Jotaro's hat in Stardust Crusaders
Jotaro's first hat in Diamond is Unbreakable
Jotaro's hat in Vento Aureo
Jotaro's hat in Stone Ocean
Emporio's Mobile Phone, in Stone Ocean Ep. 34
Jodio's cup in TJL Chapter 1
Lucky Land Communications (ラッキーランドコミュニケーションズ, Rakkī Rando Komyunikēshonzu) is the personal company and manga studio of Hirohiko Araki. Based in Tokyo, Japan, it is where he and his assistants work on creating the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga series.
Lucky Land Communications is usually listed as the copyright holder on any published works, media, and merchandise relating to the series.
As creators of the source material, Hirohiko Araki & LUCKY LAND COMMUNICATIONS own the rights to the series and will often negotiate with other companies, such as Shueisha to mass produce and publicly distribute the manga, as well as various other merchandise. Other companies and organizations will often collaborate with Shueisha or directly with Araki's team to produce a wide variety of goods ranging from clothing lines, video games, and printed material, including their localized versions in other countries.
Araki's manga studio is located on the upper floor of a luxurious five-storey apartment complex in Tokyo, which was first constructed in 1990. Araki moved into the studio sometime during Steel Ball Run, with it first appearing in an August 2007 interview titled "I Want to Receive the World's Best JoJo's Bizarre Lessons" with Shoko Nakagawa.
Entering the apartment is a small hallway which leads directly into the main workspace, kitchen area, and corridor. On the right side of the hallway are manga awards and trophies that Araki has won over the decades for his series, as well as items that were brought back from his trips aboard. From the hallway to the main workspace is a large spacious living area that leads out to a balcony. In the center of the room are four large drawings desks for both Araki and his assistants, so that they can work together in close proximity.
At the corners of the workspace are various shelves and drawers stock full of all the essential tools and equipment that Araki needs to draw, including fountain pens, pencils, inks, blank manuscript paper, and a large collection of screentones. On the right side of the workspace there's a large bookshelf full of encyclopedias, art books, model cars, and fashion catalogues that are used for reference when drawing. Araki also keeps various manga series from other authors on his reference shelf, including Monster, Vagabond, Gunnm, Fist of the North Star, Fullmetal Alchemist, KochiKame, Dragon Ball, I Am a Hero, AKIRA, Hitomi no Catoblepas, and Yushun no Mon.[2]
Separated away from the main workspace is an additional room mainly used by two of Araki's assistants, which includes personal computers, drawing tablets, and a photo copier machine.
Jotaro's hat in Stardust Crusaders
Jotaro's first hat in Diamond is Unbreakable
Jotaro's hat in Vento Aureo
Jotaro's hat in Stone Ocean
Emporio's Mobile Phone, in Stone Ocean Ep. 34
Jodio's cup in TJL Chapter 1
Chapter 225 Cover B
Chapter 274 Cover B
Chapter 290 Cover B
Chapter 321 Cover B
Chapter 345 Cover B
JJL Chapter 1 Cover B
Weekly Shonen Jump 1992 Issue #33 Cover
Weekly Shonen Jump 1993 Issue #1 Cover
Ultra Jump 2011 Issue #6 Cover
Ultra Jump 2020 Issue #1 Cover
Ultra Jump 2021 Issue #5 Cover
Weekly Shonen Jump 1992 Issue #25 Catchphrase Grand Prix
JoJo6251 Inside Illustration
JoJo6251 Inside Illustration
JoJolion announcement, Ultra Jump April 19, 2011
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JOJOVELLER Inside Illustration
Hirohiko Araki JoJo Exhibition: Ripples of Adventure Kokuryu Icchorai Sake
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