JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run (“SBR” for short) will officially return this 25th September! The announcement was made by Warner Bros. Japan during its Anime Expo panel, picking up where the anime’s first stage left off earlier this year.
Thanks to Warner Bros. Japan’s announcement, we now know that the anime will have 11 episodes in total for its 2nd and 3rd stages, with new episodes aired every Friday. You can watch the Japanese dub trailer below:
Behind The Scenes
Serving as the series director is Kato Toshiyuki, who directed JJBA: Stone Ocean and other instalments in the franchise. Directing the anime at David Productions are JJBA: Golden Wind directors Yasuhiro Kimura and Hideya Takahashi. Frequent JoJo franchise composer Yugo Kanno will also return for the series.
The cast thus far are as follows:
- Shōgo Sakata as Johnny Joestar
- Yōhei Azakami as Gyro Zeppeli
- Kenta Miyake as Steven Steel
- Rie Takahashi as Lucy Steel
- Kaito Ishikawa as Diego Brando
- Masaaki Mizunaka as Sand Man
- Kenichirō Matsuda as Pocoloco
In their announcement, Warner Bros. Japan also revealed the voices of some new characters. The voices of Funny Valentine, Hot Pants, and Mountain Tim have been revealed as Tomokazu Sugita, Yoko Hikasa, and Tomoaki Maeno, respectively.
About Steel Ball Run
SBR is the 7th part of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventures series by Hirohiko Araki. Set in a different continuity from Parts 1 to 6, it follows the story of Johnny Joestar (Jojo), a paraplegic ex-jockey, and Gyro Zeppeli, a disgraced Neapolitan executioner. Jojo seeks to regain use of his legs, whereas Gyro wants the money to seek amnesty for a child on death-row. Join them as they enter the Steel Ball Run, a cross-country horse race across 1890 America.
However, all is not as it seems as, true to JoJo fashion, bizarre encounters happen throughout the race! Will they win the $50 million grand prize and fulfill their wishes? There’s only one way to find out!
