JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Episode 22

Final Mode: Atmospheric Rift!! (最終流法(ファイナルモード) 「渾楔颯」‼)

A True Warrior (真の格闘者, Shin no Kakutōsha)[1] is the twenty-second episode of season one of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation. It is also the thirteenth episode of Battle Tendency. It covers Chapter 98 to Chapter 102 of the Battle Tendency manga.

Joseph Joestar is about to begin a chariot race to the death against Wamuu. Joseph's Ripple and wits are thus pitted against Wamuu's wind powers and his genius as a warrior.

Summary

 
The race begins as the moon reappears behind the clouds

The details of the chariot race are explained to Joseph. Although he and Wamuu are driving chariots, the race remains a battle to the death. During each lap, weapons will be placed on a specific column on the tracks for the drivers to catch and wield against their opponents, the first of which is a War Hammer. Already Joseph plans to take it. The moon disappears behind a cloud and its reappearance will signal the start of the race. However, JoJo then steps down his chariot to clear the start of pebbles and the moon reappears: the race begins.

Joseph manages to get into position at the last moment and starts his chariot but Wamuu's chariot is obstructed with rubbles: as usual, JoJo has performed an underhanded trick and sabotaged the tracks while everyone was focusing on the moon. However, while Joseph takes the hammer, Wamuu grabs hold of the pillar itself and throws it into Joseph's chariot, forcing JoJo to fall down. Wamuu threatens to crush Joseph or attack him should he evade from the sides, but JoJo manages to use the hammer as a pole to avoid getting trampled by Wamuu's horses and jumps on the horse.

But, Wamuu has already hidden inside a horse and grabs his foot only for the boot to come but then uses his "Divine Sandstorm". But, JoJo then quickly ties Wamuu's arms with Ripple-infused reins to slow the rotation of the arms. Ultimately, he lands on his chariot relatively unscathed while Wamuu's arms are heavily damaged and is shocked to have had his ultimate technique beaten. Nonetheless, Wamuu is a warrior-born: gouging his eyes out as a psychic lock to regain his spirits, the Pillar Man reveals his horn to read the wind instead.

 
Wamuu is pierced by an iron ball, as planned by Joseph

As the second lap offers a pair of Crossbows, JoJo ends up picking one that is too big for him to use. Wamuu uses the wind to guide his shots with the smaller crossbow, managing to hit one of JoJo's horses. Joseph makes the mistake of trying to keep the central fire between him and Wamuu, allowing the warrior to guess his position and hit his sides with a deflected shot. As Joseph is thrown to the ground, the momentum of the fall luckily allows him to cock his crossbow without the others noticing. JoJo takes the shot but seemingly utterly fails and appears cornered. However, as Wamuu is standing where JoJo was when he was hit, Joseph has used the same rebound trajectory to hit the Pillar Man from behind, although the much more powerful crossbow and the Ripple make it so the ball pierces Wamuu's chest.

Wamuu falls and is heavily disadvantaged, but as a last ditch effort, throws his severed arms at Joseph. They end up driving him into the walls of the central pillar and choking him, and the exhausted Joseph cannot move or produce the Ripple. For his part, Wamuu unleashes his Final Mode: the Atmospheric Rift.

