JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OAV)
Alternative title:
JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken (Japanese)
JOJO冒險野郎 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Le bizzarre avventure di Jojo (Italian)
Невероятное Приключение ДжоДжо (Russian)
ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 (Japanese)
죠죠의 기묘한 모험 (Korean)
Genres: supernatural
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Kujo Jotaro is a normal, popular Japanese high-schooler, until he thinks that he is possesed by a spirit, and locks himself in prison. After seeing his grandfather, Joseph Joestar, and fighting Joseph's friend Muhammad Abdul, Jotaro learns that the "Sprirt" is actually Star Platinum, his Stand, or fighting energy given a semi-solid form. Later, his mother gains a Stand, and becomes sick. Jotaro leanrs that it is because the vampire Dio Brando has been revived 100 years after his defeat to Jonathan Joestar, Jotaro's great-great-grandfather. Jotaro decides to Joseph and Abdul in a trip to Egypt to defeat Dio once and for all.
Ratings: 275 ratings have been given [details]
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
1993-11-19 to 1994-11-18 (First OVA series)
2000-05-25 to 2002-01-25 (Second OVA series)
Release dates: We have 14
Opening Theme:
"Dio's Dervish" by Marco D'Ambrosio [eps 2-6]
Trivia: We have 4
Comment:
In order to keep the story in chronological order, the North American release begins with the second OVA (episodes 1 through 7) which came out in 2000, and then moves on to feature the first OVA (episodes 8 through 13) which came out in 1993, because the first OVA covers the second half of the story and the second OVA covers the first half of the story.
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| DVD (Region 1) |
| JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (DVD 1) 2003-05-10 (from $59.94) |
| JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure - w/ Artbox (DVD 1) 2003-05-10 |
| JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (DVD 2) 2003-11-15 |
| JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (DVD 3) 2004-04-29 (from $76.89) |
| JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (DVD 4) 2005-05-31 |
| JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (DVD 5) 2005-09-20 |
| JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (DVD 6) 2005-10-25 |
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Music: Marco D'Ambrosio
Original Manga: Hirohiko Araki
Art Director: Satoru Kuwabara
Chief Animation Director: Junichi Hayama (eps 9-13)
Director of Photography: Hideo Okazaki
Assistant Episode Director: Masashi Abe (ep 6)
Assistant Production Manager: Susumu Murakami (ep 3)
Composition Cooperation: Satoshi Kon (ep 6)
Cover Art: Junichi Hayama
Digital Photography: Kōjirō Hayashi (Digimation; ep 10)
Editing: Eiko Nishide
Recording Adjustment: Yukio Abe (eps 1-6)
Sound Design: Gary Rydstrom
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Jūrōta Kosugi as Chikao Ōtsuka as
Hirotaka Suzuoki as
Katsuji Mori as
Kenji Utsumi as
Kiyoshi Kobayashi as
Kouji Nakata as
Mugihito as
Nobuo Tanaka as
Norio Wakamoto as
Rei Sakuma as
Rica Fukami as
Takeshi Aono as Arisa Andō as
Asako Fujii as
Hajime Koseki as
Hidenari Ugaki as
Hidetoshi Nakamura as
Hideyuki Umezu as
Jirō Saitō as
Junpei Takiguchi as
Junro Maruyama as
Kokoro Shindō as
Megumi Toyoguchi as
Nanako Fukushima as
Ryōko Kinomiya as
Saburō Kamei as
Sayuri Kubo as
Shiho Kawaragi as
Shinobu Adachi as
Tomohisa Asō as
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Animation Assistance: Zero-G
Animation Production: APPP
Distributor: Shonen Jump Video
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Filming: Mushi Production
Music Production: Media Remoras
Production Cooperation: Phoenix Entertainment (eps 9-11)
Recording Studio: AVACO Creative Studios
Title Production: Maki Production
VTR Editing: Tokyo Laboratory
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ADR Director: Elaine Clark
Script: Alistair Toth (Extras)
Storyboard: Cindy H. Yamauchi (Extras)
Executive producer: Kazufumi Nomura
Casting: Elaine Clark
Dialogue Mixer: Tom Myers
Dialogue Recording: David Cuetter
Dub Timing: Chris Roberts (RJP Production)
DVD Authoring: Wade McConnell (Marin Digital)
Liner Notes: Mark Giambruno
Narration: Michael Bennett (Extras)
Timer/Subtitler: Mark Giambruno
Video Editing: Buzz Hays (Stone's Throw Films)
Voice Direction: Elaine Clark
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Carrie Francis as
Curt Mann as
Dave Arendash as
J.S. Gilbert as
Jay Styne as
Kathy Garver as
Marco D'Ambrosio as
Roger Jackson as
Sayuri Kubo as
Tom Myers as
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Adaptation: Jérôme Pauwels
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Jacques Albaret as
Jean-François Vlerick as François Siener as
Jérôme Pauwels as
Pascal Germain as
Pierre-François Pistorio as Anne Dolan as
Brigitte Guedj as
Cyrille Artaux as
Emmanuel Gradi as
François Creton as
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Distributor: Déclic Images
Dubbing: Studio Lincoln
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Dubbing Director: Aldo Stella
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Ivo De Palma as Diego Sabre as
Enrico Bertorelli as
Marco Balbi as
Marco Balzarotti as
Riccardo Lombardo as Aldo Stella as
Annamaria Mantovani as
Cinzia Massironi as
Claudio Moneta as
Donatella Fanfani as
Elisabetta Cesone as
sco Orlando as
Giovanni Battezzato as
Lorella De Luca as
Marina Thovez as
Oliviero Corbetta as
Paolo Sesana as
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Licensed by: Muse Communication Co., Ltd.
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