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- Phantom Blood
- Battle Tendency
- Stardust Crusaders
- Diamond is Unbreakable
- Golden Wind
- Steel Ball Run
- JoJolion
- The JOJOLands
- Jokes about sexuality aren't as shocking to Japanese audiences as they are to American ones. Compare part 6 to something like Platinum End, which runs under Shonen Jump's shonen label, and it seems very unlikely that Araki was trying to run any Springtime for Hitler shenanigans.
- Confirmed.
- Part 6 takes place in 2011, and the Mayan calendar just stops in 2012.
- The final battle takes place in 2012.
- Listen to the song and tell me it doesn't make you think of Jolyne. To go more into detail, some of the lyrics kind of fit Stone Ocean's story.
- "She's taking her time" - Song is about a girl, "time" could be referring to time in prison
- "Momma never loved her much and daddy never keeps in touch" - Jolyne's estranged relationship with her parents. (Moreso with Jotaro though.)
- "Somewhere in a private place" - Burning Down the House.
- "She packs her bags for outer space" - Part 6's space themes, such as Planet Waves, the Kennedy Space Center, or...C-Moon and Made In Heaven, maybe Jolyne during the final fight with Pucci knows he's unbeatable and just desires Suicide by Cop from him.
- "Waiting for the right kind of pilot to come" - Could be referring to Weather or Annasui, two men who show some affection for her. Could also refer to the Pucci statement above.
- "Got a ticket for a world where we all belong" - This would could be either outside the prison...Or the new universe at the end of Part 6.
- "All her friends, well they've been trialed for treason and crimes that were never defined" - Hermes, Annasui, Weather, F.F., and just the other prisoners in general.
- "And send a signal she's hanging all her hopes on the stars" - Could refer to two things: 1. Her "I want the see the starlight" line, and/or 2: The signal could refer to the carrier pigeon (ironically named Savage Garden), and "hanging her hopes on the stars" could mean she's basically putting faith in her Joestar bloodline.
- Given that his race is expressly connected to a plot point (the KKK attack on Weather Report for seeing a white girl), and the fact that the anime has previously shown no propensity for whitewashing, this seems doubtful.
- Pucci is NOT half black, his father is also white, Weather Report's adoptive stepfather was black, and the KKK member who saw him dating a white girl didn't know that Weather was adopted.
- The anime renders this point moot, as Pucci's father is given a Race Lift to have Pucci's dark skin.
- Pucci is NOT half black, his father is also white, Weather Report's adoptive stepfather was black, and the KKK member who saw him dating a white girl didn't know that Weather was adopted.
- Jossed. Pucci is still dark-skinned in the anime adaptation.
- Rickrolling
- Image Macros
- Doge memes
- Advice Animals
- A reference to The Avengers (2012)
- etc.
In addition, Michael Jackson's death will be alluded to by Pucci (who previously said he hoped to attend one of his concerts in the manga) and there will be a scene involving a Barack Obama expy (since he was US President during 2012). A potential dub might take this a step further and shoehorn some Vine-, Twitter-, or Instagram-style meme culture since they'd have more knowledge of it (i.e "This bitch empty. YEET!").
- Jossed. The anime adaptation omitted the reference to to Michael Jackson altogether, and 2012 internet culture is not referenced at all.
- ViZ dubs have the users share actors with stands, and this theory seems to be based on the misconception that Puuci is black, which he clearly isn't as it would have changed the backstory.
- Jossed. Pucci and all his Stands are voiced by Yong Yea.
