GW Episode 7

Sex Pistols Appears, Part 1 (セックス・ピストルズ登場 その①) is the seventh episode of Golden Wind and the one hundred twentieth episode of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime. The episode covers from Chapter 462 to Chapter 464 of the original manga.

Mario Zucchero is defeated but he has contacted his ally who is standing guard in Capri. Giorno and the gunslinger Guido Mista are sent out to clear the way for the team.

Summary
In the aftermath of Mario Zucchero's attack and capture, everyone in Team Bucciarati has been returned to normal. While Narancia Ghirga, Pannacotta Fugo, and Leone Abbacchio vent their anger by kicking Zucchero's body, Guido Mista decides to torture him by hanging his zipped out head on a fishing line and setting up glasses threatening to focus the sun's rays into his eyes. Finally, Mista, Fugo, and Narancia engage in an extravagant dance.

However, Abbacchio turns Moody Blues into Zucchero from several minutes ago, discovering that Zucchero has radioed his partner Sale and informed him that the treasure lies in Capri. Bruno Bucciarati believes that Zucchero will keep silent as a hardened gangster and, having purposefully taken a detour, the group now expects to fight another unknown enemy on arrival. With the group desperate to figure out a solution to a potential ambush, the clouds overhead begin to cast a shadow on the boat. However, Giorno Giovanna proposes that he goes ahead to take the attacker by surprise, and rays of sunlight peek through the clouds over him. As he reaffirms the group of their goal, the boat moves from under the clouds back into the sunlight.

Agreeing with the initiative, Guido Mista the gunslinger reveals his Stand, the six imp-like Sex Pistols, and accompanies him on a buoy turned into a fish, taking Zucchero's radio with them. On the island of Capri, Giorno observes the marina from afar while Mista has lunch. Giorno and Mista decide to use Zucchero's radio to call the radio room on the marina, indirectly calling for the enemy while Mista lies in ambush. However, the unseen Sale has already infiltrated the radio room to answer the call and sees Mista through a window, prompting Giorno to warn his partner through the same radio.

Mista draws his gun but his opponent closes the window shutters. Unfazed, Mista shoots twice through it, the Sex Pistols riding on the bullets. Using their power to kick the bullets to redirect them, the Sex Pistols manage to hit the enemy in the leg. Following the blood trail up to a truck starting to go away, Mista jumps to the passenger side of the cabin and prepares to shoot the driver. Arriving at the marina, Giorno hears a gunshot.

Commentary
"The scene where Giorno tries to use hand gestures to let Mista know that Sale is nearby was hilarious. He decides to make an "X" with his arms because his voice wouldn't reach Mista from the breakwater. I ended up shouting at my television, "What are you doing?!" It would have been so much faster to use his Stand!"

- Yuichi Nakamura, Blu-Ray limited edition commentaries

"They were horrible to Zucchero in that torture scene! Hearing the sounds of flesh tearing and being pulled is, of course, not something you can experience in manga, so it was very gross. It made me try to imagine how painful it would be. Also, Sex Pistols is such a cute Stand! Those tiny creatures work so hard - I love them!"

- Yasuko Kobayashi, Blu-Ray limited edition commentaries

"1. Zucchero's Torture Scene, Part I

In a situation that is both nonsensical and spine-chilling, Zucchero watches his own detached body as it is beaten by Narancia, Fugo, and Abbacchio. Director Kimura notes, "The speed at which Narancia switches moods and Giorno's indifferent attitude really drive the whole gangster thing home."

2. Zucchero's Torture Scene, Part II

Some of the violence was mitigated with abstract imagery. However, Kimura didn't want to run from it completely. because it deals directly with their identity as gangsters. "As a fan, I was looking forward to seeing the dance scene animated, but to think I'd end up directing it! I almost wanted someone else to do it!"

3. Sex Pistols Appears

"I imagined the pistols would sound scary, but once the voices were added, they ended up even cuter!" Kimura's favorite scene is when the bullets come out of the revolver, shouting "It's lunchtime!" Mista carefully prepares a tablecloth and wine to feed them salami, a demonstration of his Italian sensibilities.

4. Sex Pistols, Working Hard! In the sequence where Sex Pistols work together to shoot Sale's leg, the bullet and its air current are done in 3-D while the Stand itself is done with cels. The Pistols talk quite a bit; therefore, it was a point of focus to make sure the actual bullet still felt like it was moving as fast as a bullet should."

- Yasuhiro Kimura, Blu-Ray limited edition commentaries

Trivia

 * The dance was designed to take elements of 's and combine it with the manga's original poses. Yasuhiro Kimura, who was in charge of storyboarding the dance, actually forgot this scene existed in the manga. He had to fill in the dance scene for a 40 seconds long clip, but wasn't knowledgeable in dancing so he showed the frames of the dancing scene to a friend who commented that it looked like a "Michael Jackson scene". Thus, Kimura looked at various Michael Jackson performances for a month to gather the necessary material.