JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012; anime)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012; anime)

a.k.a JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken/JoJo no kimyô-na bôken

Director: Naokatsu Tsuda (1 - 4), Kenichi Suzuki (1, 2 & 5), Toshiyuki Katou (2, 3 & 5), Yasuhiro Kimura (5) & Hideya Takahashi (5)

Plot Synopsis[]

The story of the Joestar family, who are possessed with intense psychic strength, and the adventures each member encounters throughout their lives.

Male Deaths[]

Chō [Senator Wilson Phillips] (Japanese Voice)
Taketora [Dire, Page, Jones, Plant & Bonham] (Japanese Voice)
Zach Aguilar [Koichi Hirose] (English Dub) (reversed by Bite the Dust)
Chris Jai Alex [Esidisi] (English Dub)
Brian Beacock [Shigekiyo “Shigechi” Yangu & Harvest] (English Dub)
Johnny Yong Bosch [Jonathan Joestar] (English Dub)
Edward Bosco [Devo the Cursed] (English Dub)
Griffin Burns [Vinegar Doppio] (English Dub)
Bill Butts [Cioccolata & Brainwashed Guard] (English Dub)
Jalen K. Cassell [Vanilla Ice & Okuyasu Nijimura] (English Dub) (Okuyasu Nijimura is reversed by Bite the Dust & revived)
Brook Chalmers [Polpo & Black Sabbath] (English Dub)
George Chalmers [Impostor Captain Tennille] (English Dub)
Ray Chase [Loggins & Bruno Bucciarati] (English Dub)
Shigeru Chiba [Yoshihiro Kira] (Japanese Voice)
Sean Chiplock [Sorbet, S*x Pistol No. 2, 3, 6 & 7] (English Dub) (S*x Pistol No. 2, 3, 6 & 7 are revived)
Katsumi Chō [Gray Fly] (Japanese Voice)
Greg Chun [N’Doul] (English Dub)
Marc Diraison [George Joestar I] (English Dub)
D.C. Douglas [Yoshikage Kira] (English Dub)
Richard Epcar [Nazi Officer & Joseph Joestar] (English Dub) (Joseph Joestar is revived)
Doug Erholtz [Jean Pierre Polnareff] (English Dub) (revived by soul switching)
Jonathan Fahn [Wealthy Beggar & Senator Wilson Phillips] (English Dub)
Tom Fahn [Wired Beck & J. Geil] (English Dub)
Shinshū Fuji [Risotto Nero] (Japanese Voice)
Keiji Fujiwara [Esidisi] (Japanese Voice)
Shinya Fukumatsu [Centipede Shoes Store Owner] (Japanese Voice)
Jun Fukushima [Formaggio] (Japanese Voice)
Tesshō Genda [Impostor Captain Tennille] (Japanese Voice)
Kellen Goff [Rio’s Neighbor, Diavolo & King Crimson] (English Dub)
Chris Hackney [Father Stxy, Ghiaccio & Other Drug Dealer] (English Dub)
Daiki Hamano [Luca/Leaky-eye Luca] (Japanese Voice)
Keisuke Hamaoka [Male Prisoners & Brainwashed Guard] (Japanese Voice)
Brian Hanford [Baby Face] (English Dub)
Anthony Hansen [Adams] (English Dub)
Tomokazu Seki [Enrico Pucci] (Japanese Voice)
Tasuku Hatanaka [Satoru Nakae] (Japanese Voice)
Show Hayami [Vanilla Ice] (Japanese Voice)
Kyle Hebert [Noriaki Kakyoin] (English Dub)
Joe Hernandez [Pesci] (English Dub)
Satoshi Hino [Johngalli A.] (Japanese Voice)
Daisuke Hirakawa [Noriaki Kakyoin] (Japanese Voice)
Katsuhisa Hōki [Ryohei Higashikata] (Japanese Voice)
Atsushi Imaruoka [Rudol von Stroheim] (Japanese Voice)
Minoru Inaba [Old Janitor] (Japanese Voice)
Tetsu Inada [Tarkus] (Japanese Voice)
Yūichi Ishigami [Doobie] (Japanese Voice)
Makoto Ishii [Masazo Kinoto & Cheap Trick] (Japanese Voice)
