Even though you haven’t watched Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, you’ve probably come across a ton of memes from this series over the years.
One of the great things about this series is that, like Gintama, it strikes a perfect balance between comedy and taking itself incredibly seriously. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is undeniably weird, but the character interactions make every moment truly precious.
It’s a uniquely strange series with the most absurd settings, yet it can also deliver some of the most epic battles and unforgettable moments in any series.
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Oldschool Version
1. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (1993)
| Title | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken |
| Episodes | 6 |
| Aired | Fall 1993 |
The first adaptation of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure was an anime from the 1990s released in the OVA format.
To save his mother, Kujo Jotaro decides to join forces with Joseph Joestar and Muhammad Abdul on a journey to Egypt to defeat Dio Brando once and for all.
2. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (2000)
| Title | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken (2000) |
| Episodes | 7 |
| Aired | Spring 2000 |
This title serves as a prequel story to the previous series.
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Reboot Version
1. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (2012)
| Title | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken (TV) |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Aired | Fall 2012 |
Beginning its tale in 19th century England, young aristocrat Jonathan Joestar finds himself locked in bitter rivalry with Dio Brando, a low-born boy who Jonathan’s father took under his wing after the death of Dio’s father.
Discontent with his station in life, Dio’s fathomless lust to reign over all eventually leads him to seek the supernatural powers of an ancient Aztec stone mask in the Joestar’s possession—an artifact that will forever change the destiny of Dio and Jonathan for generations to come.
Fifty years later, in 1938 New York City, Jonathan’s grandson Joseph Joestar must take up his grandfather’s mission and master the abilities necessary to destroy the stone mask and its immensely powerful creators who threaten humanity’s very existence, the Pillar Men.
2. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (2014)
| Title | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stardust Crusaders |
| Episodes | 24 |
| Aired | Spring 2014 |
In a Japanese jail sits 17-year-old Jotaro Kujo: punk, fighter, delinquent…and possessed by a force beyond his control! Around the world, evil spirits are awakening: “Stands,” monstrous invisible creatures which give their bearers incredible powers.
To save his mother’s life, Jotaro must tame his dark forces and travel around the world to Cairo, Egypt, where a hundred-year-old vampire thirsts for the blood of his family. But the road is long, and an army of evil Stand Users waits to kill JoJo and his friends…
3. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders – Battle in Egypt (2016)
| Title | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stardust Crusaders – Egypt-hen |
| Episodes | 39 |
| Aired | Spring 2016 |
After 30 days of travel across the world, plagued with countless battles, Jotaro and his companions have finally arrived in Egypt!
Now only the strongest “Stand” users remain to rebuff our heroes’ final march on Cairo: The Nine Egyptian Gods, Dio’s most zealous servants. Will the Joestar line fall to the monstrous vampire, or can Jotaro defeat Dio and save his mother’s life?
4. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (2016)
| Title | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai |
| Episodes | 39 |
| Aired | Spring 2016 |
Adapts the fourth part of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure manga series.
It’s the year 1999, 11 years after Jotaro Kujo’s desperate fight against DIO in Egypt. Jotaro meets with Josuke Higashikata, the illegitimate son of his grandfather Joseph Joestar. He discovers that Josuke also has the same “Stand” power and that a new threat is surfacing in Morioh City.
5. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (2018)
| Title | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Ougon no Kaze |
| Episodes | 39 |
| Aired | Fall 2018 |
The fifth story arc of the long-running JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure series.
Giorno Giovanna, a young man living in Naples, has the blood of DIO — the eternal enemy of the Joestar clan — running in his veins. Giorno becomes a delinquent due to being persecuted since childhood. However, he’s led back onto the right path thanks to a gangster who saved him and taught him to believe in others.
Bizarrely enough, this gang of people who didn’t forget honor, gratitude, and respect made him reform. This is how Giorno came to admire gangsters. In the backstreets of Italy, Giorno causes trouble alongside his gang “Passione,” and ends up being targeted…
6. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: STONE OCEAN (2021)
| Title | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stone Ocean |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Aired | Fall 2021 |
In Florida, 2011, Jolyne Kuujou sits in a jail cell like her father Joutarou once did; yet this situation is not of her own choice. Framed for a crime she didn’t commit, and manipulated into serving a longer sentence, Jolyne is ready to resign to a dire fate as a prisoner of Green Dolphin Street Jail.
Though all hope seems lost, a gift from Joutarou ends up awakening her latent abilities, manifesting into her Stand, Stone Free. Now armed with the power to change her fate, Jolyne sets out to find an escape from the stone ocean that holds her.
However, she soon discovers that her incarceration is merely a small part of a grand plot: one that not only takes aim at her family, but has additional far-reaching consequences. What’s more, the mastermind is lurking within the very same prison, and is under the protection of a lineup of menacing Stand users. Finding unlikely allies to help her cause, Jolyne sets course to stop their plot, clear her name, and take back her life.
7. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: STONE OCEAN Part 2 (2022)
| Title | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stone Ocean Part 2 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Aired | Summer 2022 |
The second and third cour of Stone Ocean arc story.
The legacy of the Joestar family continues with Jolyne as she and her companions take on new Stand users behind the bars of Green Dolphin Street Prison.
