The reason the OVAS starts at the desert and not from the start of the story is because this wasn't meant for newer audience but for diehard JoJo fans who already have read the manga. The late chapters of Stardust Crusaders where by far the most popular and everyone wanted to see Dio, and with budget for only a bunch of episodes, it doesn't looks like the worst choice.

@dannyjingu

28 күн бұрын

This is a case of "This was normal in the 80's and 90's." OVAs always confused me back then, because they would only cover a section of a storyline. I feel it was an odd marketing strategy, to both sell anime, while promoting the source material. I may be wrong on this, but I am pretty sure that was the case

@crimsondemonmegumin

22 күн бұрын

​@@dannyjingueven now the goal is rarely if ever to "sell anime" sure some profit will come from that but mostly to sell other things being, the source material, figures, games, and other peripherals

It still baffles me that SATOSHI KON of all people worked on the final battle

@Itariatan

Ай бұрын

Not only that, that was what got him started in the first place. JoJo really is responsible for more than we realize

@ducklett01god

Ай бұрын

​@@Itariatanjojo ks the second most influenial anime(Dragonball is 1st) especially in Japan it brought the western world to Japan just as how Dragonball brought japan to the us

@Itariatan

Ай бұрын

@@ducklett01god Very well might be true. Dragon Ball is pretty cool, I love the Journey to the west inspiration

@ducklett01god

Ай бұрын

@@Itariatan it was a gag manga that turned into a cultural sensation

@midnightbat344

Ай бұрын

​@@ducklett01godwrong numble one is joe yabuki do even know influent that anime is

fun fact, Charles Martinet voiced the senator in the english dub of the OVA!

@quinnsine1650

Ай бұрын

Mama Mia!

@miimiibeschde4818

Ай бұрын

Bro should've used the BLJ to evade timestop

@etonasama

Ай бұрын

Should've been recast for the David Pro dub.

@The_Blue_Otaku

Ай бұрын

@@quinnsine1650 Papa Pia Baby Got The Diarrhea!!!!!

I love how DIO in this series uses the world FOR ATTACKS sparingly. It really sells the fact he's overconfident in his own ability

@andrewd4438

22 күн бұрын

For good reason, really - he seems to keep up with Star platinum without much trouble. Dio’s problem is he’s got no brains inside his head.

The world ❌ Ze waruldo ✔️

5:36 Explain a bit about that Aztec scene since you didn't know. That was an extensive adaptation of the Aztec prologue/Stone Mask origin from the very first pages of JoJo manga Part 1 Phantom Blood. In the manga it was the usual bombastic dialogues and poses. The 1993 OVA as seen above adapted it with more serious, dark gritty more historically authentic. The 2012 anime by David Production completely skipped this prologue and jumped straight to England Victorian era, only reference it in the Roundabout ED with the Aztec mural depicting the blood ritual. That's why most JoJo fans who started with the modern anime never heard of this Aztec scene.

@tomatostarz

Ай бұрын

there was a prologue 😭😭 ?? i did not know that wow

@hunterhollins512

25 күн бұрын

Comment I was looking for Lmaoo

Time to re-upload my original comment. Gotta boost that algorithm. Say it with me now. While David Productions fills the background with dramatic music at all times, studio A.P.P.P willingness to sit in complete silence for several seconds at a time heightens the tension in quiet moments like these.

@MrValBar2

Ай бұрын

at least it's not as bad as Hunter x Hunter 2011

@xenogen372

Ай бұрын

Honestly, DP's version is a product of modern anime. Look at the OG Dragon Ball anime and DBZ in Japanese, there's a lot more quiet moments before a fight starts.

@etonasama

Ай бұрын

One of the few things they did do better I would say.

@josesosa3337

Ай бұрын

I agree

@Dizerfullpower

27 күн бұрын

It heightened the tension in Hol Horse fight so much I've had to drop it

I'm gonna say it. Jotaro vs DIO in the OVA is probably one of, if not the best anime battle I have ever seen

This is probably not useful or interesting to a lot of people, but I whole-heartedly recommend watching this OVA with the french dub. It is without any hesitation my favourite piece of voice acting ever. It has THE BEST DIO and THE BEST POLNAREFF, absolutely nails the humor as well as some weird sexual tension from Dio at some points ? It's a bit strange at time like only old dubs can be, making it oddly hilarious while still being absolutely amazing. It definitely puts the actual japanese voices for it, or even a lot of modern dubs to shame ! It's amazing and I cannot recommend it enough. Please, I beg of you : Go give it a listen !

