JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2: Nice thread, shame you won't be able to post after I break it. - Film, Television and Music

[sp]break your keyboard, that is[/sp] [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tdu4uKSZ3M[/media] [Img]http://i.imgur.com/hzuOvRD.png[/Img] [B]What is JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure?[/B] JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (also known as ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken) by Hirohiko Araki is one of the longest running manga series of all time, its 8 parts (and numerous other side stories) spanning twenty eight years and selling over eighty million copies in Japan alone. Because of that it has its own videogames, several novelizations, action figures, anime series, and even a jewelry line and snack foods. It has also become the most influential manga series of all time, influencing hundreds of manga, anime, videogames, and other stuff. Q:if it’s so popular, how come I've never heard of it? A:Like most things from Japan, it’s pretty much invisible in the US and parts of Europe. Surprisingly, JoJo’s is also super popular in Italy and France, especially the 5th part, Vento Aureo. [B]The Anime[/B] Right now parts 1, 2 and 3 of the anime are complete and part 4 is just getting started. You can watch it on Crunchyroll every friday afternoon, but you'll need to register first. Unlike most manga-to-anime adaptations, JoJo’s has been incredibly faithful to the series, with an almost ridiculous level of detail, and since the anime has 25+ years worth of content to catch up with there won’t be any weird made up catch up or pointless filler to prevent catching up with the manga. Practically every line of dialogue, pose, fight, onomatopoeia, and joke are 1:1 with the manga. In some cases the creators even managed to plug up some of the manga’s plotholes. The creators made an article about how they created Battle Tendency and Phantom Blood’s anime adaptations, which is briefly covered on onepixeljump in English and on cgworld in Japanese. Any fan of the manga is going to definitely appreciate the fact that the creators are the biggest JoJo nerds on the planet. [B]The manga[/B] As for the manga, well you have the internet right? It's not too hard to find but you can start by clicking the title. The description you're about to read may contain [B]SPOILERS[/B]. So read at your own risk. Also, you need to register at Bato.to if you wanna read it. [Img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d0/Weekly_Sh%C5%8Dnen_Jump_1987_issue_1-2.jpg[/Img] [B]Phantom Blood 1987 – 1988[/B] A literally hitler child named Dio Brando is adopted into the wealthy Joestar family and clashes with Joestar’s son and our protagonist: Jonathan Joestar. Things go from bad, to ugly, to repulsive, to downright EVIL, with plot elements such as: vampires, zombies, bread, magical breathing powers that let people channel sunlight energy through their bodies, Italians, wine, and a very emotional scar-face man with fierce eyebrows. Will Jonathan beat the evil Dio? [sp]Yeah, pretty much[/sp]. [Img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/30/Jojo8.jpg[/Img] [B]Battle Tendency 1988 – 1989[/B] Jonathan’s much more interesting grandson, Joseph Joestar, takes on three super-vampires that looks like Mexican male-Strippers known as: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUhVCoTsBaM]The Pillar Men[/url] (Wammu, Esidesi, Kars). He doesn't do it alone, though, as he gets help from his womanizing unironic makeup-wearing bubble buddy, everyone’s favorite emotional eyebrows man, and the first female character in the series that actually does something significant. [Img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f6/Jojo13.jpg[/Img] [B]Stardust Crusaders 1989 – 1992[/B] Little Miss Sunshine, but with more muscular men, crazy bad guys, filler fights, JAPAN, FRANCE, and world-saving by traveling around the world, starring the incredibly bland Jotaro Kujo, Joseph’s half Japanese half American grandson and his weird hair hat. This part is one of the most significant as it’s the first to introduce Stands, which are essentially a physical manifestation of one’s fighting spirit. [Img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/Jojo36.jpg[/Img] [B]Diamond is Unbreakable 1992 – 1996[/B] Josuke Higashikata, [sp]Joseph Joestar’s son that he had in an adulterous relationship behind his wife’s back[/sp], is just a small town boy living in the small town of Morioh. Except he’s not, he’s a stylish high school student with stylish hair and anger issues. [sp]His stand name is Crazy Diamond, which pretty much confirms how sick he is[/sp]. A menace (or two, or three.. or four..) is plaguing the small town and it’s up to him and his stupid friends to save the day. Also Jotaro is in this one. [t]http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/b/b1/Volume_54.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120215020653[/t] [B]Vento Aureo 1996 – 1999[/B] Vento Aureo is weird. Not only is the protagonist, Giorno Giovanna, [sp]more loosely related to the rest of the Joestars because he’s one of Dio’s vampire-food-baby-children from Part 3, so technically he’s related to Jonathan(‘s lower half) and not the newer Joestars[/sp], but he only interacts with only a [sp]handful of the series’ previous characters[/sp], so it’s mostly self contained. It stars Giorno and the members of the Naples-based Italian gang called Passione. After getting into the gang, Giorno and his new friends find out that there’s more behind Passione than selling drugs and collecting debt money. Featuring the most obvious and blatant musical references in all of JoJo, and a cast of thin, attractive boys instead of the usual ultra-muscular beefcakes of parts 1-4. [t]http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/a/a6/Volume_80.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120215021058[/t] [B]Stone Ocean 2000 – 2003[/B] Jolyne Kujo (yes, a GURL JOJO), Jotaro’s daughter, is framed and put into prison. After developing her Stand ability, she has to discover who framed her and why. [t]http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/9/92/Volume_84.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120215021202[/t] [B]Steel Ball Run 2004 – 2011[/B] [sp]The year is 1890[/sp], and Stephen Steel starts a race called the Steel Ball run, which pits thousands of people on horseback against each other in a race across the continental United States. The paraplegic Johnny Joestar decides to enter the race after a strange encounter with a mysterious foreigner named Gyro Zeppeli and his steel balls (get it?). Will Johnny discover the secret behind Gyro’s heavy, shiny, and voluptuous steel balls? Will he learn to walk again? Will he win the prize? Stay tuned! [t]http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/0/0b/Volume_114.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150728044132[/t] [B]JoJolion 2011 – Ongoing[/B] JoJolion is the newest part of JoJo and I have no idea what the fuck it’s even about. All I know is about a dude with gap teeth in a sailor uniform named [sp]Josuke (Not really his name)[/sp], who lives in Morioh (again). He shoots bubbles and lost his memory, but a girl who’s [sp]named after a character from part 4 (yeah, again)[/sp] helps him out. [B]The game[/B] There's also several games too but I'm for now, I'm going to talk about this: [Img]http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2015/18/1430478175-logo.png[/Img] Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven is a newest Jojo tag-team brawler game that can play up to 4 players with some new characters that you can't play from the previous game. it came out in Japan on December 17th 2015 only on PS3 and PS4, June 28th 2016 in North America and July 1st in Europe. [B]The Stand[/B] The Stand is like your favorite X-men character (whether it's a humanoid or not) who is a ghost, standing behind you, follows you around and protect you with his special ability/power. However, not all stands has a master and it's not just humans that can have a stand, some stand users is an animal too. Most of the stands are named after a music band, a song or an album (because Araki is too lazy come up with a name). Some stands cannot be seen by naked eyes (unless you're a stand user), but others can be seen.

