Golden Wind - Episode 17

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Baby Face (ベイビィ・フェイス, Beibī Feisu)[1] is the seventeenth episode of Golden Wind and the one hundred thirtieth episode of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation. The episode covers from the end of Chapter 500 to Chapter 505 of the original manga.

Team Bucciarati are stuck in the countryside and must quickly find a vehicle to use. At the same time, the assassin Melone is creating his newest version of the Stand Baby Face and educates him on how to best kill the team and retrieve Trish Una.

Summary

La Squadra Esecuzioni's Melone takes Bruno's blood sample

It is nightfall as one of the passengers of the express train locks herself in her first-class room and complains about the "common people". Suddenly, Melone comes in and begins to examine her every characteristic, searching her bag and noting everything he discovers on his computer. At first angry but growing afraid of Melone, the woman tries to flee but Melone's computer's suddenly grows limbs. The computer, Baby Face, slams her into the window and the woman somehow becomes pregnant.

Meanwhile, Team Bucciarati has hidden in a truck hoping to reach Rome. Inside of Coco Jumbo, Giorno and Narancia notice Trish's unease and Giorno privately wishes to observe her Stand to possibly get a clue about The Boss. The stowaways almost get discovered when Sex Pistols steals a burger and Mista is forced to knock the driver out. Thus the group is stuck on the sideways.

With one tap, Melone has created a "child" out of Bruno and a woman's blood sample

Some time later, the woman wakes seemingly unscathed while Melone has disappeared and summons a security agent to complain. Unbeknownst to her, a strange being created out her and Bucciarati's blood sample has crawled out and begins to remotely communicate with Melone, who teaches him to assassinate Team Bucciarati and capture Trish. The child eventually gets hungry and eats its mother, dividing her body into cubes before absorbing her and then immediately steals Melone's bike to go to its target. Taken by surprise, Melone is nonetheless confident that Baby Face's child is invincible.

Bruno finds Trish cubified inside a cabinet in the turtle

Arriving at a parking lot, the team argues whether or not it is wise to steal a car but Giorno solves the dilemma by turning several cars into frogs in order to throw away the assassins who would investigate the disapperances. Meanwhile inside the turtle, Trish complains that she cannot exit and pee but Bucciarati "creates" a toilet for her by opening a zipper as Giorno informs him they have acquired a ride. Suddenly, Giorno spots Melone's bike and while he is distracted, Trish and Bucciarati both get cubified. The enemy Stand informs Melone that he's fulfilled its mission and Melone orders it to kill Giorno who is in the way out, informing the rest of the assassins of his success. Isolated from the rest of the team who are trying to steal a car, Giorno notices Bucciarati and Trish' disappearance and sends Gold Experience inside investigate the room. When it opens the cupboard, the hidden enemy suddenly attacks and steals a cube out of Gold's Experience throat, thus Giorno begins to suffocate. With Melone's counsel, the enemy Stand effortlessly evade Gold Experience's attack and steals one of Giorno's eyes and foot. On the ground, Giorno nonetheless manages to force his enemy in the open by taking the key and discovers that his enemy was disguised as the furniture.

Giorno studies Baby Face's ability

However, the baby Stand then morphs into a rock and hides again, allowing Giorno to get a grasp of his foe's abilities. Giorno finds himself at a grave disadvantage, unable to breathe, move or alert his teammates as well as the foe's cubification power making it both deadly and nimble. While Giorno tries to crawl to his allies, the Stand deals a fatal blow by stealing another piece of Giorno's throat. On the cusp of death, Giorno then has an epiphany. The Baby Face junior finally appears with the turtle in its hand. Sure of its victory, it prepares to start up the bike but Giorno suddenly appears behind it. Having witnessed Baby Face's ability, which is opposite to that of Gold Experience, Giorno manages to take random items and turn them into individual organs to heal. The battle takes a new turn as Giorno is now on the same level as his enemy.

Giorno transforms Gold Experience's severed "hand" into a piranha

Gold Experience attempts to punch Baby Face who evades the strike but is tied up by vines, forcing it to decompose itself and drop Coco Jumbo. Giorno leaps to take it but Baby Face seemingly appears to cut Gold Experience's hand off and absorb it. However, Giorno has foreseen the ambush and used a lure, having turned a piece of the bike into a fake hand which then transforms into a piranha eating its way out of Baby Face.

