“ JoJo's
Bizarre Adventure ” remains one of the most popular and beloved
seinen franchises in both manga and anime, and its fans cannot stop speculating
about when the next part of its animated adaptation will be released. Recent
reports suggest that this long-awaited premiere could be closer than previously
thought.
A new production record in China suggests
that the anime adaptation of “JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run ,”
the seventh part of the manga, could be in the works. This record comes years
after a similar move in Japan, although the guidance toward a global release of
the new record suggests the project could be moving forward quickly.
- “飙马野郎” is the
title in China for “Steel Ball Run”. The registration also reveals the
media for which the name is licensed, including “entertainment services,”
“television entertainment programs,” and “streaming series,” confirming
the concept of “animated series.”
The most recent anime in the franchise, “JoJo's
Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean” , premiered several years ago, which
coincides with the production pattern that the series has
followed, where each new season has been released with an interval. two
or three years . As reported via Twitter by an anime news account,
Alibaba's automated trademark application service, known as Aliyun, indicated
that one-seventh of the manga was registered in April 2024 for its anime
adaptation.
Although
David Production , the Japanese studio responsible
for the previous adaptations, is expected to continue in charge of animation,
the degree of involvement that Alibaba or one of its subsidiaries, such as
Alibaba Pictures, could have is still unclear. It should be noted that
a similar copyright related to new trademarks was registered in Japan in 2022,
creating some uncertainty about whether this revelation will translate into an
anime series in the short term.
However, fans are full of expectations,
especially since a premiere in 2025 or even earlier would fit with the time
slots the franchise has managed in the past. With
“Stone Ocean” ending its broadcast in December 2022, everything seems to
indicate that these new records could mean that production on Steel Ball Run
has already begun. This has generated a wave of excitement among fans, who have
been eagerly awaiting the next installment of this iconic and extravagant universe
of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
Source: @crazedanime_on Twitter