First post claimed for best Jojo. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXNjnt3LrSo[/media]

It's Atom Heart Father next, right?

[QUOTE=Mellowbloom;51051282]It's Atom Heart Father next, right?[/QUOTE] yeah and it'll only be one episode rather than two, after that they might have to switch some chapters around to find a spot for [sp]Kira Yoshikage's New Life[/sp] or whatever that was called

What a beautiful new thread! chew There must be no thread as excellent as this one This feels like a picnic

[URL="http://ask.fm/Clarknova/answers/138797160169"]Toonami will be airing JJBA uncensored.[/URL]

Finally got around to watching the anime again and [SP] fucking kira and his hand fetish[/SP] is everything I wanted in an anime it's just as good as it needed to be

[QUOTE=New Cidem;51051242]First post claimed for best Jojo. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8RRe3jGfoA[/media][/QUOTE] ftfy

I started reading Stone Ocean and I dig it. The opening mystery is interesting and it's nice to be back with the Joestar family, Speedwagon Foundation, et al. Jolyne is a pretty cool protagonist and the new stands are interesting as well. The translation bothers me, though - they stretch out the vowels ("Come ooooooooon!" "Shut uuuuuuuup!" "Johngalli Aaaaaaaa") a lot and it gets on my nerves.

[QUOTE=Corndog Ninja;51052379] The translation bothers me, though - they stretch out the vowels ("Come ooooooooon!" "Shut uuuuuuuup!" "Johngalli Aaaaaaaa") a lot and it gets on my nerves.[/QUOTE] oh boy you're gonna love jojolion then

[QUOTE=Durrsly;51052459]oh boy you're gonna love jojolion then[/QUOTE] I remember there being a shitpost on /a/ that was like >why does everyone in part 5 talk like 'this'? >why does everyone in part 6 talk like thiiiiiiiiiiis? >why does everyone in part 8 talk like thi----is?

