Details have officially flooded in for the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean anime, which adapts the sixth part of Hirohiko Araki’s manga. After finally being unveiled back in April, we now know that it’s coming to Netflix worldwide this December, which will actually be a month before its January 2022 broadcast TV debut in Japan.
The first trailer was also revealed alongside the main staff and cast members and a brand new visual. Let’s start with the long-awaited trailer below.
Ai Fairouz was already confirmed as the voice of Jolyne Cujoh. Alongside her will be:
Mutsumi Tamura (Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid‘s Kobayashi) as Ermes Costello:
Mariya Ise (Hunter x Hunter‘s Killua) as F. F.:
Atsumi Tanezaki (Sound! Euphonium‘s Mizore Yoroizuka) as Emporio Alnino:
Yuichiro Umehara (Fruits Basket‘s Kureno Sohma) as Weather Forecast:
Daisuke Namikawa (Haikyu!!‘s Toru Oikawa) as Narciso Anastasia:
And a returning Daisuke Ono as Jotaro Kujo:
Key visual:
Kenichi Suzuki is back from the first three parts of the JoJo’s anime as chief director, with Diamond is Unbreakable‘s Toshiyuki Kato directing and Yasuko Kobayashi continuing as series composition writer. Masanori Shino is on board as character designer, Shinichi Ishimoto is Stand designer, and Yoshikazu Iwanami is sound director again alongside composer Yugo Kanno for the David Production project.
The story of Stone Ocean is set 10 years after the events of Golden Wind, following Jolyne Cujoh as she gets sent to prison for a crime she didn’t commit. The series ran for 17 volumes from January 2000 to April 2003.
The first five parts of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure anime are available to stream on Crunchyroll. You can also check the series out on Netflix along with the Rohan spinoff OVA episodes. VIZ Media publishes Hirohiko Araki’s original manga in English in hardcover print editions, and they just recently started releasing Part 5: Golden Wind.
Via Crunchyroll