So, JoJoveller shipped a few days ago. Big time super artbook with new information on stands including names for some previously unnamed ones. An enterprising fan posted some pictures from the book on the new stands. Also, there’s a little blurb by Araki about the stand with a little self portrait, and I like the idea of Araki drawing himself.
We now have a name for:
The Green Baby’s Stand. “Green, Green Grass of Home” is a country song written by Claude Putman Jr. that’s been sung by a number of performers over the years. That link leads to the Tom Jones version.
Pocoloco’s Stand, originally given the fan-name “Buckethead” now has the official name “Hey Ya!” by Outkast, particularly André 3000 from the The Love Below half of their 2003 double album. Man, it’s been beyond long since I’ve heard this song.
Finally, for now at least, The Boom Boom Family’s Stand, “Tomb of the Boom” named after a track by Outkast, specifically Big Boi, off the Speakerboxxx half of the same double album.
So never let it be said that Araki’s stagnate in his music fandom. These were posted by someone anonymous, but more will probably end up being posted in the future, so keep an eye out unless you’re waiting for the book yourself.
Another Stage of JoJo’s Royale is closed and the winner of Araki’s drawing desk is being determined. I think it might be because BLOCK was such a simple, approachable concept, but this Stage got more entries than any previous Stage so far. The personality and creativity here is really high, and what people were able to do is really impressive. Here’s a few of what I think are outstanding entries.
Typing on this keyboard will drastically increase your typing speed.
And I couldn’t leave out the entry by our very own DoubleGomez.
The POP competition is for you to create a sign encouraging people who’ve never read JoJo’s before to go out to a bookstore and pick up a copy to read. Obviously, this only applies to Japanese bookstores, but don’t think you need to advertise in Japanese.
Stage 5 of the JoJo Royale has ended. The Ena boards are all in. The official site does not list a winner of the replica bow and arrow at time of writing, but the entrants and highlights are all listed on the Google Plus Page. And, wow. Check out some of the top entries.
I’m sure it’s obvious, but it’s really hard to only show off a few of these. I could post 50 of the entries and still feel like I was missing something. The creativity and artistic skill in these is really impressive. Whoever wins, I’ll never guess until I see the entry because I don’t know if I could pick one winner. You can see the full gallery of entries here at the Google Plus site.
Of course, with the ending of one stage comes the beginning of a new one.
The challenge is to make some sort of JoJo’s expression using block materials. The prize this time is Hirohiko Araki’s drawing desk. There are a handful of Lego entries, as you can imagine, but the entries are not limited to that. As long as it’s made of blocks, it’s a legitimate entry to the Stage.
Remember how I mentioned that CC2 was bringing out a new trailer for ASB at Jump Fiesta?
Here it is. I’m mostly just going to let it speak for itself because me speaking for the trailer would pretty much just be, “AH. DID YOU SEE THE THING WITH THE BASEBALLS AND THE STEAMROLLER AND-” and so on. What I will tell you are the voice actors.
Jolyne Kujo – Miyuki Sawashiro(Celty Sturlson in Durarara!!, Fujiko Mine since 2011) Hermes Costello – Chizu Yonemoto Giorno Giovanna – Daisuke Namikawa(Bat in Legends of the True Savior, both Italies in Hetalia) Guido Mista – Kenji Akabane(Koji Kabuto in Shin Mazinger, I’m not even writing anything else, he was fucking Koji Kabuto) Sex Pistols – Asami Imai(Kurisu Makise in STEINS;GATE) Josuke Higashikata – Wataru Hatano(Largan Drace in Gundam AGE, Rufus in Street Fighter 4) Okuyasu Nijimura – Wataru Takagi(Eiikichi Onizuka in GTO, pretty much every anime character like that and Okuyasu) Mohammad Abdul – Masashi Ebara(Might Guy in Naruto, Andy in Cowboy Bebop, Andy in Cowboy Bebop because it bears repeating) Hol Horse – Houchu Otsuka(Yazan Gable in Zeta Gundam, Gen in Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still) Noriaki Kakyoin – Kouji Yusa(Shadow the Hedgehog, Urataros in Kamen Rider Den-O) Jean Pierre Polnareff – Hiroaki Hirata (The Japanese dub actor for Johnny Depp, Sanji in One Piece, Wild Tiger in Tiger & Bunny) Dio –I’m going to give you enough credit to assume you already know. Jotaro Kujo – Daisuke Ono(Kenji Kusanagi in Kotetsushin Jeeg, Snow Villers in Final Fantasy XIII)
And that’s the new PV. It’s looking fantastic, the sense of humor they’ve got with the little Josuke and Okuyasu moments, the casting is really good. Now all we need is the characters from Part 1 and hopefully more from Part 7. Then we’ll be set.
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)
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.
(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.
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.
Everything about The Animation was building to Josuke vs. Highway Star, but this is also pretty nice.
Third, and finally: JoJo’s Year approaches its end as we get framed and sent to prison! It’s time for Part 6: Stone Oc-
Third, and finally: JoJo’s Year approaches its end as we get framed and sent to prison! It’s time for Part 6: Stone Oc- HEAVY WEATHER
So yeah, it’s time for “OPJ’s Bizarre Podcast! Part 6: Look at All These Livers!”
If you’re a fan of JoJo’s, you’ve probably already gotten a tasty look at this tasty trailer:
It’s the smallest thing, but it’s brought us so much hope for faithful anime adaptations of all our favorite JoJo’s moments. We were wondering when we’d get to finally see it, and yesterday, we got a air date and timeslot announcement. From JEFusion:
“The official website of the upcoming “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure The Animation” confirms that the anime will premiere on October 6th. It is to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Hirohiko Araki’s action-adventure manga.
The anime will broadcast at 12:30 a.m. on the Tokyo MX station, starting October 6th.”
When we started JoJo’s Year, we could have never predicted something this monumental happening to the fan base. Look forward to it!
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