Stone Ocean

"There might be a way... to go to Heaven."

- DIO, SO Chapter 48

Stone Ocean (ストーンオーシャン) is the sixth part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from January 2000 to April 2003. Originally titled JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6 Jolyne Cujoh: Stone Ocean (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 第6部 空条徐倫 ―『』), the arc spans 158 chapters and is preceded by Vento Aureo.

Part 6 is the last part set in the first timeline of JoJo - from Part 7 onwards, the story takes place in a separate universe.

On April 4th, 2021, at the "JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: The Animation Special Event ~JOESTAR the Inherited Soul~" live event, it was confirmed that Stone Ocean was going to receive an official animated adaptation.

Summary
In 2011, Florida; Jolyne Cujoh, daughter of Jotaro, is wrongfully accused of a crime she didn't commit and sent to a maximum security prison. While imprisoned, she struggles within a longstanding plot agreed between dead villain DIO and ideologue Enrico Pucci.

TV anime
Stone Ocean anime was announced on April 4th, 2021 at JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation Special Event. Jolyne Cujoh will be voiced by Ai Fairouz.

Trivia

 * Araki stated that towards the end of Stone Ocean's serialization, he felt as if he reached the peak of both his creativity and career. Upset by this, he changed the ending in the final few chapters to deliver an ending that would return the JoJo series back to its roots; a concept he would continue in Part 7.
 * In this part, many characters' names are derived from fashion brands instead of music references.
 * Notably, a number of Stands in Stone Ocean have more than one form, including Stone Free’s humanoid and string forms, Kiss’ humanoid and stamp forms, Foo Fighters’ humanoid and plankton forms, and Weather Report’s humanoid and weather forms. In addition, some Stands like Burning Down The House and Highway to Hell have an appearance that changes based on what/how the user activated them.