The “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure” anime is set for a new series. It will be taking from the fifth story arc of the manga known as “Vento Aureo” and the new anime is titled “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind.”
The new series was teased at the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan story collection before its reveal and is set to premiere in October. There are, however, plans for the first episode to debut in the month of July. Starting on July 5, the first episode will premiere in Japan. Followed after this the episode will be shown at Anime Expo on July 7.
So far the official website has released the staff listing for the new series:
Original work: Hirohiko Araki
Overall Director: Naokatsu Tsuda
Director: Yasuhiro Kimura, Hideya Takahashi
Series Composition: Yasuko Kobayashi
Character design: Takahiro Kishida
Animation director: Shunichi Ishimoto
Stand design · action director: Takahito Katayama
Prop Design: Yukitoshi Hotani
Art setting: Reiki Taki, Junko Nagasawa, Kaoru Aoki
Color design: Yuko Sato
Art director: Shunichiro Yoshihara, Megumi Kato
Director of Photography: Kazuhiro Yamada
Editor: Kiyoshi Hirose
Sound director: Miwa Iwami
Music: Yugo Kanno
Animation production: David production
“Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures” is a series that first made its debut as a 1987 manga written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was first serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1987 to 2004. By 2005, the manga was transferred to the monthly seinen magazine Ultra Jump. Currently, the series is known as Shueisha’s second largest manga series with around 121 volumes released.
The manga was first adapted into a six-volume original video animation. It featured the latter half of the series’ third story arc and was produced by studio A.P.P.P. It was 2012 that an anime series adaptation was released under the production of David Production. The first series covered the first two-story arcs of the manga in 26 episodes.
The original story of the series features the Joestar family. A family that is said to have various members discover they are destined to take down supernatural foes using unique powers that they possess. Throughout the series, the series takes on different stories of different members of the family who inevitably has a name that can be abbreviated to the titular “JoJo”.
Source: Crunchyroll News