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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run Anime Reveals March 19 Debut for '1st Stage,' More Cast, New Trailer
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Netflix announced on Saturday that the "first stage" of the anime of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 7--Steel Ball Run manga will debut on March 19 with a total of one 47-minute episode.
Netflix is streaming a video announcing the date.
The show's staff also revealed a new visual and more cast members:
The anime stars:
- Shōgo Sakata as Johnny Joestar
- Yōhei Azakami as Gyro Zeppeli
- Kaito Ishikawa as Diego Brando
- Rie Takahashi as Lucy Steel
- Kenta Miyake as Steven Steel
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind co-directors Yasuhiro Kimura and Hideya Takahashi are directing the anime at david production. Toshiyuki Kato (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean director who has also worked as a storyboarder and more on the other series in the franchise) is the series director. Yasuko Kobayashi is returning from the other series in the franchise to oversee the series scripts, and Daisuke Tsumagari (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind animation director) is designing the characters. Yūgo Kanno is again composing the music, and Yoshikazu Iwanami is returning as the sound director. Sub-character designers include: Yui Kinoshita, Grand Guerrilla, Minoru Murao, and Chii.
Viz Media has licensed the manga in English, and released the first volume digitally and in print on May 27. Viz Media describes the first volume:
Riders from around the world gather in the Wild West for the race of the century! Johnny Joestar, a former jockey paralyzed from the waist down, comes to spectate, and momentarily regains the ability to walk while watching a duel fought by Gyro Zeppeli. Desperate to learn more about this power, Johnny joins the race alongside Gyro and embarks on the most epic and bizarre race to ever cross the American frontier!
Araki launched the manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 2004, but the manga moved to Ultra Jump in 2005. The manga ended serialization in 2011, and had 24 volumes (consisting of volumes 81-104 of the overall JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga).
david production's anime adaptation that started by adapting Part 1 of the manga has covered the manga through Part 6, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean. Netflix debuted the first 12 episodes of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean globally in December 2021. The second part of the anime consisting of episodes 13-24 debuted in September 2022 on Netflix. Netflix then debuted the third and final part, consisting of episodes 25-38, in December 2022.
Araki launched The JOJOLands manga, the ninth and latest part of his JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga series, in Ultra Jump in February 2023.
Other recent entries in the franchise include video games, a stage musical, and live-action adaptations of Araki's spinoff manga Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai).
Sources: Netflix Anime's X/Twitter account (link 2), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 7--Steel Ball Run anime's website, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime's X/Twitter account
