Talk:List of cultural references and inspirations from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Related to the creation of an article references/influences of JoJo we currently have 3 different items! These are Jo Jo's References, List of cultural influences of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and List of cultural references in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Henceforth we will use only the 2 newly created, one for Influenced by JoJo(Influences) and the other references used in Jojo(References). I think the idea of two page instead of one is goog and is better than the sketch i originally made (With a more consistent name too). I take what remained of the old article and put it into influences. Please use these 2 articles and discuss the changes here.

Regards Bohemian King 15:47, April 17, 2011 (UTC)

Anyone else think that Zeno Zoldyck from Hunter x Hunter may be influenced by Wang Chan?

Here's Zeno

http://images.wikia.com/hunterxhunter/images/1/18/Zeno-1.jpg

Here's Wang

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091008191841/jjba/images/thumb/9/94/Wang_Chang.png/200px-Wang_Chang.png

Now of course they don't look EXACTLY alike and are rather easily distinguishable but there are quite a few similarities and I thought I remember hearing Togashi is a JoJo fan.

It is possible, though we have no external sources confirming it. To get by this, write that Zeno IS LIKELY to have been influenced by Wang Chan and mention that Togashi was a JJBA fan. This makes it "trivially correct"; we can also remove it later if proven otherwise. (We may have to be more careful with this one as Togashi hasn't exactly created "completely unoriginal" characters. Kishimoto's Kyuubi was named "Kurama" as a very likely homage to the character of the same name in YYH, though his reusing of his original quartet among other characters casts doubts on how much more original he could be with his characters.) TriNiSette (talk) 08:52, October 21, 2012 (UTC)

another one someone pointed out is Hisoka

http://www.reocities.com/spidersxspiders/hisohiso.jpg

and part 3 Dio Brando

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090403235924/villains/images/d/d2/Dio_Brando.jpg

This may be a stretch though. The rings, hairstyle, and facial expression are all similar, but only vaguely so. It would be difficult to call Hisoka an actual basis. Zeno and Wang Chan sound more plausible. TriNiSette (talk) 20:43, October 21, 2012 (UTC)

Yu Yu Hakusho

The third chapter is about a guy with the ability to target stuff and then throw anything, following those targets. At some point he use knifes and there's a panel looking exactly like one from JoJo. Then he later uses a truck, like the one from the anime.

Also, that arc starts with new powers, working exactly like JoJo's, just with no stands. It even implies that characters need to use strategies to beat the enemies.

You should look at it. XrD (talk) 00:36, October 31, 2012 (UTC)

Well considered, though there's almost no way to prove this, and it might not be a good idea to put too many hypothetical propositions on a wiki at once. It could even be argued that Togashi abandoned the strategic idea because his manga thrived off of brute force. Regardless, we don't have much, if any, proof of this proposition, though it would be nice if you post the links to the manga pages in question. TriNiSette (talk) 21:09, November 1, 2012 (UTC)