Stardust Crusaders - Episode 28
Anubis, Part 1 (「アヌビス神」 その1, 'Anubisu-shin' Sono 1)[1] is the fifty-fourth episode of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation, the twenty-eighth episode of Stardust Crusaders, and the Fourth episode of Egypt Arc. It covers Chapter 193 through most of Chapter 195 of the manga.
As the Joestar Group navigate down the Nile, the evil sword Anubis finds a new host to act as its wielder. Soon enough, Polnareff is challenged by Chaka, Anubis' host.
Summary
Kakyoin's injury is fortunately treatable, but he still needs a few days rest, thus the Joestar Group continues down the Nile river on boat to Kom Ombo.
Meanwhile, a young timid farmer named Chaka discovers a mysterious sword laying on the ground. His father and his friends take it immediately from him and try to unsheathe to check on its condition, but the sword appears to be stuck inside it. When Chaka asks to try, he effortlessly unsheathes it only for his father to steal it from his son again. The sword then suddenly moves on its own, killing Chaka's father and one of his friends. As Chaka frightfully takes it, the Stand Anubis reveals itself, corrupting Chaka's mind and ordering him to go kill the Joestar Group. As revenge for being bullied, Chaka also kills the last of his father's friends, cutting him down through a cow.
The Joestar Group's boat stops at Kom Ombo for a time, allowing Polnareff to visit the place. Incidentally, a local tries to sell fake papyrus to Polnareff, who is wise enough to see the con. However, Polnareff is separated from the group and wanders into the ruins of a temple, followed by Chaka. The two begin to fight and Polnareff has no idea what is Chaka's Stand. When Chaka cuts Polnareff through a stone pillar, Polnareff realizes that his sword is the Stand. Chaka attempts to make a pillar fall on him and use the stone as cover as he cuts the Frenchman down, but Polnareff uses a secret technique to deflect a piece of Silver Chariot's sword into Chaka's neck, knocking him unconscious.
When Polnareff inspects the sword for himself, he comes close to being swayed by its influence before Jotaro and the others arrive. Nonetheless, he keeps the sword until he can go to a police station and have it secured. As Jotaro and Polnareff stop by a barbershop on their way to take the sword to a police station, Anubis possesses the barber, Khan, who prepares to kill Polnareff.
Appearances
Credits
Sachiko Mori
Izumi Kawada
Airi Ishikawa
Sae Akama
Chika Ishida
Hisashi Samejima
Hitomi Shiraki
Tetsuro Taira
Shunichi Ishimoto
Gakushi Maeda
Manabu Imura
Kanta Suzuki
Yuzuru Jogashima
Hirotaka Nii
Hiroki Goto
Kayo Nomichi
Asami Endo
Yoshihiro Yoshioka
Kaori Saito
Etsuko Minami
Miyuki Nakayama
森 幸子
河田 泉
石川 愛理
赤間 紗枝
石田 千夏
鮫島 寿志
白木 仁美
平良 哲朗
石本 峻一
前田 学史
井村 学
鈴木 勘太
城ヶ島 譲
仁井 宏隆
後藤 洋輝
野道 佳代
遠藤 麻未
吉岡 佳宏
斉藤 香織
三波 悦子
中山 みゆき
Natsuki Orikasa
Masami Gohda
Shinya Ito
Haru Watanabe
Hanae Uraoka
Hanako Egami
Nayuta Mori
Asami Ota
White Line
Sakura Create
Asahi Production
Snowdrop
Studio Mausu
Triple A
Kino Production
折笠 奈津樹
合田 真さ美
伊藤 進也
渡邊 葉瑠
浦岡 華絵
江上 華子
森 なゆた
太田 麻美
WHITE LINE
作楽クリエイト
旭プロダクション
株式会社スノードロップ
マウス
Triple A
きのプロダクション
David Production
Makoto Yaguchi
Mai Oshima
矢口 真琴
大島 舞
David Production
Yusaku Nagahama
Rie Takahashi
長濱 佑作
高橋 梨恵
Triple A
Asahi Production
Triple A
旭プロダクション
伊藤 公崇
前田 学史
Aiki Watanabe
渡辺 藍希
株式会社サイバーコネクトツー
Music
Manga/Anime Differences
- Scenes featuring Iggy were added.
- Polnareff summons Silver Chariot earlier in the encounter and brief fighting ensues, mostly of Polnareff dodging Chaka's attacks.
- A scene explaining the locals is removed from its place in the manga but is added to the end of the next episode.
- When Jotaro and Polnareff visit Khan, Jotaro is seen reading a magazine titled "Marine Life", foreshadowing his future job as a marine biologist.
In other languages
| Language | Title | Translation |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
「アヌビス神」 その1 | Anubis, Part 1 |
 English |
Anubis, Part 1 | |
 Spanish |
Anubis - Primera Parte | Anubis - Part 1 |
 Portuguese |
O Deus Anúbis - Parte 1 | The God Anubis - Part 1 |
 French |
Anubis, Partie 1 | Anubis, Part 1 |
 German |
Anubis, Teil 1 | Anubis, Part 1 |
 Hebrew |
אנוביס, חלק 1 | Anubis, Part 1 |
 Arabic |
أنوبيس، الجزء 1 | Anubis, Part 1 |
 Italian |
Anubis, Parte 1 | Anubis, Part 1 |
 Polish |
Anubis: część 1 | Anubis: part 1 |
Commentary
Here the story is developing a feeling close to that of a horror story, which we'd ensured to put in the foreground. However, the metamorphosis scene, where a meek Chaka picks up Anubis and transforms, is so sudden I can't stop finding it comical. (laughs)
The beginning of the episode allowed us to have more screentime for Kakyoin. Since he won't recover for a while, it is best to show him while we can.
The scene where Polnareff uses his secret technique and shoots his sword's blade is rendered in 3D. We have fewer occasions of using 3D in the Egypt Arc. It was the first time since Episode 25.Gallery
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Trivia
- There is a translation error in Kakyoin's medical bill. The Arabic word for wound "الجرح" is mistakenly written as "الحرج" which translates to embarrassment.
