JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
You can stream JoJo's Bizarre Adventure on Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Tubi, and Hoopla, so the Joestar saga is only a click away no matter which service you already pay for. This 2012 adaptation from studio david production is the ideal on-ramp to Hirohiko Araki's wildly influential franchise: garish, gorgeous color, muscle-bound heroes striking impossible poses, and supernatural brawls that treat the laws of physics as a mild suggestion. Its 26 episodes cover the story's opening two arcs, laying the groundwork for everything the series would become.
About
The saga opens in Victorian England, where Jonathan Joestar - an earnest, principled young heir - finds his world upended by Dio Brando, a coldly ambitious boy his family has taken in. Dio's hunger for power runs bottomless, and it eventually draws him to a mysterious ancient stone mask kept within the Joestar estate, a relic whose supernatural properties lock the two onto a collision course that will echo down the family bloodline. Half a century later, the fight passes to Jonathan's brash, quick-witted grandson, Joseph Joestar, who must master a strange supernatural martial art to stand against the mask's long-dormant makers - superhuman beings whose reawakening threatens all of humanity. It's a two-generation story of legacy, defiance, and gloriously over-the-top supernatural combat.
Information
- Japanese
- ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 (TV)
- Premiered
- October 6, 2012
- Episodes
- 26
- Duration
- 24 min per ep.
- Status
- Finished Airing
- Studio
- david production inc.
- Source
- Manga
- Themes
- drama, japanese production, love polygon, fantasy, speculative fiction, comedy
Seasons & Watch Order
Good news for newcomers: this is exactly where the JoJo franchise begins. The 2012 series adapts the first two parts of Hirohiko Araki's manga - Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency - so you can dive in right here with zero prior homework. Once it sinks its hooks in, the story continues in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3: Stardust Crusaders.
Watching the whole franchise? See the JoJo Watch Order
FAQ
It's available on Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Tubi, and Hoopla, so you can stream it on whichever service you already use - or watch it for free through Tubi or a Hoopla library card.
You Might Also Like
