JoJos Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood
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Country Japan | Director Junichi Hayama Language Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date February 17, 2007 (2007-02-17) (Japan) Based on JoJos Bizarre Adventure Part 1: Phantom Blood
by Hirohiko Araki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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JoJos Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood (, JoJo no Kimyo na Boken Fantomu Buraddo) is a 2007 Japanese anime film based on Part 1 of the JoJos Bizarre Adventure manga series entitled Phantom Blood. The film was released on February 17, 2007, to commemorate JoJo author Hirohiko Arakis 25th year of publishing. Animation was handled by Studio A.P.P.P., the same staff who handled the earlier JoJos Bizarre Adventure OVA based on Part 3 Stardust Crusaders. The film has never been released on home media due to Shueisha terminating their relationship with A.P.P.P. as a result of the controversy surrounding the references to the Quran in the prior OVA series.
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Story
The film generally follows the story of the Phantom Blood manga arc, featuring Jonathan Joestar in his fight against adoptive brother Dio Brando, who after years of attempting to break Jonathan (including kissing his childhood love Erina Pendleton) poisons their father and becomes an immortal vampire through the use of a Stone Mask. Jonathan receives training in an ancient martial arts technique known as Hamon from the eccentric Italian man Will A. Zeppeli, whose father originally discovered the Stone Mask, and the two attempt to kill Dio before he uses his newfound powers to enslave humanity.
Cast
The owarai duo "Speedwagon" (Jun Itoda and Kazuhiro Ozawa) who took their name from Phantom Blood character Robert E. O. Speedwagon have cameo appearances.
Soundtrack
Sould Outs song "Voodoo Kingdom" served as the films theme song.
Tie-ins
A video game for the PlayStation 2 was released on October 26, 2006, that was also based on Phantom Blood. It shares most of the films cast and includes characters that did not make the final cut of the film.