Japanese anime television series
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Genre
| Adventure
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fantasy
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supernatural
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Created by
| Hirohiko Araki
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Directed by
| - Naokatsu Tsuda
[a]
- Kenichi Suzuki
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Produced by
| - Hiroyuki Oomori
- Toshiyasu Hayashi
- Ryousuke Mori
- Jun Fukuda
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Written by
| Yasuko Kobayashi
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Music by
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Studio
| David Production
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Licensed by
| Crunchyroll
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Original network
| Tokyo MX
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MBS
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RKB
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TBC
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CBC
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BS11
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Original run
| October 6, 2012
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April 6, 2013
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Episodes
| 26
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Directed by
| - Naokatsu Tsuda
[a]
- Kenichi Suzuki
[b]
- Toshiyuki Katou
[d]
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Produced by
| - Hiroyuki Oomori
- Toshiyasu Hayashi
- Ryousuke Mori
- Jun Fukuda
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Written by
| Yasuko Kobayashi
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Music by
| Yugo Kanno
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Studio
| David Production
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Licensed by
| Crunchyroll
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Original network
| Tokyo MX, MBS, TBC, RKB, CBC, BS11, Animax
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English network
| US
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Adult Swim (Toonami)
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Original run
| April 5, 2014
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June 20, 2015
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Episodes
| 48
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List of episodes
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Directed by
| - Naokatsu Tsuda
[a]
- Toshiyuki Katou
[b]
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Produced by
| - Hiroyuki Oomori
- Toshiyasu Hayashi
- Ryousuke Mori
- Jun Fukuda
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Written by
| Yasuko Kobayashi
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Music by
| Yugo Kanno
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Studio
| David Production
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Licensed by
| SA
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SEA
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Muse Communication
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Original network
| Tokyo MX, MBS, TBC, BS11, Animax
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English network
| US
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Adult Swim (Toonami)
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Original run
| April 2, 2016
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December 24, 2016
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Episodes
| 39 + 4 OVAs
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Directed by
| - Naokatsu Tsuda
[f]
- Yasuhiro Kimura
[g]
- Hideya Takahashi
[g]
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Produced by
| - Hiroyuki Oomori
- Toshiyasu Hayashi
- Takamitsu Sueyoshi
- Souji Miyagi
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Written by
| Yasuko Kobayashi
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Music by
| Yugo Kanno
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Studio
| David Production
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Licensed by
| SA
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SEA
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Muse Communication
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Original network
| Tokyo MX, MBS, BS11
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English network
| US
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Adult Swim (Toonami)
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Original run
| October 6, 2018
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July 28, 2019
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Episodes
| 39
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List of episodes
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Directed by
| - Kenichi Suzuki
[f]
- Toshiyuki Katou
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Written by
| Yasuko Kobayashi
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Music by
| Yugo Kanno
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Studio
| David Production
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Licensed by
| Netflix
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Released
| December 1, 2021
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December 1, 2022
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Episodes
| 38
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Anime and manga portal
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
(
Japanese
:
ジョジョの奇妙な冒?
,
Hepburn
:
JoJo no Kimy? na B?ken
)
, also known as
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation
, is a Japanese
anime
television series produced by
David Production
. An adaptation of the Japanese
manga
series of the same name
by
Hirohiko Araki
, the series focuses on the mysterious adventures of the Joestar family across generations, from the end of the 19th century to the
modern era
. The series was first broadcast on
Tokyo MX
before entering syndication on 4
JNN
stations,
BS11
, and
Animax
.
The
first season
, adapting the first two parts,
Phantom Blood
and
Battle Tendency
, aired in Japan between October 2012 and April 2013. The series is distributed in North America by
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
and
Viz Media
, with the former handling the series on DVD and the latter handling the series on Blu-Ray and the merchandising rights. In the United States, it aired on
Adult Swim
's
Toonami
programming block starting in October 2016.
