Release
On July 5, 2012, at a press conference celebrating the 25th anniversary of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and promoting series creator Hirohiko Araki's then-upcoming art exhibition, Araki and his people announced that an anime adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure was in production and would premiere in October 2012.[2] In August 2012, it was announced that the series would be produced by David Production.[3] The first season of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure covered the first two parts of the manga, Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency. It aired for 26 episodes on Tokyo MX between October 6, 2012 and April 6, 2013.[4][5]
Although teased at in the post-credit scenes of the finale,[5] the second season of the anime series, which covered the third part of the manga, Stardust Crusaders, was officially announced in the 47th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump and the fifth tankōbon volume of JoJolion in October 2013.[6][7] It was broadcast on Tokyo MX in two parts for a total of 48 episodes; the first from April 5 to September 13, 2014,[8][9] and the second from January 10 to June 20, 2015.[10] The Japanese broadcast censored scenes of underage characters smoking by overlaying black shadows on them.[11][12]
In October 2015, at the "Last Crusaders" event for Stardust Crusaders, a third season and adaptation of the fourth part of the manga, Diamond Is Unbreakable, was announced.[13] It premiered on April 1, 2016 and ended on December 23, 2016. An original video animation (OVA) adapting the Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe manga spin-offs to people who had purchased all thirteen Japanese DVD or Blu-ray volumes of the Diamond Is Unbreakable anime series.[14][15]
On June 21, 2018, at the "Ripples of Adventure" art exhibition, a fourth season and adaptation of the fifth part of the manga, Golden Wind, was announced.[16] The pilot debuted at Anime Expo on July 6, 2018, and formally aired from October 5, 2018 to July 28, 2019 on Tokyo MX.[16]
On April 4, 2021, at the JOESTAR The Inherited Soul, which featured the cast of main characters from each part of the series,[17][18] it was announced a fifth season and adaptation of the sixth part of the manga, Stone Ocean.[19] It was streamed worldwide on Netflix from December 1, 2021 to December 1, 2022.
On April 12, 2025, at the JOJODAY promotional event, a sixth season and adaptation of the seventh part of the manga, Steel Ball Run, was announced.[20][21] It premiered on Netflix on March 19, 2026 with a 47-minute first episode.[22][23]
With the 2014 premiere of Stardust Crusaders, American-based website Crunchyroll began streaming the anime series for viewers outside Japan an hour after it aired in Japan.[24] Warner Bros. Home Entertainment released Parts 1 and 2 in a DVD set on September 22, 2015, with an English dub.[25] In July 2016, Viz Media announced they acquired the Blu-ray rights to the series and released it with an English dub in July 2017. On October 15, 2016, American cable block Adult Swim began airing the anime on its Toonami block.[25]
