BLOODY STREAM

BLOODY STREAM is the name of the second opening of the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Anime. The song is associated with the second arc of the series, Part II: Battle Tendency and was the debute single of Japanese artist, Coda.

The song is noted as having an emotional and fashionable tune, with the husky yet charming voice of the song's unknown vocalist adding a further stylish nature to the song as a whole. Jun Yamamoto of  said that he felt that the horns and funky sound of the song compliment the story of Joseph Joestar and his battle against the Pillar Men Esidisi, Wamuu, and Kars, further mesmerizing him and drawing him into a "bizarre world".

In its first week of sales, "Bloody Stream" sold 21 thousand units, reaching the number 4 spot on the 's Weekly Album Charts. It also reached number 7 on Billboard's, 3 on the Japan Hot Single Sales chart , and number 2 on the Japan Hot Animation chart.

Tracklist
Lyrics: Saori Kodama / Comosition: Toshiyuki O'mori / Arrangement: MACARONI ☆
 * 1) BLOODY STREAM
 * 1) BLOODY STREAM ~ ORIGINAL KARAOKE ~

Opening Description
The opening starts off with a quick montage of Joseph and his clackers, eventually leading up to the Title. After which, the title quickly fades away as a silhouette appears of Joseph doing various poses with various colors flying around in the background. The camera zooms out and we see silhouettes of the three Pillar Men standing in front of a background of red fire. The scene then changes into showing all 3 pillar men frozen in stone.

A second montage begins showing various colored characters from the manga, including Erina Joestar, Lisa Lisa and Smokey Brown. Another silhouette performance commences, only this one is of Lisa Lisa, and it eventually shifts to Caesar. After Caesar's performance, Joseph's and Caesar's silhouettes are seen fighting up until Joseph blocks Caesar's punch and they become visible briefly. Another silhouette of Joseph is shown again using his JoJo Clackers, but he eventually gets tangled in them and falls down.

A scene starts up where an animated Lisa Lisa is seen spinning in the air with rose petals about. After which, the screen becomes black and the Red Stone of Aja slowly falls into place like a pendulum. Multiple blue hands attempt to grab it, with a couple dying off.

Another montage occurs showing Speedwagon,Straizo, Suzi Q, Loggins and Messina, Stroheim. Santana is shown at the end frozen in stone. After which, the three Pillar Men are shown attacking. Wamuu unleashes a Divine Sand Storm, Esidisi uses his spirit of fire while flailing his blood vessels, and Kars slices the screen with one of his Light Blades.

The camera zooms out showing the Pillar men standing on a rocky pillar in front of a full moon. Joseph and Caesar are facing them and prepare to battle. After a brief shot of the Stone of Aja, Kars in his Ultimate form is seen with the sun shining behind him.

The scene switches to a rotation of Caesar and Joseph showing off fighting moves as the title 'JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2' scrolls by in the background, until it eventually shows Joseph donning Caesar's headband and yelling into the night sky. The opening ends with the Red Stone of Aja.

Trivia

 * Most of the lyrics and song title itself reference the final battle between Wamuu and Caesar ("a Bloody Storm"), Caesar crushed to death by debris ("Bloody Stone") and Joseph discovering his friend's demise by finding his blood seeping out from under the stone ("Bloody Stream").
 * In the cover and back cover, some of Joseph's and Caesar's clothing reference Jolyne's from Part VI.
 * Episode 25 of the anime has added sound effects mixed into the song.
 * During Joseph's posing sequence, spiky purple trails appear in the background behind him possibly referencing his future Stand, Hermit Purple.
 * 20150704105518.png Wamuu performs his Holy Sandstorm (神砂嵐) at 0:52, the kanji used for the studio Kamikaze Douga (神風動画) briefly changes into Kamiarashi Douga (神嵐動画).
 * At around 1:15, after Joseph and Caesar finish a duo posing sequence, Caesar moves to the left and off of the screen, followed by several bubbles, including a unique red bubble. This is most likely a reference to Caesar's final ripple, which he used to create a bubble of his own blood.
 * During the final scene, after Joseph screams, a shot of the starry sky with a shooting star is seen, which is probably referencing Kars' fate in the finale.
 * The opening for Part IV, Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town has a very similar feel and rhythm to BLOODY STREAM, with both using similar instruments. This could be a coincidental nod to both openings featuring father and son respectively.