As some of you may, or may not, know I am some what of a large JoJo fan. One of the first ten banners for this site is from the PS2 game of the fifth story arc. Since Viz hates quality (although I can’t really blame them as it takes about 4 books, not issues, before the first story arc becomes good and even then the art is about 25 years old now, but still, quality and very much in the second story arc) they decided to start out with JoJo in the US with the third story arch.

Now, while the third story arc is awesome, it’s not really very good. It doesn’t have enough character development, nor enough exposition on the wacky logic that makes JoJo especially fantastic. Needless to say after finishing up the second story arc it was a bit of a let down, but the Stands are what make the arc and they are really awesome. I think that the fourth story arc is much better at getting into what a Stand is and what it can do, but the third story arc is a nice set-up and introduction. The fifth story arc (last I checked) wasn’t fully translated, and when I played through the PS2 game (which is only like 4 hours long) of that arc I was lost as to what the hell was going on.

So, what makes up JoJo? Metrosexual clothing with awesome poses, Rock and Roll name puns, vampires, kung-fu, action, and over the top violence. It is a Japanese view of American comics, and it is hilarious at times, amazing at others, and occasionally genius.

So, why all this? Well, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood is coming out for the PS2 soon. It encompasses the first and second story arc. This video was recently released on youtube which was recorded at TGS. If you aren’t yet interested in the series you may want to head over to ignition-one.com and check out the first two story arcs and then perhaps you will be.