[QUOTE=Durrsly;51052137]ftfy[/QUOTE] I like Josuke a lot, but... I'll wait until 8 finishes to decide who I like best. At the very least, I like that he's 50% ultra-serious and 50% "i think i'm going to sing about fried chicken now"

[QUOTE=New Cidem;51052540]I like Josuke a lot, but... I'll wait until 8 finishes to decide who I like best. At the very least, I like that he's 50% ultra-serious and 50% "i think i'm going to sing about fried chicken now"[/QUOTE] Part 8 Spoilers [sp]I mean, technically he is half and half in general, maybe that's a part of it?[/sp]

[QUOTE=Magikoopa24;51052596]Part 8 Spoilers [sp]I mean, technically he is half and half in general, maybe that's a part of it?[/sp][/QUOTE] [sp]That actually does kinda make sense. I'd say he's more like 75% Josefumi despite the visual metaphor of him having bisected eyes, though.[/sp]

When they said this was a [url=https://38.media.tumblr.com/3443a25d4ae1fe2a70436aec271c6d38/tumblr_nk32169iH81tife6ro2_500.gif]bizarre adventure[/url], they weren't joking.

hi im new to this anime, is it better than naruto?

[QUOTE=Pagliacci;51052740]hi im new to this anime, is it better than naruto?[/QUOTE] better than bleach, not as good as the top shelf anime like naruto and sword art

[QUOTE=Pagliacci;51052740]hi im new to this anime, is it better than naruto?[/QUOTE] It's horrible, don't watch it, avoid reading manga at all costs, don't come here again. Etc etc. [sp]What isn't better than fucking Naruto?![/sp]

[QUOTE=FreezingStorm;51052712]When they said this was a [url=https://38.media.tumblr.com/3443a25d4ae1fe2a70436aec271c6d38/tumblr_nk32169iH81tife6ro2_500.gif]bizarre adventure[/url], they weren't joking.[/QUOTE] [IMG]https://68.media.tumblr.com/7a079d5511abe38aa9815179cc0e72fb/tumblr_ob4u53VjEH1tqvsfso1_500.jpg[/IMG]

Btw there isn't a lot of people that talk about it nowadays but I fucking love the teasers they had for some of the upcoming parts after the anime is done. I think nothing will ever surpass Part 2's Teaser for Stardust Crusaders. Jotaro just standing there on the dark jail cell while staring down the spectator. First time I saw that I got chills down my spine.

[QUOTE=SoftHearted;51052929]Btw there isn't a lot of people that talk about it nowadays but I fucking love the teasers they had for some of the upcoming parts after the anime is done. I think nothing will ever surpass Part 2's Teaser for Stardust Crusaders. Jotaro just standing there on the dark jail cell while staring down the spectator. First time I saw that I got chills down my spine.[/QUOTE] I really hope Part 4 has at least a HINT of part 5- [sp]"Koichi- I need you to do something for me." I forget exactly when Part 5 takes place after Part 4, but I still think it would be perfect to sendoff into that teaser.[/sp]

Part 5 takes place in 2001, two years after Part 4

[QUOTE=New Cidem;51051242]First post claimed for best Jojo. [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXNjnt3LrSo[/url][/QUOTE] Ok yea but for real EoH had a mint as fuck soundtrack [video=youtube;U2K1E6wx_Sc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2K1E6wx_Sc[/video] [video=youtube;HEGU0LOTTX4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEGU0LOTTX4[/video] shame the game turned out meh

[IMG]http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/170/135/6d2.png[/IMG] [editline]14th September 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=aussiedropbear;51053233]Ok yea but for real EoH had a mint as fuck soundtrack[/QUOTE] I know I posted it in the last thread but Hol Horse's theme is incredible [video=youtube;T6YmNyROlNQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6YmNyROlNQ[/video]

[QUOTE=TheFishyG;51053076]Part 5 takes place in 2001, two years after Part 4[/QUOTE] Ahh, damn, thought it was sooner- [sp]Still, considering Part 5 is japan's favorite part, AND they'd have koichi and jotaro's vas still in the studio, I wouldn't be surprised if a teaser showed up at the end.[/sp]

I will patiently wait for the best game of [sp]Find how the fuck Josuke is cheating while my house burns down[/sp]

if we're talking about great themes in EoH, step aside for the most unnecessarily good theme in the game [video=youtube;5X-Ek_1W9wk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X-Ek_1W9wk[/video]

[video=youtube;lmbUhqY3NsM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmbUhqY3NsM[/video]

I don't really think we need to put spoilers in Steel Ball Run' OP thing

What's everyone's guess when the new OP's coming on? I'm guessing it could be as soon as the next episode after Atom Heart Father, considering we'll probably see Kira's New Face in this episode as well.