JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Phantom Blood first tankōbon volume cover, featuring Dio Brando (left), Jonathan Joestar (center right), and Danny (bottom right)
ジョジョの奇妙な冒険
(JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken)
Genre
Manga
Written byHirohiko Araki
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics
Magazine
DemographicShōnen, seinen
Original runJanuary 1, 1987 – present
Volumes134
Manga parts
  1. Phantom Blood (1987–1988)
  2. Battle Tendency (1988–1989)
  3. Stardust Crusaders (1989–1992)
  4. Diamond Is Unbreakable (1992–1995)
  5. Golden Wind (1995–1999)
  6. Stone Ocean (1999–2003)
  7. Steel Ball Run (2004–2011)
  8. JoJolion (2011–2021)
  9. The JoJoLands (2023–present)
Anime
Related media

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Japanese: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険, Hepburn: JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1987 to 2004, and was transferred to the monthly seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump in 2005. The series is divided into a total of nine story arcs, each following a new protagonist bearing the "JoJo" nickname. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is the largest ongoing manga series published by Shueisha by number of volumes, with its chapters collected in 134 tankōbon volumes as of April 2024.

A 13-episode original video animation series adapting the manga's third part, Stardust Crusaders, was produced by A.P.P.P. and released from 1993 to 2002. The studio later produced an anime film adapting the first part, Phantom Blood, which was released in theaters in Japan in 2007. In October 2012, an anime television series produced by David Production adapting Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency began broadcast on Tokyo MX. As of December 2022, the studio has produced five seasons consisting of 190 total episodes adapting through the manga's sixth part, Stone Ocean. A live-action film based on the fourth part, Diamond Is Unbreakable, was released in Japan in 2017.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is well-known for its art style and poses, frequent references to Western popular music and fashion, and battles centered around Stands, psycho-spiritual manifestations with unique supernatural abilities. The series had over 120 million copies in circulation by December 2021, making it one of the best-selling manga series in history, and it has spawned a media franchise including one-shot manga, light novels, and video games. The manga, TV anime, and live-action film are licensed in North America by Viz Media, which has produced various English-language releases of the series since 2005.

  1. ^ a b "The Official Website for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure". Viz Media. Archived from the original on October 28, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.

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