At the recent JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: The Last Crusaders event in Tokyo it was announced that the fourth part of Hirohiko Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken) manga will be adapted into a TV anime.
Here is the announcement video of the anime that was unveiled at the event:
The fourth part of the series is titled JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable (JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai) and follows Josuke Higashikata in his adventures at S City, M Prefecture, Japan.
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken) is a supernatural, action adventure manga written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. Araki began the manga in 1986 in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, and as 2004 in their Ultra Jump magazine. The series is currently ongoing where to date a total of 114 volumes have been compiled and published, split up into 8 parts. The series was first adapted into an anime as an OVA in 1993 by A.P.P.P. (Roujin Z, Omishi Magical Theater: Risky Safety), with another OVA series in 2000. An anime film by the same studio was produced in 2007. A TV anime adaptation of the manga began in 2012 from David Production (Ben-To, Inu × Boku SS) for 26 episodes, and a second season in 2014 as JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders that ran for 48 episodes. The series was also adapted into multiple light novel series.
Here is the series synopsis from MAL:
Beginning its tale in 19th century England, young aristocrat Jonathan Joestar finds himself locked in bitter rivalry with Dio Brando, a low-born boy who Jonathan’s father took under his wing after the death of Dio’s father. Discontent with his station in life, Dio’s fathomless lust to reign over all eventually leads him to seek the supernatural powers of an ancient Aztec stone mask in the Joestar’s possession—an artifact that will forever change the destiny of Dio and Jonathan for generations to come. Fifty years later, in 1938 New York City, Jonathan’s grandson Joseph Joestar must take up his grandfather’s mission and master the abilities necessary to destroy the stone mask and its immensely powerful creators who threaten humanity’s very existence, the Pillar Men.
The anime adaptation of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 4, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, is currently in production. Further information about the series will be revealed at a later date.
You can visit the anime’s website here: http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/jojo-animation/
And follow them on Twitter: @anime_jojo
Source Article – Anime News Network
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