Appearances

Characters
Anita
(1st appearance) (Death)
Diavolo
(Mentioned only)
Shady Engineer
(1st appearance)

Credits

Staff
Script (脚本)
小林 靖子
Storyboard (絵コンテ)
Takashi Kawabata
Naokatsu Tsuda
川畑 喬
津田 尚克
Episode Director (演出)
Naokatsu Tsuda
Masakazu Takahashi
津田 尚克
高橋 雅和
Chief Animation Director (総作画監督)
石本 峻一
田中 春香
Animation Director (作画監督)
Kenji Yokoyama
Sayaka Anesaki
Natsue Chibayama
Yun Liu Liu
横山 謙次
姉崎 早也花
千葉山 夏恵
劉 雲留
Assistant Animation Director (作画監督補)
Akiko Toyoda
豊田 暁子
Action Animation Director (アクションディレクター)
津田 尚克
Mechanical Animation Director (メカ作画監督)
Hirohisa Onikubo
Takashi Tanizawa
鬼窪 浩久
棚澤 隆
Key Animation (原画)
Yasunori Yamaguchi
Yuichi Nakazawa
Yui Okano
Takashi Hirabayashi
Yuichiro Masuda
Daiki Ota
Yuta Shinohara
Eita Toyoshima
Kentaro Ishikawa
Young Soon Shin
Shigemi Aoyagi
Kotaro Okazaki
Rie Arakawa
Toshihiko Masuda
Mayumi Oda
Takenori Tsukuma
Atsushi Nikaido
Motonao Komiya
Koichi Takai
Nobuo Takahashi
Zhang Peng
Hidetsugu Hirayama
Takahito Katayama
Naokatsu Tsuda
山口 保則
中澤 勇一
岡野 結
平林 孝
増田 雄一郎
太田 悌記
篠原 佑太
豊島 英太
石川 健太郎
申 榮淳
青柳 重美
岡崎 耕太郎
荒川 理恵
増田 敏彦
小田 真弓
津熊 健徳
二階堂 渥志
小宮 素直
高井 浩一
高橋 伸郎
張 鵬
平山 英嗣
片山 貴仁
津田 尚克

D'ART Shtajio (dartshtajio株式会社)
Henry Thurlow

Triple A
White Line
Triple A
White Line
2nd Key Animation (第二原画)
Masako Ishino
Tomoyoshi Murayama
Toshiyoshi Masuda
Kenta Kushida
Kyoko Nishimura
Neito Hirohara
Kanako Baba
Kayoko Ezoe
Kazuki Takehisa​
Yoko Uchida
Manato Onishi
Miyuki Kawano
Yui Kinoshita
Mahora Muraki
Saya Takamatsu
Cobos Rai
Sachiko Mori
Saori Nemoto
Futafusa
Mizuki Miyata
Midori Matsumoto
Youki Ebisu
Anitus Kōbe
Anime Aru
Tokyo Animator Gakuin
Nakamura Production
BNP
Asahi Production
Triple A
TAP
PRA
Studio Massket
StudioCL
石野 まさ子
村山 友良
増田 利嘉
串田 健太
西村 香子
廣原 寧人
馬場 可奈子
江副 加代子
武永 一輝
内田 陽子
尾西 真成人
河野 美由紀
木下 由衣
村木 麻保良
高松 さや
Cobos Rai
森 幸子
根本 早織
ふたふさ
宮田 瑞生
松本 緑
胡 陽樹
アニタス神戸
アニメアール
東京アニメーター学院
中村プロダクション
BNP
旭プロダクション
Triple A
TAP
PRA
STUDIO MASSKET
StudioCL
In-between Animation Inspection (動画チェック)
David Production
Nana Nomiya
Yuri Kiuchi
野宮 菜那
木内 祐里

Asahi Production (旭プロダクション)

Yuan Li Li
Toru Takano
李 媛莉
高野 徹
In-between Animation (動画)
Digital In-Between Animation
David Production
Shun Takahashi
Daichi ​Imai
高橋 俊
今井 大地​
Powered by CACANi
Asahi Production
Triple A
Studio Massket
TAP
Vista
StudioCL
Big Owl
旭プロダクション
Triple A
STUDIO MASSKET
TAP
VISTA
StudioCL
Big Owl
Design Cooperation (デザイン協力)
Hirohisa Onikubo
Sayaka Anesaki
Yu Matsuo
Silver
鬼窪 浩久
姉崎 早也花
松尾 優
3DCGI
David Production
Natsuki Horimoto
Nobuhiro​ Matsuda
堀本 夏生
松田 寛弘