Hideo Ishikawa [Polpo & Black Sabbath] (Japanese Voice)
Unshô Ishizuka [Joseph Joestar] (Japanese Voice) (revived)
Kentarō Itō [N’Doul] (Japanese Voice)
Yuki Kaji [Koichi Hirose] (Japanese Voice) (revered by Bite the Dust)
Billy Kametz [Josuke Higashitaka] (English Dub) (reversed by Bite the Dust)
Shouto Kashii [Devo the Cursed] (Japanese Voice)
Masayuki Katō [Father Styx] (Japanese Voice)
Yong Yea [Enrico Pucci] (English Dub)
Kengo Kawanishi [Unnamed Manga Artist] (Japanese Voice)
Tatsuhiro Kikuchi [Drug Dealer] (Japanese Voice)
Erik Scott Kimerer [Secco] (English Dub)
Subaru Kimura [Pesci] (Japanese Voice)
Takuya Kirimoto [J. Geil & Hanged Man] (Japanese Voice)
Jarred Kjack [Abbacchio’s Partner & Other Male Prisoner] (English Dub)
William Knight [Old Janitor] (English Dub)
Fuminori Komatsu [Jean Pierre Polnareff] (Japanese Voice) (revived by soul switching)
Katsuyuki Konishi [Diavolo & King Crimson] (Japanese Voice)
Tsuyoshi Koyama [Sports Maxx] (Japanese Voice)
Takehito Koyasu [Dio Brando/DIO & The World] (Japanese Voice)
Steve Kramer [Dario Brando & Yoshihiro Kira] (English Dub)
Naomi Kusumi [Jack the Ripper] (Japanese Voice)
Mick Lauer [Leone Abbacchio] (English Dub)
Ben Lepley [Speedwagon Foundation Pilot & Illuso] (English Dub)
Ryan Colt Levy [Squalo] (English Dub)
Hiroki Maeda [Policeman] (Japanese Voice)
Tomoaki Maeno [Squalo] (Japanese Voice)
Junji Majima [Baby Face] (Japanese Voice)
Dave Mallow [Straizo] (English Dub)
Jason Marnocha [Keicho Nijimura & Bad Company] (English Dub)
Stefan Martello [Masazo Kinoto & Cheap Trick] (English Dub)
David Matranga [Johngalli A.] (English Dub)
Takeaki Masuyama [Rio's Neighbor] (Japanese Voice)
Austin Lee Matthews [Other Speedwagon Foundation Pilot & Unnamed Manga Artist] (English Dub)
Kyle McCarley [Mark & Narancia Ghirga] (English Dub)
Michael McConnohie [Impostor Captain Tennille] (English Dub)
Matthew Mercer [Jotaro Kujo] (English Dub) (reversed by Bite the Dust)
Vic Mignogna [Rohan Kishibe] (English Dub) (reversed by Bite the Dust)
Bill Millsap [Prosciutto] (English Dub)
Kenta Miyake [Muhammad Avdol] (Japanese Voice)
Atsushi Miyauchi [Cioccolata] (Japanese Voice)
Tadashi Miyazawa [Dario Brando] (Japanese Voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa [Yoshikage Kira] (Japanese Voice)
Yūya Murakami [Other Drunkard] (Japanese Voice)
Kane Jungbluth-Murry [Sports Maxx] (English Dub)
Takashi Nagasako [Inspector] (Japanese Voice)
Hiroshi Naka [Wang Chan & Sardinian Fortune Teller] (Japanese Voice)
Yuichi Nakamura [Bruno Bucciarati] (Japanese Voice)
Yutaka Nakano [Loggins] (Japanese Voice)
Tōru Nara [Nukesaku] (Japanese Voice)
Ken Narita [Illuso] (Japanese Voice)
Naoya Nosaka [Shady Engineer] (Japanese Voice)
Ikuji Nose [Abbacchio’s Partner] (Japanese Voice)
Joe Ochman [Baron Will Anthonio Zeppeli] (English Dub)
Shinnosuke Ogami [Paolo Bucciarati & Diavolo’s Stepfather] (Japanese Voice)
Nobuhiko Okamoto [Ghiaccio] (Japanese Voice)
Kazuyuki Okitsu [Jonathan Joestar] (Japanese Voice)
Shō Okumura [Assassination Target & Drunkard] (Japanese Voice)
Tony Oliver [Bruford & Satoru Nakae] (English Dub)
Daisuke Ono [Jotaro Kujo] (Japanese Voice) (reversed by Bite the Dust)
