JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Stardust Crusaders |
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Jotaro Kujo and his Stand, Star Platinum
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| No. of episodes | 48 |
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| Original network | Tokyo MX |
| Original release | April 4, 2014 – June 20, 2015 |
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (Japanese: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 スターダストクルセイダース Hepburn: JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Sutādasuto Kuruseidāsu?) is the second season of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime by David Production, based on the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga series by Hirohiko Araki. It is the second animated adaptation of the manga's third part, Stardust Crusaders, following an original video animation series by A.P.P.P. that was released first in 1993 and continued later in 2000. Set in 1987, the series follows Jotaro Kujo and his comrades, who have developed mysterious powers known as Stands, as they travel to Egypt in search of the evil and immortal vampire Dio Brando, now known solely as "DIO".
Although teased at in the post-credit scenes of the first season's finale, the second season of the JoJo anime was officially announced in October 2013 in the November 2013 issue of Ultra Jump and the fifth tankōbon volume of JoJolion. David Production revealed that as with the different art styles they used for the first season, which covered the Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency arcs, they would be attempting a new art style with the Stardust Crusaders season.Takehito Koyasu reprises his role as DIO from the previous season and Daisuke Ono reprises his role as Jotaro Kujo from the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle video game, but all other characters were given new voice actors.
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