@castor9907

29 күн бұрын

The sexual tension was obviously intentional given he had massive bahonkers.

@dualApocalypses

28 күн бұрын

That polnareff is straight up my favorite interpretation of the character

@REALPEDROGAMEPLAYS

14 күн бұрын

One big plus is that the stands actually feel like they’re ghosts. They aren’t physical beings, and their colors are all well done. The 2015 anime uses very bad color choices especially for Star Platinum, and a golden wavy fire effect is put over EVERYTHING of importance to tell you that something is cool or powerful instead of letting the physical actions tell you that themselves.

@zephiask1758

4 күн бұрын

When I imported part 8 back n the day I noticed, while there wasnt an english or german manga release back then, yet the french already had parts of jojolion translated. Therefore its kinda not suprising that the french dub of the ova is good haha

English OVA DIO has my favourite 'The World' in the series.

@horaciosi

23 күн бұрын

Andrew Chaikin was fantastic as DIO.

On the voice acting bit, genuinely the Italian dub of the OVA might be the best voice acting the OVA got. Unrelated, silver chariot having that gold trim in the OVA looks so good

@zebes04

Ай бұрын

concordo

@demekagamine

Ай бұрын

Si fra

@etonasama

Ай бұрын

French Polnareff is peak tho.

Man this makes me wish we could find the phantom blood movie, I’d love to see the comparison for that one.

@wallcity318

Ай бұрын

So in like 2007 or 08, i was living in korea at the time and they were doing a showing of it in japan and had a website with clips of it on there and i was on that site everyday but it was all in japanese. I literally wanted to catch a quick flight and try my luck but couldnt. I regret it to this day

The ova final fight is my favorite versions of it. Primarily because of how DIO was introduced, how he showed off his power without making it obvious, and how he actually used his vampire abilities in some pieces (He ran through a train ripping people apart for blood)

It's nice to see this video came back

When I first saw this OVA I wasn't ready for the artstyle...

90s anime and ovas really were a different breed. I still think about that 90s HxH scene where Chrollo in sitting in a car with Kurapika's team.

This original anime was incredible. back in the 90's, I was used to not get full series and getting almost random anime as people would exchange there collections through IRL meetings or postal method (having 2 VHS was essential to garnish your videotheque) Obviously I was happy to get a random episode of DBZ in japanese of the buu arc while in my country it was mid cell arc for instance. Seeing such an OAV given the context was great. Obviously I had no idea what it was about or what was the source material but just seeing the sheer talent on display, quality of animation, epicness of the fights was mind blowing. Later when I discovered the manga, I understood it was a bit different in tone yet I loved both. In the end when the anime came, I was underwhelmed as I felt it was not using the animation medium to its fullest, I thought it was lazy even (but probably if I had read the manga and didn't see the OVA I would have loved it) Thanks a lot, the analysis you made is on point and show exactly what I loved about the 90's OVA. Thanks for this work and the rest and hope for the best for the future of your channel

@swampjawn

Ай бұрын

That's so interesting to hear the perspective of someone who actually saw it when it came out - I would definitely be disappointed by the animation in the 2013 version if I had seen the 90s one first! I'm glad you enjoyed the video, and thanks for the comment!

@stefanswiss3760

Ай бұрын

@@swampjawn just to give you the anecdote, we would write on our list some codes like 2nd LD /PAL SECAM good = (2nd copy from a laser disc good image recorded in PAL SECAM) or 3rd VHS /NTSC blur (3rd copy of a VHS with the default of that era's technology) NTSC was notorious for not keeping the same color thus the format was know as "Never Twice The Same Color" We would get subbed anime, sometimes we would have no subs at all and very blurry image yet it felt like going on the black market and being part of an underground community (well that is exactly what it was). Never knowing what you were getting, always impressed by the creations, it hooked us and strong active community formed around that, the only difference I liked better is that we would much more often meet IRL with people to talk and exchange goods. That's a bit of nostalgia, I am just in my late 30's almost 40 but anyway maybe a bit pointless to write that but thanks to you I had the opportunity to share a bit of that time's way of life and sometimes anime is a great medium to observe the changes in human interactions and such, this is part of it.

