Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll, headquartered San Francisco, California, is an American media distribution company that primarily focuses on streaming Japanese anime and manga. It was founded in 2006 by Kun Gao and a group of University of California, Berkeley graduates.
The site currently streams the official subs for all 4 seasons of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation, including Stardust Crusaders, Diamond is Unbreakable and Golden Wind.
Summary
In April 2014, Crunchyroll began airing the second season of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure TV anime, Stardust Crusaders, along with releasing the first season, Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency.[1]
| Seasons | Start date | End date |
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| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | Apr 4, 2014 | Apr 11, 2014 |
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Re-Edited | May 30, 2014 | N/A |
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders | Apr 4, 2014 | Sep 12, 2014 |
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - Battle in Egypt | Jan 9, 2015 | Jun 19, 2015 |
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable | Apr 1, 2016 | Dec 23, 2016 |
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind | Oct 5, 2018 | Jul 28, 2019 |
Crunchyroll Anime Awards
Most Popular "Other"
- Hero of the Year: Josuke Higashikata (2017)
(Winner: Izuku Midoriya - My Hero Academia) - Best Boy: Josuke Higashikata (2017)
(Winner: Yuri Katsuki - Yuri on Ice) - Best Action: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (2017)
(Winner: Mob Psycho 100)
Nominees
- Villain of the Year: Yoshikage Kira (2017)
(Winner: Gaku Yashiro - Erased) - Best Opening Sequence: "Fighting Gold" by Coda (2019)
(Winner: "Kiss of Death" by Mika Nakashima x Hyde - Darling in the Franxx) - Best Boy: Bruno Bucciarati (2020)
(Winner: Tanjiro Kamado - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) - Best Score: Yugo Kanno (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind) (2020)
(Winner: Mocky - Carole & Tuesday) - Best Fight Scene: King Crimson vs. Metallica (2020)
(Winner: Tanjiro & Nezuko vs. Rui - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
Winners
- Best Character Design: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (2019)
- Best VA Performance (JP): Yuichi Nakamura (As Bruno Bucciarati) (2020)
Censorship
- Main article: Name Variants
Crunchyroll lightly censors the episodes of the anime, and mainly changes the script of the subtitles and episode titles. This is done to hide several name that in the original version refer to music bands albums and songs. Most of them are carried over from the games JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven (e.g. Gold Experience to Golden Wind or Crazy Diamond to Shining Diamond), though there are some instances where Crunchyroll adapted a new name (e.g. Black Sabbath to Shadow Sabbath), or name changes used in previous media isn't used at all (e.g. Jean Pierre Polnareff's name being unchanged). The voices in Japanese are not changed. Some shots in specific episodes are altered so that legally troubling names are not seen written in the episodes.
Otherwise, the Crunchyroll broadcast uses the censored TV versions of the episodes due to its simulcast. Thus, the most gory shots of the series are darkened, as well as specific details such as Jotaro's underage smoking. However, nudity is not censored.
Stardust Crusaders
The "Oingo Boingo" part of the title that's seen on Tohth was censored and removed entirely; however, there are some scenes where it is left unchanged.
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Golden Wind
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