Yūki Ono [Josuke Higashitaka] (Japanese Voice) (reversed by Bite the Dust)
Ryōta Ōsaka [Mark] (Japanese Voice)
Akio Ôtsuka [Wamuu] (Japanese Voice)
Arnie Pantoja [Nukesaku] (English Dub)
Bryce Papenbrook [Caesar Antonio Zeppeli] (English Dub)
Jas Patrick [Drug Dealer] (English Dub)
Paul St. Peter [Jack the Ripper, Dire & Wamuu] (English Dub)
Jay Preston [Gray Fly] (English Dub)
Jamieson Price [Tarkus] (English Dub)
Derek Stephen Prince [Iggy] (English Dub)
Jordan Reynolds [Tiziano & Carne] (English Dub)
Bill Rogers [Pi-chan & Policeman] (English Dub)
Matthew David Rudd [Luca/Leaky-eye Luca] (English Dub)
Jiro Saito [Nazi Officer] (Japanese Voice)
Soma Saito [Vinegar Doppio] (Japanese Voice)
Daisuke Sakaguchi [Carne] (Japanese Voice)
Takahiro Sakurai [Rohan Kishibe] (Japanese Voice (reversed by Bite the Dust)
Yoshihito Sasaki [Sorbet] (Japanese Voice)
Gen Sato [Pi-chan] (Japanese Voice)
Takuya Satō [Caesar Antonio Zeppeli] (Japanese Voice)
Michael Schwalbe [Jolyne’s Lawyer] (English Dub)
Jonah Scott [Formaggio] (English Dub)
Patrick Seitz [Dio Brando/DIO & The World] (English Dub)
Hiro Shimono [Secco & Guccio] (Japanese Voice)
Tomoyuki Shimura [Keicho Nijimura & Bad Company] (Japanese Voice)
Gô Shinomiya [Speedwagon Foundation Pilot] (Japanese Voice)
Yoku Shioya [Baron Will Anthonio Zeppeli] (Japanese Voice)
Matt Shipman [Male Prisoner] (English Dub)
Keith Silverstein [Robert E.O Speedwagon] (English Dub)
Christopher Corey Smith [Centipede Shoes Store Owner] (English Dub)
John Snyder [Pericolo] (English Dub)
Michael Sorich [Ryohei Higashikata] (English Dub)
Spike Spencer [Ebony Devil] (English Dub)
Doug Stone [Wang Chan & Mario Zeppeli] (English Dub)
Masashi Sugawara [George Joestar I] (Japanese Voice)
Junichi Suwabe [Leone Abbacchio] (Japanese Voice)
Tatsuhisa Suzuki [Prosciutto] (Japanese Voice)
Hidenori Takahashi [Adams & Jolyne's Lawyer] (Japanese Voice)
Wataru Takagi [Okuyasu Nijimura] (Japanese Voice) (reversed by Bite the Dust & revived by Crazy Diamond)
Armen Taylor [Paolo Bucciarati & Risotto Nero] (English Dub)
Ryōta Takeuchi [D an G] (Japanese Voice)
Chris Tergliafera [Muhammad Avdol] (English Dub)
Hiromichi Tezuka [Other Drug Dealer & Brainwashed Guard] (Japanese Voice)
Joe Thomas [Inspector] (English Dub)
Kirk Thornton [Doobie] (English Dub)
Nobuo Tobita [Straizo] (Japanese Voice)
Kōsuke Toriumi [S*x Pistol No, 2, 3, 6 & 7] (Japanese Voice) (revived)
Kenjiro Tsuda [Bruford & Tiziano] (Japanese Voice)
Shinpachi Tsuji [Pericolo] (Japanese Voice)
Satoshi Tsuruoka [Wired Beck] (Japanese Voice)
Yuma Uchida [Other Speedwagon Foundation Pilot] (Japanese Voice)
Yôji Ueda [Robert E.O. Speedwagon] (Japanese Voice)
Hidenari Ugaki [Chaka’s Father] (Japanese Voice)
Dan Woren [Rudol von Stroheim] (English Dub)
Haruo Yamagishi [Wealthy Beggar] (Japanese Voice)
Kappei Yamaguchi [Forever, Shigekiyo “Shigechi” Yangu & Harvest] (Japanese Voice)
Kanehira Yamamoto [Superior Officer Zombie] (Japanese Voice)
Jin Yamanoi [Mario Zeppeli] (Japanese Voice)
Daiki Yamashita [Narancia Ghirga] (Japanese Voice)
Junichi Yanagita [Kenny G.] (Japanese Voice)

