Golden Wind (Anime)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 黄金の風) is the fourth season of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure TV Anime, which is produced by David Production.

Season four is an adaptation of the fifth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Vento Aureo. It was officially announced by Hirohiko Araki on June 21, 2018 at the end of a live news conference for his Ripples of Adventure art exhibition.

Summary
A Japan premiere of the anime was held at the Tokyo on July 5, 2018, with appearances by the anime's main cast. At the same time, a French premiere was held during the same day at. An American premiere was held the next day at in Los Angeles on July 6, 2018.

As part of the LUMINE x JOJO collaboration, a second screening for the first two episodes was held at the Lumine Zero Shopping center in Japan on September 25, 2018. The anime began broadcast on Japanese television and streaming services starting on October 5, 2018.

On October 4, 2019, it was confirmed by VIZ Media that the English dub had been scheduled to air on the Adult Swim Channel. The season began broadcasting on Toonami on Sunday, October 27, 2019 until October 25, 2020.

Trivia

 * Episode titles are now stylized in Italian (i.e. "Episodio 01").
 * Stand info cards are now stylized by a spinning coin inspired by the lira revealing the Stand itself before transitioning to the stats and user.
 * Nine voice actors who have voiced characters in other JoJo media return for roles in Golden Wind:
 * Yuichi Nakamura voiced Bruno Bucciarati and had previously voiced Narciso Anasui in All-Star Battle and Eyes of Heaven
 * Junichi Suwabe voiced Leone Abbacchio and had previously voiced Telence T. D'Arby in All-Star Battle and Stardust Crusaders.
 * Kōsuke Toriumi voiced Guido Mista and had previously voiced Sports Maxx in Eyes of Heaven.
 * Ken Narita voiced Illuso and had previously voiced Wekapipo in All-Star Battle and Eyes of Heaven.
 * Tatsuhisa Suzuki voiced Prosciutto and had previously voiced Ghiaccio in All-Star Battle and Eyes of Heaven.
 * Junji Majima voiced Melone and had previously voiced Gunpei Kamafusa in Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 2.
 * Katsuyuki Konishi voiced Diavolo and had previously voiced Jonathan Joestar in the Phantom Blood movie.
 * Kenjiro Tsuda voiced Tizzano and had previously voiced Bruford in Phantom Blood.
 * Kenji Nojima voiced Scolippi and had previously voiced Dio Brando in the Phantom Blood PS2 Game and Melone in All-Star Battle and Eyes of Heaven.
 * The broadcasting schedule was momentarily slowed down three times with a recap episode being released on the week next to Episode 13 instead of Episode 14, following Episode 21 instead of Episode 22, and again following episode 28 instead of episode 29. Finally, the show went through a three-weeks long hiatus at its end, with episodes 38 and 39 being broadcasted on July 28.
 * The three recap episodes aired during the show's television run were excluded from all Blu-ray releases.
 * According to the producer Nobutaka Kasama, the show got greenlit in January 2017.
 * Unlike the other seasons, the Blu-ray discs do not come with extra content other than the production booklets.
 * In the 2020 Anime Expo interview, Kensho Ono (voice actor for Giorno Giovanna) says that during his audition, he was unsatisfied with his performance on Giorno's battlecry and asked for a redo even though the auditioner had greenlit his performance and he theorizes that it helped him get the role since it showed his commitment.