JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken) is manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. The series has been collected into 9 different story arcs or "parts", with a 9th currently ongoing serialization. It ran in Weekly Shonen Jump until 2005 when, in the middle of its 7th story arc, it switched to a monthly publication under Ultra Jump and has run in it ever since.
Parts List[]
- Part 1: Phantom Blood (1987)
- Part 2: Battle Tendency (1987 - 1989)
- Part 3: Stardust Crusaders (1989 - 1992)
- Part 4: Diamond Is Unbreakable (1992 - 1995)
- Part 5: Vento Aureo (1995 - 1999)
- Part 6: Stone Ocean (2000 - 2003)
- Part 7: Steel Ball Run (2004- 2010)
- Part 8: JoJolion (2011 - 2021)
- Part 9: The JOJOLands (2023 - ongoing)
Spin-Offs[]
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure has spawned a couple of spin-off series published by Jump, most of them written by series author, Hirohiko Araki. JoJo's spin-offs are as follows:
- Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (1997 - Ongoing)
- Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak (2021 - 2023)
Plot[]
The story of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure centers around the misadventures of the Joestars, a powerful family with English roots. Each member of the bloodline has a star shaped birthmark above their left shoulder blade – Dio Brando, the original nemesis of the Joestar family, and his descendants have this distinguishing mark also, a result from Dio's 'theft' of Jonathan Joestar's body and inheriting the Joestar genes as well. The series spans several generations, with each part featuring a descendant of the Joestars as the main protagonist along with a large cast of characters. Parts 1 to 6 occur in the same timeline while parts 7 and 8 take place in a separate, alternate universe.
Gallery[]
- For Images, go to the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Image Gallery.