@BeatEngine-qr7if

28 күн бұрын

That was the culture back then. Random fansubbed anime in the 90’s

@Tryedz

13 күн бұрын

I've seen this point being made before but older anime (80's and 90's) direction seems to have a lot of thought put into mood, with metaphors and stuff which often deviates from the source material but elevates it. You can see this here with Jojo's, Rurouni Kenshin, HxH just to cite a few examples. We seldom see this in newer anime, this luxury is now mostly in the movies. I'd rather have that than crazy 1337 sakuga face melting animation any day, any time.

The best way I can market the OVA is that the OVA kind of turns Jojo's into Dragon Ball and it works.

@etonasama

Ай бұрын

Wow, Dragon Ball is this mundane and uninteresting-looking?

@MaxiemumKarnage

Ай бұрын

What?

@panthekirb7561

Ай бұрын

​@@etonasamakid thinks he is cool and edgy

@panter8895

Ай бұрын

​@@etonasamaIt already is compared to JoJo

@Fall-oo6mt

29 күн бұрын

​@@panter8895lol no both are good

Satoshi Kon's direction with Dio messing with the senator implies that he seamlessly turned the guy around as he ran, within stopped time, or he stopped time, got ourbof the car, lifted the car up and across the stree, opened the driver door then and opened the back seat door and sat down all cool like it was nothing.

The funny part is that in the Dio in the English dub does not even have a British accent.

I loved how you mentioned the monster in a confined space and then you mentioned some films that have this setting. I wonder if the director was inspired by the film Tremors with Kevin Bacon. As the tremor monsters are sensitive to vibrations and that scene were they are trapped on top of that large rock in which they finally escape using those long rods as Pogo sticks. They are also in a desert 🏜️

Great video, man. Im so glad that someone finally analyzed this adaptation in detail

@swampjawn

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

That out of place sacrifice scene happened at the start of part 1 in the manga/david production anime. It’s meant to show the origins of the stone mask.

the Aztec scene was the intro from part 1

6:08 fun fact, this image is actually originally from the first manga panel in Jjba. It got cut out of the anime when phantom blood got animated but it actually provided good context to how the stone masks originated when I was reading the manga

The aztecs scene was from the first chapter of the manga ever. If I remember correctly.

45:08 - Lighting. Yellow light + red shirt = what we perceive to be orange.

It baffles me how you do not have at least 100k subs, your videos are so high quality and I really love seeing your attention to detail. You will become a big KZreadr, I feel it and it will happen this year. You deserve the best!!!!

Oh Jojo OVAs were the first thing I watched of Jojo. I wish the rest was more like them. But JoJo is still kinda good, especially part 4 and 2.

Re-commenting:This video is amazing Edited for someone who was at 300 subs.Keep it up,amazing work!

YESSSS I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO!!!

I have no idea why my substitute elementary teacher showed us this, but I don't regret the experience. It felt like the video he showed us was meant only to take notes though because it would jump around so much.

If DIO was voiced by Norio Wakamoto like he was in the Drama CD this adaption would've been INSANE, huge missed opportunity.

The first half of the OVAs they released later is also good asf, I really liked the new story they wrote

Honestly, dropping someone in the deep end of JoJo doesn’t seem like that bad of an idea, so long as the adaptation gives some basic context and exposition. That of course, didn’t happen here, but I think it may he possible.

So to add a little context, when the OVA episode 8 onward was made, in Japan, this was made solely for the Jojo fans. This is not meant to get anyone engaged who never knew what the manga was, and part 3 of the manga was a pretty big deal, as it was printed when Video Girl Ai and Cell Games was published in Jump at the time .

@swampjawn

Ай бұрын

interesting!

I’ve never felt a desire to watch jojo but I’m watching this because your videos are good and I like learning about things even if I haven’t seen them myself

Sending some love your way! This was really fun to watch even for someone who only knows jojo through anime osmosis (and also someone who adores the style of 90s anime), would love to see more along the lines of this!

I was like, ‘wait, I watched this’ but your video is so good I just had to watch the whole thing again. Great analysis and editing, love the little bits of animation(esp walk cycle

as a guy who skipped a bunch of episodes in the middle of season 3 to get to the damn dio fight already, i gotta hand it to the ova

@etonasama

Ай бұрын

I would say you missed out on some funny scenes then.

