JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Episode 12 (OVA)

DIO's World: Kakyoin -The Duel in the Web
General information
Episode	12
Season	1
Japanese Name	DIO(ディオ)の世界 花京院 結界の死闘
Romanized	DIO no Sekai: Kakyōin: Kekkai no Shitō
Localized Title	Dio's "The World" - Kakyoin - Duel in the Barrier
Runtime	35:00
Chapters Adapted	250-256
Air Dates
Japanese	October 21, 1994
English	October 25, 2005
Other Information
Opening Theme	Dio's Dervish
Ending Theme	Dio's Theme
Episode guide
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DIO's World: Kakyoin - The Duel in the Web (DIO(ディオ)の世界 花京院 結界の死闘, DIO no Sekai: Kakyōin: Kekkai no Shitō) is the twelfth episode of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure OVA. It adapts Chapter 250 through Chapter 256 of the manga.

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

Characters

(Temporary death)

Joseph Joestar

(Death)

Noriaki Kakyoin

DIO

(1st appearance) (Death)

Wilson Phillips

Jotaro Kujo

Stands

(1st appearance)

The World

Star Platinum

(Death)

Hierophant Green

(Temporary death)

Hermit Purple

Credits

Staff

Script (脚本)

Satoshi Kon

今　敏

Storyboard (絵コンテ)

Satoshi Kon

今　敏

Episode Director (演出)

Yamanaka Eiji

山中 英治

Animation Director (作画監督)

Masahiro Kurio

栗尾 昌宏

Character Design (キャラクターデザイン)

Junichi Hayama

羽山 淳一

Mechanical Animation Director (メカ作画監督)

Satoshi Shishido

宍戸 聡

Key Animation (原画)

Michiyo Suzuki
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

鈴木 美千代
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

In-between Animation Inspection (動画チェック)

Yasuhiro Irie
Takanobu Nagaoka
Ryoji Enomoto

矢口 卓志
長岡 孝喜
榎本 良二

In-between Animation (動画)

Yuichiro Miyake
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

三宅 雄一郎
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

Manga/OVA Differences

• Polnareff and Jotaro remain separated from the battle with DIO, and consequently their scenes together are omitted.
• Kakyoin discussing his recovered wounds occurs as the two are driving, rather than prior to entering DIO's mansion.
• Rather than approaching Phillips' stopped car, DIO totals the car's front as it seemingly runs into him.
• When DIO first asks Phillips to drive, he points out that his driver has been knocked out and offers him money to catch a taxi.
• An original scene sees Jotaro bandaging his wounds from DIO's first attack, wondering how he managed to survive, and pondering the similarity between DIO's Stand and his own.
• Joseph warns Kakyoin against using Emerald Splash to attack DIO a third time, but he ignores the warning.
• Phillips' car explodes in a head-on collision with a train that Joseph and Kakyoin narrowly avoid.
• After Phillips' car crashes, Kakyoin theorizes that DIO's ability might involve teleportation of some kind.
• Kakyoin's flashback to his lonely youth is omitted.
• The sequence where DIO pursues Joseph and Kakyoin is extended, with Joseph using Hermit Purple to destablize a building that DIO crashes into.
• The confrontation between DIO and Kakyoin is extended. Kakyoin expresses his resolve to never fall to fear again during the conversation, rather than during the battle against Telence T. D'Arby.
• DIO deflects Kakyoin's 20-Meter Radius Emerald Splash before summoning The World.
• The time of Kakyoin's death is changed from 5:15 to 7:00, though he still says it is around midnight in Japan.
• Before thinking about DIO's Stand, Kakyoin thanks Jotaro and the others for allowing him to overcome his fear.
• Jotaro reaches the site of Joseph and DIO's battle on a motorcycle, rather than on foot.
• DIO kills Joseph with three seconds of time-stop to spare, rather than only one as in the original story.

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LD/VHSDVD (1993 & 2000)

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  1993 Laserdisc Front Cover

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  1993 Laserdisc Front & Back Cover

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  1993 Laserdisc Insert

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  1993 VHS Cover

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  2000's DVD re-release Front

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  2000's VHS re-release Front & Back Cover

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  2000's DVD/VHS Clean Cover

Other

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  Animage October 1994 Episode 12 Advertisement

Trivia

• Various signs throughout the episode bear the names and logos of real-world brands, as an intentional risk taken by Studio A.P.P.P. to provide authenticity to the world of JoJo.
• 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.