A
second season
adapting the manga's third part,
Stardust Crusaders
, aired between April and September 2014, with a second part airing between January and June 2015. A
third season
covering the fourth part,
Diamond Is Unbreakable
, aired from April to December 2016. A
fourth season
covering the fifth part,
Golden Wind
, aired from October 2018 to July 2019. A
fifth season
covering the sixth part,
Stone Ocean
, was released worldwide on
Netflix
from December 2021 to December 2022. As of December 2022, the series consists of 190 episodes.
Premise
[
edit
]
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
tells the story of the Joestar family, a family whose various members discover they are destined to take down supernatural foes using powers that they possess. The story is split up into unique parts, each following a member of the Joestar family, who typically have names that can be abbreviated to the titular "JoJo".
Release
[
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]
On July 5, 2012, at a press conference celebrating the 25th anniversary of
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
and promoting series creator
Hirohiko Araki
's then-upcoming art exhibition, Araki and his people announced that an
anime
adaptation of
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
was in production and would premiere in October 2012.
[6]
In August 2012, it was announced that the series would be produced by
David Production
.
[7]
The
first season
of
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
covered the first two parts of the manga,
Phantom Blood
and
Battle Tendency
. It aired for 26 episodes on
Tokyo MX
between October 6, 2012 and April 6, 2013.
[8]
[9]
Although teased at in the post-credit scenes of the finale,
[9]
the
second season
of the anime series, which covered the third part of the manga,
Stardust Crusaders
, was officially announced in the 47th issue of
Weekly Sh?nen Jump
and the fifth
tank?bon
volume of
JoJolion
in October 2013.
[10]
[11]
It was broadcast on Tokyo MX in two parts for a total of 48 episodes; the first from April 5 to September 13, 2014,
[12]
[13]
and the second from January 10 to June 20, 2015.
[14]
The Japanese broadcast censored scenes of underage characters smoking by overlaying black shadows on them.
[15]
[16]
In October 2015, at the "Last Crusaders" event for
Stardust Crusaders
,
a third season and adaptation
of the fourth part of the manga,
Diamond Is Unbreakable
, was announced.
[17]
It premiered on April 1, 2016 and ended on December 23, 2016. An
original video animation
(OVA) adapting the
Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe
manga spin-offs to people who had purchased all thirteen Japanese DVD or Blu-ray volumes of the
Diamond Is Unbreakable
anime series.
[3]
[18]
On June 21, 2018, at the "Ripples of Adventure" art exhibition, a
fourth season and adaptation
of the fifth part of the manga,
Golden Wind
, was announced .
[19]
The pilot debuted at Anime Expo on July 6, 2018, and formally aired from October 5, 2018 to July 28, 2019 on Tokyo MX.
[19]
On April 4, 2021, at the
JOESTAR The Inherited Soul
, which featured the cast of main characters from each part of the series,
[20]
[21]
it was announced a
fifth season and adaptation
of the sixth part of the manga,
Stone Ocean
.
[22]
With the 2014 premiere of
Stardust Crusaders
, American-based website
Crunchyroll
began streaming the anime series for viewers outside Japan an hour after it aired in Japan.
[23]
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
released Parts 1 and 2 in a DVD set on September 22, 2015, with an English dub.
[24]
In July 2016, Viz Media announced they acquired the Blu-ray rights to the series and released it with an English dub in July 2017. On October 15, 2016, American cable block
Adult Swim
began airing the anime on its
Toonami
block.
[24]
Reception
[
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Sales
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The first DVD release of the TV anime was the fourth best-selling animation DVD in Japan for the week of January 28 to February 3, 2013, with 4,510 copies sold.
[25]
Its Blu-ray version was the fourth best-selling animation Blu-ray for that same week, with 14,860 copies sold.
[26]
The second volume ranked sixth in both animation DVDs and Blu-rays for the week of February 18?24, with 2,764 and 12,501 copies sold respectively.