- Jolyne Cujoh (Sub):
- Dub:
- Ermes Costello (Sub):
- Ami Koshimizu
- Rina Sato
- Kei Shindō
- Romi Park
- All jossed; confirmed to be Mutsumi Tamura
- Dub:
- Cristina Valenzuela
- Amanda Céline Miller
- Elizabeth Maxwell
- Eden Riegel
- All jossed; confirmed to be Tiana Camacho
- Foo Fighters (Sub):
- Ryōko Shiraishi reprises her role
- Aoi Yūki
- Maaya Uchida
- Haruka Tomatsu
- Kana Ueda
- All jossed; confirmed to be Mariya Ise
- Dub:
- Sarah Anne Williams
- Kayli Mills
- Megan Taylor Harvey
- All jossed; confirmed to be Brittany Lauda
- Emporio Alniño (Sub):
- Megumi Han
- Ryō Hirohashi
- Megumi Ogata
- Marina Inoue
- All jossed; confirmed to be Atsumi Tanezaki
- Dub:
- Erica Mendez
- Mona Marshall
- Both jossed; confirmed to be Casey Mongillo
- Narciso Anasui (Sub):
- Yūichi Nakamura reprises his role
- Mamoru Miyano
- Nobunaga Shimazaki
- Tomoaki Maeno
- All jossed; confirmed to be Daisuke Namikawa
- Dub:
- Max Mittelman
- Michael Sinterniklaas
- Alejandro Saab
- Todd Haberkorn
- Brandon McInnis
- J. Michael Tatum
- All jossed; confirmed to be Howard Wang
- Weather Report (Sub):
- Tōru Ōkawa reprises his role
- Nobuyuki Hiyama
- Nozomu Sasaki
- Hiroshi Tsuchida
- Takeshi Kusao
- All jossed; confirmed to be Yuichiro Umehara
- Dub:
- Grant George
- Steve Staley
- David Vincent
- Roger Craig Smith
- All jossed; confirmed to be Stephen Fu
- Enrico Pucci (Sub):
- Dub:
- Beau Billingslea
- Jamieson Price
- Phil LaMarr
- Evan Michael Lee
- All jossed; confirmed to be Yong Yea
- Ungalo (Sub):
- Noriaki Sugiyama
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
- Both jossed; confirmed to be Takumi Yamazaki
- Dub:
- Clifford Chapin
- Josh Grelle
- Both jossed; confirmed to be Todd Haberkorn
- Rikiel (Sub):
- Takashi Kondo reprises his role
- Masakazu Morita
- Natsuki Hanae
- All jossed; confirmed to be Makoto Furukawa
- Dub:
- Aaron Dismuke
- Aleks Le
- Both jossed; confirmed to be Ben Balmaceda
- Donatello Versus (Sub):
- Eiji Miyashita reprises his role
- Hiroshi Kamiya
- Norio Wakamoto
- Mamoru Miyano
- All jossed; confirmed to be Takanori Hoshino
- Dub:
- SungWon Cho
- Jossed; confirmed to be Isaac Robinson-Smith
- SungWon Cho
- Johngalli A. (Sub):
- Satoshi Hino
- Confirmed!
- Hiroki Yasumoto
- Isshin Chiba
- Satoshi Hino
- Dub:
- Darin De Paul
- Troy Baker
- Both jossed; confirmed to be David Matranga
- Sports Maxx (Sub):
- Kosuke Toriumi reprises his role
- Yoshimasa Hosoya
- Both jossed; confirmed to be Tsuyoshi Koyama
- Dub:
- Dave Fennoy
- Jossed; confirmed to be Kane Jungbluth-Murry
- Dave Fennoy
- Miuccia Miuller (Sub):
- Akeno Watanabe reprises her role
- Yumi Hara
- Kotono Mitsuishi
- Yōko Hikasa
- All jossed; confirmed to be Yuko Kaida
- Dub:
- Colleen Clinkenbeard
- Anairis Quiñones
- Michelle Rojas
- All jossed; confirmed to be Morgan Garrett
- Kenzō (Sub):
- Tamotsu Nishiwaki reprises his role
- Shinpachi Tsuji
- Minoru Inaba
- Dub:
- Marty Fleck
- Jossed; confirmed to be William Fredrick Knight
- Marty Fleck
- Viviano Westwood (Sub):
- Takaya Hashi reprises his role
- Ryota Takeuchi
- Kenji Nomura
- All jossed; confirmed to be Yasuhiro Mamiya
- Dub:
- Rob Mungle
- Josh Morrison
- Both jossed; confirmed to be John Eric Bentley
- D an G (Sub):
- Jun Fukuyama
- Jossed; confirmed to be Ryota Takeuchi
- Jun Fukuyama
- Dub:
- Quinton Flynn
- Travis Willingham
- Both jossed; confirmed to be Christopher Wehkamp
- Guccio (Sub):
- Yūji Mitsuya
- Jossed; confirmed to be Hiro Shimono
- Yūji Mitsuya
- Dub:
- Keith Silverstein
- Jossed; confirmed to be Henry Mason
- Keith Silverstein
- Perla Pucci (Sub):
- Dub:
- Erica Lindbeck
- Alyson Stoner
- Rebecca Forstadt
- Kari Wahlgren
- All jossed; confirmed to be Lisa Reimold
- Partially confirmed. They don't appear in the story itself, but they do appear as silhouettes during the special credits of the final episode.
