Netflix

Netflix is an American online subscription-based video streaming service headquartered in. It was founded in 1997, as a rental service that would send DVDs and Blu-rays by mail. In 2007, Netflix begun shifting their business towards video streaming. As of 2021, the platform has roughly 209 million paid subscriptions worldwide.

The site currently streams the first five seasons of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation in Japanese, including Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan. The fifth season of the anime, Stone Ocean, premiered worldwide exclusively on Netflix on December 1, 2021.

History
On October 26, 2020, Netflix announced that the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan OVA and would be distributed on their service as a Netflix Original during the Netflix Anime Festival. On January 15, 2021, it was announced all 4 episodes of the OVA would be streamed worldwide in 190 countries starting February 18, 2021.

On August 8, 2021, it was announced that the fifth season of the anime, Stone Ocean, would be premiering worldwide exclusively on Netflix in December 2021, with a TV broadcast scheduled to air later in Japan in January 2022. During the Netflix Festival Japan live stream on November 8, 2021, it was announced that the first set of twelve episodes of the anime would be released worldwide on December 1, 2021. On March 26, 2022, it was announced at the Netflix Anime Japan event that the second set of twelve episodes would be released on Fall 2022.

Regions
Although Netflix is available for streaming in over 190 countries, the series is currently only fully available within selected countries in and. Currently, Stone Ocean and Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan are the only seasons so far to have received a worldwide release.