The anime "Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure," based on the seventh part of Hirohiko Araki's popular manga series "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure," "Steel Ball Run," will be exclusively released worldwide on Netflix from March 19th, and a countdown project has been launched on the official X (@anime_jojo) and official Instagram (@jojotheanimation).
A video commentary by Sakata Shogo, who voices Johnny Joestar, and Yohei Azakami, who voices Gyro Zeppeli, will be released on the official X and official Instagram accounts. The two will take part in a "Spin Ball Run Game" in reference to Steel Ball Run (SBR). Official X will be running a giveaway campaign where five people will be randomly selected to win a poster of the key visual. The campaign will run from noon on March 13th to the 19th.
"Steel Ball Run" is set in late 19th century America and tells the story of the first-ever transcontinental horse race in human history (the SBR Race). Johnny Joestar, a former genius jockey who is now partially paralyzed, teams up with the mysterious outlaw Gyro Zeppeli to embark on a grueling adventure (race).
The anime will be directed by Kimura Yasuhiro and Takahashi Hideya, who worked on "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind," with Kato Toshiyuki, who directed "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean," serving as series director. Kobayashi Yasuko, who has worked on all anime series, will be in charge of series composition. The series will be produced by David Production. "1st STAGE," a single 47-minute episode, will be available on Netflix from March 19th.
"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" is a popular manga that began serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump (published by the same publisher) in 1986. It has gained popularity for its epic story that depicts the blood ties and fate of the Joestar family, which begins with the meeting of two boys, Jonathan Joestar and Dio Brando, as well as its unique use of onomatopoeia and impressive standing poses.
The TV anime series "Phantom Blood" and "Battle Tendency" aired from October 2012 to April 2013, "Stardust Crusaders" from April to September 2014 and January to June 2015, "Diamond is Unbreakable" from April to December 2016, "Golden Wind" from October 2018 to July 2019, and "Stone Ocean" from January 2022 to April 2023.