- Well... yeah. I don't think Araki would name a stand purely based off of their design.
- Nah. Disney's notoriusly harsh when it comes to copyright. Perhaps Warner Bros. (who helps produce the anime) will let them use their characters. (If there's no Bugs Bunny, this shit ain't Looney Tunes!)
- So, what? Will Hollywood Studios be replaced with Six Flags Over Georgia, or something? 'Cause there definitely aren't any Six Flags parks in Florida to let Bugs Bunny come to life so easily.
- Confirmed with historical inaccuracies; jossed with Bohemian Rhapsody.
- Confirmed. For the Japanese dub, Mutsumi Tamura, Mariya Ise, and Atsumi Tanezaki (the respective voices of Ermes, F.F., and Emporio) are big fans of JoJo, with Mutsumi and Atsumi in particular seeming to personally relate to Ermes and Emporio. In regards to the English dub, Kira Buckland was indeed cast as Jolyne, but Casey Mongillo and Yong Yea (the voices of Emporio and Pucci) have also admitted to being long-time JoJo fans who have dreamed about being casted for it.
- That seems unlikely. Anasui is a man in a woman's prison, and the only reason he managed to slip on through is because his female design was a thing. He only switched over to his male design once the Jail House Lock arc was nearing, meaning that the story in Green Dolphin was coming to a close.
- Ultimately, confirmed.
- Jossed. Emporio's theme is a minimalistic tune that represents his isolated, enigmatic nature.
- "To the Moon & Back" by Savage Garden
- "Feel Good Inc." by Gorillaz
- "A320" by Foo Fighters
- "My Hero" by Foo Fighters
- "The Sweet Escape" by Gwen Stefani
- "Let Me Blow Your Mind" by Eve ft. Gwen Stefani
- "It's My Life" by Talk Talk or No Doubt
- "Hella Good" by No Doubt
- "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong
- "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden
- "Are We the Waiting" by Green Day
- "Numb" by Linkin Park
- "The Idiot Kings" by Soul Coughing
- "Gravity" by Coldplay
- "Desolation Row" by Bob Dylan
- "Somebody Told Me" by The Killers
- "Work It" by Missy Elliott
- "Dirrty" by Christina Aguilera
- "Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai
- "Heart of the Sunrise" by Yes
- All jossed. The ED music is "Distant Dreamer" by Duffy.
- Partially jossed. While characters such as Astro Boy, Mazinger Z, and Tetsujin 28-go are still directly designed like their original counterparts, most of the copyrighted material, such as Batman or Kenshiro, aren't shown in full.
- Seeing as Stands are tied to one's soul, it would make sense that a reincarnation would keep it.
- Reuse
- The credits will remain the exact same.
- Confirmed for the Maximum Security Ward Arc.
- "Distant Dreamer" will be used in a new set of credits.
- Confirmed for the Cape Canaveral Arc.
- The credits will remain the exact same.
- Maximum Security Ward Arc
- "Monster" by The Automatic
- "Move Along" by The All-American Rejects
- "Dani California" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Paint It Black" by The Rolling Stones
- "Little Drop of Poison" by Tom Waits
- All jossed; the credits remained the exact same.
- Cape Canaveral Arc
- "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden
- "Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai
- "Gravity" by Coldplay
- "Kryptonite" by 3 Doors Down
- "High Hopes" by Pink Floyd
- "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2
- "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd
- "Here Comes the Flood" by Peter Gabriel (specifically the minimalistic arrangement, as heard on Robert Fripp's Exposure)
- "Islands" by King Crimson
- "Human After All" by Daft Punk
- All jossed; "Distant Dreamer" is used in a slightly modified set of credits.
- The last episode, being the final one to take place before the continuity reboot, will receive a special ending sequence. The song will be Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World", to match the chapter title that will presumably serve as the corresponding episode's title as well.
- Partially jossed. While the final episode's credits do have a unique visual, the ending theme is once again "Roundabout", going full circle with Season 1.
- Limp Bizkit
- Flaccid Pancake (like in Eyes of Heaven)
- Dry Biscuit
- Both jossed; its new name is Limp Viscuit.
- Planet Waves
- Galaxy Waves
- Jossed; its new name is Starlight Waves.
- Galaxy Waves
- Dragon's Dream
- Dragon's Wish
- Jossed; its new name is Drake's Dream.
