A Peek at JOJO Royale Stage 8 “QUIZ” Questions and Question Schedule

Has anyone decided to try their hand at Stage 8? I was a little skeptical about it because of the nature of how you answer. Fandom questions like this usually aren’t too hard, so a lot of this would come down to who’s watching for questions constantly if they were questions like, “What’s the Kakyoin noise?” But now that we’re a little further in, we can take a look at what some of the questions are.

Questions are almost entirely image based and are ranked by how many star points you can get for answering correctly and first.

Level 1 Questions are generally the sort of thing I thought all the questions would be. Simple trivia about events that are pretty big in the JoJo’s story. They even give you the chance to roleplay as Koichi, and I think we all have plenty of experience with that.

Level Two Questions are a little more daunting. That grave does revolve around a very notable event in JoJo’s, but the grave itself probably isn’t what stands out the most about that event. On a very different hand, you could figure out which number is a prime number just by trial and error with a calculator or searching it, but you don’t really have enough time to do that. Everyone is going to be jumping at the chance to answer the questions and get those points.

Level Three Questions are where things get really hairy and you have the most room to snipe because they take a lot of thought to really work out the answer. Considering how briefly Jotaro is in Part 5, do you remember what his hat looked like then? The Part 3, 4, and the Part 6 hats are pretty easy to remember, but the order and a hat that was only seen for a very little bit make it a lot tougher. The rectangle question it like the prime number one. You can measure out each figure to find out which one is 16:9, but do you feel like you have enough time?

So that’s where we are in how Stage 8 works. There are two big plus sides to it: One, they’ve posted a schedule for when questions will be asked:

Schedule of question posting
-Weekdays 12:00~13:00 & 22:00~23:00
-Weekends 22:00~23:00
*it will be changed.

They’ve also stipulated that if a question is not answered correctly within ten minutes of posting, the question will close and no points will be awarded. They also reconfirmed that anyone can join this stage and progress, but a maximum of 25 people will be allowed into Stage 9 from points in this stage.

Two, we have a sense for how many questions are being asked. We’re only just about a week into this Stage, and there’s been 59 questions, one of which was asked six minutes ago from when it is right now. So there’s a lot of opportunity to grab some points all day. There’s a block of questions going on right now as I’m writing this, so give it a shot if you see it in time.

(Answers: Erina is washing off the kiss from ME, DIO, Yukako is A, it’s Danny’s grave, 7001 is a prime number, the hat order is f→c→e→d→a→b, and I have no idea which one was the golden rectangle.)

Oft he seveen days periodf DUWANG PRINCE KING: Victoryed 2

New JoJo’s, new DUWANG. We had some good lines this time, though there’s no awesome “translated” Roundabout due to the episode. Every DUWANG sub still has its treasures.

What? He didn’t even have to become a vampire for that tricks!

Oft he seveen days periodf DUWANG PRINCE KING

DUWANG subs from their mysterious source continue to flow in to glorious effects. As long as it isn’t an issue,I’ll continue to link them here so you can share in the glory. Thank you to SA User Factor_VIII for the link the official ADTRW JoJo’s Anime thread.

As the DUWANGLES continue to be wonderful to experience I’ve decided to start a small little posting thing for fun: DUWANG Line of the Week, or Oft he seveen days periodf DUWANG PRINCE KING. Every new bad translation release of The Strange Journey of Joey JOjo will get a pick for best line. I’d like to do video but YouTube is giving me trouble, so maybe later.

For now the screen cap of the first winner

Joey JOJo will kick you in the groin of your crocth with his tree leg.

Look forward to more DUWANG PRINCE KINGs as the show progresses.

DUWANGLES and an Interview with Hirohiko Araki

Well, now that the Phantom Blood anime is out nice and subbed, JoJo’s fandom can wake up into full swing. And it has in a glorious way. You’ll remember that we talked about the awesome translation of JoJo’s Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable? The wonderful DUWANG translations?

One of the more reasonable lines

Some wonderful individual has decided to sub at least the first episode of JoJo’s the Animation in this style.  It is glorious.

One of the more reasonable lines

I can only hope that this is a continuing trend and that we get a full set of “The Strange Journey of Joey JOjo.”

On top of that, Something Awful used Factor_VIII made me aware of this cool interview Hirohiko Araki did just before the Bandai Phantom Blood game came out.

Araki Hirohiko Interview [English Sub] by juxtapose31

(Sorry you’ll have to click the link. WP is giving me crap about embedding it.)

It’s really is cool to get into Hirohiko Araki’s head and see how he takes his own work both as he makes it and looking back on his old stuff. Especially because is art has changed so drastically over the years and volumes but also just the way the stories work now as opposed to back when JoJo’s started. It’s a great interview, and not just because you get to see Araki try to do JoJo’s poses. Give it a look.

For a more time appropriate interview, here’s an interview of Hirohiko Araki about the, at the time, upcoming JoJo’s Anime conducted by Shoko Nakagawa cosplaying as Jotaro Kujo. Yes.

Part 1

Part 2

There is a thrid part, but it doesn’t seem to have been put out yet. Hopefully we can get this adorable interview to you soon.

JoJo’s Episode 1 First impressions.

Well, we’ve gotten the chance to check out the first episode of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure the Animation, and I am pleasantly surprised. I was really worried about the animation and drawing quality, and while there are some hiccups and cheap tricks here and there, it’s actually handled pretty well. If it continues at this rate, we might have something pretty good on our hands. We’ll be doing the whole podcast by episode thing, but I’m still really happy about it and wanted to give a little preview about it for now.

We’ve currently got two subbing groups, GG and Get Back. If  you’re interested, go to them. But just a little visual style preview, check this out.

I like it, and so far I like this show.

JoJo’s the Animation with Subtitles and a Better Game Trailer

The anime community is quick on the ball to translate something I wanted to see. You remember the JoJo’s Animation trailer, now remember being able to know what was said during it.

Takehito Koyasu was an excellent pick for Dio. But that’s not all. Now we have a better look at the trailer for All Star Battle. It doesn’t have a Rohan cosplayer, but you can hear the voices better.

The game still looks interesting. I didn’t expect Gold Experience Requiem to be in the game since that seems a little unbalanced what with it being invincible, but maybe it’s just a power up ultra like when Makoto from Street Fighter gets a sunburn. More importantly, at least from this trailer since it isn’t gameplay, are that I can finally distinguish the voices well enough to comment on them. At first, I thought that everyone was fine except maybe Joseph, but I’m not sure anymore. Jotaro and Wham sound appropriately voiced, Jotaro being very calm and collected even when kicking ass and Wham sounding like he has a lot of authority and being calm inside that, but their actors don’t sound as into it as they should be. This may seem like a non sequitur, but did you ever see the Gurren Lagann parts of Super Robot Wars Z 2 – Saiseihen?

I’m getting the same feeling where the voice sounds right, but something is slightly off as though the actor wasn’t totally into it. Maybe it’ll be better when I’m playing the game itself. However, Joseph still sounds off. He doesn’t sound young or hot blooded enough to accidentally set off a volcano. That’s super robot levels of hot blood, so you have to bring you A game to that voice. Gyro is the only one I wasn’t at least somewhat bothered by.

Still looking forward to the game. Gyro’s horse has become the equivalent of The Big O’s piston punch because no matter how many flaws crop up in that game, stomping on people with a horse will save it just like the final move against Big Duo makes that whole show worth it.

Oh, and the pizza and mozzarella song and Gyro’s sweet 1800’s grill, obviously. Basically, I want this game for Gyro and no other reason.

Just try and find a better moment in JoJo’s than this. That’s what I thought.

Voice previews and official trailer for Jojo’s anime.

Instead of screenshots like we have been getting, for once we actually have video previews of the upcoming Jojo’s material. First for the Anime:

Overall it looks pretty good, then again SpeedWagon does make anything and everything pretty good. The only real issue to put out there is that the animation that is put into the fights seems inconsistant. Johnathan getting punched in the face and SpeedWagon’s hat looked pretty alright, but Johnathan shoulder charging that bully wasn’t actually animated. Then again, it is a preview and it’s entirely possible that they are saving it for more important and longer fights. At least they fixed Dio’s “sharp” face. As for the game.

I love the guy on the right who’s cosplaying as Rohan. As for the actually game, I’m just really glad that they got a guy who sounds like Kiyoyuki Yanada, who voiced Jotaro in the first game. Actuall, all of the voices sounded pretty good, save for maybe Joseph. Not that his voice was bad, it just didn’t necessarily sound appropriate for a very hot-blooded young man. Then again, he and Mista are the only ones smart enough to bring a gun to the battle, so I can only fault Joseph so much.

You’ve got to love this year. It really is the best time to be a Jojo’s fan.

New preview pages for the JoJo anime and Ultra Jump makes a mess with some ink.

Just a little more preview art as we quickly approach October. This page shows that we’ve got some new great things over the Part 1 movie. You can clearly see Danny and the wonderful as ever Robert Edward O. Speedwagon.

Other than Dio’s really pointy everything, it’s looking pretty good. Except…

Yeah. This is a new cover that was made by Ultra Jump for the anime. Feel free to pick out all the issues you find in it.

I wasn’t initially worried about casting for this show, but since they decided to have Dio played by Scarecrow and Johnathan is played by a guy who injects liquified steaks into his thighs. I mean, seriously, how hard is it to not make the thighs not bigger than the abdomen.

This does not bode well, but the first one does, so… hope for the best?

Edit: Ok, I just noticed that the person with the bowler hat that I figured is supposed to be Speedwagon doesn’t have the hair for it. The promo poster I can consider a one time thing, but the upper image is supposed to be preview shots from the actual show. Maybe cautious optimism needs to just be caution.

A Shonen Manga All-Star Art Book for JoJo’s Year 25!

It happens to be the 25th year of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure just in case you couldn’t tell it was a special time for it considering all the good news that’s been going on. And the goodies keep coming. Ultra Jump, the same company that brought you Shonen Jump, has released an artbook containing sketches from Jump artists abound.

Click the picture to visit the online images for the book.

And when I say lots of Jump artists and writers, I mean it. Here’s the list of names I’ve been able to translate, using copious amounts of Google, and the page/image that’s theirs.

7. Akira Akatsuki (Medaka Box)
8. A forward by Nisio Isin (Bakemonogatari)
9. Osamu Akimoto (Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo)
10. Akira Amano (Reborn!)
11. Kyosuke Usuta (Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san, Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar)
12. Tsugumi Ohba (Death Note author)
13. Takeshi Obata (Hikaru no Go, Death Note artist)
14. Eiichiro Oda (One Piece)
15. Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto)
16. Tite Kubo (Bleach)
17. CLAMP (X, xxxHolic, Cardcaptor Sakura)
18. Hiroshi Shiibashi (Nurarihyon no Mago, Assistant to Araki on Steel Ball Run)
19. Kenta Shinohara (Sket Dance)
20. Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro (Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi!, Toriko)
21. Hideaki Sorachi (Gin Tama)
22. Kazuki Takahashi (Yu-Gi-Oh)
23. Hiroyuki Takei (Shaman King)
24. Ryūhei Tamura (Beelzebub)
25. Yoshihiro Togashi (Yu Yu Hakusho, Hunter x Hunter)
26. Akira Toriyama (Oh, come on)
27. Tadatoshi Fujimaki (Kuroko no Basuke)
28. Yusuke Murata (Eyeshield 21)

And the final words for the final page, which I must thank user Flashbang! from the Something Awful forum’s JoJo thread:

“The first art collection since Jojo A-Go!Go! 12 years ago

Araki Hirohiko’s new art collection has finally gotten moving!

It of course has a collection of various beautiful illustrations,

Araki’s first editor looks back,

An Araki Hirohiko history book and

also contains the newest version of the stand encyclopedia

Reservations begin soon”

All the artists, authors, and fans have stepped up to show their appreciation, love, and respect for JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and Hirohiko Araki. And at the bottom we got some bonus preview art for the upcoming JoJo’s anime.

It’s a great year to be a JoJo’s fan.