The anime adaptation train for Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure series from Hirohiko Araki has been getting a lot of attention overall the last few years and now it’s going to expand. The first season of the series has now arrived for streaming on Netflix. You can see the series page here where it showcases the twenty-six episode run that’s now available in bilingual form.
Yasuhiro Kimura is on board to direct with Hideya Takahashi while Naokatsu Tsuda serves as the chief director. Yasuko Kobayashi is handling the series composition with Takahiro Kishida on board for the character designs. David Productions is handling 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.
