What Could Have Been in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
Manga
Stardust Crusaders- Araki originally planned for Part 3 to be a modern retelling of the Dracula story, but only one of the Shonen Jump editors thought it was a good idea, the rest saying the series was already too focused on foreign settings/characters.
- Kakyoin's Stand Hierophant Green was originally named "Hierophant Emerald" in the magazine release.
- In Part 3, Araki considered having Hol Horse join up with the heroes. However, Araki realized that Hol Horse was already very similar to Polnareff and thus he remained a villain.
- Anne was written because Araki liked the idea of having a girl in the Joestar Group, but he ultimately had to put her on a bus because it was difficult to involve her in life-or-death situations. He also suggests that he could have had Anne develop a Stand along the way had she stayed with the group any longer.
- Araki comments that he initially didn't plan on giving Iggy a Stand and Tarot card, and although The Fool perfectly matched Iggy, he was thinking of assigning The Fool to an enemy Stand user. He eventually gave The Fool to Iggy because he loved the Stand's design.
- Part 3 was originally intended to be the last part, as Araki had intended for the franchise to end with a trilogy. However, it ended up being much more popular than he expected, and as a result, he continued onwards.
Diamond is Unbreakable
- Araki initially didn't plan on giving Heaven's Door a physical form due to its ability to turn people into books.
- Araki planned a backstory for Yoshikage Kira, involving him having had an abusive relationship with his mother and facing Parental Neglect from his father. However, Araki ended up not including it because the series was serialized in a magazine aimed at younger audiences and he didn't want readers to view Kira as a Tragic Villain.
Vento Aureo
- Giorno Giovanna was originally planned to be a female. However, Araki's editor at the time, Hiroshi Sekiya, thought that a female lead would be a tough sell for Weekly Shonen Jump readers, so Araki made Giorno a male instead. Sekiya notes that Giorno's Japanese name Haruno Shiobana is feminine and that Gold Experience's ability to give life is reminiscent to a woman's ability to give birth. The idea of a female protagonist would later be used in the succeeding part, Stone Ocean, with Jolyne Cujoh.
- Fugo was originally planned to be The Mole for the Boss in Part 5 with Giorno killing him as a result but Araki found the idea too heartbreaking. Some fans suspect that Cioccolata, with his flesh-devouring mold stand and appearance as one of the final enemies in Part 5 before the Boss is faced (as well as receiving the longest No-Holds-Barred Beatdown from Giorno), were conceived to replace Araki's planned ideas for Fugo.
- As revealed in a concept art in JOJOVELLER, King Crimson's face was originally drawn completely different from the final product. This version's face resembled a skull, and Epitaph was missing.
Stone Ocean
- Araki's editor at the time, Hideto Azuma, wanted Jolyne Cujoh to be a male as Weekly Shonen Jump is aimed at young boys who wouldn't accept a female lead, but Araki insisted on Jolyne's gender, saying that fact is the reason why Jolyne had to be a woman.
- Enrico Pucci was originally named "Roberto Pucci" in the magazine release, but was renamed to Enrico in the tankoban and bunko edition releases.
- Araki initially wanted to name Viviano Westwood's Stand "Earth Wind and Fire" but instead went with the name "Planet Waves" since "Earth Wind and Fire" was already the name of Mikitaka's ambiguous power in Part 4.
- While writing the Bohemian Rhapsody arc, Araki wanted to draw Mickey Mouse in full body, but his editor rejected it to avoid getting Screwed by the Lawyers.
- Made in Heaven, Pucci's final Stand, was originally called "Stairway to Heaven" in the magazine release, but was renamed to Made in Heaven in the tankoban release.
Steel Ball Run
- Steel Ball Run was originally categorized as a different series from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure as per the editorial department's request in an attempt to attract new readers by introducing a new series. This was eventually undone when Steel Ball Run was moved to the Ultra Jump magazine and categorized under the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. However, Araki mentions that he's considered Part 7 a part of the series the whole time.
JoJolion
- When Part 8's Josuke and Soft & Wet were first drawn in a promotional artwork, Soft & Wet's face looked completely different from the final product.
- Soft & Wet was originally planned to have the ability to attach screws to something, but that ability was instead given to Joshu's Nut King Call.
