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ajc228
The OVA series plays as a “greatest hits” of the Stardust Crusader arc. The popular iteration of the long-running manga received the royal treatment when it received a 6-part series in 1993. At the time, animation studio A.P.P.P. had some of the most skillful animators/directors working for them. As a result, the adaptation received a lot of wonderful animation with bold adaptation choices. Due to time constraints, the team decided to excise portions of the story and move plot points around to streamline the narrative. Tonally, the series is more serious than its manga counterpart but it is not entirely humorless. Master animators and directors like Hiroyuki Okiura, Mitsuo Iso, Satoshi Kon, & Norio Matsumoto contributed key animation.
In Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, characters project psych…
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The classic version of JoJo.
To me, this version of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is something of a franchise relic. Released in 1993, it adapts the series' third part, Stardust Crusaders, in a highly condensed manner, yet it still manages to preserve the key events of the journey undertaken by Jotaro and his companions.
It spans only six episodes, so naturally, a lot gets cut or simplified. Don't expect the full scope of Part 3's development seen in the more recent adaptation; this version gets straight to the point. Even so, it efficiently conveys the story's essence: Jotaro, Joseph, and the rest of the group traveling across various locations on their way to Egypt to finally confront Dio.
I find that very directness to be one of its most interesting aspects. The story doesn't waste time,…
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This OVA covers two major JoJo fights and the climax of Part 3: the battle against DIO. The encounter with N'Doul plays out exactly as it does in the David Production anime. On the other hand, D'Arby the Gambler was handled much better here; it spans less than an episode, in sharp contrast to the awful pacing of the modern adaptation.
Moving on to the grand finale, "DIO's World", the entire fight feels far more "city-level" in terms of both feats and destruction, which creates a much greater sense of tension. The Crusaders act as a cohesive squad, with everyone giving their all to defeat the villain. Speaking of DIO, he is genuinely frightening. The way he speaks and how his time-stop ability is handled, showing it from the Crusaders' perspective, is terrifying. There are no monologues,…
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The newer adaptation supersedes this in every possible way, but if you just can't get enough JoJo and want something a little fresh, I suggest watching this.
Here's what I thought while watching it:
The Bad
1. Colors are kinda dull, I don't really care about color accuracy, but here everything looks grimy.
2. The pacing isn't what I have come to expect, so some scenes had less impact. In the Stardust Crusaders anime, a character might say something, only for the camera to pause on him for dramatic effect, with some thunderclap guitar sound and some onomatopeia.
In here, everything moves along almost like real life, which in any other anime I would applaud, but having had the taste of the 2014 version, I know it could've been better paced.
3. The intro is kinda lame. It's way too long, has…
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Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is, in my opinion, the greatest manga I've had the pleasure of experiencing. However, this adaptation manages to butcher almost everything that makes it exceptional. If you're an Araki fan, consider this your free pass—you do not need to watch this. If you're not familiar with the series, prepare for a story in the middle of other stories, with so much left unexplained that it quickly devolves into an incomprehensible mess.
With that said, let’s delve into what Stardust Crusaders (the actual name of the part this anime tries to adapt) is about and the themes it explores. We’ll also discuss how the beginning might be misleading, how effectively it tackles its thematic elements, and how it compares to other parts of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and its anime adaptation.…
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JoJo no kimyou na Bouken (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) is a unique adaptation, to say the least. This was one of the first official ways that this series was introduced to the western world. Even though there is a full adaptation of not only this part of the series but the two previous parts, as well as future parts, I think you should watch this.
This adaptation gives you a feeling that the new adaptation does not give you: Fear. Fights between our protagonists and the enemy stand users have this feeling of danger and dread to them. While the new show is overall more lighthearted and more focused on the action itself. There is nothing wrong with how the new show does it, and in fact, it is more in line with the original manga. But because of this, this adaptation is so unique, that I would…
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i thought it would be decent at best, but surprisingly it was good. The 90s anime aesthetic fits Stardust Crusaders best, and I even prefer the art here to the art in the 2015 anime, especially the colors.It suffers from alot more bullshit than the 2015 anime,such as not being faithful to the manga in some stuff, but that's to be expected when you try to adapt a 125 chapter manga into a 6 episode anime, but either way i found that interesting, it's nice to spot the differences. I enjoyed it just as much as i enjoyed the 2015 anime and the manga, i personally think stardust crusaders is one of the weaker parts anyway, but i still love it, and i loved this ova, sure the 2015 anime is more faithful , has better voice acting, music and is more complete. But i found this just as fun as the 2015…
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If you have never seen Jojo's before, start with the newer anime. This is only worth watching if you have already watched/read Jojo's part 3. A lot of parts of this are pretty laughably bad, due to weird changes in the story to save time. However, the final fight of this is REALLY well done and is honestly better than the newer anime. The retro aesthetic looks great with Jojo and is way better in the final fight, but the animation also seems really slow the rest of the time. I would definitely recommend watching the final fight, but you can skip out on the rest unless you are an extreme Jojo fan.
