So-no Chi no Sa-da-me, JOOOOOOOOO~JO! There are two opening themes, JOJO~Sono Chi no Sadame~ by Hiroaki “TOMMY” Tominaga, and BLOODY STREAM by Coda. The distinct art style and use of colors boost it up to an 8 for me. For this I will have to give the animation itself a 7/10. Honestly, I feel like DP made it up to us with some episodes that were battle-heavy, like episode 20 and most definitely the final 3 or so episodes. Don’t get me wrong though, it’s not like every episode is a slideshow however, there are DEFINITELY times when it feels that way-I’m looking at you, episode 16. The “animated” SFX from the source material, plentiful still-frames, and lack of actual animation at times are what add to this idea. As a result, some might say that there are lots of times where this show is more of a “live-manga” or stream of the manga. and they were given a pretty weak budget to work with.
On still-frames, this is one of TWO flaws I found throughout the whole series. I’ll give the art by itself a 10/10, even though sometimes Jonathan and Joseph, the titular JoJos in this series, suffer from Gorilla Face Syndrome, since the BD/DVDs are doing a great job of fixing it. Also, because there is no such thing as “canon” colors for characters, DP, in an unexpected but very innovative manner, used their poor budget to their advantage-by changing color schemes and using colorful abstract backgrounds during monologues and still-frames. DP hired multiple art directors and tried to incorporate the different faces and builds in body throughout the series. He is an artist, and you can see his art evolve throughout the long-running JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure franchise. The studio, David Production, did what I would consider a masterful job in terms of bringing out Araki Hirohiko’s style into the manga. the manga: Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency. Unlike the OVAs and Phantom Blood movie, there were no cuts in content, and it actually adapted parts 1 and 2 of I suppose I’ll start off with how it adapted the source material. That said, there’s a reason I still didn’t give it a perfect score, and it’s because I’m still trying to keep a hint of objectivity in here. This is my favorite series ever, and it finally got a real weekly anime adaptation after 25 years-the ‘94 and ‘00 OVAs and the Phantom Blood movie, which never saw DVD/home video release do not count-there is definitely some bias in this review.
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