[27]
[28]
The anime's third volume was the sixth best-selling animation DVD, with 2,994 copies sold, and the second best-selling animation Blu-ray, with 13,536 copies sold, for the week of March 25?31.
[29]
[30]
Critical reception
[
edit
]
The
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
anime television series was named one of the best of 2012 by
Otaku USA
.
[31]
It was added to the list by Joseph Luster, however, in his review he cited David Production having a small budget for several of his problems with the series, stating some portions of the animation are a "butt hair above motion comic standards," but that it usually makes up for it in "sheer style."
[32]
Michael Toole of
Anime News Network
had similar views, writing that the show's good writing, art direction, and pacing were "sometimes obscured by grade-Z animation."
[33]
Several critics have credited the success of the anime adaptation for bringing about a surge of popularity for the
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
franchise amongst Western audiences.
[33]
[34]
In 2018, Danni Wilmoth of
Crunchyroll
included the series on her list of "The 20 Series Every Anime Fan Needs to Watch".
[35]
In 2019,
Polygon
named the series as one of the best anime of the 2010s.
[36]
Accolades
[
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]
At the 2013
CEDEC Awards
, the anime's opening sequence won in the Visual Arts division.
[37]
At the
Crunchyroll Anime Awards
, the anime's
Diamond is Unbreakable
received three category mentions in the most popular "Other" in 2017: "Best Action" and both Hero of the Year and Best Boy for Josuke Higashikata, while Yoshikage Kira was nominated for Villain of the Year;
[38]
Takahiro Kishida won "Best Character Design" for the anime's
Golden Wind
and its opening theme, "Fighting Gold" by Coda, was nominated for "Best Opening Sequence" in 2019;
[39]
[40]
Yuichi Nakamura
won Best Voice Artist Performance (Japanese) for his work as Bruno Bucciarati, while
Golden Wind
was nominated for three categories in 2020;
[41]
[42]
Marios Gavrilis was nominated for Best Voice Artist Performance (German) for his work as
Dio Brando
in 2022;
[43]
the anime's
Stone Ocean
was nominated for six categories, including Best Continuing Series and Best Action in 2023.
[44]
Gadget Ts?shin
listed "Pesci, Pesci, Pesci, Pesci yo!", a quote from the fifteenth episode of
Golden Wind
, in their 2019 anime buzzwords list.
[45]
See also
[
edit
]
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
? An earlier OVA adaptation, 13 episodes released in two parts. The first 6 episodes were released during 1993?1994 and the later (but narratively earlier) 7 episodes were released during 2000?2002 by
Studio APPP
. This series was adapted from Part 3:
Stardust Crusaders
of the original manga, also the basis for
the 2nd season
of the 2012 TV series.
Notes
[
edit
]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
"Official Website for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure"
. Viz Media.
Archived
from the original on June 21, 2018
. Retrieved
June 21,
2018
.
- ^
"Blu-ray/DVD -TVアニメ『ジョジョの奇妙な冒? ダイヤモンドは?けない』公式サイト-"
.
Official site
. Archived from
the original
on April 18, 2016
. Retrieved
April 15,
2016
.
- ^
a
b
"Araki's Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Manga Gets Anime With Jojo Blu-ray/DVDs"
.
Anime News Network
.
Archived
from the original on April 18, 2016
. Retrieved
April 19,
2016
.
- ^
Loo, Egan (August 18, 2019).
"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Anime Gets 2 New Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Video Anime"
.
Anime News Network
. Retrieved
August 18,
2019
.
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@VIZMedia (July 6, 2018).
"Announcement: VIZ has acquired the rights to the JOJO's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind anime! This announcement is worth its weight in gold!"
(
Tweet
) – via
Twitter
.
- ^
"Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Gets Fall TV Anime & PS3 Game"
.
Anime News Network
. July 5, 2012.
Archived
from the original on July 7, 2012
. Retrieved
July 5,
2012
.
