JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia / JoJo Wiki (ジョジョ百科事典) is a website dedicated to the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series by Hirohiko Araki. ( ☆ )

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JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· 26d

The JOJOLands Chapter 38: "Lately, I've been completely obsessed with Dua Lipa's 'Live from Mexico' album. Every time it ends, I get that post-concert sadness, like, "Wait, she's leaving the stage already? When can I see her again?" - Hirohiko Araki, Ultra Jump August 2026

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Jun 29

Excerpt of a column by Yoshihiro Togashi (Yu Yu Hakusho/Hunter x Hunter) about JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. - HIROHIKO ARAKI WORKS (2012) He likes how Polnareff and Okuyasu easily switch gears. The Stand he would want is Harvest. He couldn't decide on his favorite JoJo part.

There are many series that can stun you with their first chapter. For me, the reaction is always twofold. As an artist, I'm impressed, thinking, “I see, so that was another way to approach it!” But as a reader, I'm simply excited, thinking, "This is incredible! It’s definitely going to be great!"

It's a strange sensation, like a rush of both cool, analytical admiration and hot, passionate excitement all at once. But a series that delivers a shock equal to, or even greater than, its debut multiple times throughout its run is incredibly rare. Almost nonexistent. That is the kind of manga JoJo is.

Each character's distinct worldview, the onomatopoeia, the dialogue, the poses, the system of passing down the role of protagonist, the visualization of psychic powers... People may say this is all old news, but you simply can't talk about JoJo without covering these points. Every time I reread it, the feelings from that time come flooding back to me: the pure joy I felt as a reader, and simultaneously, the sense of defeat I felt as a creator. To me, that is what JoJo is.

A manga artist has to play many roles alone. Needless to say, you are the director, but you also write the script, act out the roles (and for every single character!), handle the staging, prepare the costumes, apply the makeup, do the sets, props, location scouting... there’s just so much to do. When you juggle so many roles, some of them are bound to be mediocre. It's a common story in manga: you have a lineup of good-looking characters but they all act like cardboard, or the visual beauty is incredible but the script is garbage. But JoJo is on a different dimension. The staff and cast of JoJo are all incredible. Everything involved in JoJo seems to be arranged with an almost inevitable sense of purpose, all to make JoJo what it is. This is incredibly difficult.

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Jun 27

The official English localized name of Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap is Devilish Deeds Done Damned Coldly

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Jun 17

The JOJOLands Chapter 37: "I just returned from a trip to Venice. I wasn't able to go there during the filming of At a Confessional, but it really is a remarkable city." - Hirohiko Araki, Ultra Jump July 2026

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· May 18

Cool Shock High School Student B.T.: The "Wicked Boy vs. Makeup Girl" Incident by Nisio Isin and Posuka Demizu released in Ultra Jump today. Hirohiko Araki's comment: "Thank you for reviving it after all these years. Please continue to support the series going forward."

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· May 18

The JOJOLands Chapter 36: "I feel like there are way more bicycles around lately. Were there always this many? For the record, I don't really ride one myself." - Hirohiko Araki, Ultra Jump June 2026

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· May 7

Marisa's new EX Color in Street Fighter 6 is based on Yoshikage Kira.

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· May 1

Yasuhiro Kimura discusses the direction of the Steel Ball Run anime, teasing an anime-original addition in a future episode that will complement the manga and touching on changes to JoJo's signature visual direction. - From SCREENα (April 10, 2026)

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Apr 27

The Giorno Giovanna S.H.Figuarts figure releases in October 2026

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Apr 24

New Requiem Arrow merch goes on sale on May 26, 2026. It lights up when you press the button.

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Apr 16

The JOJOLands Chapter 35: "To achieve a soft, fluffy texture, I steam abalone with sake for two hours. It's still a work in progress, so during my trial runs I'll check on it occasionally while I work on my manuscript." - Hirohiko Araki, Ultra Jump May 2026

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Apr 10

Merchandise with new art of Johnny Joestar, Gyro Zeppeli, and Diego Brando are being sold in Don Quijote stores in Japan starting on April 25, 2026.

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Apr 5

The light novel Synchronicity in Morioh features two new Stands in Chapters 2 and 3. One of them is Sleep Trance, which belongs to a Part 4 character who did not have a Stand before. jojowiki.com/Sleep_Trance

Sleep Trance is a Stand that Police awakens after accidentally swallowing a fragment of a Stand Arrow hidden in a piece of a discarded ham. The fragment is one of the scattered pieces of Yoshihiro Kira's shattered Arrow.

Sleep Trance only activates while Police is asleep. While it is active, Police dreams that he is drifting through the air inside the Stand's body. When the Stand enters another person, it possesses their body and puts them into a trance-like state similar to sleepwalking, allowing Police to move through them while still asleep. The Stand can pass from one person to another, but Police cannot wake up until the Stand returns to his own body alongside the person his Stand is possessing.

