The news that always seemed inevitable is finally here, as the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean TV anime has officially been announced. The reveal came during the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure the Animation Special Event that was held in Japan, and Ai Farouz (Hibiki Sakura in …Read more »
The latest round of titles leaving Netflix was recently announced, and Hunter x Hunter seasons 1-4 and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure season 1-2 are among them. According to the listings, these seasons will be unavailable on Netflix for both series starting on March 7. Netflix’s seasonal …Read more »
Anime heroes are great… but they’re even better when they’re facing off against anime villains! The baddies of our favorite shows can be scary, murderous, scheming… or in some cases, just plain silly. And when they’re at their worst, they’re at their best. Here are …Read more »
The Victorian aesthetic is a popular one, and for good reason. The dignified dress and nearly-modern technology are familiar but fantastical. Admittedly, some creators take a lot of liberties, choosing beauty over historical accuracy. But unless you’re setting out to write a fully accurate historical …Read more »
Anime stories can continue in a lot of different directions after a TV run. Even if they don’t return to TV, they might get a run as a web series, novel, or OVA. Those can be easy to miss due to licensing or branding… but …Read more »
No anime has captured fans’ attention like Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure. Even those who haven’t watched an episode have been touched by it through memes of different sorts. Powerful characters, intriguing fashion sense, and the main protagonists all going by the name “Jojo” make this visually …Read more »
The anime adaptation of JoJo’s part five has run its course—and it just ended its run on Toonami over the weekend—but we still have the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind manga to look forward to. VIZ Media live-tweeted along with the finale’s airing, tossing in …Read more »
Jonathan & Joseph & Jotaro & Josuke & Giorno. The boys of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (well, their voice actors, anyway) are set to meet on stage for an official JoJo’s event. It’s called JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure The Animation Special Event ~Inherit the Soul of Joestar~, and …Read more »
There’s often a big difference between your favorite anime of all time and the anime series you could see yourself watching forever. A recent poll on goo Ranking asked 5,000 anime fans in Japan which anime they would be happy to watch for the rest …Read more »
For decades, anime adaptations of shonen manga have represented the bulk of the most popular titles in Japan. Initially the anime brought to the United States was a little more genre-diverse, but Cartoon Network syndicated Dragon Ball Z in 1998, localized anime rapidly became as …Read more »
A wide variety of renowned artists have been commissioned to create posters for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, and two of the latest to be showcased come from a pair of well-regarded manga authors. With the themes of the Olympics and Paralympics in mind, Hirohiko Araki …Read more »
Terumi Nishii is an animation director and character designer who has had a long career working on such hits as One Piece, Pokémon, and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable. In April 2019, Terumi made headlines when she tweeted in English about difficult working conditions within the anime industry, flat …Read more »
With JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind complete, the future of the anime adaptations is momentarily unclear. One aspect that will continue, however, is the occasional appearance of OVA episodes based on the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan one-shots. Two more episodes were recently announced, with screenings to kick off in …Read more »
The good news first. The final two episodes of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, 38 and 39, will air on the same night as a one-hour finale. The bad news: we’re going to have to wait a while to see ’em. Golden Wind’s antepenultimate episode will …Read more »
Some of the most impressive cosplay out there comes about when the cosplayer in question goes completely against their typical style. Kyoko Kano—one half of Japan’s famously luxurious and, yes, buxom—Kano Sisters recently did exactly that with a spot-on costume from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind. …Read more »
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