JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Episode 13

JoJo vs. the Ultimate Being
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General information
Episode	13
Season	1
Japanese Name	JOJO vs. 究極生物
Romanized	JoJo tai Kyūkyoku Seibutsu
Localized Title	JoJo vs. The Ultimate Lifeform
Runtime	23:40
Chapters Adapted	BT Chapters 14-17 (58-61)
Air Dates
Japanese	January 5, 2013
English	January 22, 2017
Other Information
Opening Theme	BLOODY STREAM
Ending Theme	Roundabout
Episode guide
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“

You are destined to fight them by the fifty-year-old legacy you carry! (貴様は五十年前からの因縁で、奴らと戦わねばならない運命にある！)

”

—Rudol von Stroheim, BD/DVD Volume 5

JoJo vs. the Ultimate Being (JOJO vs. 究極生物, JoJo tai Kyūkyoku Seibutsu) is the thirteenth episode of season one of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation. It is also the fourth episode of Battle Tendency. It covers Chapter 58 through Chapter 61 of the manga.

Joseph Joestar must fight Santana, planning on using the Ripple. However, the Pillar Man's superhuman constitution is such that the Ripple and simple wit is not enough to prevail.

Summary

Santana has escaped from his cell and is now confronting Joseph, Stroheim, and Speedwagon. Despite the danger, Joseph prefers to playfully make peace with the Pillar Man. For his part, Santana ignores Joseph, preferring to study his environment; he effortlessly dismantles a machine gun and begins to study the lights. When Joseph annoys him too much, Santana tries to kill Joseph by growing sharp ribs out of his body, which Joseph blocks with the Ripple. This power then interests Santana but when the Pillar Man tries to harm Speedwagon, Joseph becomes serious. However, Santana's skin is too resistant to the Ripple. Contorting his body to evade an attack, Santana seemingly kicks Joseph into unconsciousness and begins to absorb him. Thankfully, Joseph has only faked it and is now in direct contact with Santana's inside. He sends a devastating Ripple attack which cuts Santana in half.

Stroheim explains the history of the Pillar Men

With the Pillar Man cut in half, Joseph chains Santana's chest and tries to drag him up to the entrance of the base to expose the body using the sunlight. Unfortunately, Santana grabs hold of Joseph's leg and immobilizes him just before reaching the door. When Stroheim comes to help and is ensnared, the German shows a remarkable spirit by telling Joseph to cut his bound leg. Joseph reluctantly obliges and Stroheim then opens to the door to the exit, exposing Santana to the sun. However, Santana avoids the sunlight by crawling into the stub where Stroheim's leg was cut off. Stroheim walks on one leg into the sunlight and pulls out a grenade. From there, he tells Joseph that the Germans had uncovered other Pillar Men in Europe and that he must go to Rome to learn how to defeat them. He says in Rome there is a man Joseph must meet, and it is somebody Speedwagon knows well. With that said, Stroheim ignites the grenade and destroys his body.

Santana turns into stone as sunlight hits him

As a last-ditch effort, Santana attacks Joseph, and the two go flying into a well. But then Joseph reveals that he exactly timed the jump so that the sunlight would reach the water of the well and get reflected. Being hit by sunlight from two directions, Santana turns into stone and is defeated.

Appearances

Characters

Joseph Joestar

Robert E. O. Speedwagon

Rudol von Stroheim

Santana

(Retired)

Straizo

(Mentioned only)

Kars

(Cameo)

Esidisi

(Cameo)

Wamuu

(Cameo)

Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli

(1st mentioned)

Credits

Staff

Script (脚本)

Shogo Yasukawa

ヤスカワ ショウゴ

Storyboard (絵コンテ)

Futoshi Higashide

東出 太

Episode Director (演出)

Yasuhiro Minami
Kenichi Suzuki

南 康宏
鈴木 健一

Animation Director (作画監督)

Masahiko Komino
Shin Hyung Woo
Kenji Yokoyama
Kiyotoshi Aoi
Akihide Muraji
Tomoaki Kado

小美野 雅彦
Shin Hyung Woo
横山 謙次
青井 清年
村司 晃英
かど ともあき

Animation Director Cooperation (作画監督協力)

Yukitoshi Houtani
Megumi Itoi
Takahiro Kamei

宝谷 幸稔
糸井 恵
亀井 隆広

Assistant Animation Director (作画監督補)

Shunichi Ishimoto
Manabu Akita

石本 峻一
秋田 学

Key Animation (原画)

Yasuhiro Ito
Masahiko Komino
Takeshi Moriyama
Yoshinobu Ando
Shunichi Ishimoto
Koki Sugawara
Futoshi Higashide
Fumio Matsumoto
Red Door
Toru Yoshida
Yasuzo Ino
Kiyotoshi Aoi
Hideaki Matsuoka
Kanayo Nakanishi
Yoshiki Mizuno
Tsukasa Sorimachi
Akihide Muraji
Mitsuhiro Yoneda
Yuichiro Yamada
Tomoaki Kado
Katsuya Shigehara
Aya Nishimura
Kenji Yokoyama

