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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (Japanese: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 スターダストクルセイダース, Hepburn: JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Sutādasuto Kuruseidāsu) is the second season of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime by David Production, based on the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga series by Hirohiko Araki.
Stardust Crusaders also stands out as the only arc of the series to gain any notable Western exposure prior to the release of the anime series by David Production in 2012, due to the 1993 OVA series, 1999 video game and the English releases of the manga in 2005–2010.
A second season covering the third part, Stardust Crusaders, was divided in two parts, the first aired between April and September 2014, and the second between January and June 2015. [8] [9] [10] A third season covering the fourth part, Diamond Is Unbreakable, aired from April to December 2016. [11]
Between November 2005 and December 2010, Viz published Stardust Crusaders, the most well-known part in the series, in 16 volumes. [24] [25] However, the company changed the names of several characters and Stands due to legal concerns and censored certain scenes, including scenes of animal violence redrawn by Araki himself. [2]
Dio Brando (Japanese: ディオ・ブランドー, Hepburn: Dio Burandō), later known mononymously only as Dio (DIO （ ディオ ）), is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the Japanese manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki.
Although teased at in the post-credit scenes of the finale, [9] the second season of the anime series, which covered the third part of the manga, Stardust Crusaders, was officially announced in the 47th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump and the fifth tankōbon volume of JoJolion in October 2013.
However, instead of starting with Part 1, they chose to only release Part 3: Stardust Crusaders, which is the most well-known. The first volume was released on November 8, 2005, [2] with the first twelve volumes summarized in an eight-page summary written and drawn by Araki himself, [3] and the last on December 7, 2010. [4]
Joseph returns in Stardust Crusaders with his Hamon abilities and martial arts diminished. In its place he gains his Stand ability Hermit Purple, a vine-like spiritual power that can conduct Hamon and act as a weapon or armor. By using it on cameras or television sets Joseph can record photographs or footage of people or places from far away.