Whenever I think there’s going to be a drought of JoJo’s news, something comes along to brighten my day. First and foremost, check out this picture.
It’s here. We’re finally getting to see the images of the now confirmed animated adaptation of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 2: Battle Tendency. You can see Young Joseph Joestar there and also who I assume is Caeser Zeppeli, though his hair makes him look a bit like Dio. I’m sure it’s a coincidence. Also, this is a much better drawing than that Part 1 drawing from back before the show started. It’s colorful, it’s shiny, it’s everything that’s making me excited.
And that’s not all. If you look up in the corner, you can see a cast list. Here’s the translated text:
- Joseph Joestar: Tomokazu Sugita (Kyon from The Meloncholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Brooklyn “Bullet” Luckfield from Super Robot Wars.
- Caesar:Takuya Satou (Toshiki Kai Cardfight!! from Vanguard)
- Stroheim: Atsushi Imaruoka (Dallas Genoard from Baccano!!)
- Speedwagon: Yuji Ueda (Solf J. Kimblee from Full Metal Alchemist, Crowe Brust from 2nd Super Robot Wars z)
- Lisa Lisa: Atsuko Tanaka (Mokoto Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell, Viletta Vadim from Super Robot Wars)
- Wham: Akio Otsuka (Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid, Dr. Black Jack from Black Jack)
Didn’t expect so many Super Robot Wars alumni to be part of this. Needless to say, I am pleased with Joseph being played by the same actor as Bullet. Now that’s credentials.
It’s the guy (primary attacks starting at 2:53)
Top all that off with that we know what the opening is going to be, “Bloody Stream” by Coda. I can’t seem to find much on the singer, but the composer is Toshiyuki Omori. You can check out an example of their work here.
I’d say that’s a pretty good set of news for JoJo’s, but we’re not done yet. Along with all that, courtesy of this Famitsu article, we also now have some gameplay and character model picture of
Josuke and Crazy Diamond
Okuyasu and The Hand
Jolyne and Stone Free
and Hermes and KISS
(All images from Famitsu as you can probably tell from their watermark.)
I just love getting to see the Stands and characters in official colors. I had no idea that KISS was supposed to be gold and purple or that Stone Free was supposed to be a cyan. Or Joylne’s outfit being a cyan for that matter. I really like how gaudy KISS looks. Josuke, Hermes and Okuyasu looking fine as always.
Checking out that article, which I’m linking again, will let you see these guys used in gameplay. Seems that KISS’s splitting power will be used in an ultra. Also, Stone Free gets to pummel people with baseballs.
She looks so offended at the new head.
Bunt! Bunt, you idiot!
And we also see a few new maps: the final battleground with Kira, and what looks like the prison courtyard under Weather Report’s frog rain.
We just got all kinds of information today. I think we still need a map or two for Parts 5 and 7. Think Notorious B.I.G will end up as a stage hazard? Think Magenta Magenta will show up in the background with a stupid face? Only time can tell. Whether or not Magenta Magenta will show up or not. If he does, he’ll have a stupid face, no question.
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