Part 2 is pretty much the gold standard for battle series.
It does practically everything just right.
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Part 2 is pretty much the gold standard for battle series.
It does practically everything just right.Part 2 is pretty much the gold standard for battle series.
How about parts 5-8? At least in comparison to Part 1, because I loved Phantom Blood. I also heard 7 (and 8?) is
in an alternate universe, but somehow canon?
flintstryker
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Part 2 is pretty much the gold standard for battle series.
Pretty much this the battle Shounen Genre perfected, I can't get over how awesome Joseph Joestar is.
That was part 3 of the series. The new anime will be animating parts 1 & 2.
Crash Station
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Yeah, but Lupin has had several anime adaptations spanning hundreds of episodes with several demographics in mind, while Jojo has had a 13 episode OVA. It's a massive manga property, but the anime could really go either way.
My opinion is:
4>3>2>6>7>1>5
8 is too new to put in the rankings, but I'm liking it a lot so far.
Urban Scholar
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I'm sad that Golden Wind is bottom barrel for you... : (
We're talking Jojo's here. Even the lowest rank part is godlike compared to regular manga
Part 2 is pretty much the gold standard for battle series.
And then Stardust Crusaders kills Joseph.
And Diamond Is Unbreakable pisses on his corpse.
Crash Station
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I just found the characters in it REALLY boring. Which is a shame because it had some good fights. Giorno didn't do anything to make me like or dislike him, and the same goes for the rest of his crew.
I REALLY disagree with the first part. Joseph in part 3 is awesome. Fuckin Indiana Jonesing the shit out of stuff. Also had one of my favorite fights in the franchise (the one with the magnet lady).
As for him in part 4, well, it was sad to see him like that >_>
The main thing that allows parts 7 and 8 to be cannon is the end of part 6.
The world ends and the entire universe is restarted (Twice?), into a similar but slightly different one.
Spoiler page from end of part 6: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3496710/part6end.jpg
I liked part 5 a lot, but didn't care too much for 6. Part 7 was also alright, but I still think it is a weaker ones. Part 8 is just starting, and it is only now starting to make since (Chapter 14 came out recently). The first 8 or so chapters are just confusing.
I would rank them 2 > 4 > 5 > 3 > 7 > 1 > 6
flintstryker
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Wait he gts worse?
now I will never read part 4Crash Station
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Wait he gts worse?
Well,
he's just really old and mostly senile. He still has some sentimental moments, but it's just depressing to see what the most badass character in the franchise became.
GasProblem
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Just watched the first episode. Aweeesome. Can't wait to see more fights in the upcoming episodes. All I know about JoJo is the PS1 fighting game. Also tried to read some of the manga, but I found the art a bit hard too follow, as in having difficulties to figure out what's going on. Maybe I should give the manga a try again.
Varying opinions- nicee.
Does that mean
that the universe in 1-6 is done in terms of story? And are 7/8 in the same universe? Looking at SBR on the outside, it seems like a parody world to me. Much like that .hack (I forget which one) that parodies the real one.
SBR is a result of what happens in Part 6.
The end of Part 6 causes a recreation of the entire universe where there's alternate versions of previous characters, SBR takes place in this world, as does Jojolion and the last few pages of Part 6.
Was that actually confirmed though?
EDIT: Never mind, I just found a quote from Araki.
Alright, one last question so we don't pollute the place with too many spoilers:
So it's all new, with no characters/alternate with any memory of the previous world? I ask this just on the off chance that anyone tries to reverse this effect.
Crash Station
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For now, there's been no mention of the part 1-6 world at all. However, I'm thinking there MAY be something in part 8 that relates to a certain abandoned plot point in part 4, but that's just speculation on my part (and wanting to believe Araki doesn't just forget stuff).
I would like to know what you're referring to. I only read the DUWANG translations, but what exactly went unresolved? It's very easy to forget what even happens in Jojo, lol.
The person who defeated the main villain of Part 6 is the only one that seems to remember for some reason, which I'm not sure if it has been explained. Since Jojolion takes place in the same era, hopefully it covers this in some form or another.
