I'm a HUGE fan of "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" both the anime and manga. Now that the anime for Part 4 "Diamond is Unbreakable" has just ended there's been one lingering question on my mind...Will we ever get an anime adaptation of "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Vento Aureo" or as I'm sure it will be called in North America "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind"? Honestly, I think they question should be "when" and not "if". The anime adaptation for JoJo's Part 5 hasn't been confirmed yet (as of the time I'm writing this) but I feel fairly safe in saying that it will get an anime adaptation sooner than you think. Although, Part 5 is considered one of the lesser parts here in North America, "Golden Wind" is a massively popular story arc in other parts of the world including Japan. Heck! Now that we have better translations and scans of the manga online, Part 5 is slowly gaining a larger English speaking audience than ever before. Even with the horribly translated old scans "Vento Aureo" had its own adoring meme fanbase all over the internet. There's no doubt that Giorno and the Passione gang will be seeing an anime adaptation... but when? My guess would be sometime next year. Let's look over the facts! The anime adaptation of "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" began in 2012 and so far we haven't had a single year without any new episodes of the series airing in Japan. Season 1 (Phantom Blood & Battle Tendency) aired 26 episodes from 2012 to 2013. Season 2 (Stardust Crusaders) aired 48 episodes from 2014 to 2015. Season 3 (Diamond is Unbreakable) aired 39 episodes during 2016. As the anime gained more and more popularity, David Production has brought more and more money into the budget for the series. The gap between season 1 and season 2 about 12 months (with a slight break during the middle of season 2) while the gap between season 2 and season 3 was only 10 months (with no major breaks at all during season 3). Assuming that David Production will continue to increase their production value and scheduling for Season 4 (AKA Part 5), we can expect to see the first few episodes of "Golden Wind" in October during the Fall anime season or maybe even earlier depending on how many episodes we're getting this season. Season 1 adapted 12 chapters of the manga into 26 episodes, season 2 adapted 16 volumes into a whopping 48 episodes (I'm sensing a little bit of favoritism towards "Stardust Crusaders" here), and season 3 adapted 18 chapters into 39 episodes. You can see that the number of episodes for each season has a lot to do with the popularity of each story arc and in Japan Part 5: Vento Aureo is regarded as one of the high tier story arcs for JoJo's. It's viewed as the high standard of Araki's visual style and international audiences loved Araki's scenic depictions of Italy. For Christ's sake, Hirohiko Araki's artwork was even showcased in France's Louvre Museum! (SPOILERS! Sorry, I shouldn't mention Christ until the JoJo Part 7 discussion.) So given that JoJo Part 5 does have a considerable amount of popularity in Japan and the story arc spans about 17 volumes then it's safe to assume that we'll be getting anywhere from 42 to 48 episodes for the anime adaptation. That's my prediction for 2017! The "Golden Wind" anime will begin broadcasting around September or October for the 2017 Fall anime season and we'll have roughly 42 to 48 episodes for the entire story arc. Will the adaptation be any good? Will North American audiences finally be won over by Part 5? Will the English dub for JoJo's Part 3 & Part 4 ever come out in a timely manner? Find out on the next episode of Dragon Ball Z- Errrr I mean "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure"!
TO BE CONTINUED...
laughs in 2019
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