JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Episode 12 (OVA)
Summary
Night has fallen on Cairo. Joseph and Kakyoin drive through the streets of Cairo, ignorant of Jotaro or Polnareff's location. They discuss the incomprehensible power of DIO's Stand and Joseph expects DIO to come for him soon. Sure enough, DIO hijacks a car and forces Wilson Phillips, an American senator and owner of the car, to drive it.
Meanwhile, Jotaro has splintered his broken rib and is confused by DIO's power. Nonetheless, he is determined to fight the Vampire. DIO and Philips eventually catch up to Joseph's truck. Kakyoin sends Hierophant Green out to attack DIO but he easily resists the Emerald Splashes. DIO summons his Stand, The World who sends Hierophant flying with a single punch. Thankfully, Joseph speeds through train tracks, making DIO crash into a train, the Vampire is still unscathed.
During this reprieve, Kakyoin says that The World is very similar to Star Platinum but is still confused by it. The corpse of Wilson Philips then flies into the truck, making it crash. Joseph and Kakyoin must then flee on the rooftops. Nonetheless, Kakyoin has an idea to force DIO to reveal his power. After pursuing Joseph for a while, DIO finds himself surrounded by strings made of Hierophant Green shooting emeralds from all direction. When Kakyoin performs his all-out attack, DIO uses The World to stop time. That way he easily evades the projectiles, cuts through the barrier and punches the man in the stomach.
Kakyoin is sent flying into a water tank. Agonizing from his wound, Kakyoin understands the power of The World and due to his wounds, is forced to tip Joseph by destroying a clock tower. Kakyoin subsequently dies. While he flees, Joseph finally understands Kakyoin's message and also guesses that DIO cannot stop time for long but DIO attacks and makes him fall. Joseph incidentally meets Jotaro but DIO stops time and sends a knife into Joseph's throat. As he heals his ancient wounds, DIO's time stop increases in length. Angered, Jotaro advances to fight the Joestar Family's archnemesis.
Appearances
Credits
Hiroyuki Morita
Hiroyuki Uchida
Hiroshi Yoneda
Taketomo Ishikawa
Shigeyuki Suga
Katsumi Tamegai
Yoichi Mitsui
Kazuto Nakazawa
Masayasu Yoshida
Yoshihiro Kitano
Masahiko Ohkura
Hideki Hamasu
Norio Matsumoto
Katsuichi Nakayama
Hiroyuki Kanbe
Kouichi Arai
Yasushi Muraki
Junichi Hayama
Shigeki Awai
Hiroyuki Okiura
Yasuhito Kikuchi
Hiromi Naganawa
Satoshi Shishido
Masahiro Kurio
森田 宏幸
内田 広之
米田 宏
石川 健朝
須賀 重行
為我井 克美
三ツ井 洋一
中沢 一登
吉田 政保
北野 ヨシヒロ
大倉 雅彦
浜洲 英喜
松本 憲生
中山 勝一
神戸 洋行
新井 浩一
村木 靖
羽山 淳一
粟井 重紀
沖浦 啓之
菊地 康仁
長縄 宏美
宍戸 聡
栗尾 昌宏
Takanobu Nagaoka
Ryoji Enomoto
長岡 孝喜
榎本 良二
Hirotaka Marufuji
Masayuki Kawasaki
Mikio Ogawa
Hirokazu Karai
Hitomi Maeda
Mitsuhara Geto
Keiji Tani
Eiji Miyaguchi
Soji Kadoma
Shinichi Nozaki
Tetsukazu Yamagishi
Masato Ujibe
Motoi Nakamura
AIC
D.A.S.T
Studio Hatenko
Tokyo Animation Center
Lee Production
Han Young
Hana Production
Seoul Kids
丸藤 広貴
川崎 政幸
小川 幹雄
加来 洋和
前田 瞳
外戸 光晴
谷 圭司
宮口 英二
こだま 壮司
野崎 真一
山岸 徹一
宇治部 正人
中村 基
AIC
DAST
スタジオ破天荒
東京アニメーションセンター
LEE PRODUCTION
HAN YOUNG
HANA PRODUCTION
SEOUL KIDS
Music
Manga/OVA Differences
- The scene where DIO forces Wilson Philips to drive for him is more elaborate.
- Several scenes of DIO using his power to confuse Philips are added
- Philips has the occasion to openly express his anger, whereas in the manga DIO interrupted him before he could complete a sentence.
- A scene of Jotaro taking care of his wounds is added.
- Jotaro and Polnareff are separated from the beginning of the battle, resulting in scene of them together being cut.
- A scene of Joseph and Kakyoin narrowly colliding with a train is added.
- The scene of DIO pursuing Joseph is more elaborate than in the manga.
- The discussion between DIO and Kakyoin is lengthened in the OVA, where Kakyoin expresses his will to defeat DIO.
- The death of Wilson Phillips is made much gorier here than in the manga.
Gallery
LD/VHSDVD (1993 & 2000)
1993 Laserdisc Front Cover
1993 Laserdisc Front & Back Cover
1993 Laserdisc Insert
1993 VHS Cover
2000's DVD re-release Front
2000's VHS re-release Front & Back Cover
2000's DVD/VHS Clean Cover
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Other
Animage October 1994 Episode 12 Advertisement
Trivia
- 16 Minutes & 38 seconds into the episode when Joseph & Kakyoin are hopping between rooftops, a 7-Up Sign can been seen. Studio A.P.P.P. added this to remain authentic to how Cairo's billboards were in the 1980s.
- The French dub changes the dialogue when Joseph and Kakyoin are trying to figure out the secret of The World after the car chase. Instead of suggesting that DIO possesses some kind of teleportation ability, Kakyoin suggests that DIO is teleporting to a parallel dimension by opening a rift in time. He is also a lot more confident in his suggestion than in the original Japanese dialogue.
