While many JoJo's Bizarre Adventure fans are waiting for the next season of the anime, w hich will most likely follow the daughter of Jotaro Kujo in Stone Ocean, it seems as if an animator behind the series has gone into some detail about the possibility of animating one of the most popular story arcs of the franchise in Steelball Run!
The series is set in 1890 in an alternate reality from all previous JoJo's Bizarre Adventure parts, where racing jockeys from all over the world flock to the United States to take part in the Steel Ball Run- a cross-country horse race from San Diego to New York City with a prize of fifty million dollars.
Originally the first 23 chapters (4 volumes) were serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 2004 simply under the title Steel Ball Run. Although the character's names and abilities were obviously related to the series, it was unclear if the story was actually part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure due to perceived conflicting continuity.
The story begins by following Johnny Joestar, a young man looking to win the "Steelball Run", in which the horse race across the country gives the victor any wish they desire.
As of now, no official confirmation has been made about the release of Jojo's Part 7 anime. Besides, the story of JoJo's Part 6 Stone Ocean anime is not yet completed as more episodes will be released in the coming months. So before that happens, we surely won't be getting the Steel Ball Run anime.
Speaking that, we also know that JoJo's Bizarre Adventures anime gets a release every 2 years. In other words with Part 6 coming in December 2021, we can expect Jojo Part 7 to get a release in 2023.
Steel Ball Run (スティール・ボール・ラン, Sutīru Bōru Ran) is the seventh part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 2004 and in Ultra Jump between 2005 and 2011.
God Never Said That: It's common to find people saying that Steel Ball Run was not originally meant to be JoJo Part 7, and that Araki changed his mind and retroactively made it one, based on the fact that it didn't originally carry the "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" name. However, this is completely untrue.
Is Part 9 Confirmed? Yes. As for now, all you guys must know that JoJo part 9 is pretty much confirmed, and it's name is JoJo Lands.
The race takes place on a vast course with several areas and checkpoints and is from San Diego (California) to New York City (New York). The race also has many dangers to be wary of, including other players.
However, the COVID-19 epidemic likely played a significant part in this delay. Going forward, we expect the last batch of Stone Ocean episodes will be released by mid-late 2022, and we'll see the Steel Ball Run anime release sometime in mid-late 2024.
Emporio Alnino, will be the protagonist for Part 9. This is a little surprising because his name isn't JoJo, but Araki has already broken that precedent with Giorno Giovana. This year seems to be going pretty well for JoJo fans.
Johnny Joestar is a depressive ex-jockey, who clings to his hope of regaining the use of his legs through the Spin and then the Corpse Part throughout Steel Ball Run. Johnny is introduced as a distant paraplegic man whose career was ruined when he was shot in the spine after conceitedly antagonizing a passerby.
Jota Kujo (空条丞太 Kūjō Jōta) is a primary character featured exclusively in the non-canon JoJo's Bizarre Married Life dōjinshi series, written and drawn by Japanese manga group, CLAMP. Jota is the son of Jotaro Kujo and Noriaki Kakyoin, first introduced in CLAMP in Wonderland 1994 Summer.
Gyro also has two stands of sorts. The first of this is Scan, an eye that appears on his Steel Balls when Gyro has the right eye of the Saint's Corpse. Using it, Gyro can see even when his eyes are ineffective and even have x-ray vision.
So to sum it up, there are multiple universes. The Original, the Ireneverse, The SBRVerse, and the corrected timeline. JoJo ended in part 6, Part 7 & 8 is a different series altogether that pays homage to the original jojo series.
Steelball Run is often thought by many fans to be one of the best stories in the series of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure as a whole, introducing new Joestars, and even new versions of heroes and villains we came to know throughout the franchise, in an insanely ambitious storyline. The story begins by following Johnny Joestar, ...
This segment of the anime juggernaut created by Hirohiko Araki doesn't just take place in an alternate reality from the one of previous seasons, it also is one of the most insane as it blends Stands with a cross country horse race! Steelball Run is often thought by many fans to be one of the best stories in the series of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure as ...
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Kohei said that SBR would be really expensive to make since most of the action is horse racing and that is really hard to animate. When asked about CGI, he said that it would break the JoJo style of animation so he'd rather not use it.
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Steel Ball Run (Japanese: スティール・ボール・ラン, Hepburn: Sutīru Bōru Ran) is the seventh story arc of the Japanese manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. Set in 1890, it stars Johnny Joestar, a paraplegic former jockey who desires to regain the use of his legs, and Gyro Zeppeli, a disgraced former executioner who seeks to win amnesty for a child …
In an alternate 1890, racing jockeys from all over the world flock to the United States to take part in the Steel Ball Run- a cross-country horse race from San Diego to New York City with a fifty million dollar prize. A paraplegic named Johnny Joestar enters the race to learn the mysterious Spin ability of a former Neapolitan executioner named Gyro Zeppeli, who temporarily restored Johnny's mobility. While beginning as rivals, Johnny and Gyro become friends as they travel thro…
• Johnny Joestar, born Jonathan Joestar, is a former horse racer from Danville, Kentucky, who is paralyzed from the waist down. He participates in the Steel Ball Run to follow Gyro Zeppeli and learn how to use his Spin technique to be able to walk again. He uses the Stand Tusk, which allows him to shoot his finger nails as bullets. As the race continues and Johnny begins to understand the Spin, Tusk evolves into different forms, termed ACTs, with differing capabilities, …
Kono Manga ga Sugoi! recommended Steel Ball Run as a good place to start for people who have not read previous parts, due to how it serves as a reboot of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, and appreciated how its move to the monthly seinen magazine Ultra Jump enabled Araki to write longer stories and depict things that would have been difficult to do in a shōnen magazine. Erkael of Manga-News called the manga one of the best in the series, and said that it does not disappoi…
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