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Characters

Credits

Staff
Script (脚本)
Shinichi Inotsume
猪爪 慎一
Storyboard (絵コンテ)
Shin Misawa
三沢 伸
Episode Director (演出)
Naomi Nakayama
中山 奈緒美
Animation Director (作画監督)
Shuichi Hara
Yoshifumi Terai
原 修一
寺井 佳史
Assistant Animation Director (作画監督補)
Toshiya Kono
河野 敏弥
Key Animation (原画)
Shuichi Hara
Tomoyuki Munehiro
Kazunobu Hoshi
Shigeki Sato
Mayu Matsushima
Ayaka Hakkaku
Hironori Tanaka
Noboru Kawamori
Teruaki Tokumaru
Yoshihiro Maeda
Kazuya Nakanishi
Sonomi Sugimura
Kazuya Sakamoto
Kasei
Makoto Shimojima
Miyuki Nakayama
Matsuko Taira
Shunsuke Imanaka
Keisuke Endo
Shingo Ogiso
Norikazu Ishigooka
Tatsuya Shiraishi
原 修一
宗廣 智行
星 和伸
佐藤 滋記
松嶌 舞夢
八角 彩香
田中 宏紀
川森 昇
徳丸 輝明
前田 義宏
中西 和也
杉村 苑美
坂本 一也
火 星
下島 誠
中山 みゆき
平 松子
今中 俊輔
遠藤 圭佑
小木曽 伸吾
石郷岡 範和
白石 達也
2nd Key Animation (第二原画)
Toshiya Kono
Sonomi Sugimura
Tetsuya Takai
Ayaka Hakkaku
Nobuo Iino
Eiji Shirai
Sakura Takagi
Tomohito Matsuhiro
Sachiko Suzuki
Yoshiko Imazato
Maru Watanabe
Naoki Hiramura
Deng Jiamei
Takeshi Moriyama
Masafumi Nakagawa
Aya Nishimura
Production EN
Asahi Production
Hebaraki
Pierrot
KJP
Studio Liberty
Candy Box
Trigger
White Line
河野敏弥
杉村 苑美
高井 哲也
八角 彩香
飯野 伸夫
白井 英治
高木 さくら
松広 友仁
鈴木 祥子
今里 佳子
渡邊 マル
平村 直紀
鄧 佳湄
森山 剛史
中川 雅文
西村 彩
Production EN
旭プロダクション
ヘバラギ
ぴえろ
KJP
スタジオリバティ
キャンティーボックス
トリガー
WHITE LINE
In-between Animation (動画)
In-between Animation Inspection
Toshiya Kono
河野 敏弥

Jiko Abe
Kazunari Araki
Haruka Itou
Ken Endo
Kenji Takeya
Masayo Tamaki
Yuka Chomei
Nana Hashiguchi
RIC
BEEP
White Line
Triple A
阿部 慈光
荒木 一成
伊藤 春香
遠藤 謙
竹谷 健司
玉置 雅代
長命 幸佳
橋口 菜々
RIC
BEEP
WHITE LINE
AAA
david production
Sae Akama
Takahiro Okawa
赤間 紗枝
大川 貴大
Design Cooperation (デザイン協力)
Jun Ishigami
Yoshifumi Terai
Gorou Murata
石神 潤
寺井 佳史
村田 護郎
3DCGI
Sanzigen (サンジゲン)
CG Producer
Hiroaki Matsuura
松浦 裕暁
CG Line Director
Takahiro Uezono
上薗 隆浩
Rigging artist
Takehisa Kaneda
金田 剛久
Animator
Tsukasa Kawasaki
Masaaki Susowake
Yusaku Uchida
Hiroyasu Nishino
川崎 司
裾分 雅明
内田 優作
西野 弘泰
3D Modeling (3Dモデリング)
Takehito Kobayashi
小林 武人
Momomo Works (もももワークス)
Motonobu Kawashima
Naoyuki Seki
Hiroka Fujita
川島 基展
関 直幸
藤田 広香
Betop Japan (Betop Japan株式会社)
Liu Jiaming
Wong Wai
劉 佳銘
王 偉

Sanzigen (サンジゲン)
Tatsuya Shimano
島野 達也
Digital Works (デジタルワークス)
David Production
亀井 隆広
工藤 かよ
Puavaranukroh Taweeporn

Music

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 22: A True Warrior
Start End Title OST Description

