An event for "Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure," an anime based on the seventh part of Hirohiko Araki's popular manga series "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure," was held on March 28th at "AnimeJapan 2026" currently taking place at Tokyo Big Sight (Koto Ward, Tokyo). Shogo Sakata, who plays Johnny Joestar, Yohei Azakami, who plays Gyro Zeppeli, Kaito Ishikawa, who plays Diego Brando, Masaaki Mizunaka, who plays Sandman, and Kenichirou Matsuda, who plays Pocoloco, made an appearance.
The series depicts the first ever horseback riding transcontinental race across North America (the Steel Ball Run), and the anime's "1st STAGE" began streaming exclusively worldwide on Netflix on March 19th.
At the event, each cast member shared their most memorable scene, with Azagami, Mizunaka, and Matsuda all mentioning the final sprint of the race in the "1st STAGE." Azagami also mentioned that he was impressed by the scene after the race when a crowd gathered near the finish line, showing just how popular the Steel Ball Run race had become. In the scene where the crowd shouts "Steel Ball Run!", Azagami suggested to the audience, "Why don't we all do this scene together?" The cast and audience then joined together, shouting "Steel Ball Run!" and recreating the famous scene from the "1st STAGE."
At the event, it was announced that the anime's "2nd STAGE" will be exclusively streamed on Netflix in 2026. Regarding the "2nd STAGE," Sakata quoted Caesar A. Zeppeli's line from the series, "What I will show you in the end is the Zeppeli spirit that has been passed down through generations and entrusted to the future! The spirit of humanity!" He added, "The cast and staff are all working together to create a work that embodies the spirit of humanity," and "I think we'll be able to show you even cooler scenes, so I hope you'll look forward to it."
"Steel Ball Run" is set in late 19th-century America and depicts the first-ever transcontinental horseback race across North America. Johnny Joestar, a paralyzed former jockey prodigy, teams up with the mysterious outlaw Gyro Zeppeli to embark on this grueling adventure (race).
The anime will be directed by Yasuhiro Kimura and Hideya Takahashi, who worked on "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind," with Toshiyuki Kato, who directed "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean," serving as series director. Yasuko Kobayashi, who has worked on all previous anime series, will be in charge of series composition. The anime will be produced by david production.
"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" is a popular manga series that began serialization in "Weekly Shonen Jump" in 1986. It has gained popularity for its epic story depicting the bloodline and destiny of the Joestar family, which begins with the encounter of two boys, Jonathan Joestar and Dio Brando, as well as its unique use of onomatopoeia and memorable character poses.
The TV anime series "Phantom Blood" and "Battle Tendency" aired from October 2012 to April 2013, "Stardust Crusaders" aired from April to September 2014 and from January to June 2015, "Diamond Is Unbreakable" aired from April to December 2016, "Golden Wind" aired from October 2018 to July 2019, and "Stone Ocean" aired from January 2022 to April 2023.
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