- ^
Hodgkins, Crystalyn (August 16, 2012).
"New Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Anime's Cast, Staff Revealed (Update 3)"
.
Anime News Network
. Retrieved
April 4,
2021
.
- ^
"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure TV Anime Slated for October 6"
.
Anime News Network
. September 11, 2012.
Archived
from the original on September 14, 2012
. Retrieved
September 13,
2012
.
- ^
a
b
"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Anime Teases Part 3"
.
Anime News Network
. April 5, 2013.
Archived
from the original on April 7, 2013
. Retrieved
April 5,
2013
.
- ^
Loo, Egan (October 16, 2013).
"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3 TV Anime Confirmed"
.
Anime News Network
. Retrieved
April 4,
2021
.
- ^
"Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3 TV Anime Slated for 2014"
.
Anime News Network
. October 18, 2013.
Archived
from the original on October 18, 2013
. Retrieved
October 18,
2013
.
- ^
Loveridge, Lynzee (March 19, 2014).
"Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3's Opening Song & More Staff Named"
.
Anime News Network
. Retrieved
April 4,
2021
.
- ^
Ressler, Karen (September 12, 2014).
"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's Egypt Arc to Premiere in January"
.
Anime News Network
. Retrieved
April 4,
2021
.
- ^
Loveridge, Lynzee (December 19, 2014).
"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Anime's Egypt Arc Slated for January 9"
.
Anime News Network
. Retrieved
April 4,
2021
.
- ^
"Anime Censorship Reaches New Levels Of Stupid"
.
Kotaku Australia
. March 24, 2015.
Archived
from the original on December 8, 2019
. Retrieved
December 8,
2019
.
- ^
"All censor, no sense: Recent cover-ups in Jojo anime are laughably bad, kind of pointless"
.
SoraNews24 -Japan News-
. March 24, 2015.
Archived
from the original on December 8, 2019
. Retrieved
December 8,
2019
.
- ^
"Crunchyroll: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4 Manga Gets TV Anime"
.
Anime News Network
. October 24, 2015.
Archived
from the original on October 25, 2015
. Retrieved
October 25,
2015
.
- ^
Green, Scott (April 18, 2016).
"Bonus OAD To Adapt "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure - Diamond Is Unbreakable" Spin-Off"
.
Crunchyroll
.
Archived
from the original on April 21, 2016.
- ^
a
b
"Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Golden Wind Manga Gets TV Anime in October"
.
Anime News Network
.
Archived
from the original on June 21, 2018
. Retrieved
October 6,
2019
.
- ^
"
"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation Special Event ~JOESTAR the Inherited Soul~"announced"
.
JoJo Portal
. October 1, 2020.
- ^
Harding, Daryl (October 1, 2020).
"All the Joestar Souls Are on Display at the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Special Anime Event in April 2021"
.
Crunchyroll
.
- ^
Hodgkins, Crystalyn (April 4, 2021).
"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean Manga Gets Anime Starring Ai Fairouz"
.
Anime News Network
. Retrieved
April 4,
2021
.
- ^
"Crunchyroll: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Anime Announced"
.
Anime News Network
. April 2, 2014.
Archived
from the original on March 30, 2015
. Retrieved
March 13,
2015
.
- ^
a
b
"Adult Swim's Toonami to Air JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Anime Starting in October"
.
Archived
from the original on August 26, 2016
. Retrieved
December 6,
2018
.
- ^
"Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, January 28 ? February 3"
.
Anime News Network
. February 5, 2013.
Archived
from the original on June 28, 2013
. Retrieved
April 7,
2013
.
- ^
"Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, January 28 ? February 3"
.
Anime News Network
. February 5, 2013.
Archived
from the original on April 10, 2013
. Retrieved
April 7,
2013
.
- ^
"Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, February 18?24"
.
Anime News Network
. February 26, 2013.
Archived
from the original on June 28, 2013
. Retrieved
April 7,
2013
.