Female Deaths[]

Fairouz Ai [Jolyne Cujoh] (Japanese Voice)
Ayaka Asai [Minako Okura] (Japanese Voice)
Dawn M. Bennett [Donatella Una] (English Dub)
Kira Buckland [Reimi Sugimoto & Jolyne Cujoh] (English Dub)
Tiana Camacho [Assassinated Woman & Mela Ghirga] (English Dub)
Amber Lee Connors [Black-Haired Prisoner] (English Dub)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn [Nena & Empress] (English Dub)
Misato Fukuen [Iggy] (Japanese Voice)
Nao Fujita [Tanned Prisoner] (Japanese Voice)
Katelyn Gault [Aya Tsuji] (English Dub)
Heather Gonzalez [Gloria Costello] (English Dub)
Barbara Goodson [Enya the Hag/Enya Geil] (English Dub)
Nicole Gose [Anita] (English Dub)
Meli Grant [Tanned Prisoner] (English Dub)
Sayuri Hara [Reimi Sugimoto] (Japanese Voice)
Erika Harlacher [Sherry Polnareff] (English Dub)
Risa Hayamizu [Donatella Una] (Japanese Voice)
Serika Hiromatsu [Mela Ghirga] (Japanese Voice)
Mariya Ise [Atroe & Foo Fighters/F.F.] (Japanese Voice)
Ayako Kawasumi [Erina Pendleton-Joestar] (Japanese Voice)
Yuka Komatsu [Sherry Polnareff] (Japanese Voice)
Brittany Lauda [Atroe & Foo Fighters/F.F.] (English Dub)
Wendee Lee [Lisa Lisa/Elizabeth Joestar] (English Dub) (In between Battle Tendency and Stardust Crusaders. Confirmed in the Stand Proud Opening)
Hanako Mori [Shaved Head Prisoner] (Japanese Voice)
Deneen Melody [Minako Okura] (English Dub)
Sayaka Ohara [Aya Tsuji] (Japanese Voice)
Lisa Ortiz [Shaved Head Prisoner] (English Dub)
Ikue Ōtani [The Green Baby] (Japanese Voice)
Michelle Ruff [Erina Pendleton-Joestar] (English Dub)
Rina Satō [Hayato Kawajiri] (Japanese Voice) (reversed by Bite the Dust & later by Crazy Diamond)
Haruka Shimizu [Assassinated Woman] (Japanese Voice)
Laura Stahl [Hayato Kawajiri] (English Dub) (reversed by Bite the Dust & later by Crazy Diamond)
Riho Sugiyama [Anita] (Japanese Voice)
Reiko Suzuki [Enya the Hag/Enya Geil] (Japanese Voice)
Atsuko Tanaka [Lisa Lisa/Elizabeth Joestar] (Japanese Voice) (In between Battle Tendency and Stardust Crusaders. Confirmed in the Stand Proud Opening)
Saori Terai [Diavolo’s Mother] (Japanese Voice)
Akeno Watanabe [Gloria Costello] (Japanese Voice)
Hibiku Yamamura [Nukesaku’s Female Face] (Japanese Voice)
Anna Yamaki [Black-Haired Prisoner] (Japanese Voice)
Satsuku Yukino [Nena & Empress] (Japanese Voice)

Trivia[]

Hirohiko Araki is a big fan of Western music, and many of the characters and Stands in the show are named after musicians and songs.
Hirohiko Araki came up with Stands as a way to explain psychic powers: he didn't believe someone could move an object with their mind, but he could believe that someone created something with their mind that could move an object.
Hirohiko Araki chose Egypt as Dio's modern-era base because he had once gone there on a trip and thought the people there looked threatening and fearsome. The location is a tribute to Mitsuteru Yokoyama's story "Babel II", which was set in the desert.
Many names of characters and Stands have to be altered in the English subtitles and dubs of the anime and games for copyright reasons. Some examples are: -Wham!/Wamu -ACDC/Esidisi -Cars/Kars -Steely Dan/Dan of Steel -Crazy Diamond/Shining Diamond (Pink Floyd) -Vanilla Ice/Cool Ice -Echoes/Reverb (Pink Floyd) -Killer Queen/Deadly Queen (Queen).
The series released on the 25th anniversary of the "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" manga comic.
Dio Brando has the word "Muda" as his war cry. "Muda" is Japanese for "useless."
The series uses several popular English songs licensed from their original recordings: "Phantom Blood" and "Battle Tendency" - "Roundabout" (by Yes) "Stardust Crusaders" - "Walk Like An Egyptian" (by The Bangles) and "Last Train Home" (by The Pat MethenyGroup) "Diamond is Unbreakable" - "I Want You" (by Savage Garden) "Golden Wind" - "Freek'n You'" (by Jodeci) - "Modern Crusaders" (by Enigma) and "Distant Dreamer " by Duffy.
In the "Stardust Crusaders" saga, most of the Stands are named after Tarot cards and Egyptian gods.
Jonathan Joestar's name was inspired by Jonathan's, a Japanese restaurant which serves western style food.
The JoJo family symbol is a heart, as seen in the opening credits of the "Diamond is Unbreakable" saga. Jotaro and Josuke wear heart decorations in their clothing in "Diamond is Unbreakable", and so does Dio Brando in "Stardust Crusaders" (in keeping with him stealing from the Joestars). The heart resembles courage and nobility, as well as frailty, qualities the Joestar family displays. It also represents the source of their power; Hamon (ripples of energy) and their later-evolved Stands come from blood, and the heart is what keeps blood pumping through the body.
Joseph Joestar often speaks in English in small parts, saying things like "Oh no!" And "Oh my God!". Other characters occasionally also speak English, but it's mostly Joseph