JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (season 1)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Top: The key visual for the Phantom Blood arc, depicting Jonathan Joestar (foreground) and Dio Brando (background) holding the Stone Mask
Bottom: The key visual for the Battle Tendency arc, depicting Joseph Joestar (left) and Caesar Zeppeli (right) in front of the tomb of the Pillar Men
Country of origin Japan
No. of episodes 26
Release
Original network Tokyo MX
Original release October 5, 2012 (2012-10-05) – April 5, 2013 (2013-04-05)
Season chronology

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険, JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken) is the first season of a 2012 anime television series produced by David Production based on the manga of the same name by Hirohiko Araki, adapting the first two arcs, Phantom Blood (ファントムブラッド, Fantomu Buraddo) and Battle Tendency (戦闘潮流, Sentō Chōryū). The Phantom Blood arc, which aired on Tokyo MX between October 5 and November 30, 2012, revolves around the mysterious adventures of the Joestar family, beginning with an encounter involving Jonathan Joestar, his adoptive brother Dio Brando and a mysterious Stone Mask. The Battle Tendency arc, which aired on Tokyo MX between December 7, 2012, and April 5, 2013, focuses on Jonathan's grandson, Joseph Joestar, and his fight against the mysterious Pillar Men.

The series was released on a series of nine DVDs and Blu-rays between January 30 and September 27, 2013, with the Blu-ray releases having the option of English subtitles.[1] Crunchyroll began streaming the series in April 2014. The English DVD was released by Warner Home Video on September 22, 2015 with both English and Japanese audio with closed captioning for the English dub only.[2] Viz Media released an English Blu-ray set on July 25, 2017 that includes English and Japanese audio with new subtitles for the Japanese.[3] A second season, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders, based on the series' third arc, began airing from April 4, 2014.

Voice cast

Character Japanese voice English voice Phantom Blood Battle Tendency
Jonathan Joestar Kazuyuki Okitsu Johnny Yong Bosch Green tick Red X
Joseph Joestar Tomokazu Sugita Ben Diskin
Richard Epcar (epilogue)		 Red X Green tick
Dio Brando Takehito Koyasu Patrick Seitz Green tick Red X
Erina Pendleton/Joestar Ayako Kawasumi Michelle Ruff Green tick Green tick
Robert E. O. Speedwagon Yoji Ueda Keith Silverstein Green tick Green tick
Will A. Zeppeli Yoku Shioya B.J. Oakie Green tick Red X
Caesar Zeppeli Takuya Satō Bryce Papenbrook Red X Green tick
Rudol von Stroheim Atsushi Imaruoka W.T. Falke Red X Green tick
Lisa Lisa Atsuko Tanaka Wendee Lee Red X Green tick
Smokey Brown Yū Hayashi Robbie Daymond Red X Green tick
Suzie Q Sachiko Kojima Stephanie Sheh Red X Green tick
Kars Kazuhiko Inoue Will Barrett Red X Green tick
Esidisi Keiji Fujiwara Chris Jai Alex Red X Green tick
Wamuu Akio Ōtsuka George C. Cole Red X Green tick

Production

Music

The first season of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure uses three pieces of theme music, two opening themes and one ending theme. The first opening theme is the song "JoJo (Sono Chi no Sadame)" (ジョジョ～その血の運命～, "JoJo ~That Blood's Destiny~") performed by Hiroaki "Tommy" Tominaga, vocalist of Japanese "brass rock" band Bluff, as the opening theme for the Part 1 episodes. The score for Part 1 was composed by Hayato Matsuo, and was released in two parts as Destiny, a bonus disc in the first Blu-ray box set released on January 30, 2013, and Future, a separate CD release on February 22, 2013. Future debuted at number 95 on the Billboard Japan Top Albums charts[4] and peaked at 115 on the Oricon Weekly Album Charts.[5] The opening theme song for the Part 2 episodes is "Bloody Stream" by Coda.[6] Its score is composed by Taku Iwasaki, and was released in two parts as Musik (German for "Music"), a standalone CD release on March 29, 2013, and as Leicht Verwendbar (German for "Light User"[Note 1]), a bonus disc for Blu-ray box set volume 4 on April 26, 2013. Musik debuted at number 63 on the Japan Top Albums charts[7] and at 89 on the Weekly Album Charts.[8] The ending theme for the whole season is British progressive rock band Yes' 1972 single "Roundabout".