Makoto Miyahara
Tatsuhiko Taishaku
Naka Mori
宮原 信
大釈 竜彦
毛利 奈花
Digital Works (デジタルワークス)
David Production
P. Taweeporn
Tomoaki Makitera
タービーポン
牧寺 智昭
Eyecatch Illustration (アイキャッチ原画)
滝 れーき
鬼窪 浩久

Music

Golden Wind Episode 17: Baby Face
Start End Title OST Description

0:00
3:00
di molto
Golden Wind: Intermezzo
Melone uses Baby Face on a woman
3:01
4:30
Fighting Gold
Fighting Gold
Opening
4:32
6:16
suspense
Golden Wind: Intermezzo
Bucciarati's team hides in a truck
6:27
8:58
bugia
Golden Wind: Overture
Baby Face is born
9:03
10:04
misterioso
Golden Wind: Overture
Baby Face eats its mother
10:18
10:39
di molto
Golden Wind: Intermezzo
Baby Face steals Melone's bike
10:40
10:43
il vento d'oro
Golden Wind: Overture
Eyecatch
11:05
11:55
pensare
Golden Wind: Finale
Giorno turns cars into frogs
12:12
12:42
ristorante bar
Golden Wind: Overture
Bruno creates a toilet
12:51
14:07
situazione difficile
Golden Wind: Overture
Baby Face attacks Bruno and Trish
14:09
15:23
assassinio
Golden Wind: Intermezzo
Baby Face attacks Giorno
15:43
17:24
coercizione
Golden Wind: Intermezzo
Giorno understands Baby Face's ability
17:30
18:20
teso
Golden Wind: Intermezzo
Baby Face captures Trish
18:43
19:49
vita
Golden Wind: Intermezzo
Giorno recreates his missing parts
19:50
20:19
il vento d'oro
Golden Wind: Overture
Giorno attacks Baby Face
20:21
20:58
di molto
Golden Wind: Intermezzo
Baby Face chops off Gold Experience's hand
21:06
22:06
il vento d'oro
Golden Wind: Overture
Giorno turns his hand into a piranha
22:07
23:34
Freek'n You
Freek'n You
Ending
23:35
23:40
il vento d'oro
Golden Wind: Overture
Next Episode Title

Manga/Anime Differences

  • Anita and Melone's conversation now happens before the scene in Coco Jumbo.
    • The conversation Anita overhears has now been animated.
    • Anita mentioning she hates trains because there are always annoying people on board has been cut.
    • Before Melone asks Anita "which method" she prefers, some of his lines about having to make things you do fun have been removed.
    • Melone telling Anita to choose a method quickly has been removed.
  • Abbacchio has a line added that they should make it to Venice in a day or two.
  • As Giorno thinks about how knowing Trish's ability could provide a hint to The Boss's identity, a figure wrapped in red fabric is shown behind him, foreshadowing the robe The Boss wears in Episode 18.
  • After Giorno's internal monologue, Narancia asking if he said something has been removed.
  • Mista is now shown standing on a chair. This is left ambiguous in the manga.
  • The truck driver picks up Coco Jumbo and inspects it.
  • Mista's reaction after he causes the truck to crash has been shortened.
  • Melone and Baby Face communicate with each other in Italian instead of Japanese text.
  • Melone mentioning that Baby Face's child will grow into an Auto-Tracking, Long-Range, Power-Type Stand has been removed.
  • The conductor's lines in the scene where Anita first talks to him have been cut.
  • The children's games Melone shows to Baby Face are now also shown on the monitor.
  • Before Anita runs out of her room, her conversation with the conductor is originally longer.
  • The conductor is now shown using the phone in Anita's train car, and he no longer sees any part of her body before it is destroyed. 
  • A note from the manga explaining Auto-Tracking, Long-Ranged, Power-Type Stands and Learning Stands has been omitted.
  • A scene of the team walking on the Appian Way is omitted.
  • The scene of Fugo and Narancia arguing about stealing a car is originally longer; Narancia talks more about how to steal a car, Fugo gives more justification why stealing one would be dangerous, and Mista provides more reasoning why hitch hiking is less desirable. 
  • Abbacchio is now shown handing Giorno Coco Jumbo before walking to get the car.
  • A background event of Narancia and Mista playfully chasing the frogs created by Gold Experience is omitted.
  • Fugo's internal monologue about Giorno's potential has been omitted.
  • Giorno sees the motorcycle before Bucciarati notices Trish is missing. 
    • In the manga, the motorcycle is still running.
  • After Bucciarati notices Trish's arm behind the chair, he now stays silent rather than asking if she is playing a joke on him.
  • Melone communicating with Baby Face has been moved to after Giorno summons Gold Experience.
  • A scene from the beginning of Chapter 503 has been removed. Fugo is shown looking at a map and agreeing with Giorno's plan, and Mista goes to steal a car as Narancia keeps watch with Aerosmith.
  • In the manga when Giorno looks into Coco Jumbo's room, the cabinet is shown opening slightly and he seems to take notice of this.
  • At the end of Melone's conversation with Baby Face, a scene is added in which he makes a phone call to Risotto.
    • Two short scenes of Ghiaccio and Risotto Nero have been added, showing Ghiaccio in his car and Risotto forcing a man to work on his computer.
  • The cabinet is now shown floating upwards inside of Coco Jumbo.
  • The rock that is formed from the cabinet is now shown hitting Coco Jumbo.
  • Melone's internal monologue from the beginning of Chapter 504 has been omitted.
  • Melone instructing Baby Face to chase Giorno has been omitted.
  • Originally, more rocks roll towards Giorno before he uses Gold Experience.
  • After Baby Face takes a second piece of Giorno's throat, Giorno's thoughts that they were so close to getting an untraceable car and escaping have been omitted.
  • Before Gold Experience punches the motorcycle, Giorno's line that he feels Gold Experience has been reborn has been cut.
  • Baby Face saying that Giorno has come back from the dead has been cut.
  • After Baby Face jumps from the motorcycle, Melone reacts more calmly than he does in the manga.
  • Baby Face hides inside the gasoline of his bike instead of Giorno's shadow.

