Netflix shocked followers with the reveal of a brand new anime undertaking primarily based on Metal Ball Run JoJo’s Weird Journey. Introduced as a part of the platform’s upcoming slate, the variation marks the subsequent chapter in Hirohiko Araki’s long-running franchise.
Metal Ball Run JoJo’s Weird Journey anime introduced for Netflix
Netflix has introduced that Metal Ball Run JoJo’s Weird Journey is in manufacturing and can stream worldwide.
Yasuhiro Kimura and Hideya Takahashi direct the anime. Toshiyuki Kato serves as collection director. Yasuko Kobayashi writes the collection composition. Daisuke Tsumagari designs the characters and leads animation course, whereas Yugo Kanno composes the music and Yoshikazu Iwanami directs the sound. David Manufacturing produces the animation.
The collection adapts Hirohiko Araki’s manga Metal Ball Run, set in Nineteenth-century America throughout the first cross-continental horse race. Johnny Joestar, a former jockey left paraplegic, groups up with outlaw Gyro Zeppeli to race throughout the continent.
Araki launched JoJo’s Weird Journey in Weekly Shonen Bounce in 1986. The franchise has offered over 120 million copies worldwide. Its distinctive artwork, poses, and sound results outline its fashion. The success has led to anime, live-action movies, video games, and musicals. Araki is presently serializing the ninth half, The JOJOLands, in Extremely Bounce.
Director Yasuhiro Kimura stated, “STEEL BALL RUN is a narrative that depicts characters operating by means of a grand race, staking their very own beliefs. My coronary heart is pounding with pleasure to be entrusted with directing this anime adaptation.”
He continued, “Your entire workers shares this sense and is pouring their ardour into every day manufacturing. I stay up for sharing our enthusiasm for this work with all of you and hope we are able to journey this journey collectively.”
The undertaking types a part of Netflix Japan’s tenth anniversary lineup, which additionally contains Did Somebody Occur to Point out Me? starring Cannes greatest actor winner Koji Yakusho, and Straight to Hell, a biographical drama about fortune-teller Kazuko Hosoki.
Netflix will share extra particulars about Metal Ball Run on September 23.
Initially reported by Vritti Johar on SuperHeroHype.
