JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

This article is about the 2018 TV anime series. For the original manga, see Golden Wind (manga). For the video game, see GioGio's Bizarre Adventure.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
Season 4
Key visual from the "Betray the Boss" arc
No. of episodes39
Release
Original networkTokyo MX, BS11, MBS
Original release
  • Festival debut:
    July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05)
  • Season:
    October 6, 2018 (2018-10-06) – July 28, 2019 (2019-07-28)
Season chronology
List of episodes

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (Japanese: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 黄金の風, Hepburn: JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Ōgon no Kaze) is the fourth season of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime television series by David Production, adapting Golden Wind, the fifth part of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. Set in Italy during 2001, two years after the events of Diamond is Unbreakable, the series follows the adventures of Giorno Giovanna, the son of Dio Brando (from Phantom Blood and Stardust Crusaders) albeit conceived with Jonathan Joestar's body, who joins the criminal organization Passione in the hopes of becoming a gangster (or "Gang-Star") and taking control of the organization in the name of reform.

The anime adaptation of Golden Wind was personally announced by series creator Hirohiko Araki at the "Ripples of Adventure" art exhibition on June 21, 2018.[1] Golden Wind is chief directed by returning director Naokatsu Tsuda, who is accompanied by series directors Yasuhiro Kimura and Hideya Takahashi and the senior writer Yasuko Kobayashi. The character designer for Golden Wind is Takahiro Kishida, and the animation director is Shun'ichi Ishimoto. Yugo Kanno returns as composer from previous seasons.[1] The series is 39 episodes long.[2][3]

The first episode debuted at Anime Expo on July 5, 2018. The series formally aired from October 6, 2018 to July 28, 2019, on Tokyo MX and other channels[4] and was simulcast by Crunchyroll. Like previous seasons, some names are altered in the official English releases to avoid potential trademark infringement.[5] The first opening theme is the 2018 single "Fighting Gold" [02–21] by Coda (Kazusou Oda), and the first ending theme is the 1995 single "Freek'n You" [v1 02–13 _ v2 14–19] by Jodeci. The second opening theme is "Uragirimono no Requiem" [22–39] by Daisuke Hasegawa,[6] and the second ending theme is "Modern Crusaders" [22–37, 39] by Enigma.

On October 4, 2019, Viz Media announced that the anime's English dub would begin broadcasting on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block on October 27, 2019.[7] Toonami's broadcast would go on hiatus after the 28th episode on May 31, 2020 as a result of production delays for the English dub caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] The anime resumed its run on Toonami on August 2 and concluded on October 25, 2020.[9]

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  2. ^ Peters, Megan (September 23, 2018). "'JoJo's Bizarre Adventure' Part 5 Reveals Episode Order". ComicBook. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  3. ^ Ressler, Karen (October 5, 2018). "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind Anime Listed With 39 Episodes". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 2018-10-05. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  4. ^ Sherman, Jennifer (August 16, 2018). "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind Anime Reveals Video, Visual, October 5 Premiere". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 2018-09-20. Retrieved August 16, 2018. The anime will premiere on October 5 on Tokyo MX at 25:05 (effectively October 6 at 1:05 a.m.)
  5. ^ Ressler, Karen (September 3, 2018). "Crunchyroll to Stream Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  6. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn. "Daisuke Hasegawa Performs New Opening Theme Song for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 19, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ "Toonami Premieres JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind Anime on October 26". Anime News Network. October 4, 2019. Archived from the original on October 6, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  8. ^ "Toonami Announces Delay for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Dub". Comicbook.com. June 4, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
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