Episodes

Phantom Blood

No. Title Writer Original airdate English airdate[Note 2]
1"Dio the Invader"[9]
"Shinryakusha Dio" (侵略者ディオ)		Yasuko KobayashiOctober 5, 2012October 15, 2016[10]
2"A Letter From the Past"[11]
"Kako kara no Tegami" (過去からの手紙)		Yasuko KobayashiOctober 12, 2012October 22, 2016
3"Youth with Dio"[12]
"Dio to no Seishun" (ディオとの青春)		Yasuko KobayashiOctober 19, 2012November 5, 2016
4"Overdrive"[13]
"Ōbādoraibu" (波紋疾走（オーバードライブ）)		Shōgo YasukawaOctober 26, 2012November 12, 2016
5"The Dark Knights"[14]
"Ankoku no Kishitachi" (暗黒の騎士達)		Kazuyuki FudeyasuNovember 2, 2012November 19, 2016
6"Tomorrow's Courage"[15]
"Ashita no Yūki" (あしたの勇気)		Kazuyuki FudeyasuNovember 9, 2012November 26, 2016
7"Sorrowful Successor"[16]
"Uketsugumono" (うけ継ぐ者)		Shōgo YasukawaNovember 16, 2012December 3, 2016
8"Bloody Battle! JoJo & Dio"[17]
"Kessen! JOJO & DIO" (血戦！JOJO&DIO)		Yasuko KobayashiNovember 23, 2012December 10, 2016
9"The Final Hamon!"[18]
"Saigo no Hamon!" (最後の波紋!)		Yasuko KobayashiNovember 30, 2012December 17, 2016[19]

Battle Tendency

No. Title Writer Original airdate English airdate
10"New York's JoJo"[20]
"Nyū Yōku no JoJo" (ニューヨークのジョジョ)		Yasuko KobayashiDecember 7, 2012December 17, 2016[19]
11"The Game Master"[21]
"Gēmu no Tatsujin" (ゲームの達人)		Shinichi InotsumeDecember 14, 2012January 7, 2017
12"The Pillar Man"[22]
"Hashira no Otoko" (柱の男)		Kazuyuki FudeyasuDecember 21, 2012January 14, 2017
13"JoJo vs. the Ultimate Lifeform"[23]
"JoJo vs. Kyūkyoku Seibutsu" (JOJO vs. 究極生物)		Shōgo YasukawaJanuary 4, 2013January 21, 2017
14"Ultimate Warriors from Ancient Times"[24]
"Taiko kara Kita Kyūkyoku Senshi" (太古から来た究極戦士)		Shōgo YasukawaJanuary 11, 2013January 28, 2017
15"A Hero's Proof"[25]
"Hīrō no Shikaku" (ヒーローの資格)		Shōgo YasukawaJanuary 18, 2013February 4, 2017
16"Lisa Lisa, Hamon Coach"[26]
"Hamon Kyōshi Risarisa" (波紋教師リサリサ)		Kazuyuki FudeyasuJanuary 25, 2013February 11, 2017
17"The Deeper Plan"[27]
"Fukaku Wana o Hare!" (深く罠をはれ!)		Kazuyuki FudeyasuFebruary 1, 2013February 18, 2017
18"Von Stroheim's Revenge"[28]
"Shutorohaimu-tai no Gyakushū" (シュトロハイム隊の逆襲)		Shinichi InotsumeFebruary 8, 2013February 25, 2017
19"A Race Towards the Brink"[29]
"Shi no Gake e Tsuppashire" (死の崖へつっ走れ)		Shinichi InotsumeFebruary 15, 2013March 4, 2017
20"Young Caesar"[30]
"Shīzā Kodoku no Seishun" (シーザー孤独の青春)		Yasuko KobayashiFebruary 22, 2013March 11, 2017
21"A Hundred Against Two"[31]
"Hyaku tai Ni no Kakehiki" (100対2のかけひき)		Shōgo YasukawaMarch 1, 2013March 18, 2017
22"A True Warrior"[32]
"Shin no Kakutōsha" (真の格闘者)		Shinichi InotsumeMarch 8, 2013March 25, 2017
23"The Warrior of Wind"[33]
"Kaze ni Kaeru Senshi" (風にかえる戦士)		Kazuyuki FudeyasuMarch 15, 2013April 1, 2017
24"The Ties That Bind JoJo"[34]
"JoJo o Musubu Kizuna" (JOJOを結ぶ絆)		Yasuko KobayashiMarch 22, 2013April 8, 2017
25"The Birth of a Superbeing !!"[35]
"Chō Seibutsu no Tanjō !!" (超生物の誕生 !!)		Yasuko KobayashiMarch 29, 2013April 15, 2017
26"The Ascendant One"[36]
"Kami to Natta Otoko" (神となった男)		Yasuko KobayashiApril 5, 2013April 15, 2017

Notes

    1. ↑ The album title uses the wrong translation of "light", with "leicht" meaning "light" as in weight rather than "Licht" meaning "light" as in a source of illumination. Similarly, "verwendbar" translates as "usable", with the phrase "leicht verwendbar" actually meaning "easy to use".
    2. ↑ All episodes of Season 1 were initially released in English on DVD on September 22, 2015, but to correspond with the Japanese column, the airdates here will refer to their first English television airings on Adult Swim's Toonami block.

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