part, set in an alternate timeline. Shueisha published the manga in 24 volumes between May 2004 and June 2011, later compiling it into 16 volumes from February 2017 to January 2018.

Araki launched the action adventure manga series with the first part, Phantom Blood, in Weekly Shounen Jump in 1986. The second through six part—Sentou Chouryuu (Battle Tendency), Stardust Crusaders, Diamond wa Kudakenai (Diamond Is Unbreakable), Ougon no Kaze (Golden Wind), and Stone Ocean—ran in the same magazine between 1987 and 2003.

The eighth part, JoJolion, ended in August 2021 in Ultra Jump after a ten-year run. Shueisha published the 27th and final volume in September that year.

The JoJoLands, the ninth part of the manga series, debuted in Ultra Jump in February 2023. Shueisha released the fifth and latest volume in December 2024.

David Production adapted the first six parts into anime series with the most recent, Stone Ocean, streaming in three installments on Netflix in December 2021, September 2022, and December 2022. VIZ Media released the anime on two Blu-ray volumes in January and September 2024.

VIZ Media published the first sixth manga parts physically in English in North America, with the first two volumes of Steel Ball Run planned for a May 27 and July 22 release.

Synopsis
In the American Old West, the world's greatest race is about to begin. Thousands line up in San Diego to travel over six thousand kilometers for a chance to win the grand prize of fifty million dollars. With the era of the horse reaching its end, contestants are allowed to use any kind of vehicle they wish. Competitors will have to endure grueling conditions, traveling up to a hundred kilometers a day through uncharted wastelands. The Steel Ball Run is truly a one-of-a-kind event.

The youthful Johnny Joestar, a crippled former horse racer, has come to San Diego to watch the start of the race. There he encounters Gyro Zeppeli, a racer with two steel balls at his waist instead of a gun. Johnny witnesses Gyro using one of his steel balls to unleash a fantastical power, compelling a man to fire his gun at himself during a duel. In the midst of the action, Johnny happens to touch the steel ball and feels a power surging through his legs, allowing him to stand up for the first time in two years. Vowing to find the secret of the steel balls, Johnny decides to compete in the race, and so begins his bizarre adventure across America on the Steel Ball Run. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Announcement


Official site: https://jojo-portal-anime.com/sbr/
Official X: @anime_jojo

Source: Oricon News

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 7: Steel Ball Run on MAL
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Apr 12, 4:56 AM
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Let's go, Part 7 anime is real and it's been officially announced! :D Awesome. Can't wait to learn more about who will voice the main cast.
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let's ####### go!!
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WE DID IT, EVERYONE! LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Let's GOOOO
been waiting for this since forever
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Thank God I decided to skip the manga for the anime version. Let's go!
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Yooo been a long wait, about time!!!!
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Damn, it's finally here, eh? Hopefully, not Neflix jailed though...
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YES YES YES YES

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God please dont let Netflix fuck this over like they did stone ocean, this is an all timer. I do still fear the CGI horses everyone has been joking about for a decade.

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Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit,

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Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me

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LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Been needing more of the JoJo anime!!!


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The cgi horse comments are gonna flood in.
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This is real right? Right?? Please tell me I'm dreaming Please Say Sike
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HOLY SHIT IT'S REALLLL
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I see people have a great opinion on part 7 manga so I'm hyped for this
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Believers always win
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THE BEST NEWS EVERRRRRRR....

Can't believe this actually happened, because sometimes it felt like it won't. But yeah, I hope Netflix stays at least a mile away from anything related to this series this time.
Apr 12, 5:21 AM
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I'm looking forward to it. I hope it gets better distribution than Stone Ocean.
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I mean, it was only a matter of time. I’m not surprised at all.

Looking forward to the release date announcement coming soon.
Apr 12, 5:25 AM

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YO WE DID IT REDDIT
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Let's Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Finally !!! (MAL character limit)
Apr 12, 5:29 AM

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Reply to Agelastus
I see people have a great opinion on part 7 manga so I'm hyped for this
@Agelastus Part 7 onward is when Araki starts to really flex his character writing, experimentation, and exploration of other genres instead of just being stand fights one after the other, now they are stand fights one after the other with like a chapter of other stuff in between. Jokes aside Part 7 is gonna be alot more adventurous and delve into who the characters are alot deeper than before, part 8 is more of a mystery, and part 9 is more about heists.

Basically from now on out jojo is gonna be at its most interesting and ambitious though not to say the old parts wont still be fan favs.

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Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit,

tokiyashiro said:

Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me

Apr 12, 5:29 AM
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binge release of netflix again will kill the hype for this
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It was only a matter of time...
Apr 12, 5:33 AM

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Part 7 RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
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I've heard a lot of good things about JoJo part 7. Maybe it's time for me to get on the JoJo hype train...
Apr 12, 5:36 AM

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Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Hot Pants! Hot Pants!

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I hope they won't do the same release format as they did with part 6.

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FINALLYYYYYYYYYYYY THE GOATS ARE HEREEEEEEE
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THE STEEL BALL RUN ANIME IS REAL
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THANK GOD Johnny's clothes are white. It's not that I dislike the cyan ones, but IMO the white pijamas just fit better
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YAYAAA STEELL BALL FINALLYYYYYYYYY LETS ENJOY ANOTHER GOLDEN PART GO GO GO NOWWWWWW
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I'M ABOUT TO BLOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW
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Also I hope Netflix won't make us pay 10 months of subscription and do it in batch format like in part 6. Don't want to pay 40+ euros to watch JoJo
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Let's go~

Such a great news ^.^



(っ◔◡◔)っ 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♥
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Zeppeli, Gyro Zeppeli.
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My honest reaction to this new
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Man i'm gonna cry, i was waiting for the moment this was gonna happen, this is historic!
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Let's GOOO😭😭😭
What a time to be alive
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HOLY FUCK HOLY FUCK HOLY FUCK LETSGOOOOOO
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go go johnny go! i swear if they ruin this one's hype too, lol.
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THE STEEL BALL! THE STEEL BALL IS REAL!
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peak is back!!!!! go johnny go go go!!!!!!!!!!
I love kanade-chan~~🥰

Apr 12, 6:54 AM

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It was known earlier from leaks. Great news!
Apr 12, 6:58 AM

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Once again reminding myself that I need to get around to watching the Jojo anime. Maybe this is what will get me to finally do it. Anyways I hope the anime only's enjoy best villain.
Apr 12, 7:03 AM

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Finally! My favourite part is finally getting adapted! Now I'm curious about the cast. Hopefully, Shinichiro Miki will repise his role as Gyro at the very least.
Apr 12, 7:08 AM
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Oh my god yes yes yes yes yes yes finally
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That's some good news. I hope they take their time for this adaptation and not rushing things
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