JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (TV series)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Key visual for the first season of the anime series, depicting Dio Brando with the stone mask (left), and Jonathan Joestar (right)
ジョジョの奇妙な冒険
(JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken)
GenreAdventure, supernatural[1]
Created byHirohiko Araki
Further information
Anime television series
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation
Directed by
  • Naokatsu Tsuda[a]
  • Kenichi Suzuki[b]
Produced by
  • Hiroyuki Oomori
  • Toshiyasu Hayashi
  • Ryousuke Mori
  • Jun Fukuda
Written byYasuko Kobayashi
Music by
StudioDavid Production
Licensed byCrunchyroll[c]
Original networkTokyo MX, MBS, RKB, TBC, CBC, BS11
English network
Original run October 6, 2012 April 6, 2013
Episodes26 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
Directed by
  • Naokatsu Tsuda[a]
  • Kenichi Suzuki[b]
  • Toshiyuki Katou[d]
Produced by
  • Hiroyuki Oomori
  • Toshiyasu Hayashi
  • Ryousuke Mori
  • Jun Fukuda
Written byYasuko Kobayashi
Music byYugo Kanno
StudioDavid Production
Licensed byCrunchyroll[c]
Original networkTokyo MX, MBS, TBC, RKB, CBC, BS11, Animax
English network
  • SEA: Animax
  • US: Adult Swim (Toonami)
Original run April 5, 2014 June 20, 2015
Episodes48 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable
Directed by
  • Naokatsu Tsuda[a]
  • Toshiyuki Katou[b]
Produced by
  • Hiroyuki Oomori
  • Toshiyasu Hayashi
  • Ryousuke Mori
  • Jun Fukuda
Written byYasuko Kobayashi
Music byYugo Kanno
StudioDavid Production
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, MBS, TBC, BS11, Animax
English network
  • SEA: Animax
  • US: Adult Swim (Toonami)
Original run April 2, 2016 December 24, 2016
Episodes39 + 4 OVAs[2][3][4] (List of episodes)
Anime television series
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
Directed by
  • Naokatsu Tsuda[f]
  • Yasuhiro Kimura[g]
  • Hideya Takahashi[g]
Produced by
  • Hiroyuki Oomori
  • Toshiyasu Hayashi
  • Takamitsu Sueyoshi
  • Souji Miyagi
Written byYasuko Kobayashi
Music byYugo Kanno
StudioDavid Production
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, MBS, BS11
English network
  • SEA: Animax
  • US: Adult Swim (Toonami)
Original run October 6, 2018 July 28, 2019
Episodes39 (List of episodes)
Original net animation
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
Directed by
  • Kenichi Suzuki[f]
  • Toshiyuki Katou[g]
Written byYasuko Kobayashi
Music byYugo Kanno
StudioDavid Production
Licensed byNetflix
Released December 1, 2021 December 1, 2022
Episodes38 (List of episodes)
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Japanese: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険, Hepburn: JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken), also known as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation, is a Japanese anime television series produced by David Production. An adaptation of the Japanese manga series of the same name by Hirohiko Araki, the series focuses on the mysterious adventures of the Joestar family across generations, from the end of the 19th century to the modern era. The series was first broadcast on Tokyo MX before entering syndication on 4 JNN stations, BS11, and Animax.

The first season, adapting the first two parts, Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency, aired in Japan between October 2012 and April 2013. The series is distributed in North America by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Viz Media, with the former handling the series on DVD and the latter handling the series on Blu-Ray and the merchandising rights. In the United States, it aired on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block starting in October 2016.

A second season adapting the manga's third part, Stardust Crusaders, aired between April and September 2014, with a second part airing between January and June 2015. A third season covering the fourth part, Diamond Is Unbreakable, aired from April to December 2016. A fourth season covering the fifth part, Golden Wind, aired from October 2018 to July 2019. A fifth season covering the sixth part, Stone Ocean, was released worldwide on Netflix from December 2021 to December 2022. As of December 2022, the series consists of 194 episodes.

  1. ^ "Official Website for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure". Viz Media. Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  2. ^ "Blu-ray/DVD -TVアニメ『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 ダイヤモンドは砕けない』公式サイト-". Official site. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  3. ^ "Araki's Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Manga Gets Anime With Jojo Blu-ray/DVDs". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  4. ^ Loo, Egan (August 18, 2019). "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Anime Gets 2 New Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Video Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 18, 2019. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  5. ^ @VIZMedia (July 6, 2018). "Announcement: VIZ has acquired the rights to the JOJO's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind anime! This announcement is worth its weight in gold!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.


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