Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (スティール・ボール・ラン ジョジョの奇妙な冒険) is the sixth season of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime television series produced by David Production, adapting Steel Ball Run, the seventh part of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga series. Like the previous season, Steel Ball Run was released worldwide as an original net animation season on Netflix, with the first episode having premiered on March 19, 2026.[1][2]

Plot

In September 1890, riders from across the globe gather in the United States for the Steel Ball Run, a transcontinental horse race from San Diego to New York City offering a 50 million USD prize. Among them is paraplegic former jockey Johnny Joestar, who joins to study the mysterious "Spin" technique of Neapolitan Gyro Zeppeli after Gyro briefly restores his mobility. Though starting as rivals, Johnny and Gyro become close allies while surviving attacks from ruthless competitors.

Cast

Production and release

In April 2025, as part of the JoJoday event held to celebrate the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, an anime adaptation of Steel Ball Run produced by David Production was announced. Key art, as well as character art for Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli, were revealed alongside a promotional video.[5][6] During Anime Expo on July 4, 2025, the main production staff for the adaptation was revealed. Golden Wind co-directors Yasuhiro Kimura and Hideya Takahashi reprised their roles, alongside returning series director Toshiyuki Kato, while Yasuko Kobayashi is overseeing series composition. Daisuke Tsumagari returns as character designer, and Yugo Kanno is composing the music, with Yoshikazu Iwanami serving again as sound director. As with previous installments, David Production is handling animation production.[7] Additional details, such as the release year and main character castings, were revealed during a livestream event in September of the same year.[3]

Following the premiere of the first episode, Kimura stated that he was not sure when more episodes would be released.[8] On March 28, 2026, a teaser trailer was released, which revealed that the next episode would premiere sometime in 2026.[9] On April 6, Netflix announced that the second stage will be released weekly in Fall 2026.[10]

Episodes

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