Because Police was unfamiliar with the Stand when it first awakened, it moved wildly and uncontrollably, tearing through the Hirose house like a poltergeist and wrecking much of the first floor.

An unnamed Stand awakened when a crow accidentally bites a fragment of a Stand Arrow. It allows the crow to protect a chosen area by making anyone who enters forget why they came there.

When the Stand is active inside a room, it flies around so quickly that it is nearly impossible to see. The moment someone steps inside, their objective is erased. A person entering to retrieve something, investigate, or carry out any specific task will immediately forget that purpose until they exit the area. Even written reminders become useless, and voices from outside cannot properly get through to them.

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Apr 3

New Johnny Joestar + Slow Dancer and Gyro Zeppeli + Valkyrie XrossLinkMAX figures release in October 2026

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Apr 3

SCREENα Vol.7 releasing on April 10, 2026 features new art of Johnny Joestar on the cover and bonus poster. It has interviews with Shogo Sakata, Yohei Azakami, Kenta Miyake & Rie Takahashi, Kaito Ishikawa, Yasuhiro Kimura, Toshiyuki Kato, Yasuko Kobayashi, Daisuke Tsumagari, and Yugo Kanno.

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Apr 2

Josuke Higashikata S.H.Figuarts figure revealed, releasing in September 2026

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Apr 1

Announcement: Following our acquisition by Netflix, the wiki will now pivot away from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and instead focus on real-world coverage of certain "eccentric" individuals.

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Apr 1

The second Stardust Crusaders Machiboke ("waiting in vain") figure pack with Kakyoin, Avdol, Iggy, and DIO releases in mid April 2026.

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Mar 28

Super Figure Art Collection Johnny Joestar & Slow Dancer / Gyro Zeppeli & Valkyrie on display at AnimeJapan 2026

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Mar 24

An interview with Kenta Miyake (voice of Muhammad Avdol/Steven Steel/Urmd Avdul) and Toshiyuki Kato (series director). Kato discusses the difficulties in adapting Steel Ball Run into an anime. - From JOJO magazine 2026 SPRING (March 23, 2026)

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Mar 23

Hirohiko Araki talking about his lithograph art featured at the Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco from September 27 to October 25, 2025. - From JOJO magazine 2026 SPRING (March 23, 2026)

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Mar 23

New art of Jonathan, Joseph, Jotaro, Josuke, Giorno, and Jolyne from Ichiban Kuji JoJo's Bizarre Adventure The Gathering of STARS

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Mar 22

Several JoJo's Bizarre Adventure characters drawn by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro (Toriko) for his Enya the Hag's Fangirl Diary spin-off released in JOJO magazine 2026 SPRING.

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Mar 21

Shueisha Manga Expo is a special website for Shueisha's 100th anniversary where they present "memorable chapters" selected by the manga artist alongside comments. Hirohiko Araki selected JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders Volume 1, Chapter 3, where Jotaro fights Avdol.

About one or two weeks before Part 2 of JoJo ended, the editor in charge at the time said, “People are starting to get tired of Ripple (Hamon), so let’s switch to something different and move on to Part 3.” I panicked, thinking, “What am I going to do?”

Even so, I wasn’t given any time off, so in about two weeks I somehow came up with the idea of “Stands” and moved into Part 3. With “Ripple,” I had been depicting supernatural abilities by drawing ripple patterns, so I wanted to take it in a different direction. That led to the creation of a new rule where humanoid energy forms fight.

It was an extremely harsh challenge both in terms of schedule and difficulty, but looking back, it was a happy and memorable moment.

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Mar 20

Take this with a grain of salt, but according to the manager of Netflix Chile's TikTok account, the Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime will be released weekly. www.tiktok.com/@netflixchil...

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Mar 19

The main theme of the Steel Ball Run anime, "Dance with STEEL BALL RUN", will be out on streaming platforms tomorrow on March 20, 2026. nex-tone.link/A00212972

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Mar 19

A bonus illustration card of Steel Ball Run and The JOJOLands that comes with The JOJOLands Volume 8.

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Mar 19

Diego Brando & Silver Bullet Nendoroid DX Figure announced

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Mar 18

BANDAI FASHION COLLECTION is selling merchandise of Johnny Joestar's hat, releasing in August 2026

JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia@jojowiki· Mar 18

The JOJOLands Chapter 34: "I'm really looking forward to cherry blossom viewing again this year, but what really makes it special is the way the entire atmosphere suddenly changes all at once. That's what makes sakura so amazing." - Hirohiko Araki, Ultra Jump April 2026