Fighting Gold
Opening animation
The opening begins on a pedestal shot of a stone statue standing dramatically on a rock, surrounded by a crimson scarf and a chain. Follows another shot of the chains being dragged upward by an Arrow head. At the same time, montages of the JoJo letters and symbols are displayed to finish on the show title.
Giorno's bleeding hand appears, the blood dripping onto the floor before chains appear from the puddles, surrounding Giorno who keeps a defensive pose but a determined gaze. Rose petals fly and the scene changes to Mista running into the light. Surrounded by the chains, the gunslinger draws his revolver, prepared to shoot as the camera zooms into the barrel. The rifling suddenly transforms into a spiral of chains, in the middle of which Trish helplessly fall. The scene is cut to a stone head of Abbacchio's former partner in the police hitting the ground and turning into sand, the same sand which Abbacchio places into his hands and lets flow out of them. Abbacchio finds himself in a hourglass, revealing one self the feet sinking into the sand while the camera pans to reveal the other side, his double burdened by a mass of chains.
The camera zooms into the chain then zooms out, revealing interposed shots of Narancia framed inside chain links with different lighting until Narancia is seen from the back staring away with the wind blowing. The scene cuts to a symmetrical shot of Fugo, slowly revealing his face and turning to look at the camera before leaning back. Cues another chain link transitioning into Bruno walking with resolve among the chains, a small sun rotating behind his head. At the same time, all characters turn into distinguishable color silhouettes.
Suddenly, the silhouettes fade to reveal the members of Bucciarati's Gang, who all reveal their Stands. Cut to a black and white scene where a hand (presumably Giorno's) turns the metal chains into green vines, returning the colors. Giorno summons Gold Experience who pummels the camera, a punch transitioning into Mista shooting a bullet which Sex Pistols kick into a different direction, revealing Abbacchio who uses Moody Blues to rewind the scene; Aerosmith comes in, performing a looping then shooting into the camera to finally land on Narancia's arms, only for a wrathful Fugo to summon Purple Haze who unleashes his deadly virus; the cloud invades the screen but fades away to reveal Bruno summoning Sticky Fingers, who jumps out of a zipper and pummels the camera in turn.
Sticky Fingers opens a zipper revealing a panning shot of a figure in a foetal position drapped in a cloth among floating petal roses. The figure is revealed to be Trish, who turns and looks into the light too. Cut to a scene where all the members of the gang firmly gaze at the light and walking towards it, the chains/vines breaking down in the foreground as the path to the light opens up for the characters to thread on. The opening ends of a shot of Vento Aureo's symbol in the trademark checkered background of the series.
Lyrics
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Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0NMl7wmfyQ
Tracklist
- Fighting Gold
Lyrics: Neko Oikawa / Composition & Arrangement: Toshiyuki O'mori - Fighting Gold -English Ver.-
Lyrics: Ako Takenaka / Composition & Arrangement: Toshiyuki O'mori - Fighting Gold (Instrumental)
Trivia
- The lyricist, Neko Oikawa and composer, Toshiyuki Omori are best known for their combined efforts on 'A Cruel Angel's Thesis', the opening theme of Neon Genesis Evangelion. 'Fighting Gold' is their first collaboration in 23 years.
- The trio of Buccarelli, Abacchio & Narancia being trapped and chains and "fading away" foreshadows their roles as the "sleeping slaves" whose fates are already decided and their tragic ends known before the story even begins.