- In an early sketch of him in Shueisha Jump Remix, Joshu was drawn with a completely different hairstyle, having longer and curlier hair than in the final product.
- Fun Fun Fun originally had a more humanoid appearance in the magazine release.
- Kei's Stand Born This Way was originally called "Going Underground" before being renamed in the tankoban release. Despite this change, Kei has the initials "G.U." on her clothing.
- Tsurugi's Stand Paper Moon King was called just "Paper Moon" in the magazine release.
The JOJOLands
- Part 9 was originally titled "JOJOLANDS". Other proposed titles included "JOJOLANDS 9" and "MADE IN JOJOLANDS".
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan
- The Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan spin-offs were originally intended to not be related at all to the series. It was even forgotten to include an already existing character. However, Araki then decided to include Rohan anyway, thus tying these one-shots to JoJo.
Anime
- The 2012 anime could've ended up airing on Toonami as early as 2014, as fans were heavily requesting the series for the block around the time when the anime was adapting Part 3. However, Warner Bros., who own the DVD rights to the series, wasn't interested in letting Toonami air the series without paying a ludicrous sum of money. It wasn't until Viz Media were able to secure the rights (at least in terms of Blu-ray releases and merchandising) that Toonami was able to license the series and air it.
- Fairouz Ai, Jolyne's voice actress, once commented that she would've loved to voice Foo Fighters had she not been casted as Jolyne.
- For the English dub of the anime:
- Patrick Seitz, Dio Brando's voice actor, voiced Star Platinum in a pilot episode of Stardust Crusaders. It was eventually changed to Matthew Mercer.
- Philip Reich, Yuya and Giorno's voice actor, stated that he would've loved to play Weather Report in Stone Ocean, but that role was instead given to Stephen Fu.
- Kellen Goff, Diavolo's voice actor, also auditioned for Doppio.
- Goff also stated that he would've loved to play the Green Baby in Stone Ocean, but that role was instead given to Melissa Fahn.
Video Games
- There were plans to release the Vento Aureo PS2 game overseas (even having an English title (GioGio's Bizarre Adventure) and box art
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- The streets of Cairo and the Philadelphia Coastline from ASB were planned to be selectable stages, but the former stage was scrapped and the Philadelphia Coastline only appears in the Story Mode.
- Leone Abbacchio was originally planned to be a playable character and made it into beta testing, but there were difficulties on making his fighting mechanics. For this reason, he was eventually scrapped, though his model remains in the game's files.
- Tarkus, Bruford, various denizens of Morioh, Ringo Roadagain, and many others were also considered as playable characters.
- Character files also suggest that Prosciutto was planned to be a playable character.
- Unused voice clips and interactions with other characters in the game's data suggest that Part 6 Jotaro was planned to be either a playable character or an alternate costume. His model is nowhere to be seen.
- In the game's demo, the inspector from Part 1 was included as a stage gimmick in the Joestar Mansion. He would run around the stage and can be attacked, but not die. He was removed from the full game for unknown reasons, though his model remains in the game's files.
- Although their models remain in the game's files, Yotsuyu Yagiyama and Norisuke Higashikata IV were planned to be stage gimmicks in the Higashikata House stage, with the former having an unused animation of him releasing chestnuts and another of him being damaged. They were ultimately scrapped for unknown reasons.
Others
- Had the original early 2000s manga translation of Stardust Crusaders sold better in the United States, Viz was considering possibly skipping to Stone Ocean and translating that afterwards (since fans would already be familiar with Jotaro, and DIO shows up in flashback).
- The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp was a novel written by Otsuichi back in 2000. Otsuichi claimed to have written over 2,000 pages and planned on releasing it on February 2003, but despite releasing an incomplete 30-page draft on Weekly Shonen Jump magazine's Yomu Jump in 2002, he ultimately decided to scrap the novel entirely because it was too difficult to complete. The novel would have involved a 9-year-old boy named Kaoru whose family moves into Morioh after the events of Part 4. Kaoru has a Stand that allows him to spawn items from under his skin. After scrapping the novel, Otsuichi decided to write a completely different story that would be published in 2007, titled The Book: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 4th Another Day.
