Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

I'm not that crazy about shonen in general, but there's something about JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE that just hooks you. It's so over the top, so surreal, and yet so emotionally earnest that one cannot help but be caught in its spell.

Jojo's beautiful art,glourios and extraordinary fights,badass and awesome characters,villains are unique and badass too,the story is great,the memes,music references,the openings,the endings,the poses,the fashion,the music is INSANELY GOOD

Don't know why this anime was split into parts 1 and 2. I just watched episodes 1-26, so I'm going to review it as one show.

It starts with a rich family (the Joestars) adopting a poor boy named Dio. Dio is the same age as the Joestar's son, Jonathan, and they become fierce rivals at everything trying to get the attention of Jonathan's father. Initially, Dio is better at everything, but as they grow up, Jonathan catches up to Dio, making him bitter and twisted. One day, he finds a stone mask, that when attached to his face, transforms him into an evil vampire...

The shows stretches over 3 generations of Joestars and each son is nicknamed Jojo. They spend their lives fighting vampires and other, stronger immortals.

What I really liked about this show was the humour. The characters were all great and the animation and action scenes were awesome, but the humour turned what could have been a dark, horror type story into something really fun. Normally, I'd prefer them to have left out the humour and gone down the dark path, but in this case, it really works well. Definitely worth a watch!

JoJo is one of the weirdest and most entertaining anime's out there, and yet there's an emotional core to it. When people always talk about JoJo's Bizarre Adventure they always just talk about the memes or the great openings or the "Enemy stando!", but there's so much more to why people (including myself) love JoJo. Yes the memes and ridiculousness of JoJo is a ton of fun and certainly gives it the personality it's now become infamous for, but there is some truly incredible writing and characters in here. Plus because of the way the parts are laid out each one is unique and different, so if you didn't like the previous part then you'll probably like the next, then again literally every part is good except maybe the first. And the animation and music by David production is all fantastic.

I love it so much. I didn't know if I would when I started watching it, but as it went on I loved it more and more. It has great and memorable chatacters, stylish visuals, cool strategy-based action, incredible music and many dead dogs. Here are some quick thoughts about each part:

PHANTOM BLOOD: The first three episodes are a masterpiece. Drags a bit in the middle, but sticks the landing. Speedwagon rules

BATTLE TENDENCY: Joseph is great. Stronger and better paced than Phantom Blood, but it does drag a bit towards the end.

STARDUST CRUSADERS: Long, epic, incredible. The introduction of Stands changed the game. The crusaders are unforgettable.

DIAMOND IS UNBREAKABLE: My favorite part. I love the colors, the characters, the villain. Great Days is my favorite Jojo opening. A truly beautiful Duwang.

GOLDEN WIND: As always the main team is great. The torture dance is one of the finest pieces of animation ever created. Polnareff is turtle.

The Rohan OVAs are also great. I can't wait for Stone Ocean.