Devil May Cry (デビル メイ クライ, Debiru Mei Kurai) is a 3D hack and slash action-adventure game developed and published by Capcom. It was directed by Hideki Kamiya and produced by Hiroyuki Kobayashi. The game's director is a fan of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and has put several references to the series in his games, notably using Joseph Joestar as the basis for the main protagonist of the game, Dante.
Muhammad Avdol (モハメド・アヴドゥル, Mohamedo Avuduru) is a primary ally featured in the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stardust Crusaders.
Introduced as an Egyptian friend of Joseph Joestar, he joins the group on their journey to defeat DIO, providing knowledge and guidance about enemy Stand users and local cultures along the way. Avdol is a Stand user and wields the fire manipulating Stand, Magician's Red.
Highway Star (ハイウェイ・スター, Haiwei Sutā) is the Stand of Yuya Fungami, featured in the fourth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Diamond is Unbreakable.
Highway Star is a humanoid Stand possessing several powers that allow it to lure or pursue its victims and drain their lifeforce.
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) is a live-action musical adaptation of Phantom Blood that ran from February 12 to April 14, 2024, closing after a run of two months. The musical was performed at the Imperial Theater in Tokyo, Sapporo Cultural Arts Theater Hitaru in Sapporo, and the Hyogo Performing Arts Center in Nishinomiya, Japan.
Tsuneyasu Motoyoshi wrote the script, and Ney Hasegawa, director of the Fujiyama Anette theater company, directed the musical. Dove Attia and Rod Janois, known for their work on the LUPIN musical, composed the music.
The musical was originally scheduled to premiere on February 6, 2024. However, on February 4, 2024, it was announced that the performances from February 6 to 8 were cancelled due to delays. On February 8, 2024, it was announced that the performances from February 10 to 11 were cancelled as well. The ticket holders were compensated with free streams of the finale performances in Kobe on April 13th and April 14th. The April 13th performance featured Yuya Matsushita and Yusuke Hirose as Jonathan and Zeppeli respectively, and the April 14th show featured Shotaro Arisawa and Yoshihisa Higashiyama.
Pre-orders for the Blu-ray release of the musical were announced in the May 2024 issue of Ultra Jump on April 18, 2024. "Sunlight Yellow" and "Midnight Blue" versions of the Blu-ray are available, each containing a single performance from February 2024: the "Sunlight Yellow" edition features Matsushita and Higashiyama, while the "Midnight Blue" edition features Arisawa and Hirose. Both versions, as well as a limited-edition box set containing a bonus disc, are planned to release on December 20, 2024.