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Jojo's Bizzare Adventure OVA 1, this is my first jojo series because I like to start an anime series from the very first anime of the series so don't roast my review pls.
Jojo 1993 is good and its 30 mins per episode. I'm seeing a lot of jojo in tiktok and other social media platforms that it made me curious on whyis this good and said to be unique. I didn't read the manga of jojo because its too long and I don't read too much manga as of now. Jojo has 8 parts and now preparing for the 9th part. Each part has 100+ chapters so it made me lazy to read the manga. This OVA is said to be the 3rd part which is Stardust Crusaders and I watched the OVA without knowing anything in jojo except that Jotaro is the mc. I also watched this knowing this is widely popular.
Characters are well drawn and h…
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People tend to hate this OAV because of the fact that, well, it looks terrible. And in part this is true - the art style is bad-to-average, with basically nothing in common with Araki's ultra-stylish art style. While Jojo is a very funny, adventurous and stylish work of fiction, the OAV is instead serious and nearly dramatic.
However, I believe that, at the same time, this OAV is kind of underrated.
While, like I said, the art style is quite poor, the animations are incredibly fluid, which makes fighting scene very satisfying to watch. Especially the final fights with Dio, that covers the final two episode of the series, are surprsingly well done. I mean, with no TV anime, this was the best they could get in 1993.
And in fact, I believe that many people forget the fact that this OAV was…
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Heads up, I'm also including the prequel in this review for your information.
The *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (ova)* is great in all regards; as I enjoyed the story all the way through. I personally have not read the manga, but have watched the 2014-15 adaption of "Part 3" of JoJo and enjoyed so that's my reference when I compare this. I loved the animation, especially the animation for the prequel ova as it might not have been Araki's type of style, but it can recognize that it is *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure,* and I love how the style they use. In addition, Joseph is so much different from his 2014-15 version from being the "OH MY GOD," and "HOLY S&!TTT" crude character is his is to being the straight man in the group in where I would have liked if Polnariff was took his spot for it, but the…
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is an adaptation of Stardust Crusaders which, instead of adapting the whole story, chooses some of the most memorable fights to animate. The art style is a good adaptation of Araki's style and the animation is very good a lot of the time. The VHS rips of this show look dated, but that is the fault of the VHS not of this adaptation. Stardust Crusaders is the second best part of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and has some of the most fun fights. The final episode where Jotaro fights DIO is a must watch for any Jojo fans and is far better than what the David Production adaptation did. The sound design was done by LucasArts and is audibly fantastic.
This is my favourite adaptation of anything from the Jojo franchise and it is a must watch for any fan.
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This anime seems to be for those who have read the manga first to get the relationship between the characters, but that has little to do with how good the anime actually is. The revenge story is the better one compared to the heal my mother/daughter story.
Pros: Good but dated animation, intriguing and funny characters, mediocre story held aloft by great fights.
Cons: Nothing really outstanding or profound about the sound except the horror movie closing music.
The revival of Jotaro's grandfather(Joseph) who's been drained of all blood with a transfusion from some sort of vampire-like guy is very laughable, alongside the blood is also the cure for whatever disease his mother has and she is Joseph's daughter, as well.
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Hello all, hope this review finds you well. This is my first real review, since my other one was a joke. Now let's begin this review.