@maximyllion

Ай бұрын

stardust crusaders is so fucking long for no reason

@etonasama

Ай бұрын

@@maximyllion They're literally traveling a long distance through the world.

@johndude2499

20 күн бұрын

What’s the point of even watching if you skip to the end ?

great video as always

The Masterpiece is back 🙌🏾 ❤

I didn’t even know an original version of the anime existed 🤣 this is why anime as a whole is great 🤌🏼

I actually really like how DIO was portrayed here. Love the fact that we never saw him in stopped time. It was genuinely terrifying to see him just blip in and out of existence.

SOOOOO GOOD. LOVE THE VID

When I was watching Jojo's bizarre adventure on the internet archives I thought that they forgot to download some of it

good comparison, thanks for the upload.

subscribed for the dungeon meshi animation breakdowns, this video is a pleasant surprise! great video essay!

@swampjawn

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Wish you would've talked about the final goodbye at the airport between Jotoro, Joseph, and Polnareff in the last episode. I really feel that it's done better in the OVA than it is in the anime. When they share the manly hug, Jotoro sheds a tear, like actually cries while saying "Nobody could ever forget a guy like you, even if they really wanted to... Take care now" to Polnareff. It warmed my heart and as far as I know, Jotoro crying didn't happen in the manga or anime cannon so it's obviously an addition. If anyone is curious about the scene I'm talking about: kzread.info/dash/bejne/q3Wco9RvlsWpfaQ.htmlsi=wqaCC8fzhIhttYkn Airport scene starts at 30:46 Jotoro's manly tears start at 32:28

“An Oil Tanker for you” is when you go to the store to get some “Road Rolla Da” but they’re out so you get the next thing closest to it

* Tetris noise * AN OIL TANKER FOR YOU

Good shit, you got my sub

If the OVA doesn't have Mariah there's no point in watching it

2:39 A full explanation for this: This is explained (I think) in part 3, but the in-world explanation for stands not existing until part 3 is that basically in 1986, a few Stand arrows were discovered that grant people Stands once they are wounded by them. Some way or another these arrows fell into the hands of people around the world like Diavolo, Enya, Keicho Nijimura, and they used them to draw out people's stands (e.g. Enya used it on DIO to get the World, Diavolo used it on his gang members, etc.). Because of these few individuals, the population of Stand-users worldwide grew exponentially after 1986. Dio didn't invent stands, he just brought them to our attention. Technically Stands existed the whole time from part 1.

I saw these back in 1996 at a theater in the UW Seattle. I felt like the dark tones, were the studio trying to get the HNK fans roped in. It worked because I fell in love with the series.

Neat, I find it amusing you keep jumping to the dubbed version of 90's and the subbed version of the new one. I remember watching the 90's version subbed as a kid around the time I watched digimon on TV, the subbed 90's version had different sound takes then the dubbed version and didnt have the echo'y sound when Dio yelled "ZA WORLD" but then again Im going mainly off of my own memory so take it with a grain of salt. I'll have to rewatch the older subbed version for confirmation haha

The OVA introduced me to Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, and I was HOOKED! Better to watch it with the original Japanese voice acting though

The first time that I saw the DIO and Jotaro battle of the OVA, man, I feel thrilled almost every moment

I was a little kid when the first oavs were translated and sent here, but I watched what was given to me without any prior context from the earlier series and loved it anyways. eons later when I heard they were going to to an adaptation of Phantom Blood (and the others afterwards) I was a very happy person.

The reason why the monkey boat was physical is because his stand actually posessed a tiny boat, transforming it into a huge ship

The animation of the final fight is straight up better than the 2015 version! Like you said the cinematography is incredible. The score and the soundless timestops completely change the tone, for the better imo.

That Senator car scene was very well directed. Really fits the theme of Dio trolling with his stand to seem omnipotent.

Isn't the Aztec scene a homage to the similar sequence in the phantom blood manga? It wasn't adapted in the 2012 anime

I am sad I can't suppert you on patreon, but I can still wish you best of luck and I hope it is successful. Also, cool breakdown again: keep up the great work. I hope there will be enough stuff to talk about in Dorohedoro S2.

@swampjawn

Ай бұрын

All good, I'm just glad to have you here!

2:28- he also stole his girlfriend’s first kiss and burnt his dog alive to get back for losing to him. And yes, that’s still very important.

