JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean manga is getting a TV anime featuring Ai Fairouz as Jolyne Cujoh. The anime was announced in the “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure the Animation Special Event -JOESTAR Inherited Soul-” live stream event on Sunday.
Manga
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean is the sixth part of the series and it is the continuation of the previous series, Golden Wind. The story revolves around Jolyne Cujoh, daughter of Jotaro Kujo (Stardust Crusaders), who is sent to prison for murder and must face off against a former follower of DIO. The Stone Ocean arc ran between 1999 to 2003 consisting of 17 volumes (64-80).
The manga is written by Hirohiko Araki and began serialization in the Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump on January 1, 1987. In 2005, the manga was moved to Ultra Jump. Currently, the eighth part of the series, JoJolion, is ongoing since 2011.
Anime
TV anime season 1 premiered on October 6, 2012, which consisted of Part 1: Phantom Blood and Part 2: Battle Tendency. David Production has produced all the TV anime seasons. The anime is available on Crunchyroll and VIZ Media.
| Season | Air Date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency | October 6, 2012 – April 6, 2013 | 26 |
| Stardust Crusaders | April 5, 2014 – June 20, 2015 | 48 |
| Diamond is Unbreakable | April 2, 2016 – December 24, 2016 | 39 + 4 OVA |
| Golden Wind | October 6, 2018 – July 28, 2019 | 39 |
Live Action
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable arc was also the basis for a live-action film, which premiered in Japan in August 2017. The film has also been licensed by Viz Media. Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai), Araki’s spinoff manga, has also inspired OVAs and a live-action miniseries. On February 18, Netflix started streaming anime internationally. In Japan, the live-action mini-series debuted in December.
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