Crash Station
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The person that Josuke copied his hair style from when he was younger. It was clearly foreshadowing something, possibly even a future or alternate version of Josuke. It was never mentioned again.
Well, it wasn't necessarily foreshadowing. It could also be taken as the explanation for Jôsuke's hair, and that's it.
Oh holy shit. I wonder.
I always thought it was time travelling josuke from a scrapped plot point.
Man, if he uses it in Jojolion that'd be sick.
Oh sweet, so I should watch these and then watch the 90's one?
Too bad there'll be no way a TV adaptation of Stardust Crusaders can match the animation quality of the OVAs. Some superb stuff there.
Too bad there'll be no way a TV adaptation of Stardust Crusaders can match the animation quality of the OVAs. Some superb stuff there.
EP 5 & 6 is some legendary stuff.. as expected with name like Iso,Okiura and Ando providing animation cut. Shit even Satoshi Kon make the script n such
Kon didn't just write the script for the Cairo episode. He also directed it.
Does the 90's one blow?
Also, Duckroll, how much anime do you watch in a typical week?
Holy shit, that explain why the Cairo episode so fabulous.
Its blow because its only adapt few n selected part. Its amazing as hell tho.
Its blow because its only adapt few n selected part. Its amazing as hell tho.
No the 90s show is fantastic. But it misses waaay to much to be an adaption. Its more "Here is some of the cool shit, go read the manga for the rest."
Sir Ilpalazzo
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Did he actually say Steel Ball Run and Jojolion take place in the same world we see at the end of part 6?
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He does. And again, it's not a separate world, it's the same one.
Crash Station
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That's pretty much a semantics argument.
Same world, but different timeline with no mention of the other one? Might as well be a different world at that point.
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I just don't want people thinking it's an alternate universe or they might start thinking the series is going back to Jotaro and friends. It's not a different timeline, it's just reset from the point Pucci tried to create a perfect world. It's weird, but I'm just illustrating that the events aren't concurrent in any way. 1-8 is a direct sequence.
You know, remembering unresolved plot points, there is something from the end of part 2 that I still wonder about.
Part 4 had a ton of unresolved stuff. Really felt like it was rushed to an ending.
Could Cars show up in future still? With him being immortal, he may have actually out lived the universe and still be out there.
Part 4 had a ton of unresolved stuff. Really felt like it was rushed to an ending.
I think that would be a step too bizarre even for Jojo's. It's a little bit of a stretch to presume that
he could make it back to Earth to begin with, considering his floating away from it and his epilogue made it seem like he was he was, essentially comatose floating about, so I can't see him being much of a threat even if he did.
Seriously guys, this isn't a fucking Jojo manga thread. I won't say it again. If you want to discuss that shit, there's the Manga thread. 
http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/jojo-animation/story/#!/top
The official site updated with screens, staff, and synopsis for ep2!
Episode 2 - Letter from the Past
Script: Yasuko Kobayashi
Episode Direction/Storyboard: Toshiyuki Kato
Animation Directors: Kyoko Kotani, Manabu Akita
Can't wait to see how they handle some of the action in this episode.
http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/jojo-animation/story/#!/top
The official site updated with screens, staff, and synopsis for ep2!
Episode 2 - Letter from the Past
Script: Yasuko Kobayashi
Episode Direction/Storyboard: Toshiyuki Kato
Animation Directors: Kyoko Kotani, Manabu Akita
Can't wait to see how they handle some of the action in this episode.
The Grim Heaper
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Speedwagon is gonna be in episode 2, right?
Yes. He should be. It's going to be fun times.
I remember that, it was very manly.
Parallax
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damnit, now i really want to read 4
It's highly suggestive.
I think mine was something like this:
5 > 6 => 7 > 3 > 4 > 2 > 1
Conform the sequences.
Crash Station
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Guys, stop. duckroll already said this is an anime thread, not a manga thread. Don't want to see bannings in here.
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