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The first season of the 2012 anime television series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険, JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken) by David Production, also known as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation, adapted the first two arcs of Hirohiko Araki's manga of the same name: Phantom Blood (ファントムブラッド, Fantomu Buraddo) and Battle Tendency (戦闘潮流, Sentō Chōryū).
The first season, adapting the first two parts, Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency, aired in Japan between October 2012 and April 2013. The series is distributed in North America by Warner Home Video and Viz Media , with the former handling the series on DVD and the latter handling the series on Blu-Ray and the merchandising rights.
To celebrate the series' anniversary, a video game adaptation was released in 2006 by Bandai for the PlayStation 2, and a Phantom Blood anime film adaptation, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood, was produced by A.P.P.P. and released in Japanese theaters in 2007. [55] [56] The film has never been released on home video. [57]
Developed by Anchor Inc. and published by Bandai, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood was released on October 26, 2006 for the PlayStation 2. The story is based on the first arc, and the game features gameplay similar to GioGio's Bizarre Adventure .
Release date Title Studio Director(s) Running time (minutes) Ref January 10: The Island of Giant Insects: Passione: Takeo Takahashi Naoyuki Tatsuwa: 76 [1] January 17: Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul: Kinema Citrus: Masayuki Kojima: 105 [2] January 18: High School Fleet: The Movie: A-1 Pictures: Yuu Nobuta (Chief) Jun Nakagawa 105 [3 ...
At a July 2012 press conference celebrating the 25th anniversary of the series, Araki announced that an anime adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure was in production and would premiere in October 2012. [43] The 26-episode first season, which covers the Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency arcs, aired weekly on Tokyo MX between October 2012 and ...
The arc was preceded by Phantom Blood (1987) and followed by Stardust Crusaders (1989–1992). Set in North America and Europe in 1938–39 around 50 years after Phantom Blood , the story follows Joseph Joestar and Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli, descendants of Jonathan Joestar and Will A. Zeppeli from Phantom Blood who can manipulate sunlight-based ...
The first DVD release of the TV anime was the fourth best-selling animation DVD in Japan for the week of January 28 to February 3, 2013, with 4,510 copies sold. [25] Its Blu-ray version was the fourth best-selling animation Blu-ray for that same week, with 14,860 copies sold. [ 26 ]