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5[[caption-width-right:350:The Joestar bloodline.[[labelnote:note]]From the top: [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Joseph]], [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Johnny]], [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Jonathan]], [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Josuke]], [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Jotaro]], [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Jolyne]], [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Giorno]], [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureJoJolion Josuke ("Gappy")]]. Not pictured: [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureTheJOJOLands Jodio]]]] [[/labelnote]]
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7-> ''"This story depicts the mysterious Stone Mask from Mexico, and its effect on the destinies of two youngsters and their Bizarre Adventures!"''
8-->-- '''The prologue of chapter 1'''
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10''[=JoJo=]'s Bizarre Adventure'' (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 ''[=JoJo=] no Kimyou na Bouken'') is a [[LongRunners long-running]] {{manga}} series created by Creator/HirohikoAraki, continuously published since 1987 and spanning well over 100 volumes.
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12The series tells the story of the Joestar family and their endless conflict with the supernatural. Each Part chronicles the adventures of a member of the Joestar bloodline, which spreads all over the world and gets [[TangledFamilyTree pretty bizarre]]. They all have three things in common: a star shaped birthmark, a destiny to fight evil, and the nickname [[LegacyCharacter JoJo]]. Each [=JoJo=] must gather a group of allies and master their powers -- usually in the form of Stands, psycho-spiritual manifestations of willpower that have a wide variety of abilities -- to defeat the latest menace.
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14The story is split into nine Parts, the first six of which form their own saga focusing on the impact of a mysterious Stone Mask, as well as a series of equally mysterious Arrows, on the Joestar family's lives. The next three Parts, meanwhile, are set in a ContinuityReboot that features many elements from the original six Parts while exploring new concepts. The series is famous for its original and unique art style, intricate plot, creative battles, and immense flamboyancy. It also features [[MusicalThemeNaming a huge number of allusions to rock and pop music]], from [[Music/REOSpeedwagon Speedwagon]] and [[Music/LedZeppelin Zeppeli]] to names that result in a variety of {{Dub Name Change}}s due to being so specific.
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16In spite of its immense popularity, the series did not have a full anime adaptation for a long time. A series of [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVAs]] based on Part 3 and a now [[MissingEpisode lost-to-history]] feature film adaptation of Part 1 (both by studio Creator/{{APPP}}) were released in the meantime, though both took liberties with the source material. To commemorate the manga's 25th anniversary in 2012, the long-awaited anime adaptation produced by Creator/DavidProduction, written by Creator/YasukoKobayashi that adapts Part 1 and Part 2, finally debuted. The 2012 anime was followed up with an adaptation of Part 3 in 2014, with an adaptation of Part 4 in 2016, Part 5 in 2018, and Part 6 in 2021. At Anime Expo 2015, it was confirmed that the 2012 anime would be getting an English dub. A similar announcement was made in 2016, with the test dub's cast returning. It finally saw its long-awaited debut on American airwaves via Creator/{{Toonami}} on Creator/AdultSwim, premiering October 15, 2016. The subbed anime can legally be [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/jojos-bizarre-adventure viewed on]] Website/{{Crunchyroll}}. Creator/{{Netflix}} also [[https://www.netflix.com/title/80179831 currently streams]] the series in other parts of the world.
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18The series is (currently) broken down to nine Parts across two different continuities (the new continuity starting from Part 7):
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20[[index]]
21# ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'' (Ran from Jan. 1, 1987 to Oct. 26, 1987; originally titled ''Jonathan Joestar: His Youth'')[[note]]Manga volumes 1-5; TV anime season 1 episodes 1-9.[[/note]]: Jonathan Joestar's life is turned upside down when his family adopts the wicked Dio Brando, the rivalry between the two eventually leading Jonathan on a quest to vanquish his foster brother-turned-vampire.
22# ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'' (Ran from Nov. 2, 1987 to Mar. 27, 1989; originally titled ''Joseph Joestar: His Proud Lineage'')[[note]]Manga volumes 5-12; TV anime Season 1 episodes 10-26.[[/note]]: Joseph Joestar, grandson of Jonathan, embarks on a journey to master the martial art of Hamon to combat the threat of the Pillar Men, a group of vampiric superhumans determined to achieve immortality.
23# ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'' (Ran from Apr. 3, 1989 to Apr. 27, 1992; originally titled ''Jotaro Kujo: Heritage for the Future'')[[note]]Manga volumes 12-28; OVA episodes 1-13; TV anime Season 2.[[/note]]: DIO has returned to menace the world once more. When a curse tied to DIO endangers his mother's life, Jotaro Kujo embarks on a globetrotting adventure, along with his grandfather Joseph Joestar and other allies, to defeat their ancient nemesis and save her life.
24# ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'' (Ran from May 4, 1992 to Dec. 4, 1995; occasionally referred to as ''Diamond is not Crash/Crush'' and originally titled ''Josuke Higashikata'')[[note]]Manga volumes 29-47; TV anime Season 3.[[/note]]: When the sleepy rural town of Morioh is rocked by a series of grisly murders, it is up to Josuke Higashikata, the illegitimate son of Joseph Joestar, to get to the bottom of this grim mystery.
25# ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'' (Ran from Dec. 11, 1995 to Apr. 5, 1999; originally titled ''Giorno Giovanna: Golden Heritage''; commonly referred to as ''Vento Aureo'')[[note]]Manga volumes 47-63; TV anime Season 4.[[/note]]: Giorno Giovanna, son of DIO who is also of the Joestar bloodline, joins a group of gangsters to take over Italy's criminal underworld, a journey that will bring them into conflict with a shadowy nemesis.
26# ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' (Ran from Jan. 1, 2000 to Apr. 21, 2003; originally titled ''Jolyne Cujoh: Stone Ocean'')[[note]]17 manga volumes; beginning with this Part, each Part is treated as a separate book from the last and restarts the volume numbering at 1; TV anime Season 5.[[/note]]: Jolyne Cujoh, the daughter of Jotaro Kujo, is framed for murder and sent to prison. Little does she know, her wrongful imprisonment is part of a vast conspiracy that threatens the entire world.
27# ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'' (Ran from Feb. 2, 2004 to Apr. 19, 2011; from this Part onward, the manga [[ChannelHop switched]] from weekly installments in ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' to monthly installments in ''[[{{Seinen}} Ultra Jump]]'')[[note]]24 manga volumes.[[/note]]: Johnny Joestar, a paraplegic horse jockey, joins the nation-wide Steel Ball Run race to learn the secrets of the "Spin" from Gyro Zeppeli, in the hopes of regaining the ability to walk; but there is more to this race than meets the eye.
28# ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJojolion JoJolion]]'' (Ran from May 19, 2011 to Aug. 19, 2021)[[note]]27 manga volumes.[[/note]]: In the wake of the Tohoku earthquake, a mysterious amnesiac, tentatively known as Josuke Higashikata, awakens in the costal town of Morioh. What are his ties to the bizarre "Wall Eyes" that also arose in the earthquake's wake?
29# ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureTheJOJOLands The JOJOLands]]'' (Began on Feb. 17, 2023): Out in Hawaii, petty gangster Jodio Joestar aims to become rich beyond his wildest dreams. How will his ambitions turn out as the island of Oahu becomes embroiled in a strange mystery?
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32There is also the series of spinoffs of one-shots chronicling the adventures of the eccentric AuthorAvatar manga-artist Rohan Kishibe, ''Manga/ThusSpokeKishibeRohan'', which sometimes gets serialized either in ''Weekly Shonen Jump'', ''Jump SQ'', ''Shōnen Jump+'' or ''Bessatsu Margaret''. The chapters/one-shots (the first one published back in 1997) were compiled in two trade paperbacks. Also important to remark is that Kishibe has also starred in similar special one-shots such as ''Rohan at The Louvre'' (in collaboration with the Musée du Louvre) and ''Kishibe Rohan Goes to Gucci'' as a special collaboration between Araki, Gucci and Spur Magazine in 2011. A new manga spin-off, ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureCrazyDiamondsDemonicHeartbreak Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak]]'', which features the unlikely pair of Hol Horse and Josuke Higashikata (Part 4) set before Part 4, began in the January 2022 issue of ''Ultra Jump''.
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34There is a [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventure Character Sheet for each of the Parts]], so post character tropes there.
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36For other works in the universe, check [[Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure the franchise page]].
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38Not to be confused with the [=JoJo=] from ''WesternAnimation/JoJosCircus''.
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41!![[JustForFun/TropeOverdosed Because of the sheer number of tropes present in the manga, the trope examples list has been split into sub-pages]]:
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43[[index]]
44* JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesAToB
45** [[AdaptationDyeJob/JoJosBizarreAdventure Adaptation Dye-Job]]
46* JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesCToD
47** [[CruelAndUnusualDeath/JoJosBizarreAdventure Cruel and Unusual Death]]
48** [[DubNameChange/JoJosBizarreAdventure Dub Name Change]]
49* JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesEToF
50** [[EvolvingCredits/JoJosBizarreAdventure Evolving Credits]]
51** [[FamousLastWords/JoJosBizarreAdventure Famous Last Words]]
52* JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesGToK
53** [[HateSink/JoJosBizarreAdventure Hate Sink]]
54** [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower/JoJosBizarreAdventure Heart Is An Awesome Power]]
55** [[HoistByHisOwnPetard/JoJosBizarreAdventure Hoist By His Own Petard]]
56** [[Jerkass/JoJosBizarreAdventure Jerkass]]
57* JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesLToO
58** [[LogicalWeakness/JoJosBizarreAdventure Logical Weakness]]
59** [[NiceGuy/JoJosBizarreAdventure Nice Guy]]
60* JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesPToT
61** [[ShoutOut/JoJosBizarreAdventure Shout-Out]]
62** [[StoryBreakerPower/JoJosBizarreAdventure Story-Breaker Power]]
63* JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesUToZ
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67->[[TheEnd 完]]

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