ASB League Episode 1 Full Stream and Tournament Roster

That’s Jotaro delivering the character cards to one of the hosts. It’s so satisfying when he says “ORA” while putting the box on the table.

Somebody on Nico was nice enough to record and upload the full first episode of the ASB League Stream. It’s about 45 minutes, and you can view it through Polsy. If it ends up on YouTube, I’ll embed it then. Unlike what I thought, the stream is a full on show where three guys discuss ASB while also playing the fights. That’s part of why it’s so long even though there’s only the two.

The big reveal is all the preliminary groups have been drawn. That’s what our dear Jotaro is carrying in that box. They were drawn at random into 6 groups, A through F. A through D have four fighters, E and F have five fighters. The top two fighters from each group will be taken into the final brackets except for group F. To fully fill out the 16 slots, the top three will be taken from F. Here’s the full list.

Group A
Bruno Buccelatti, Mohammad Abdul, Hol Horse, Johnny Joestar

Group B
Jotaro Kujo, ACDC, Jean-Pierre Polnareff, Caeser A. Zeppeli

Group C
Yoshikage Kira, Wham, Rohan Kishibe, Will A. Zeppeli

Group D
Gyro Zeppeli, Jolyne Kujo,  Giorno Giovana, Koichi Hirose

Group E
Joseph Joestar, JoJolion Josuke, Hermes Costello, Narancia Ghirga, Akira Otoshi

Group F
Okuyasu Nijimura, Noriaki Kakyoin, Diavolo, Cars, Guido Mista

Each group has them discuss someone in the group’s popularity as well as reading a tweet from one of their cheerers. It’s fun to see all this fandom bandied around.

The exhibitions are over. The next streams are going to be determining who has a chance to be the top character of All Star Battle. Our next fighting group will be Group A, so who are you placing bets on? If Hol Horse and Johnny can use their range effectively, I think they’re pretty suited to moving onto the top 16, and Hol Horse more than Johnny. Then again, Bruno has a move that perfectly sets him up to deal with projectiles which sets him up to do well against everyone else. This’ll be fun.

(Thanks for posting the video to JoJoF2C. You can also watch it there if you prefer it to Polsy.)

Pose After Me: How to Raise a JoJo’s Fan

Remember that 500 person JoJo’s posing event that was covered by ZIP in their JoJo special? Guess what wasn’t in that special.

This is by far the most adorable thing that has ever happened in this fandom. YouTube user 康一 杜王, or Koichi Morioh, has been uploading videos of his son as he raises him to be a JoJo’s fan. This was their trip to the Tokyo Dome to participate in the JoJo Radio Exercises with the other 500 fans. That Jotaro cosplayer patting his head while he poses and then goes ORA is just incredible.

But that’s not all. This kid’s fandom doesn’t stop at posing in the Tokyo Dome. This is about reading manga and picking out figures and other memorabilia. Considering his age, I wonder if his dad was using JoJo’s as a way to help teach his son how to read. He can identify JoJo manga from the spines, though that might be from the logo. Either way, he may be the coolest 3 year old ever, and just wait until the end when he does the JOOOOOOOJO from “Sono Chi no Sadame” at the end if you’re not on board with that.

(Thanks to SA user Perigryn for posting these)