JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood
Short description
Set in Victorian England, this animated action film follows the conflict between the aristocratic Jonathan Joestar and Dio Brando. After being taken into the Joestar household, Dio develops an intense rivalry with Jonathan as he attempts to secure the family fortune. This animosity escalates through Dio's obsession with a mystical stone mask owned by Jonathan's father, eventually leading to a struggle where one becomes a vampire and the other must stop him.
Directed by Junichi Hayama and written by Mitsuhiro Yamada, the movie is an adaptation of the Phantom Blood chapters from the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. The voice cast features Katsuyuki Konishi as Jonathan Joestar, Hikaru Midorikawa as Dio Brando, Nana Mizuki as Erina Pendleton, Rikiya Koyama as Will Anthonio Zeppeli, Tsutomu Isobe as George Joestar I, and Kazutaka Ozawa as Dario Brando. Produced in Japan by companies including Shueisha, Bandai, Sumitomo Corporation, and TV Tokyo, the film has a runtime of 120 minutes.
Audience reception is mixed between platforms. On IMDb, the film holds a rating of 7.8/10 based on 1,800 votes, while on TMDB it has a lower score of 6.2/10 from 25 votes.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film was shown only in cinemas in the year of its release. It was never officially released on any medium in any country in the world.
- Manga author Hirohiko Araki was extremely dissatisfied with this adaptation, as the plot was not properly developed and not all characters were transferred to the screen.
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