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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken cover - vol1.jpg
Cover of the first volume of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure as released by Shueisha on August 10, 1987 in Japan
ジョジョの奇妙な冒険
(JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken)
Manga
Written by Hirohiko Araki
Published by Shueisha
English publisher
Viz Media (Parts 1–4 only)
Demographic Shōnen, Seinen
Magazine
Original run January 1, 1987 – present
Volumes 118 (List of volumes)
Manga parts
  1. Phantom Blood
  2. Battle Tendency
  3. Stardust Crusaders
  4. Diamond Is Unbreakable
  5. Vento Aureo
  6. Stone Ocean
  7. Steel Ball Run
  8. JoJolion
Light novel
Written by Mayori Sekijima
Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Illustrated by Hirohiko Araki
Published by Shueisha
Demographic Male
Imprint Jump J-Books
Published November 4, 1993 (1993-11-04)
Anime
Light novel
Le Bizzarre Avventure di GioGio II: Golden Heart/Golden Ring
Written by Gichi Ōtsuka
Miya Shōtarō
Illustrated by Hirohiko Araki
Published by Shueisha
Demographic Male
Imprint Jump J-Books
Published May 28, 2001 (2001-05-28)
Light novel
The Book: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 4th Another Day
Written by Otsuichi
Illustrated by Hirohiko Araki
Published by Shueisha
Demographic Male
Imprint Jump J-Books
Published November 26, 2007 (2007-11-26)
Light novel
Purple Haze Feedback
Written by Kouhei Kadono
Illustrated by Hirohiko Araki
Published by Shueisha
Demographic Male
Imprint Jump J-Books
Published September 16, 2011 (2011-09-16)
Light novel
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Over Heaven
Written by Nisio Isin
Illustrated by Hirohiko Araki
Published by Shueisha
Demographic Male
Imprint Jump J-Books
Published December 16, 2011 (2011-12-16)
Light novel
Jorge Joestar
Written by Ōtarō Maijō
Illustrated by Hirohiko Araki
Published by Shueisha
Demographic Male
Imprint Jump J-Books
Published September 19, 2012 (2012-09-19)
Related media
Live-action film
Directed by Takashi Miike
Released Q3 2017
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Japanese: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 Hepburn: JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1987 to 2004 before being transferred to the monthly seinen magazine Ultra Jump in 2005. The current story arc, JoJolion, started in 2011. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is currently Shueisha's second largest manga series with its chapters collected into 118 tankōbon volumes and counting.

A six-volume original video animation adaptation of the later half of the series' third story arc was released from 1993 to 1994 by studio A.P.P.P., followed by another seven-volume series covering earlier parts of the arc from 2000 to 2002. A.P.P.P. also produced a theatrical film of the first arc in 2007. In 2012 an anime television series produced by David Production began broadcast on Tokyo MX and covered the first two story arcs of the manga in 26 episodes. A second 48-episode season covering the third arc was broadcast in 2014 and 2015, and a 39 episode season adapting the fourth began in April 1, 2016 and ended in December 24, 2016.

The JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga has over 100 million copies in print, making it one of the best-selling manga series in history, and has spawned a large media franchise that includes several novelizations and video games, action figures, a jewelry line, and even snack foods. From 2003 to 2005, Super Techno Arts released both OVA series in North America. Viz Media released a translation of the third part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure in North America from 2005 to 2010, and began publishing English versions of the first two arcs in 2015.


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