JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders


JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders is the second season of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime by David Production, based on the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga series by Hirohiko Araki. It is the second animated adaptation of the manga's third part, Stardust Crusaders, following an original video animation series by A.P.P.P. that was released first in 1993 and continued later in 2000.
Set in 1987, the series follows Jotaro Kujo and his comrades, which have developed supernatural powers known as Stands, as they travel to Egypt to kill the vampire DIO to free Jotaro's mother from a curse that is slowly killing her.
The series aired for 48 episodes, split into two parts consisting of 24 episodes each. The first part aired on Tokyo MX between April 4, 2014, and September 12, 2014, also syndicated on MBS, Animax, and other channels,. The second part, subtitled "Battle in Egypt", aired between January 9, 2015 and June 19, 2015. The series was simulcast outside of Asia on Crunchyroll's streaming services. A preview of the English language dub of the first three episodes was streamed on Crunchyroll on July 5, 2014, tying in with its premiere at Anime Expo 2014. The English dub began airing in North America on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block from July 29, 2017. Viz Media released a Blu-ray set of the first 24 episodes, that includes English and Japanese audio with subtitles for the Japanese, in North America on July 3, 2018.

Plot

In 1983, DIO, the vampire enemy of Jonathan Joestar which has possessed Jonathan's body, emerges from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. As DIO develops a manifestation of life energy known as a Stand, Jonathan's descendants Joseph Joestar, Jotaro Kujo, and Holly Kujo also gain Stands. In 1987, Holly cannot control her Stand and is estimated to have fifty days left to live. Jotaro, Joseph, and fellow Stand users Mohammed Avdol and Noriyaki Kakyoin travel from Japan to Egypt to find and kill DIO, which will free Holly. Because they are being targeted by a number of Stand user assassins, the group cannot travel to Egypt by commercial plane. The group is later joined by Jean Pierre Polnareff, a former assassin of DIO who discovers that DIO is employing the murderer of Polnareff's sister, along with the Stand user dog Iggy. Aided by Kakyoin, who reveals the nature of DIO's time-stopping Stand The World in his last moments, Jotaro kills DIO in Egypt, allowing Holly to recover.

Voice cast

See List of Stardust Crusaders Characters and more detailed.
CharacterJapaneseEnglish
Jotaro KujoDaisuke OnoMatthew Mercer
Joseph JoestarUnshō IshizukaRichard Epcar
Mohammed AvdolKenta MiyakeChris Tergliafera
Noriaki KakyoinDaisuke HirakawaKyle Hebert
Jean Pierre PolnareffFuminori KomatsuDoug Erholtz
IggyMisato FukuenDerek Stephen Prince
DIOTakehito KoyasuPatrick Seitz
Enya The HagReiko SuzukiBarbara Goodson
Vanilla IceShō HayamiJalen K. Cassell
Gray FlyMitsuaki MadonoJay Preston
"Captain Tenille"Tesshō GendaMichael McConnohie
ForeverKappei Yamaguchi
DevoShouto KashiiEdward Bosco
Rubber SoulShinji KawadaRay Chase
Hol HorseHidenobu KiuchiImari Williams
J. GeilYoshito YasuharaTom Fahn
NenaSatsuki YukinoDorothy Elias-Fahn
ZZIwasaki MasamiDavid Vincent
Steely DanDaisuke KishioGrant George
Mannish BoyIkue OhtaniTara Sands
CameoKinryu ArimotoStephen Mann
MidlerAya HisakawaKaren Strassman
N'DoulKentarō ItōGreg Chun
OingoMakoto YasumuraJoe Zieja
BoingoMotoko KumaiJessica Gee
AnubisYasunori MatsumotoBrad Venable
ChakaAnri KatsuKhoi Dao
KhanHidenari UgakiJoshua Tomar
MariahAyahi TakagakiLauren Landa
AlessiMasaya OnosakaJon Allen
Daniel J. D'ArbyBanjō GingaCam Clarke
Telence T. D'ArbyJunichi SuwabeXander Mobus
Pet ShopYasamasa Koyama
Kenny G.Junichi Yanagita
NukesakuTōru NaraArnie Pantoja
Holly KujoReiko TakagiJulie Ann Taylor
NarratorToru OkawaDavid Vincent

Production

Although teased at in the post-credit scenes of the first season's finale, the second season of the JoJo anime was officially announced in October 2013 in the November 2013 issue of Ultra Jump and the fifth tankōbon volume of JoJolion. David Production revealed that as with the different art styles they used for the first season, which covered the Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency arcs, they would be attempting a new art style with the Stardust Crusaders season. Takehito Koyasu reprises his role as DIO from the previous season and Daisuke Ono reprises his role as Jotaro Kujo from the video game, but all other characters were given new voice actors.

Music

The opening theme for the first half of the season is "Stand Proud", performed by Jin Hashimoto, while the ending theme is American female pop rock band The Bangles' 1986 single "Walk Like an Egyptian". The "Battle in Egypt" half of the season has new theme music, with the opening theme changed to "JoJo Sono Chi no Kioku ~end of THE WORLD~", performed by the band "JO☆STARS ~TOMMY,Coda,JIN~" consisting of Hiroaki "Tommy" Tominaga, Coda, and Jin Hashimoto, each of whom had performed one of the series' previous openings, while the ending theme was changed to American jazz fusion band Pat Metheny Group's "Last Train Home" from their 1987 album Still Life . However, episode 27 featured the unique ending theme song and animation sequence for "Aku-yaku Kyōsōkyoku", performed by Makoto Yasumura and Motoko Kumai as their characters Oingo and Boingo; a digital single was released shortly after broadcast. This song was used again in episodes 36 and 37, this time performed by Hidenobu Kiuchi with Motoko Kumai, as the characters Hol Horse and Boingo; a digital single was released for this version of the song as well. The original score for the series is composed by Yugo Kanno. The first soundtrack album Departure was released on July 30, 2014, and a second soundtrack album Journey was included with the second volume of the Blu-ray releases, released on August 27, 2014. A third soundtrack album titled World was included with the first volume of the "Battle in Egypt" Blu-ray releases, released on April 22, 2015. A fourth album titled Destination was then released as an individual CD on May 27, 2015, and included a full length version of "Aku-yaku Kyōsōkyoku".

Episodes

''Stardust Crusaders'' (2014)

''Stardust Crusaders''


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''Stardust Crusaders: Battle in Egypt'' (2015)

''Stardust Crusaders: Battle in Egypt''


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