00:00
02:35
Fields of fright
Battle Tendency (Musik)
The chariot race will begin...
02:36
04:05
BLOODY STREAM
BLOODY STREAM
Opening
04:07
06:41
Overdrive
Battle Tendency (Musik)
Joseph's little trick/Joseph takes the hammer, Wamuu the pillar
06:48
07:57
Skew
Battle Tendency (Leicht Verwendbar)
Joseph on the ground, ready to be crushed
07:58
09:40
WELCOME TO THE WORLD
Battle Tendency (Musik)
Joseph jumps on the horse/Wamuu in the horses
09:41
10:14
Take Cover
Battle Tendency (Musik)
Wamuu has tricked Joseph, now the Divine Sandstorm
10:15
11:01
Maze
Battle Tendency (Leicht Verwendbar)
Kars proposes to Lisa Lisa that she poisons herself
11:24
12:53
Pulse
Battle Tendency (Leicht Verwendbar)
Joseph has tricked Wamuu by tying his arms
12:54
13:49
Rubicon
Battle Tendency (Musik)
Crossbows for the racers
13:57
15:25
Ancientry
Battle Tendency (Leicht Verwendbar)
Wamuu regains his fighting spirit by gouging his eyes out
15:28
16:21
Elephant Talk 1
Battle Tendency (Musik)
Joseph takes the big crossbow
16:21
18:03
Burning Colosseum
Battle Tendency (Musik)
Wamuu hits Joseph with the crossbow
18:07
19:59
Gambit
Battle Tendency (Leicht Verwendbar)
Joseph tries to shoot Wamuu
19:59
20:42
Fend off
Battle Tendency (Leicht Verwendbar)
Joseph great trick: shooting Wamuu from behind
20:54
21:33
Pulse
Battle Tendency (Leicht Verwendbar)
Wamuu tries to kick Joseph
21:34
21:51
I'm in control
Battle Tendency (Musik)
Rebuff Overdrive
22:25
23:23
Elephant Talk 2
Battle Tendency (Musik)
Final Mode: Atmospheric Rift
23:24
24:55
Roundabout
Roundabout
Ending
24:56
25:10
Oh please...
Battle Tendency (Musik)
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Manga/Anime Differences

  • In the manga, Joseph stalled Wamuu by collapsing the ground under one of his wheels. In the anime, he simply places rocks in front of it.
  • The anime removed the scene where one of the zombies demonstrates the crossbows by firing one.
  • The impact from Wamuu's pillar caused Joseph's chariot to lose a wheel in the manga. In the anime, it simply bent the chariot.
  • In the manga, Joseph's chariot was already destroyed by the time he grabbed his crossbow. Joseph was already on the horse when Wamuu headshot it, forcing him to jump onto the other one. In the anime, Joseph's chariot was still intact, and it was only when Wamuu shot the horse's head did Joseph jump from the chariot onto the other horse.

In other languages

Language Title Translation
Japan Japanese 真の格闘者 A True Warrior
China Chinese 真正的格鬥者 A True Fighter
United States of America English A True Warrior
Spain Spanish Un auténtico guerrero A true warrior
Brazil Portuguese Um Genuíno Guerreiro (Crunchyroll)
Um Guerreiro Genuíno (Crunchyroll's subtitles)
Um Guerreiro de Verdade (Netflix)
A Genuine Warrior
A True Warrior
France French Un véritable guerrier ! A true warrior!
Germany German Ein wahrer Krieger A true Warrior
Israel Hebrew לוחם אמיתי Real Warrior
Flag of the Arab League Arabic المحارب الحقيقي The real warrior
Italy Italian Un vero guerriero A true warrior
Czech Republic Czech Pravý bojovník A True warrior
Poland Polish Prawdziwy wojownik A true warrior

Commentary

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Shin Miwasa was in charge of the storyboard. Having been a director on Initial D, he's knowledgeable in 3DCG work. So he also had to take care of modeling the arena; double trouble (laughs).

The steel spheres are really superb. They fly so fast you can barely see them (laughs). I love the conversation between Kars and Lisa Lisa. They are both spectators of the fight between Joseph and Wamuu and give commentary as twists come. They are on an emotional rollercoaster (laughs). It's particularly enjoyable to see Kars lose his composure.

On the whole, this episode is really exciting. There are lots of classy action scenes here and there. Wamuu is an honorable and particularly interesting character. Since the beginning of the series, I was apprehensive of the moment we'd have to adapt this chariot race. But in the end, we managed to go through it without ordeal.

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