Unlike many people on this site, I started JoJo on the manga, on the very first part. I vehemently hated JoJo for the terrible fanbase that I was constantly in contact with and had no option to avoid, due to the airing of the anime. However, I decided to give the series a shot, and I was hooked from the first page. Now, I've recently finished reading what is currently available of JoJolion. I was very curious about this little OVA series, as I had heard little of it and in my opinion it looked far better than the 2013 anime adaption of Stardust Crusaders. I gave it a shot, and to my surprise... I loved it. But I am a man of objectivity, so let me discuss w…
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In a nutshell, it is a story about formidable looking guys fighting each other using some sort of "spirits" called "Stand". The anime is quite brutal, there's blood and on screen dismemberment. The anime has unique visual style which I haven't really seen often.
Detailed breakdown below:
Story:
The OVA starts at the middle of the story, without explanation. Apparently it is based on one of the manga arcs, and OVA doesn't really explain what happened before. This may result in a fairly confusing experience. The story is linear series of encounters/battles with protagonist going towards certain goal. The encounters are dramatic and bloody. Basically it feels like "anyone can die" anime, which is good. If anything it sorta reminded me of Clamp X and of that one scene from Battle Angel Alita…
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Stardust Crusaders's OVA is, lets be perfectly honest here, pretty bad overall. It removes a lot of the more entertaining fights in favor of streamlining the series for a 6 episode run.
The visuals range from outdated to just plain bad, the characters look strange, even compared to Araki's art style, the colors are faded and washed out compared to Araki's more bright and flamboyant style, which is a damn shame.
The sound design is bad in most places, until you get to the very last episode, which I will cover later. The voice acting is flat and lifeless, sound effects have no impact, and the score is just background noise.
Characters and stories are what faired the best. Even gimped by a small budget and a short episode count, Araki's writing is wonderfully tense and eccentric. Things f…
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While I didn't go in expecting it to be pitch-perfect, I still found this to be a pretty mediocre adaptation of a fantastic manga, mostly let down by its brevity and tone compared to the original. Of course, given that there's a limit to just how much material CAN be included in 6 episodes without sacrificing the pace, it's not really a mistake so much as it is just a shame that so many fights, lines and moments were cut.
What stuck out most noticeably for me was that most of the comedy from the original was cut or toned down significantly; that may not seem like a huge drawback in and of itself, but comedy/comic relief forms a huge part of JJBA's charm and overall tone, so for it to be so played down was disarming.
Art-wise, I did enjoy the designs and some of the animation (there was s…
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Collecting these ovs´s a looong time ago on VHS for me was a must! based from what i heard from classmates and seen on a old vhs tape trailer it was MORE than worth it and i will never ever discard this. The first thing i noticed was the marute drawing wich looked pretty well for its time, a more ´upgraded a la fist of the north star animation´ and looked more tight and ofc handdrawn near its best, the way we don´t see it anymore. And since this storyline only folowed only 2 arc´s of the manga franchise it was kinda incomplete, but in itself the story througout the ova´s in my eyes was nothing more that ´bad-f&&king-ass´ and well violent as hell wich fitted perfectly for its time ( teardrop), toghether with some of the ´violent but dry japanese humor´ And truly its has some schocking momen…
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(This review applies to the entire series, both the 1993 and the 2000 continatuion episodes.)
Yes, it is certainly bizarre.
JoJo is the thinking man's surrealist DBZ. Except instead of endless 3-frame loops of tedious "fight animation" it has sudden, subtle, blink-and-you'll-miss-it fight scenes. In it, weird fighters use weird powers in weird ways; typically by outwitting -- rather than merely overpowering -- their opponents.
The series' greatest strength is the unexpected, shocking oddity of it. Whenever you think the series is about to devolve into fighting game cliche, something utterly bugfuck happens. A villain will gleefully and intentionally decapitates himself to show his badassery. A dog addicted to coffee flavored chewing gum kicks ass with a voodoo sandstorm. Somebody telekine…
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Style - If there's one thing JJBA has in abundance, it's style. The art and animation in this OVA is absolutely wonderful. The character design is very stylish (I don't mind the fact that everyone looks like a bodybuilder), and the animation is fluid. The fight scenes are awesome. 3 out of 3.
Character - The characters have some recognizable personality but are not fully fleshed out. Jotaro is a bit of a thug - he broke D'Arby's finger for attempting to cheat at poker. Polnareff is a manchild, he is arrogant and constantly gets into fights for no good reason. That's about all that can be surmised from the little amount of character building that happens in this short OVA. There are practically no scenes devoted to character development, so we really don't get to know the characters in de…
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