Joseph's Walkman

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Template:Item BoxJoseph's Walkman (ジョセフのウォークマン, Josefu no Wōkuman) is a reoccurring device that is featured at the end of every part where Joseph Joestar is present. The Walkman is a portable cassette player allowing Joseph to listen to music.

Appearance

Joseph's Walkman is initially a Sony WM-701C at the end of Battle Tendency and Stardust Crusaders. It is black with a slim, sleek design and a compact rectangular shape. It has an integrated remote control and headphone socket. The top has buttons for opening, locking, and stopping the music, whereas the side has a volume slider and buttons to change tracks. Compared to its real-life equivalent, the headphone socket and buttons on the side are reversed.

In Diamond is Unbreakable, Joseph uses a Sony MD Walkman MZ-E3 instead.

History

Joseph uses the Sony Walkman while boarding a plane to Tokyo at the end of Battle Tendency, listening to a cassette by The Beatles.[1][2] In Stardust Crusaders, he inserts a Get Back cassette into the player.[3][4]

A decade later, Joseph upgrades to a MiniDisc Walkman.[5] It is omitted in the anime adaptation.

OVA

In the Stardust Crusaders OVA, Joseph is shown listening to the Gipsy Kings instead of The Beatles.

Chapters / Episodes

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Chapters in order of appearance
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Episodes in order of appearance

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Trivia

left: Volume 12
Right: WSJ 1989 No.15
  • In the original Weekly Shonen Jump publication of Chapter 113, Joseph mentions that he is listening to Get Back by The Beatles on his Walkman. The name of the song is omitted in the volume release (as well as the TV Anime), but is still present on his cassette at the end of Stardust Crusaders.[6]
  • Joseph's Walkman was drawn by Hirohisa Onikubo in the last chapter of Battle Tendency. Hirohiko Araki purchased the same Walkman model for Reki Taki as a bonus at the end of 1988, which Onikubo referenced for his drawings. The earphones and cassette tape inside the Walkman also have the same appearance as what Taki was using at the time, although Taki wasn't listening to The Beatles.[7]


References

  1. Chapter 113: The Man Who Crossed the Atlantic
  2. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 26: The Man Who Became a God
  3. Chapter 265: The Faraway Journey, Farewell Friends
  4. Stardust Crusaders Episode 48: The Faraway Journey, Farewell Friends
  5. Chapter 439: Goodbye, Morioh - The Golden Heart
  6. ジョジョの奇妙な研究所 あの時ジョセフが聞いていた曲は?
  7. @xs1100T, "[https://twitter.com/xs1100T/status/1641600504563404800 ジョジョ原作での裏話を一つ この「ジョジョ第二部・最終回」に登場したジョセフのウォークマン。作画は当時の先輩アシで現在の私の師匠・鬼窪浩久。実物のウォークマンを見ながら描いたものですが、その持ち主は「私」でした😆前年の暮れに荒木先生から「ボーナス」として買って頂いた物です‼️]", Twitter.

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