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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OVA)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
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Japanese cover artwork for the first volume of the DVD series.
ジョジョの奇妙な冒険
(JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken)
Genre Action, Adventure, Supernatural
Original video animation
Adventure 8-13 (original series)
Directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Produced by Kazufumi Nomura
Tetsuo Daitoku
Written by Kenichi Takashima
Takao Kawaguchi
Satoshi Kon (ep. 11)
Hiroyuki Kitakubo (ep. 12)
Music by Marco D'Ambrosio
Studio A.P.P.P.
Licensed by
Super Techno Arts
Released November 19, 1993 (1993-11-19)November 18, 1994 (1994-11-18)
Runtime 35 minutes (each)
Episodes 6 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Adventure 1-7 (prequel series)
Directed by Hideki Futamura (eps. 1-4)
Noboru Furuse (ep. 1)
Yasuhito Kikuchi (eps. 2-3)
Takashi Kobayashi (eps. 4-5, 7)
Eiji Yamanaka (ep. 6)
Produced by Kazufumi Nomura
Tetsuo Daitoku
Written by Ken'ichi Takashima
Takao Kawaguchi
Music by Marco D'Ambrosio
Studio A.P.P.P.
Licensed by
Super Techno Arts
Released May 25, 2000 (2000-05-25)October 25, 2002 (2002-10-25)
Runtime 30 minutes (each)
Episodes 7 (List of episodes)
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険, JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken) is an original video animation adaptation of Hirohiko Araki's manga series of the same name, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Produced by A.P.P.P. (Another Push Pin Planning), it was adapted from the series' third part, Stardust Crusaders.

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 Dio Brando, offering very little exposition to the back-story that led to the present events of the OVA.

The second season, consisting of seven episodes, were released by Klock Worx on DVD and VHS from 2000 to 2002, featuring most of the same cast, but produced with different directors and writers. These additional episodes, titled "Adventure 1" through "7", served as a prequel to the earlier-produced episodes, adapting the beginning of the story arc that featured the circumstances that led to Jotaro's quest. The earlier episodes were subsequently re-released as part of this series, but renumbered as "Adventure 8" through "13" to take into account their later chronological placement. A DVD box set featuring all 13 episodes was released on May 25, 2007, which included a soundtrack CD and a set of 31 tarot cards illustrated by Hirohiko Araki.

The series was released in North America by Super Techno Arts. It was released on six DVD volumes 2003 to 2005, dubbed in English, with all 13 episodes also featured in chronological order.

In 2008, distribution for the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure OVA series was indefinitely suspended following the controversy over the presence of the Qur'an in Episode 6. The same story arc would later be adapted for the later JoJo's Bizarre Adventure TV series in its second season, which aired from 2014 to 2015.


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