JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 1: Phantom Blood

ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 ファントムブラッド

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Phantom Blood

During the European gold rush era, Jonathan Joestar—affectionately called JoJo—enjoys a comfortable, privileged existence at his family's manor in Liverpool, England. He devotes himself to the manners expected of a gentleman, living without much worry. That tranquility ends when Dio Brando arrives. Dio, a boy from London, comes to stay with the Joestars as repayment for a debt his father owes to Jonathan's father. Jonathan welcomes Dio as a new brother, but Dio secretly schemes to seize control of the Joestar wealth. As Dio's machinations grow more ruthless, Jonathan is forced to face him in a final, decisive conflict. This sets the stage for the saga of the Joestar bloodline, as Jonathan grows up and ultimately battles his adopted brother, meeting a host of strange allies and enemies along the way.

Adapted to anime

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood Pilot

Background

A 17-volume kanzenban version dubbed as JoJonium was published in Japan from December 4, 2013, to March 4, 2015. This edition covered the first three parts of the Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken series and included new cover art which showed redesigns of the characters by Araki Hirohiko. JoJonium's first three volumes cover the first part. JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 1: Phantom Blood was published in English by VIZ Media as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 1: Phantom Blood under the Shonen Jump imprint digitally from September 2, 2014, to February 3, 2015, and in print from February 24, 2015, to August 4, 2015, featuring the JoJonium artwork and contents. It was also published in Italy by Star Comics from November 1993 to May 1994, and in Spain by Editorial Ivrea following the JoJonium format from June 30, 2017, to September 21, 2017. A beat'em up video game based on the series developed by Namco Bandai Games Inc. was released in Japan on October 26, 2006.

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