The fall 2018 anime adaptation of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind is getting its home video releases handled by Warner Bros. Japan and they’ve set a lengthy scheduled for the thirty-nine episode season. The second volume is coming up in just a couple days or so and now we’ve got a large look at the cover artwork and packaging design that will carry the series forward, which looks great. The first nine volumes are priced at 9,800 yen for either DVD or Blu-ray while the tenth volume is priced at 7,800 yen for each.
Yasuhiro Kimura directed with Hideya Takahashi while Naokatsu Tsuda served as the chief director. Yasuko Kobayashi handled the series composition with Takahiro Kishida working on the character designs. David Productions handled the animation production.
The Japanese cast for this segment includes Kensho Ono as Giorno Giovanna, Yūichi Nakamura as Bruno Bucciarati, Junya Enoki as Pannacotta Fugo, Daiki Yamashita as Narancia Ghirga, Kousuke Toriumi as Guido Mista, and Junichi Suwabe as Leone Abbacchio.
The original manga for this storyline ran for seventeen volumes with 155 chapters between 1995 and 1999 in Weekly Shounen Jump.
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Plot Concept: Naples, 2001. Giorno Giovanna is a small-time crook with one big dream—to become a “Gang-Star.” No ordinary thief, Giorno has a connection to the remarkable Joestar bloodline, and possesses a Stand named Gold Experience. His dream starts to become reality when he meets Bruno Buccellati, a mobster from the gang Passione and a fellow Stand user himself. Realizing that they share similar ideals, and both disagree with the gang’s harmful affairs, Giorno reveals his goal to Bruno: with Bruno’s help, he will reform Passione by overthrowing the boss.
As Giorno becomes a member of Passione, and is inducted into Bruno’s squad, he discovers that it is no simple gang; its numbers are teeming with Stand users. Now confronted by other squads of differing loyalties and unpredictable caliber, their goal to change the gang from the inside out will be a tough one. Taking on these adversaries, Giorno attempts to rise through the ranks and inch closer to the boss, a man who is shrouded in mystery.
| Volume | Date | Extras |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12/19/18 | Booklet, Clean opening, Clean Closing |
| 2 | 01/23/19 | Booklet |
| 3 | 02/27/19 | Booklet |
| 4 | 03/27/19 | Booklet |
| 5 | 04/24/19 | Booklet |
| 6 | 05/29/19 | Booklet |
| 7 | 06/26/19 | Booklet |
| 8 | 07/24/19 | Booklet |
| 9 | 08/28/19 | Booklet |
| 10 | 09/25/19 | Booklet |
[Source: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind]
