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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · 4d

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Ora Ora Overdrive is a major hit, earning gumi around 700 million yen ($4.7 million USD) in its launch week.
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Ora Ora Overdrive Earned Around $4.7 Million in Launch Week

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Ora Ora Overdrive is a major hit, earning gumi around 700 million yen ($4.7 million USD) in its launch week.

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · 9d

We interviewed one of the sub-character designers of the Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime, GrandGuerrilla, discussing his new role.
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Exclusive Interview with Steel Ball Run Sub-Character Designer, GrandGuerrilla

We interviewed a sub-character designer of the Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime, GrandGuerrilla, discussing his new role.

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · 11d

Photos of Hirohiko Araki's new lithograph artwork at the Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco (7-9/9)
7. Funny Valentine and Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
8. Yasuho Hirose and Paisley Park
9. Dragona Joestar and Smooth Operators

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · 11d

Photos of Hirohiko Araki's new lithograph artwork at the Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco (4-6/9)
4. Rohan Kishibe and Heaven's Door
5. Giorno Giovanna and Gold Experience
6. Jolyne Cujoh and Stone Free

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · 11d

Photos of Hirohiko Araki's new lithograph artwork at the Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco (1-3/9)
1. Jotaro Kujo and Star Platinum
2. DIO and The World
3. Josuke Higashikata and Crazy Diamond

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · 11d

The staff discuss what fans should look forward to in the Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime. They're putting major effort into the race scenes, with nearly double the key animation frames of previous seasons.
- From AAA2 (September 26, 2025)

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · 11d

Yasuhiro Kimura, Yui Kinoshita, and Daisuke Tsumagari discussing the design of the horses and Western setting in the Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime
- From AAA2 (September 26, 2025)

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · 11d

Yui Kinoshita, Yasuhiro Kimura, and Daisuke Tsumagari on the designs of Lucy/Pocoloco/Steven/Diego in the Steel Ball Run anime. Pocoloco is getting more highlights in the anime.
- From AAA2 (September 26, 2025)

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · 11d

The director Yasuhiro Kimura mentions that he had to restructure the early chapters of Steel Ball Run for the anime. It no longer begins with Sandman in Episode 1.
- From Anime Key Animation Collection AAA2 (September 26, 2025)

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · 14d

Yohei Azakami's comments on voicing Gyro Zeppeli in the Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime
- From the Steel Ball Run New Announcements Event (September 23, 2025)
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I had been reading Steel Ball Run since my student days. When I saw the auditions were happening, I thought, 'It's finally here, the time has finally come.' I went into the audition feeling half pressure and half excitement. I actually auditioned for several roles besides Gyro, so I reread the original work from each character's perspective. I think I must have ran through the race about three or four times that way, so it was a fairly long journey, but I'm so happy to finally have reached the starting line.

The role of Gyro Zeppeli is extremely difficult. He's the kind of character who changes his expression according to each scene and situation, so just when I think I've grasped him, he slips away. It’s fairly challenging to play him, but he also has his own moments of doubt and scenes where you can feel his humanity. He's like a mentor figure to Johnny, but there are also many things he learns from Johnny. So I feel it's a very rewarding role to play.

I'm really the type to get bored easily. This job of acting is the one I've continued the longest. To me, it's like a journey I've set out on. From the moment I aspired to this endless pursuit of expression called acting, it honestly felt like I had been thrown into a desert. I don't know where I'm heading, there's no destination, and yet I still have to keep moving forward. But in the midst of it, there's an occasional oasis. It's moments when I encounter a work such as this and realize that this journey wasn't a mistake. As Sakata-kun mentioned earlier, our manager is truly passionate about JoJo. When I was auditioning, the two of us went back and forth, saying things like, 'Maybe it should be more like this,' directing each other as if our lives depended on it. That's how I was able to grasp this role and this work. I feel as though that person was waving a flag and guiding me forward. When there are people like that, I feel glad that I continued this job.

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · 14d

Shogo Sakata's comments on voicing Johnny Joestar in the Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime
- From the Steel Ball Run New Announcements Event (September 23, 2025)
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The first round was a tape audition. My manager is a huge JoJo fan. I myself had read Steel Ball Run thoroughly in preparation before that audition, but with my manager’s advice I felt more reassured going into it. It really helped to have such a big fan watching over me, and I felt I was able to polish my performance more. When I advanced to the studio audition, there was that 'Ora Ora' line. I thought it was incredibly important. So, from the moment I was told I had passed to the studio audition, I was constantly muttering it, from when I woke up to when I was in the bath. I thought, 'I have to get this ‘Ora Ora’ part right.' Thanks to that, I left the studio audition feeling confident that I had at least nailed that part the best.

I feel that Johnny is a very human character. He shows things like the weaker sides of people, even a bit of patheticness at times, and I think that's part of his appeal. Despite showing that weakness, he's a character who still manages to rise again. That's the kind of person I see him as, and that's what I strive to express in my performance.

