Phantom Blood (Film)

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File:Phantom Blood subbed trailer
The second trailer to the film, subbed by TheTimeDevourer.
File:JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Phantom Blood Trailer (Old)
The first trailer to the film. Featuring music, composed by Marco d'Ambrosio, from the OVAs.
File:AAU 5th Semester Project - Jojo Compilation
The first 15 Minutes of the film, used by a college student for a Midterm. Footage given to him by his professor, who has connections with Studio A.P.P.P.

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood is a movie adaptation of Part 1 of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventuremanga series. The film was released theatrically on February 17, 2007 in Japan. The film was produced to commemorate the 25th anniversary of creator Hirohiko Araki's career as a manga artist. The theme song was "Voodoo Kingdom", a single by the group Soul'd Out.

Cast

Reception

Due to negative reaction from fans and Hirohiko Araki himself, the film was never released on any home video format.

No official information was announced regarding the reason as to why the film was dropped. However many fans who saw the film have noted their opinion as to why the film was so poorly done. The main reasons include:

  • The character, Robert Edward O Speedwagon, one of Araki's favorite characters, was removed from the story entirely.
  • The characters Poco, Dire, and Straights were also not featured. No fight occured between the protagonist and Tarkus and Bruford, as they were already dead. Naturally, this also means that Dire does not throw the hamon rose.
  • The concept of Hamon was not explained clearly.
  • The movie was too short (Approx. 90 minutes), condensed, and basically "destroyed the original story".