Stardust Crusaders

This article is about the manga. For the OVA adaptation, see JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OVA). For the 2014 television series, see JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders.

Stardust Crusaders
The cover art shows Jotaro, a tall, muscular man in profile, posing with his hands in front of Star Platinum, a humanoid, also known as a stand a long-haired entity doing the same pose. In the yellow background, pyramids can be seen in the distance.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure volume 13 cover, featuring Jotaro Kujo and his Stand, Star Platinum
スターダストクルセイダース
(Sutādasuto Kuruseidāsu)
GenreAdventure, supernatural[1]
Manga
Written byHirohiko Araki
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 3, 1989 – April 27, 1992
Volumes16
Other media
Chronology

Stardust Crusaders (Japanese: スターダストクルセイダース, Hepburn: Sutādasuto Kuruseidāsu) is the third story arc of the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. The arc was serialized for a little over 3 years. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from April 3, 1989,[2] to April 27, 1992,[3] for 152 chapters, which were later collected into 16 tankōbon volumes. In its original publication, it was known as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3 Jotaro Kujo: Heritage for the Future (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 第三部 空条承太郎 —未来への遺産—, JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Dai San Bu Kūjō Jōtarō -Mirai e no Isan-). The arc was preceded by Battle Tendency and followed by Diamond Is Unbreakable.

The story is set long after the events of Battle Tendency and follows Joseph Joestar's grandson Jotaro Kujo, a Japanese high school delinquent who awakens Star Platinum, a guardian spirit known as a Stand with superhuman abilities. Alongside his grandfather and other Stand-users, they are tasked to go on a journey to Cairo, Egypt, in order to defeat Dio, who is revealed to be alive and is seeking revenge on the Joestar family.

In 2012, Stardust Crusaders was digitally colored and released as digital downloads for smartphones and tablet computers. A ten-volume hardcover re-release under the title JoJonium[a] was published in 2014 and 2015.[4] Viz Media initially released the sixteen-volume format of the arc in North America between 2005 and 2010. They released the hardcover format from 2016 to 2019.[5]

It is one of the most popular parts of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series as it introduced the audience to the concept of Stands, which differentiated it from its predecessors.[6][7] This popularity later spawned video games, a three volume drama CD series, two novels and two OVA series of this arc alone. An anime television adaptation by David Production, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders, aired in Japan between April 2014 and June 2015.[8]

Stardust Crusaders also stands out as the only arc of the series to gain any notable Western exposure prior to the release of the anime series by David Production in 2012, due to the 1993 OVA series, 1999 video game and the English releases of the manga in 2005–2010.

  1. ^ "Read a Free Preview of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 3--Stardust Crusaders, Vol. 1". Viz Media. Archived from the original on June 23, 2018. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  2. ^ 週刊少年ジャンプ1989年16. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  3. ^ 週刊少年ジャンプ1992年19. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  4. ^ "コミックナタリー - 「ジョジョ」カラーページを完全再現した「JoJonium」刊行". Natalie.mu. September 19, 2013. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  5. ^ "Viz Media Licenses Junji Ito's Tomie Manga". Anime News Network. March 26, 2016. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  6. ^ "Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on April 22, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
  7. ^ "The Mike Toole Show - Jojo's Mojo". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 3, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  8. ^ "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3 Anime's Cast Confirmed". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 23, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2013.


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