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Jotaro Kujo
is a fictional character in the Japanese manga series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. The main protagonist of the series' third story arc, ''Stardust Crusaders'', Jotaro is depicted as a rough delinquent with a noble heart who journeys from Japan to Egypt with his grandfather, Joseph Joestar, and their allies to defeat the Joestar bloodline's sworn enemy, Dio Brando, and save his mother's life. He has a Stand (a physical manifestation of his fighting spirit) named , whose power is incredible strength, speed, and precision. Later, Star Platinum gains the ability , enabling Jotaro to stop time for a few seconds. Jotaro returns in subsequent story arcs of the manga as a supporting character. In '' Diamond Is Unbreakable'', he meets his 16-year old biological uncle Josuke Higashikata. Jotaro also appears briefly in '' Golden Wind'' when he sends Koichi Hirose to Italy to spy on Dio's son, Giorno Giovanna, and in '' Stone Ocean'' to aid his dau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1987 to 2004, and was transferred to the monthly ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Ultra Jump'' in 2005. The series is divided into nine story arcs, each following a new protagonist bearing the "JoJo" nickname. ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' is Shueisha's largest ongoing manga series by volume count, with its chapters collected in 131 ''tankōbon'' volumes as of September 2021. A 13-episode original video animation series adapting the manga's third part, '' Stardust Crusaders'', was produced by A.P.P.P. and released from 1993 to 2002. The studio later produced an anime film adapting the first part, ''Phantom Blood'', which was released in theaters in Japan in 2007. In October 2012, an anime television series produced by David Production adapting ''Phantom Blood'' and ''Battle Tendency'' began broadcast on Tok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorno Giovanna
The ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' manga series features a large cast of characters created by Hirohiko Araki. Spanning several generations, the series is split into eight parts, each following a different descendant of the Joestar family. Parts 7 and 8 take place in a separate continuity from the previous six. Many of the characters have supernatural abilities which give them a variety of unique traits. Creation and conception Part 1: ''Phantom Blood'' When first beginning the series, Dio Brando is the character that Araki looked forward to drawing the most. Inspired by FBI profiling of serial killers and how they control their victims through psychological manipulation, he gave Dio a similar trait, using his charisma to ensure his followers do his bidding. Araki revealed that he had not thought up a weakness for the character and that it was difficult to come up with a way for Dio to be defeated. As the first Joestar, Araki created Jonathan to be "a symbol of purity and dignity" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoicism
Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century Common Era, BCE. It is a philosophy of personal virtue ethics informed by its system of logic and its views on the natural world, asserting that the practice of virtue is both necessary and sufficient to achieve Eudaimonia, (happiness, ): one flourishes by living an Ethics, ethical life. The Stoics identified the path to with a life spent practicing the cardinal virtues and living in accordance with nature. The Stoics are especially known for teaching that "virtue is the only good" for human beings, and that external things, such as health, wealth, and pleasure, are not good or called in themselves (''adiaphora'') but have value as "material for virtue to act upon". Alongside Aristotelian ethics, the Stoic tradition forms one of the major founding approaches to virtue ethics. The Stoics also held that certain destructive emotions resulted from errors of judgment, and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardust Crusaders
is the third story arc of the manga series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. The arc was serialized for a little over 3 years. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from March 27, 1989 to April 14, 1992 for 152 chapters, which were later collected into 16 ''tankōbon'' volumes. In its original publication, it was known as ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3 Jotaro Kujo: Heritage for the Future''. The arc was preceded by ''Battle Tendency'' and followed by '' Diamond Is Unbreakable''. In 2012, ''Stardust Crusaders'' was digitally colored and released as digital downloads for smartphones and tablet computers. A ten-volume hardcover re-release under the title ''JoJonium'' was published in 2014 and 2015. Viz Media initially released the sixteen-volume format of the arc in North America between 2005 and 2010. They released the hardcover format from 2016 to 2019. It is the most popular arc of the ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' series as it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OVA)
is an original video animation adaptation of Hirohiko Araki's manga series of the same name. Produced by A.P.P.P. (Another Push Pin Planning), it was adapted from the series' third part, '' Stardust Crusaders''. Plot Set in 1987, the series follows Jotaro Kujo and his comrades who have developed mysterious powers known as Stands. Jotaro, his grandfather Joseph Joestar and their allies travel to Egypt in search of the evil and immortal vampire Dio Brando, now known solely as "DIO" to save Jotaro's mother Holly, whose Stand has awakened and threatens to consume her in 50 days. Meanwhile, DIO has commissioned a number of assassins with various types of deadly Stands to destroy them before they can reach him. Broadcast and release The first six episodes were originally released by Pony Canyon on VHS and Laserdisc from 1993 to 1994, adapting the latter half of the story arc. This set of episodes begins with Jotaro Kujo and his companions in the middle of their quest to find D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clint Eastwood
Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor and film director. After achieving success in the Western TV series '' Rawhide'', he rose to international fame with his role as the "Man with No Name" in Sergio Leone's "''Dollars Trilogy''" of Spaghetti Westerns during the mid-1960s and as antihero cop Harry Callahan in the five ''Dirty Harry'' films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. These roles, among others, have made Eastwood an enduring cultural icon of masculinity. Elected in 1986, Eastwood served for two years as the mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. An Academy Award nominee for Best Actor, Eastwood won Best Director and Best Picture for his Western film ''Unforgiven'' (1992) and his sports drama '' Million Dollar Baby'' (2004). His greatest commercial successes are the adventure comedy ''Every Which Way but Loose'' (1978) and its action comedy sequel ''Any Which Way You Can'' (1980). Other popular Eastwood films include the Westerns ''Hang 'Em H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrico Pucci (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
Enrico Pucci (born 1900, date of death unknown) was an Italian weightlifter. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op .... References External links * 1900 births Year of death missing Italian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of Italy Weightlifters at the 1924 Summer Olympics People from Fano Sportspeople from the Province of Pesaro and Urbino 20th-century Italian people {{Italy-weightlifting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Wind (manga)
, also known as ''Vento Aureo'', is the fifth story arc of the Japanese manga series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' for a little under 4 years, from December 11, 1995, to April 5, 1999. In its original publication, it was referred to as . Within ''Golden Wind'', the ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' title is rendered in Italian, as ''Le Bizzarre Avventure di GioGio''. As it is the fifth part of the series, the 155 chapters pick up where the fourth left off and are numbered 440 to 594, with the ''tankōbon'' volumes numbered 47 to 63. It was preceded by '' Diamond Is Unbreakable'' and followed by '' Stone Ocean''. An anime adaptation by David Production, '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind'', aired on TV from October 2018 to July 2019. A hardcover edition release of the manga in English by Viz Media began publication in August 2021. Plot In 2001, Koichi Hirose arrives in Naples, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankī
The term ''Yankee'' and its contracted form ''Yank'' have several interrelated meanings, all referring to people from the United States. Its various senses depend on the context, and may refer to New Englanders, residents of the Northern United States, or Americans in general. According to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', it is "a nickname for a native or inhabitant of New England, or, more widely, of the northern States generally". Outside the United States, ''Yank'' is used informally to refer to an American person or thing. It has been especially popular in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand where it may be used variously with uncomplimentary overtones or cordially. In the Southern United States, ''Yankee'' is a derisive term which refers to all Northerners, and during the American Civil War was applied by Confederates to soldiers of the Union army in general. Elsewhere in the United States, it largely refers to people from the Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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