- Dragon's Wish
- Yo-Yo Ma
- Yo Mama
- Yoma
- Both jossed; its new name is Ya-Ya Ma.
- Green, Green Grass of Home
- Green Grass
- Grass of Home
- Both jossed; its new name is Green, Green, Green Home.
- Jail House Lock
- House Lock
- Locked House
- Lockdown
- All jossed; it's still called Jail House Lock.
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Freedom Rhapsody
- Song of Freedom (based on how Pinocchio describes it)
- Freeman's Fantasy (literal translation of the kanji)
- All jossed; its new name is Bohemian Ecstatic.
- Sky High
- Fly High
- Skyline
- Both jossed; its new name is Sky Guy.
- Under World
- Under Earth
- Under Land
- Under Ground (or just Underground)
- All jossed; its new name is Netherworld.
- C-Moon
- Full Moon (like in All-Star Battle and Eyes of Heaven)
- Sea Moon
- Both jossed; its new name is See Moon.
- Made In Heaven
- Maiden Heaven (like in All-Star Battle and Eyes of Heaven)
- Confirmed!
- Gateway to Heaven
- Maiden Heaven (like in All-Star Battle and Eyes of Heaven)
- Lyrical joking aside that would also explain his drug addiction.
- Rikiel — California, more specifically, Phoenix. DIO went to California in order to further his esoteric knowledge through meet-ups with various shamans. While drinking mescaline and looking for enlightenment he accidentally stumbled upon the very first iteration of what later would be known as Burning Man, where he met — and impregnated — Rikiel's mother. Would explain his sense of fashion, as well as his Stand, which resembles UFOs in both shape and appearance.
- Ungalo — Oregon, but not Portland, more like Aberdeen or a similar dead-end town. Explains why he looks like a drug-addicted hobo, but also could be one of the reasons for him growing up in poverty. DIO met his mother while going back to Europe (through Russia on the evening of the fall of the Soviet Union, mind you) since Oregon resembles his home in Scotland.
- Donatello — Texas, like Stanley in Holes, who Donatello is based on.
- Doubtful, since he has a Stand that only works in Orlando, and his family regularly visited Disneyland.
- Jossed. "Heaven's falling down" is sung by sana from the band Sajou no Hana.
- Partially confirmed. F.F. doesn't have too much bearing on the final third of the anime, but they're given more acknowledgement, from being featured in the new OP, to Emporio mentioning them when he's taking Pucci down, to being added into the final shot along with the other main characters.
- Jossed. "Heaven's falling down" is sung by sana from the band Sajou no Hana.
- Jossed. There only exists one variation, only for Made In Heaven, and it only plays during the final episode. That said, it does revert back to Phantom Blood's OP, only with Jolyne and Pucci instead of Jonathan and Dio.
- Jossed. No special theme plays when Jolyne gets Emporio to safety.
- Jossed. Ungalo still has no shown backstory.
- Alternatively, Ungalo's mother was also an addict, and her drug use while pregnant caused him to suffer from a birth defect that made him look ugly.
- Unlikely. The reason why Pucci was Ret-Gone was because he was the creator of the new universe, so his death causing a snapback was what erased him from existence. Diavolo, on the other hand, isn't even dead. The Infinite Death Loop effectively placed Diavolo into a pocket dimension outside of the normal universe where he's fated to die over and over, which effectively places it outside of Made In Heaven's range.
In the new universe, she is Atroe's twin sister, and their adoptive parents are Squalo and Tiziano. She is not in the ending scene because Irene already knows her — she is one of Jotaro's students, studying marine biology.
- Ungalo is a bestselling Mad Artist and/or illustrator of children's books. He still does drugs, but as inspiration for his paintings rather than to dull the pain of a miserable life. His art style was inspired by Boingo's.
- Rikiel is an astronaut who moves to the country and becomes a dairy farmer after retiring from a long and illustrious career full of scientific advancements.
- Donatello is a police detective who was mentored by Abbacchio. He has an uncanny knack for solving cases that went cold a long time ago.
- They both wear lots of green, are Ax-Crazy, have Stands, keep Human Pets and have the same habit of saying, "Good, good, good, good, good!"
- The timeline fits; Gwess was born around 1989, which would have made her 12 during Part 5.
- We don't know her last name; it could be Cioccolata for all we know.
- Finally, this is a bit of a stretch, but her favorite food is cheese penne...could it be because she's Italian?