Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure’s’ first chapter of “Phantom Blood” released on Jan. 1, 1987. Jjba was made by Hirohiko Araki, originally inspired by Fist of the North Star by Tetsuo Hara, this is seen by the similar art styles in the stories. Hirohiko Araki would later change his artstyle to later fit how he would write the story. Jojo Bizarre Adventure currently has 190 anime episodes out and 977 chapters out; the anime consists of six parts and the manga with nine parts with the ninth part being released now.
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure is one of the best anime/mangas being released right now because Araki uses not only words but art to convey feelings in the story. The story follows the Joestar family throughout different generations and different time periods, but also revisits some time periods seen in other parts. For example, part 1 and 7 are both set in the 1800’s but in different locations in the world. The art evolution is seriously impressive because the first three and a half parts have more bulky character designs, then halfway through the fourth part and on, the character designs became more slick and there was more realism in the art, especially in later parts like part 7, 8 and 9. Also, Araki becomes a better storyteller and tells more complex and better stories because Araki is always improving his stories and characters. The seventh part, Steel Ball Run, is so greatly written and one of the most interesting parts in the story. In this part the story follows Johnny Joestar, A cowboy/ jockey, and he tries to learn to walk again or find a way to walk again after being paralyzed from being shot in the back after skipping this kid that was waiting all night in line and being arrogant and cocky.
But, in the story we see Johnny, with the help of Gyro Zeppeli, improve as a person and fighter. Johnny doesn’t give up and continues to pursue his dream, he’s told he can never ride a horse again because he can’t use his legs but he still tries and is able to do horse riding. Johnny wears all blue with stars on his pants, hat, and wrists also has a horseshoe on his hat. Gyro wears a purple shirt with green circular gems, a belt with hands engraved on the buckle, brown pants with lines and flaps on the side to carry steel balls. Through every battle and opposition they don’t give up and find solutions to win every battle. People should give Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure a try because the artstyle is so unique and the story is always developing and improving; also, the power system is special and unique and arguably one of the best in all of anime.
