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 First season of the Anime has been slated for a July 28th release by Warner Bros. PRE-ORDER IT HERE OR HERE Parts 1 through 3 available digitally on your platform of preference. Parts 1 and 3 available physically at your nearest book store or Amazon. Don't Ask Where To Start Reading. Part 1 Is Called That For A Reason. Buy it you nerds. The Stardust Crusaders Anime thread is over here.  JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (From here on referred to as JoJo) is a long running Manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It debuted in late 1986 as a Weekly Shonen Jump title, where it was groundbreaking at the time because it did not feature a main character that was japanese. Regarded by some as a Fist of the North star clone at first, this incredible series quickly finds its own groove and turns into one of the best long running Mangas of all time. It's important to note that it's not one long running story arc since 1986, but rather, it is divided by parts, indicated by a change in main characters. Part 1: Phantom Blood Volumes 1-5  JoJo: Jonathan Joestar Set in Victorian England, this part has Jonathan Joestar duking it out with his childhood rival and adoptive brother Dio Brando. It features some small horror elements, lots of punching and Speedwagon. Part 2: Battle Tendency Volumes 6-12  JoJo: Joseph Joestar The year is 1938, and Joseph Joestar, Jonathan's grandson, has to investigate the mystery behind a being enclosed in a pillar found in México by Speedwagon. Features lots of scantily clad men, clever antics, Nazis and the most glamorous lady to grace Anime and Manga. Part 3: Stardust Crusaders Volumes 13-28  JoJo: Jotaro Kujo Set during the late 1980's, this is the conclusion to the story arcs started in Phantom Blood. Features Jotaro Kujo, the most iconic JoJo (also Joseph's Grandson), in a trip around the world with other Muscular Men to defeat Dio. Also the debut of Stands. Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable Volumes 29-47  JoJo: Josuke Higashikata Josuke Higashikata is a normal high school student who happens to have a Stand, this is due to him being the illegitimate son of Joseph Joestar. Features a more laidback approach to story telling, starting out as a whodunit and ending in one of the best finales to a story arc in JoJo. Part 5: Vento Aureo Volumes 47-63  GioGio: Giorno Giovanna Italy, 2001. Giorno Giovanna wants to become a gangster in order to fulfill his dream: becoming a "Gangstar". This part features an incredibly strong supporting cast, confusing stands and really fabulous clothing. Part 6: Stone Ocean Volumes 64-80  JoJo: Jolyne Kujo Taking place in Port St. Lucie, Florida, this story follows Jotaro's daughter, Jolyne, as she is framed for a DUI murder and ends up in the Green Dolphin Street Prison. Features even more unique Stands, some of the best character design in the series and an ending that is incredibly divisive among the fanbase. Part 7: Steel Ball Run Volumes 81-104  Zeppeli: Gyro Zeppeli Set in 1888, Steel Ball Run tells the story of Gyro Zeppeli, a man from the Kingdom of Naples who wishes to win the Steel Ball Run race to grant the freedom of a small child. Also has a JoJo I guess. Part 8: JoJolion Volumes 105-???  JoJo: Josuke Higashikata  Other JoJo related media: Videogames:  Famicom Jump I & II: Joseph and Jotaro respectively are main cast members in each game. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Super Famicom): RPG/Adventure game based on Stardust Crusaders. JoJo's Venture & JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future (CPS3, PS1, Dreamcast, XBLA, PSN): Arcade game based on Stardust Crusaders, features an original design for Middler who wasn't actually on scene in the Manga. Also Joseph from part 2. Le Bizzarre Avventure di GioGio: Vento Aureo (PS2): Japan exclusive beat 'em up featuring Part 5. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood (PS2): Japan exclusive beat 'em up with lots of fabulous posing. Moderately rare. Jump Super Stars & Jump Ultimate Stars (NDS): Japan exclusive fighting games featuring both Jotaro and Dio. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle (PS3): Bad fighting game, featuring characters from all 8 parts of the Manga, developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Namco-Bandai. Out in all regions now! J-Stars Victory VS+: Fighting game featuring characters from various beloved Shonen Jump series such as Tottemo! Luckyman and Gintama. Also features some guys from JoJo or somethin' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven: An upcoming arena-ish fighting game for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Animation:  JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OVA 1993-2000): Animated adaptation of part 3 that came out in two blocks, the first one covering the second half and the second one covering the first half. It's bad but it's worth watching to see a version of part 3 with good animation. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood (Film 2007): An adaptation so bad, that not even Araki acknowledges its existence. It doesn't even have speedwagon! It was also never released on DVD, and most likely will never see the light of day ever again. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Anime 2012 - 2013): The best adaptation of JoJo by far, it's currently ongoing and so far it's covered Parts 1 and 2. Here's a link to the archived Anime thread. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (Anime 2014 - 2015): Continuation of the previous, covering Part 3. Here's a link to the current Anime thread, no spoilers!! Uznare fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Jun 1, 2015 |
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Shukaro posted:Should probably mention part 5's translation is dogshit. while this is true. pretty much every part that isn't 3 has a dogshit translation. 4 is the nearest thing to a decent one and only the invincible trio version. 7 is also pretty good most of the way through but about halfway there's some shaky poo poo.
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ChaosArgate posted:Just out of curiosity, what's wrong with the ones for parts 6-8? The first couple of volumes of part 6 were pretty badly translated from chinese scans (Same people as part 5!). Jojo project takes over on volume 4 and the translation improves massively but the scans look like rotten rear end. Part 7 is generally really good but a not so great translator takes over for like 25 chapters about 3/4ths of the way through. Part 8 has awful translators all around who don't know how to keep jojo's charm at all. ChaosArgate posted:Edit: Wait, does this also count the VIZ translation for 1 and the first volume of 2? 
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Please do not mention those garbage rear end scans ever again. They are awful and should never be read even if the translation is better.
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Jun 1, 2015 20:52
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LordMune posted:Yo Diamond is not Crash hasn't been the official title since they changed it (back) in the ASB trailers or whatever years ago cut that poo poo out wait gently caress did i forget to remove that. i thought i did when i was updating the op. i blame beef waifu for not telling me.
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Jun 1, 2015 21:12
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France in general is a lot more into japanese comic books than the US as a whole. They've been getting stuff since the 80's consistently. I believe only Part 4 doesn't have a complete french translation at the moment. Italy is much the same but if I remember correctly they do have the entire series up to JoJolion. Can't comment on those translations as I do not know either language but they're probably good if they're getting printed.
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Jun 2, 2015 18:59
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Kurtofan posted:Wonder if the middling sales of the first season meant they got a budget reduction. you're loving retarded.
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The Unholy Ghost posted:So since JoJo is so popular, why did it get such a low budget anime adaptation? you're dumb they threw a fuckload of money at it but david production is not a real studio so the show is hacked together by approximately 29 different outsourced studios.
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