伊藤 康裕
小美野 雅彦
森山 剛史
安藤 義信
石本 峻一
菅原 浩喜
東出 太
松本 文男
red doar
吉田 徹
いいの やすぞう
青井 清年
松岡 秀明
中西 かなよ
水野 佳樹
反町 司
村司 晃英
米田 光宏
山田 雄一郎
かど ともあき
重原 克也
西村 彩
横山 謙次

White Line

Cha Myoung Jun

Cha Myoung Jun

2nd Key Animation (第二原画)

Saeko Ozawa
Fumio Matsumoto
Natsumi Ishizaki

小澤 早依子
松本 文男
石崎 夏海

White Line

Kang Sul A
Kwan Hyun Ae
Sim Myung Ju

Kang Sul A
Kwan Hyun Ae
Sim Myung Ju

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AI
MSJ Musashino Production
Eslite Animation
Ace Company
TAP
CL Corporation
BEEP
Jinbun
Hayashi KK
Big Owl

AI
MSJ武蔵野制作所
誠品動画
エースカンパニー
TAP
CLコーポレーション
BEEP
じんぶん
ハヤシ株式会社
ビッグオウル

In-between Animation (動画)

In-Between Animation Inspection

Masato Ujibe
Sae Akama

宇治部 まさと
赤間 紗枝

White Line

Kim Jong Kyu
Ku Ja Chun
Kim Yun Hui
Park Jin Hee
Park Hee Joung
Byun Jin Sun
Sin Jin Eun
Yang Hyo Jung
Lee Hye Kyoung
Jung A Yung
Cha Hyun Ju
Chae Youn Kyung

Kim Jong Kyu
Ku Ja Chun
Kim Yun Hui
Park Jin Hee
Park Hee Joung
Byun Jin Sun
Sin Jin Eun
Yang Hyo Jung
Lee Hye Kyoung
Jung A Young
Cha Hyun Ju
Chae Youn Kyung

david production

Shuhei Fukuda
Sae Akama
Takahiro Okawa
Kirara Kikui

福田 周平
赤間紗枝
大川 貴大
菊井 きらら

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Triple A
MSJ Musashino Production
AI
Eslite Animation
TAP
Ace Company
BEEP
CL Corporation
Jinbun
Hayashi

AAA
MSJ武蔵野制作所
AI
誠品動画
TAP
エースカンパニー
BEEP
CLコーポレーション
じんぶん
ハヤシ株式会社

Design Cooperation (デザイン協力)

Tomoaki Kado
Gorou Murata
Futoshi Higashide

かど ともあき
村田 護郎
東出 太

Digital Works (デジタルワークス)

David Production

Takahiro Kamei
Kayo Kudou
P. Taweeporn

亀井 隆広
工藤 かよ
Puavaranukroh Taweeporn

Manga/Anime Differences

• Joseph wondering if there are any female Pillar Men, how they have kids, and what happened thousands of years before Santana went to sleep is cut.

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Japanese	JOJO vs. 究極生物	JoJo vs. the Ultimate Being
Chinese	JOJO vs 終極生物	JoJo vs the Ultimate Being
Chinese (Hong Kong)	JOJO vs 究極生物	JoJo vs the Ultimate Being
English	JoJo vs. The Ultimate Lifeform
Spanish	JoJo vs el ser supremo	JoJo vs the Supreme Being
Portuguese	JoJo contra a Forma de Vida Suprema (Crunchyroll) JoJo contra o Ser Supremo (Netflix)	JoJo Against the Ultimate Lifeform JoJo Against the Ultimate Being
French	JoJo contre la créature ultime	JoJo against the ultimate creature
German	JoJo vs. das Ultimative Geschöpf	JoJo vs. the Ultimate Creature
Hebrew	ג'וג'ו נגד היצור האולטימטיבי	JoJo Against the Ultimate creature
Arabic	جوجو ضد الكائن الأعلى	JoJo versus The Supreme Being
Italian	JoJo contro l'Essere Supremo	JoJo against the Supreme Being
Czech	JoJo versus dokonalá forma života	JoJo versus the perfect lifeform
Danish	JoJo vs. den ultimative livsform	JoJo vs. the ultimate lifeform
Polish	JoJo kontra absolutna forma życia	JoJo versus Absolute Life Form

Commentary

Commentary

“

At the end of 2012, there was a tight timing for Episode 13. The series's director Kenichi Suzuki, made the second half of the episode. Thanks to him, we managed to finish it in time, and even made it look great. Masahiko Komino managed the first half and put in it his mark. It's a lot of tired muscles. There were only a few characters, but the ensemble was balanced. The tension is kept high by Speedwagon and Stroheim who compete to deliver their explanations aloud; they're really noisy here (laughs).

Anyway, the episode was really great between Stroheim's bravery or the last sunray vanquishing Santana in the well, such great moments. The composition is exemplary, Suzuki applied himself with the layout.

I think that with all of these together, we got many good scenes at the end.

”

—Naokatsu Tsuda, Blu-ray limited edition commentaries

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