34 years of hot Euler! Why is JOJO so hot? The setting of "Jojo's Wonderful Adventure" is revealed

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Last week

"Jojo's Wonderful Adventures in the Sea of Stones" is officially launched!

Netflix and Station B are updating 12 episodes at the same time!

From 2018's "Jojo's Fantastic Adventure: The Golden Wind"

Unconsciously, 3 years have passed!

The degree of expectation of the new work can be imagined

Sure enough

Just started broadcasting

There are nearly 100,000 fans to see Xu Lun!

Even if you are eager to see the positive film

The exciting OP is reluctant to skip every time

You can also go back and savor it again after watching the episode

See how Father Kamikaze plays the conversion disc!

It has accumulated 58.97 million+ plays!

While discussing the plot, fans are also curious about the next update rules: according to the official Netflix information, "Sea of Stones" will be updated in the form of "monthly release".

The so-called "monthly change", according to the simple literal understanding, is it "really the first month" will not be?! (Or "all updated in January")

The legal team began to question the specific update time

Sourced from the web

Xu Lun spoke!

"I will be set free (as soon as possible) in this sea of stones!"

Why is JOJO so popular?

That gaze naturally returns to the excellent original itself.

JoJo Bizarre Blasphemy (The Strange Adventures of JoJo) is a japanese manga artist, Ryohiko Araki (June 7, 1960-) shonen manga work, 1987.

Partial comic cover

The style of JOJO's "ageless" father, Mr. Araki, was influenced earlier by Renaissance painting, especially Michelangelo, and compositions based on the works of that time can be seen everywhere in JoJo's Wonderful Adventures.

In terms of the story, many fans' direct feeling about JOJO is that you can never guess how the villain will act next, nor can you predict how the protagonist will win, at the same time, it is also very praiseworthy in character building, which shows that Araki Sensei has a thorough understanding of the "pursuit of human diversity".

In addition, Araki Sensei's "unchanged appearance" has always been extremely concerned by fans, and they are curious about how they can maintain it so well while working hard to create:

Araki Sensei's ageless myth

The image comes from the Internet

So what will be the highlights in "Sea of Stones"?

Nicknamed "Sea of Knives" by fans, JOJO's Wonderful Adventure: Sea of Stones is the sixth manga in the series of wonderful adventures by author Araki Sensei JOJO.

The protagonist of "Sea of Stones" as we know it, Kujo Xu Lun (known as Xu Ge), is the first female JOJO to appear in the JOJO protagonist group of previous generations, and it is also the youngest JOJO in the current generation, and the substitute is Shi Zhi freedom.

As a protagonist who does not flinch even if she eats a fist in the face, why is she portrayed as a woman?

Araki-sensei once mentioned that the protagonist he wants to portray is a person with the love of the Virgin Mary.

Xu Lun, as JOJO, is a woman who does not lose to men, with her strong strength and strong character, she has overcome countless difficulties, and she also has her own gentleness.

Nineteen-year-old rebellious girl is going to be framed and imprisoned, deceived by trusted people, and in the past she suffered from her father's "snubbing" and was forced to use her face to catch her father's fist of "Platinum Star" (although it was to save her daughter)...

About The memory of Shotaro Kujo being robbed of his memory DISC and the substitute DISC, followed by being deeply shot, there is a sentence circulating among fans: "It is not The god of war Seintaro who died, it is the father of Kujo Xu Lun" that died, which is really tearful...

"Gravity is love", Xu Lun has also begun to awaken since then, there will be more challenges waiting for her to experience, let us wait and see.

With a story, with love, what about production?

A good story lays a good foundation, how to interpret it perfectly is also very challenging, although there are many excellent studios, but who is the most suitable for restoring JOJO?

Let's take a look behind the scenes of the official creation from O to J:

The project was difficult at the beginning

Although JOJO is one of the most important works that can represent the highest level in Japan, since the original manga was published in 1987, especially the characters painted by Araki Hiruhiko in the early days were drama drawing styles with a strong sense of muscle, and there is a big gap between the modern popular painting style, it is difficult to guarantee that young audiences who do not know JOJO will accept such a strong style after animation.

Even so, Warner Japanese producer Keiyuki Omori, as an avid jojo fan, decided to take on the challenge and set out to find a studio that would do the job.

Battle Book op clip

At that time, David Production was still a newly established company, but seeing that they had carefully created animation for the same JUMP series of "Battle Division", which showed a strong line style, Omori firmly believed that "this should be a studio that can do JOJO animation".

The original lineup of the production team

In order to better show Araki's rare talent, the production team decided to adopt a multi-person directing system - Tsuda is the "director" and Suzuki is the "series producer", which seems to have different functions, but in fact all the work is carried out through the form of cooperation.

As for why these two people were used, David's producer Sugama Sukaka explained: "Tsuda is good at comedy, Suzuki is good at action, and I want to show the power and fun of the original manga to the greatest extent through the combination of the two, without missing any charm." ”

In this way, the animation project brought together the four core members of producer Omori and Kasama, director Tsuda and Suzuki, and interestingly, all four of them were hardcore fans of JOJO. Because of this lineup, it is not surprising that the respect for the original work can be experienced everywhere in the images of this anime.

Not doing "something that looks like JOJO"

It's about "making JOJO."

In order to "make JOJO" in its entirety, the creative team once again read the original work repeatedly, and wrote down all the elements and features that can be imagined that belong to JOJO on the whiteboard. Starting with obvious features such as "onomatopoeia" and "unique posture shape", as well as "a sense of reading" and "complex fighting", various imaginable impressions are listed.

Finally, after sorting out these clues, Kasama and others came to the conclusion that "if it is made according to the conventional animation method, it will become "JOJO's ordinary adventure", and JOJO must be a "wonderful adventure".

From the 19th century to the modern era! The transformation of fine art

One of the characteristics of the JOJO series is that the era and background stage of each film are different, so the art and setting are also a very large project. The first season of "Phantom Blood" was set in the United Kingdom at the end of the 19th century, and "Battle Tide" was the United States and Europe before World War II, but the original work was not completely depicted according to reality, so the animation also adopted a certain fantasy style to produce.

But the second season of Stardust Expedition takes place in the 1980s, and the stage moves from Japan to Egypt in a number of different countries and regions. In addition to architecture, even the ethnic groups and costumes of passers-by have their own characteristics, so not only the art production team, but also the supporting role design team in the production process has also been under considerable pressure.

The production team made a lot of efforts to this end, taking the fifth "Golden Wind" as an example, which was set in Italy in 2001. Directors Taidai Kimura and Hideya Takahashi traveled to Italy in July 2017 to get materials: the atmosphere of the place was restored to the anime, and the audience could follow the anime to travel around Italy with Joe Runo and his party.

Next

Enjoy the character settings and original paintings together

Let's get a feel for the charm of animation!!

Wonderful setting to enjoy happy moments

"Sea of Stone" opens a stand-in setting diagram

Other settings

Appreciation of the original paintings of the past series

What about you who loves JOJO in front of the screen?

Sea of Stone today

Have you finished 12 episodes?

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Topics in this issue

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Review: Shinbashi Betsuya, Wuhu Jun

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