The heavy cavalry landed slammed into the
activities of this year's Anime Expo. The panel dedicated to the
animated adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run released
a brutal trailer that finally puts an end to the uncertainty, confirming that
the second stage of this epic race across the American continent will start
on September 25. And to calm the anxiety about the duration, the
committee detailed that we will have a total of 11 weekly episodes distributed
between this second and a future third part.
This return marks the continuation of a split
broadcast format that the production implemented from the beginning,
remembering that the series debuted in March with that massive 47-minute
premiere and then took a long breather. Inside the halls of David
Production, the hard core that made Golden Wind shine is
still at the helm: Yasuhiro Kimura and Hideya Takahashi share the general
management, backed by Toshiyuki Kato. The legendary Yasuko Kobayashi retains
absolute control of the scripts, ensuring that the dialogue maintains that
theatrical essence, while Daisuke Tsumagari adapts the complex designs for the
screen and Yūgo Kanno orchestrates the always spectacular soundtrack.
The new video footage not only served to show
off technical muscle, but to officially introduce key players to this bloody
chessboard. The screens projected the first animated glimpses of immensely
popular figures among readers such as Mountain Tim, Hot Pants, and of course
the infamous President Funny Valentine, raising expectations to the ceiling.
The literary pinnacle of Hirohiko Araki
For the global community, this seventh part
represents the true masterpiece of mangaka Hirohiko Araki. Its
serialization began in 2004 in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump before
making a strategic leap towards Ultra Jump magazine in 2005,
seeking a more mature tone and allowing the story to expand without commercial
ties until its closure in 2011. All this wild adventure on horseback was
collected in 24 physical volumes, consolidating itself as an absolute reboot of
the franchise and moving away from the roots established in the previous six
parts.
