JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OVA)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険) is an adaptation of Stardust Crusaders, produced by Studio A.P.P.P..

The original six-episode series in 1993 begins with Jotaro, Joseph, Avdol, Kakyoin, and Polnareff in the Egyptian desert on their quest to find DIO (Volume 20 in the manga). The series offers very little exposition, assuming the viewer is already familiar with the backstory and first half of Stardust Crusaders. A prequel seven-episode series was released in 2000, offering an explanation for those unfamiliar with the story in the previous series. It starts at the beginning of Stardust Crusaders with Joseph arriving at Japan to explain Jotaro's strange behavior (Volume 12 in the manga).

The entire 6-volume (13-episode) anime series released in English from 2003 to 2005 in canonical order by Super Techno Arts.

Series 1 (2000)
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Controversy
In May 2008, both studio A.P.P.P. and Shueisha halted OVA/manga shipments of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure after a complaint had been launched against them from, after noticing a scene in the OVAs that had the villain, DIO, reading a book depicting pages from the. This recall affected the English-language release of the manga as well, causing Viz Media and Shueisha to cease publication for a year. Even though the manga did not feature that specific scene, Shueisha had Araki redraw scenes that depicted characters fighting on top of, and destroying,. Viz resumed publication a year later, with the eleventh volume being published on April 7, 2009, though distribution of the OVA had been permanently cancelled.

The controversy was such that the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs addressed the issue in an official report about this incident.

Trivia

 * One noteworthy fact about the OVA lies in the involvement of  (Writer and Director of films such as Perfect Blue, Paprika, Millenium Actress and Tokyo Godfathers); acting as a screenwriter through much of the 1993's OVA and animation director for Episode 12.




 * The OVA makes a brief appearance in an ad for Shonen Jump, by VIZ Media. Possibly in a review for the release of the first DVD by SuperTechnoArts.


 * During production of the 2000's OVA, Studio APPP had considered using the tradition cel animation just like the 1993's OVA, as seen in the preview prototype version of episode 1 shown in the VHS tape "The Making of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: The 3rd Generation" before changed to digital color in the final version.