There have been a lot of setbacks in my life up until now... and also running away from difficult things or getting discouraged. But at the very last moment... my way of thinking does a complete 180. I feel like 'If I'm going to fail here anyway, I might as well fall forward.' There are a lot of pressures, but I think the only thing I can do is to squeeze out my soul in front of the microphone and produce my voice, so I'm trying not to think about anything else and do my best.

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · 15d

Full art of Josuke Higashikata on the cover of the Anime Key Animation Collection AAA 2 artbook, illustrated by Terumi Nishii.

The artbook releases on September 26, 2025.

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · 16d

Prototype Nendoroid DX figures of Johnny Joestar with Slow Dancer and Gyro Zeppeli with Valkyrie

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · 16d

Warner Bros. Japan revealed the Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime trailer and voices of Johnny, Gyro, Diego, Lucy, and Steven.
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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · 20d

The JOJOLands Chapter 29:
"I'll typically walk to work like Antoni Gaudí to let my ideas sink in, but right now? It’s way too hot to think about anything!"
- Hirohiko Araki, Ultra Jump October 2025

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · 22d

Guile's new EX Color in Street Fighter 6 is based on Jean Pierre Polnareff, adding onto the numerous JoJo references in Guile's design.

In Street Fighter II, he was modeled after Polnareff and Stroheim. His name originates from J. Geil due to a mix up from the staff.
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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · 22d

The athlete Rachid Muratake posed like Enrico Pucci at the Men's 110m hurdles final at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025.

He did a JoJo pose last year as well.

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · 25d

New localized names for the characters and Stands from Steel Ball Run Volume 3
★ Pork Pie Hat Kid → Bamboo Hat Kid
★ Wired → Roped
★ Scary Monsters → Frightening Monsters
★ Kanye → Kenny
★ Tarkus → Tarukus (same as Part 1)
★ Mack the Knife → The Threepenny Opera

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · 26d

New JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders Nanoblock and Mini Nano figures release in April 2026
Nanoblocks: Jotaro/Star Platinum, Kakyoin/Hierophant Green, Polnareff/Silver Chariot, DIO/The World
Mini Nanos: Jotaro, Avdol, Kakyoin, Polnareff, Iggy, DIO

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · 27d

The Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime has been officially confirmed for a worldwide release on Netflix.
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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · Sep 8

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Anime Key Animation Collection AAA 2 releases on September 26, 2025 with art from Parts 4-6 and Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan.
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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · Sep 8

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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Works to Exhibit in San Francisco and Kyoto

New JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure artwork by Hirohiko Araki will be exhibited at Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco and Kyoto.

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · Sep 8

New Jotaro and Star Platinum art by Hirohiko Araki for the Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco occurring on September 27 to October 25, 2025.

He drew nine lithograph print works: Jotaro, DIO, Josuke, Giorno, Jolyne, Valentine, Rohan, Yasuho, and Dragona with their Stands.

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · Sep 2

Nobutaka Kasama and Noriko Dohi (producers from David Production and Warner Bros. Japan) reveal how they prepared for the Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime.
- SCREENα (July 2025)

Steel Ball Run is set in North America at the end of the 19th century. How are you preparing for that?

Nobutaka Kasama: The setting is a race across the continent, so if we seriously tried location scouting in America we’d end up wandering for months (laughs). Instead, we’ve gone to riding clubs and received supervision from specialists well-versed in the culture and customs of the American frontier. In Japan, there are only a few experts with valuable resources from that era, so their cooperation has been an enormous help.

Noriko Dohi: Fans of JoJo may already know this, but Stone Ocean marks a turning point where the world resets. Because of that, I think that Steel Ball Run can be seen as a fresh start, as well as a series that newcomers can watch easily. We discussed the idea of making something that would be accessible even to people who had never engaged with JoJo before.

Nobutaka Kasama: Mr. Araki has written in things like his afterwords that by Part 6 he felt he had done all he could with Stand battles. For Part 7, he wanted to portray the majestic image of horses galloping and kicking up dirt. As a team we all want to capture that dynamism in the anime. Another feature is that while Parts 3–6 were team-based, Part 7 is a buddy story with Johnny and Gyro. Two people with missing pieces come together, influence one another, and grow. That kind of drama is easy for anyone to relate to. And since it will likely take a fairly long episode count to tell, I think viewers will be able to grow alongside the series as they watch.

As Ms. Dohi mentioned, many people thought the anime would end with Stone Ocean. So when we announced the Steel Ball Run anime, the worldwide response was huge. Please look forward to it. The staff is very motivated.

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojowiki.com · Aug 31

The preview for the English Steel Ball Run volume 3 is out on VIZ's site. The localized names for the Stands are the same as All-Star Battle and Eyes of Heaven: Tusk is unchanged, while Scary Monsters is Frightening Monsters.

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