Phantom Blood (film)



Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood is a movie adaptation of Part 1 of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga series, featuring Jonathan Joestar and the original vampire Dio. The film was produced to commemorate the 25th anniversary of creator Hirohiko Araki's career as a manga artist and was released theatrically on February 17, 2007 in Japan.

The Ending theme was Voodoo Kingdom, a single by the group Soul'd Out.

Reception
Due to negative reaction from fans and Hirohiko Araki himself, the film was never released on any home video format.

No official information was announced regarding the reason as to why the film was dropped. However many fans who saw the film have noted their opinion as to why the film was so poorly done. The main reasons include:
 * The character, Robert Edward O Speedwagon, one of Araki's favorite characters, was almost removed from the story entirely, appearing only on the Ogre Street battle.
 * The characters Poco, Dire, and Straizo were also not featured. No fight occured between the protagonist and Tarkus and Bruford, as they were already dead. Naturally, this also means that Dire does not throw the hamon rose.
 * The concept of Hamon was not explained clearly.
 * The movie was too short (Approx. 90 minutes), condensed, and basically "destroyed the original story".