JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation


 *  This article is about season one of the anime. For the movie adaptation of Phantom Blood, see JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood (Movie). 

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険) (differentiated here by the addition The Animation) is a 2012 TV Anime adaptation of Part 1 and Part 2 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure produced by David Production.

The first episode of Season 1 was broadcast in Japan on October 5, 2012, ending after 26 episodes on April 5, 2013. Season 1 covers the entirety of Part 1 and Part 2, encompassing 113 manga chapters. A second season, covering Part 3, began airing in Japan on April 4, 2014 and ended on June 19th, 2015. A third season, covering Part 4, began airing in Japan on April 1, 2016.

Media distribution service Crunchyroll has obtained the streaming licenses for Season 1 and 2; both of which can be viewed on their website.

On July 21, 2016, it was confirmed that the English dub of Season 1 has been scheduled to air on Cartoon Network the coming October. The show will be broadcast as part of the lineup for Toonami, Cartoon Network's late-night airing block reserved for action animation.

Trivia

 * The anime was announced on July 5, 2012 in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and unveiled during the Hirohiko Araki JoJo Exhibition 2012 press conference alongside JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle. The teaser presented a countdown video, starting with 8 to 1, each number appearing on their respective JoJo protagonist's star-mark.
 * The Ending credits of each episode features the characters that were present in that episode, with exceptions from episodes that had the credits overlap the ending scenes.
 * The anime features strong censorship, such as "dark shadows" covering the character's wounds and blood. The episodes in the Blu-Ray discs, however, have these censors removed.
 * Joseph's English voice actor changes from his younger-self to his older-self is affected from the announcement of the confirmed seiyūs for Stardust Crusaders anime.