"Whoa! Fuck!...This is a family channel!" funny, insightful, and well done

I’m poor AF, but I give you digital cookie 🍪

From what i've read online, they removed the road roller and replaced it with an oil tanker because the road roller itself is a refrence to a different manga series that was popular at the time the OVA was airing. I guess they wanted to make JoJo more unique or not be called out for copying from a different source or something

You didn't mention the part where DIO flaunts the world in front of Jotaro and how in the OVA he literally blips out of existence before our eyes compared to the 2015 version that has added effects and sounds

i remember seeing something about how satoshi kon was initially interested in cinema and decided to pursue animation because he could accomplish things he wouldn’t be able to (an example would be the FLAWLESS match-cuts at the beginning of Perfect Blue)

@swampjawn

5 күн бұрын

I'd believe it, based on his work!

Doing just the best bits of part 3 was a W

I watched this in the early 2000's, hadn't heard of JoJo's ever, and I loved it and the more I found out about the story, the more I wanted to read it.

Nice. Needs more views

The English VA for DIO in this is the GOAT

13:58 i like to think that was n’doul recreating sherry to taunt polnareff. as one of dio’s more trusted followers, i think he probably would have heard of sherry at some point

The JoJo OVA at times looked like a low budget Satoshi Kon production-... Oh, I just got to that part of the video. That's my favorite director.

Hey HEY Love this

the 3-point checklist is actually a pretty nice guideline

lmao DIO really does sound like a nerd in the original animation.

amazing video. i'm not into jojo's (yet) but i really enjoyed your analysis!

Lmfaooooo ge called then dudes "himbos" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I hope people one day get their hands on that lost Phantom Blood movie. It seems a bit grittier than the anime we have now like a proper vampire story and having part 1 condensed into a single movie might smooth out a lot of its pacing issues. Only piece of lost media I'm excited to get unearthed one day.

this is actually amazing

Will you do more videos on JoJo? Honestly before COVID I never got into it but since marathoning the anime in 2021 I just love the series. Been watching a shit ton of videos on it

How many first saw the Jojo Ova’s from Antfish’s JoJo Abridged series?

The way jotaro yeets iggy un the 93 version is so violent it gets me every time

That Aztec scene was inspired by the intro from JJBA's very first introduction in the Phantom Blood arc. (in the manga that is)

22:10 I think this bit works better in the Japanese version - the pacing of the words is more natural. And maybe this is a personal thing, but I actually enjoy the lack of music, as it gives a chance for the visuals and dialogue to stand on their own feet.

only 685 likes?!? good vid my friend

I definitely need to get into JoJo.

I've watched the recent anime, it too has a problem following the manga to a fault. Sometimes it can't be helped like pages just end up as storyboard material or the best way to tell the story is to copy lines already written out, but animation is very different from manga and any adaptation should keep that in mind. You can have long segments of them explaining what's going on because the manga isn't moving and can be tough to tell what actions have happened or what they're thinking while punching, but when that's put to animation you just get long segments of characters talking and standing like they had to take a break to explain what they saw in real time. The OVA still looks fascinating, I do wish more movies or specials kept outsiders in mind especially if they just start in the middle of a story but I guess anime was different then? OVAs are already kind of niche so you're making it for people already read up to this point and pick something very action packed and intriguing, and ya Geb and Iggy's reveal are awesome and kick off the next arc but it's also like season 2 of pt3 so you could add more context.

You can tell the makers of this anime was inspired by singers like Prince and Michael Jackson by the way the characters dress

@dj-um7el

26 күн бұрын

"Makers of the anime." You mean Araki, the mangaka? He's responsible for the characters, and created them back in the 80s.

I had no idea there was two part threes

How would you NOT know of the 90s version? It's a classic.

i knew nothing about jojo before watching this video. now, i still dont know anything except that the original jojo anime was a perplexing cinematic masterpiece

gotta love Jotaro's lisp

@dj-um7el

Ай бұрын

Lol

Wtf was the joan of arc bit for?

Me in 2015: Why is everyone talking about a six episode mini-series from the 90's?

I love the OVA as much as I love the manga and anime version of part 3

5:38 I mean, it's literally chapter 1, so I don't see how it's "unrelated". though I agree it doesn't really fit, makes more sense to show DIO's return from the underwater grave. repeating it every time is also really annoying, lol so i agree on that.