- ^
"Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, February 18?24"
.
Anime News Network
. February 26, 2013.
Archived
from the original on April 10, 2013
. Retrieved
April 7,
2013
.
- ^
"Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, March 25?31"
.
Anime News Network
. April 2, 2013.
Archived
from the original on June 28, 2013
. Retrieved
April 7,
2013
.
- ^
"Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, March 25?31"
.
Anime News Network
. April 2, 2013.
Archived
from the original on April 10, 2013
. Retrieved
April 7,
2013
.
- ^
"Otaku USA's Top Anime of 2012"
.
Otaku USA
. Archived from
the original
on October 2, 2013
. Retrieved
September 2,
2013
.
- ^
"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Anime Goes Buckwild"
.
Otaku USA
. Archived from
the original
on February 12, 2013
. Retrieved
September 2,
2013
.
- ^
a
b
"The Mike Toole Show - Jojo's Mojo"
.
Anime News Network
. June 1, 2014.
Archived
from the original on June 3, 2014
. Retrieved
November 21,
2015
.
[...]the series profile is surging among fans here, and it's a joy to watch factors like the fortuitous timing of the new series and the sheer enthusiasm of the show's fans online lead to things like the Viz reprints.
- ^
"Otaku Yearbook, 1987: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure"
.
Otaku USA
. October 6, 2014. Archived from
the original
on June 28, 2016
. Retrieved
November 21,
2015
.
- ^
"OPINION: The 20 Series EVERY Anime Fan Needs to Watch"
.
Crunchyroll
. June 5, 2018.
Archived
from the original on June 18, 2018
. Retrieved
June 17,
2018
.
- ^
"The best anime of the decade"
.
Polygon
. November 6, 2019.
Archived
from the original on December 20, 2019
. Retrieved
November 10,
2019
.
- ^
"CEDEC AWARDS 2013 最優秀賞?表! | CEDEC 2013 | Computer Entertainment Developers Conference"
. Cedec.cesa.or.jp.
Archived
from the original on August 27, 2013
. Retrieved
September 8,
2013
.
- ^
"FEATURE: Crunchyroll Anime Awards - The Results are In! See Who Won!"
.
Crunchyroll
. January 11, 2017
. Retrieved
February 1,
2021
.
- ^
Loveridge, Lynzee (January 12, 2019).
"Megalobox, Devilman crybaby Dominate Crunchyroll Anime Award's Nominations"
.
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. Retrieved
February 10,
2021
.
- ^
"Masaaki Yuasa, 'Devilman Crybaby' Take Top Crunchyroll Anime Award Honors"
.
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. February 16, 2019
. Retrieved
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2021
.
- ^
Loveridge, Lynzee (January 10, 2020).
"Carole & Tuesday, Demon Slayer, Vinland Saga Land Most Nominations for Crunchyroll's Anime Awards"
.
Anime News Network
. Retrieved
February 18,
2021
.
- ^
Goslin, Austen (February 15, 2020).
"Demon Slayer takes home top prize at Crunchyroll's Anime Awards"
.
Polygon
. Retrieved
February 18,
2021
.
- ^
Schneider, Michael (January 18, 2022).
"Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2022 Nominations Include '86 Eighty-Six,' 'Jujutsu Kaisen,' 'Oddtaxi' (EXCLUSIVE)"
.
Variety
. Retrieved
January 19,
2022
.
- ^
Eisenbeis, Richard (March 4, 2023).
"All the Winners of the 7th Annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards"
.
Anime News Network
. Retrieved
March 4,
2023
.
- ^
Loveridge, Lynzee; Morrissy, Kim (December 4, 2019).
"Demon Slayer, Dr. Stone, Zombie Land Saga Buzzwords Make Gadget Ts?shin 2019 List"
.
Anime News Network
.
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from the original on December 8, 2019
. Retrieved
December 14,
2019
.
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