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 ...

'' is an

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series adapted from

Hirohiko Araki is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his long-running series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', which began publication in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' in 1987 and has over 120 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling ...

's manga of the same name, which was serialized in ''

Weekly Shōnen Jump is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the ''Jump'' line of magazines. The manga series within the magazine consist of many action scenes and a fair amount of comedy. The chapters of the series that run ...

'' from 1987 to 2004, and was transferred to the monthly ''seinen'' manga magazine ''

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'' in 2005. The series focuses on the mysterious adventures of the Joestar family across generations, from the end of the 19th century to modern times. The series was first broadcast on

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before entering syndication on 4 JNN stations, BS11, and

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. The first season, adapting the first two parts, '' Phantom Blood'' and ''

Battle Tendency is the second story arc of the manga series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was serialized for around years in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from November 2, 1987, to March 27, 1989, for 69 c ...

'', aired in Japan between October 2012 and April 2013. The series is distributed in North America by

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and

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, with the former handling the series on DVD and the latter handling the series on Blu-Ray and the merchandising rights. In the United States, it aired on

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programming block starting in October 2016. A second season covering the third part, '' Stardust Crusaders'', was divided in two parts, the first aired between April and September 2014, and the second between January and June 2015. A third season covering the fourth part, '' Diamond Is Unbreakable'', aired from April to December 2016. A fourth season covering the fifth part, '' Golden Wind'', aired from October 2018 to July 2019. A fifth season covering the sixth part, '' Stone Ocean'', debuted worldwide on

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. It was divided and released in three parts: the first in December 2021, the second in September 2022 and the third and final in December of the same year. In Japan, this was followed up with a televised run beginning in January 2022.

Series overview

Episode list

Season 1: ''Phantom Blood'' & ''Battle Tendency'' (2012–13)

Season 2: ''Stardust Crusaders'' (2014–15)

Season 3: ''Diamond Is Unbreakable'' (2016)

Season 4: ''Golden Wind'' (2018–19)

Season 5: ''Stone Ocean'' (2021–22)

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