In other languages

Language Title Translation
Japan Japanese ベイビィ・フェイス Baby Face
United States of America English Babyhead
Spain Spanish Babyhead
Brazil Portuguese Babyhead
France French Babyhead
Germany German Babyhead
Israel Hebrew בייביהד Babyhead
Flag of the Arab League Arabic بيبي هيد Baby Head
Italy Italian Babyhead
Russia Russian Бейби Фейс Baby Face
Poland Polish Malec Baby

Commentary

As with Sex Pistols, Baby Face is a Stand that speaks of its own volition. I loved watching Junji Majima change up his performance little by little to match Baby Face's speedy growth. Although Melone's fight is a short one, it's crucial to Gold Experience's evolution, without which I'm pretty sure Mista would have died during the battle against Ghiaccio.
Kosuke Toriumi, Blu-Ray limited edition commentaries
Director Tsuda had a hard time figuring out how to depict Giorno's growth. In a workplace full of people who know JoJo inside and out, I went in without knowing much at all. He sometimes came by to ask, "What do you think, as someone who doesn't know JoJo?" I remember going back and forth with him about various elements in this episode.
—Takayuki Yamaguchi, Blu-Ray limited edition commentaries
1. The Production Staff Loves Melone

With his eccentric looks and various Italian phrases peppered into his speech, Melone was especially popular with the female animation staff. Sanetoshi recalls. "They were all raising their hands like, 'Please let me draw some of Melone, even if it's only a few frames!"

2. Cars Turn into Frogs

Giorno punches the cars in the parking lot one by one and uses Gold Experience to turn them into frogs. With so much to move in each frame, Sanetoshi recalls this scene as one of the more difficult scenes to create. "But the jumping frogs ended up looking adorable."

3. Bucciarati the Airhead

Inside Coco Jumbo (the turtle). Trish declares that she needs to use the restroom, to which Bucciarati responds by using Sticky Fingers to create a makeshift toilet inside the closet. The staff began to consider him a real airhead from then on. Sanetoshi muses, "I wonder just how serious he was about that as a real solution..."

4. The Piranha

On the piranha that jumps out from Babyhead, Sanetoshi admits, "We made the piranha gold to match Gold Experience's color design, but it ended up looking more like the golden Shachihoko that sit atop the Nagoya Castle..." Nevertheless, it was an important scene that showcased Gold Experience's new capabilities.
—Junya Sanetoshi, Blu-Ray limited edition commentaries

Trivia

  • In the English dub, when the gang is waiting around the parking lot, Abbacchio mistakenly calls Narancia, Fugo.
  • When Trish is shown within the cabinet, the color of her top is the same as her skin color.
  • When Gold Experience is kicking the furniture, his right arm joint is miscolored, being green instead of the usual red color.
  • During some of Baby Face's exchanges with Melone, the Italian word "tartaruga" (meaning "turtle") is misspelled as "tartagura".

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