Phantom Blood (Film)

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For the TV anime adaption, see JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation.

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 ファントム ブラッド, JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Fantomu Buraddo) is a movie adaptation of Phantom Blood of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga series, produced by Studio A.P.P.P.. The film was produced to commemorate the 25th anniversary of creator Hirohiko Araki's career as a manga artist and was released theatrically on February 17, 2007 in Japan. It was never released on home media. Even though the film is not considered lost media because the studio that produced it shelved it indefinitely, the full movie remains missing from the public.

The theme song was "VOODOO KINGDOM", a single by the group SOUL'd OUT.

Cast

Cast Voice Actors
Jonathan Joestar Katsuyuki Konishi
Erina Pendleton Nana Mizuki
Dio Brando Hikaru Midorikawa
William Anthonio Zeppeli Rikiya Koyama
George Joestar I Tsutomu Isobe
Dario Brando Kazutaka Ozawa
Wang Chan Jun Idota
Bruford Toru Nara
Tarkus Yoshinori Sonobe
Tonpetty Yoshisada Sakaguchi

Manga/Film Differences[1][2][3][4]

  • Dio's inner monologues are not depicted. His motives for bullying Jonathan are never explained.
  • The boxing match, rugby game and Jonathan's first encounter with Erina are omitted.
  • Two extra scenes are added: one where Dio steps on Jonathan's necklace from Erina and another where Jonathan hurts himself on a needle Dio places in his bed.
  • The concept of the Ripple is not explained clearly. The Ripple's dexterity is also never demonstrated, it is treated as a "fighting energy" used to power up Jonathan's punches.
  • Robert E. O. Speedwagon is presented as a minor villain; he is defeated at Ogre Street and is never mentioned again.
  • Jonathan's fight with Jack the Ripper is omitted.
  • Dio uses his vampiric power to transform his hideout in Windknight's Lot into a giant castle.
  • Dio does not meet the protagonists in the graveyard; the Dark Knights, Bruford and Tarkus are already waiting for them and are taken out quickly by Jonathan's Ripple Overdrive.
    • The scene where Bruford names gives his sword to Jonathan and names it LUCK & PLUCK is omitted.
  • Tonpetty appears by himself. The characters Poco, Dire, and Straizo are not featured.
  • Tonpetty's flashback with Zeppeli takes place on a cliff as opposed to a tightrope over the Tibetan temple. Tonpetty reading Zeppeli's future also causes a shock wave that blows away the surrounding clouds.
  • Zeppeli and Jonathan confront Dio who uses his freezing technique to kill Zeppeli. The specifics behind the freezing technique and why it counters Ripple are not explained.
  • Zeppeli's hair does not turn white when he passes his life energy to Jonathan.
  • During their fight, Dio fires off multiple Space Ripper Stingy Eyes at Jonathan with poor accuracy. Dio's explanation on how the technique works is omitted.
  • Jonathan does not light his gloves on fire to counter Dio's freezing technique. He instead overcomes it by "powering up" during their clash.
  • The ship Jonathan and Erina board sails through the Pacific Ocean instead of the Alantic Ocean. This is an error as Erina is stilled rescued near the Canary Islands.
  • Jonathan does not ask Erina to save the baby on the ship. Erina enters the coffin and survives by herself.

Gallery

Promo & Concept Art

Screenshots

Videos


Trivia

  • On the movie's poster, Jonathan is modeled after Joseph from the cover of Volume 8. Whether or not this was intentional is unknown.
  • The Japanese comedy duo Speedwagon, comprised of Jun Idota and Kazuhiro Ozawa, were given roles in the movie as Dario and Wang Chan respectively, thus ironically having more involvement in the movie than the actual character.
  • During it's theatrical release, the prologue cutscene from the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood (PS2 Game) was played before the movie.

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