JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険, JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken), also known as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 第3部 スターダストクルセイダーズ, JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Dai San Bu Sutādasuto Kuruseidāzu), is an OVA adaptation of Stardust Crusaders produced by A.P.P.P.
The original six-episode series, published from November 1993 to November 1994, begins at the ""The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul" arc, with the Joestar Group in the Egyptian desert on their quest to find DIO. The series offers very little exposition, assuming the viewer is already familiar with the backstory and first half of Stardust Crusaders. A prequel seven-episode series was released from May 2000 to January 2002, beginning from the start of the Part and abridging its first half to form a complete adventure.
Super Techno Arts published an English dub of the 2000 series from 2003 to early 2004 before putting the publication on indefinite hiatus, eventually releasing a dub for the 1993 series throughout the latter half of 2005.
Cast
Voice Actor(s):
Jurota Kosugi
Voice Actor(s):
Abie Hadjitarkhani
Voice Actor(s):
Jacques Albaret
Voice Actor(s):
Ivo De Palma
Voice Actor(s):
Chikao Ohtsuka
Voice Actor(s):
Michael Bennett
Voice Actor(s):
François Siener
Voice Actor(s):
Enrico Bertorelli
Voice Actor(s):
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Voice Actor(s):
J.S. Gilbert
Voice Actor(s):
Pascal Germain
Voice Actor(s):
Marco Balbi
Voice Actor(s):
Hirotaka Suzuoki
Voice Actor(s):
Doug Boyd
Voice Actor(s):
Pierre-François Pistorio
Voice Actor(s):
Diego Sabre
Voice Actor(s):
Katsuji Mori
Voice Actor(s):
Mark Atherlay
Voice Actor(s):
Jérôme Pauwels
Voice Actor(s):
Riccardo Lombardo
Voice Actor(s):
Uncredited
Voice Actor(s):
Uncredited
Voice Actor(s):
Uncredited
Voice Actor(s):
Aldo Stella
Voice Actor(s):
Nobuo Tanaka
Voice Actor(s):
Andrew Chaikin
Voice Actor(s):
J. François Vlerick
Voice Actor(s):
Marco Balzarotti
Voice Actor(s):
Takeshi Aono
Voice Actor(s):
Uncredited
Voice Actor(s):
Frantz Confiac
Voice Actor(s):
Lorenzo Scattorin
Voice Actor(s):
Kenji Utsumi
Voice Actor(s):
Curt Menn
Voice Actor(s):
Cyrille Artaux
Voice Actor(s):
Oliviero Corbetta
Voice Actor(s):
Rika Fukami
Voice Actor(s):
Elaine Clark
Voice Actor(s):
Anne Dolan
Voice Actor(s):
Elisabetta Cesone
Voice Actor(s):
Mugihito
Voice Actor(s):
Dave Arendash
Voice Actor(s):
François Creton
Voice Actor(s):
Giovanni Battezzato
Voice Actor(s):
Norio Wakamoto
Voice Actor(s):
Roger Jackson
Voice Actor(s):
Sylvain Lemarié
Voice Actor(s):
Claudio Moneta
Voice Actor(s):
Koji Nakata
Voice Actor(s):
Uncredited
Voice Actor(s):
Emmanuel Gradi
Voice Actor(s):
Gianluca Iacono
Voice Actor(s):
Rei Sakuma (Episode 1-7)
Arisa Andō (Episode 8-13)
Voice Actor(s):
Carrie Francis
Voice Actor(s):
Magali Barney
Voice Actor(s):
Mariana Thovez
Ryoko Kinomiya
Voice Actor(s):
Uncredited
Voice Actor(s):
Brigitte Guedj
Voice Actor(s):
Annamaria Mantovani
Jurota Kosugi
Voice Actor(s):
Uncredited
Voice Actor(s):
Uncredited
Voice Actor(s):
Uncredited
Megumi Toyoguchi
Voice Actor(s):
Alexandria Lee Coldman
Voice Actor(s):
Uncredited
Voice Actor(s):
Donatella Fanfani
Junpei Takiguchi
Voice Actor(s):
Charles Martinet
Voice Actor(s):
Uncredited
Voice Actor(s):
Riccardo Peroni
Sayuri Kubo
Voice Actor(s):
Sayuri Kubo
Voice Actor(s):
Uncredited
Voice Actor(s):
Uncredited
Saburo Kamei
Takehiro Murozono
Sayaka Aoki
Shiho Kawaragi
Kokoro Shindō
Sayaka Aoki
Takehiro Murozono
Kazuyuki Ishikawa
Tomohisa Asō
Asako Fujii
Nanako Fukushima
Takehiro Murozono
Kazuyuki Ishikawa
Episodes
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: May 10, 2003
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: July 26, 2005
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: September 24, 2005
: October 25, 2005
: October 25, 2005
Controversy
In May 2008, both A.P.P.P. and Shueisha halted OVA/manga shipments of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure after a complaint had been launched against them from an Egyptian cleric, after noticing a scene in the OVAs that had the villain, DIO, reading a book depicting pages from the Qur'an.[1] This recall affected the English-language release of the manga as well, causing VIZ Media and Shueisha to cease publication for a year. Even though the manga did not feature that specific scene, Shueisha had Araki redraw scenes that depicted characters fighting on top of, and destroying, mosques.[1] VIZ resumed publication a year later, with the eleventh volume being published on April 7, 2009, though distribution of the OVA had been permanently canceled.[2]
The controversy was such that the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs addressed the issue in an official report about this incident.
Soundtracks
Gallery
Promotional Material
Concept Art
Volume Releases
Collections
Videos
Bonus Features
Trivia
- During the production of the 2000 OVA, A.P.P.P. considered using traditional cel animation like the 1993 OVA before ultimately settling for digital color in the final version. Early footage of the first episode before the switch to digital color can be seen in the promotional VHS tape The Making of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, which was distributed by Super Techno Arts at English-language events.
- N'Doul's French voice actor, Emmanuel Gradi, would later voice Kars in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation.