Episode 23 “Warrior Returns to the Wind” Teaser Images

Before we start, New Joseph Face:

Lookin’ good as always

All right, now that that’s out of the way, it’s time for the reunion episode. Everyone is here!

Stroheim is back with a reinforced stomach

And he brought Speedwagon along for the ride.

Cars is so excited he let his hair down and kicked the shine into high gear

It may help that he found that free leg lying around

Wham’s a little upset that he clawed his eyes out before getting to see the group again

And Lisa Lisa’s really looking down on herself for not being able to tell him

All in all, though, it’s still fun. A bunch of old comrades and enemies coming together for one last gathering before the gods of old rise up to destroy humanity with their perfect bodies. Good times. Good times.

(You can see the rest at Yaraon, but spoiler warnings)

Episode 23 “Warrior Returns to the Wind” Preview Images and Synopsis

No extra pictures from the “Next Episode” preview today. That was a lot more Lisa Lisa and Cars focused. This deals more with the episode title since it has Wham and all.

Joseph and Wham’s showdown approaches it’s conclusion with neither warrior giving an inch. Backed into a corner by Joseph’s tactics leading to a devastating blow, Wham gears up for his final, sure kill mode. As the curtain draws, Lisa Lisa and Cars must also prepare for their duel to determine the fate of the Red Stone of Aja. They’ll fight in the Ancient Mountain Temple on Piz Bernina. The fate of the stone, and therefore the fate of humanity, rests on one final battle.

Unlike last time, everyone in this crew has been on JoJo’s before. Kazuyuki Fudeyasu’s on screenplay, Taizo Yoshida’s on storyboard, and Shin Hyung Woo and Tomoaki Kado on Animation Direction all with Director Jiro Fujimoto returning to the director’s chair from waaaay back in Episode 8. It’s going to be his first time in Battle Tendency so let’s see what he can do with the craziness.

Episode 20 “Caeser’s Lonely Past” Preview Images an Synopsis

I like this image set.

Joseph and Caeser’s little interaction is great just like it was back when Caeser was first introduced in a preview image set. Their expressions make it look like Caeser just fucked up, Joseph laughed at him for being stupid, then Caeser flipped him off because he’s such a jerk. Poor Wham’s just sitting around wondering when they’re going to stop so he can get back to kicking Caeser’s ass.

I’m just going to wait for that one guy to upload the “Next Episode” preview to get bigger pictures if there are any. It’ll just look better in the long run.

The synopsis is somewhat vague about details. Caeser needs to defeat Cars because of family history going to back to his father, Mario Zeppeli. This is why he recklessly charged into Cars and Wham’s stronghold despite Joseph’s insight at the end of Episode 19. He fights Wham, but Wham is able to “manipulate the flow of wind,” like Cars and “the flow of light.” Caeser draws on his training and growth with Joseph to release an ultimate ripple to explode Wham. No really. It says straight up “Explode Wham!!” It’s been said many times, but I really do love the staff’s attitude.

The Staff is all well tread ground: Toshiyuki Kato is directing and storyboarding like all previous episodes he’s directed; Yasuko Kobayashi, who you may remember is a big time tokusatsu writer, is writing the screenplay; Manabu Akita and Masahiko Omino are handling animation direction. Everyone here has been on staff for at least two episodes previously except for maybe Kobayashi who I only remember being on one off hand, though she’s also on series composition so that’s not a big deal. Akita and Omino are working together again like back in Episode 13, “JoJo vs. The Ultimate Lifeform.” That had some of the best animation used to really good effect to sick me the fuck out, so this one is going to be pretty. Or pretty nasty.