Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run Reveals Exciting Production Update

During Anime Expo 2025 on July 5, 2025, we receive a staff list reveal for Jojo’s Bizarre

Along with this announcement came a new special illustration by character designer Daisuke Tsumagari showing the two leads: Gyor Zeppeli to the left and Johnny Joestar to the right.

Additional information about Steel Ball Run will be revealed during a global livestream on September 23, 2025.

Staff List:

DIRECTORS: Yasuhiro Kimura and Hideya Takahashi (Golden Wind)

SERIES DIRECTOR: Toshiyuki Kato (Every Series)

SERIES STRUCTURE/SCRIPT: Yasuko Kobayashi (Every Series)

CHARACTER DESIGN: Daisuke Tsumagari (Golden Wind)

MUSIC: Yugo Kanno (Stardust Crusaders, Diamond is Unbreakable, Golden Wind, Stone Ocean)

SOUND DIRECTOR: Yoshikazu Iwanami (Every Series)

ANIMATION PRODUCTION: David Production Inc. (Every Series)

About Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure

Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure (or Jojo’s for short) is a long-running action manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki for Shueisha since January 1, 1987.

As such, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure has accumulated over 135 volumes as of August 2024 and has sold over 120 million copies in circulation by August 2023, making it one of the biggest manga franchises of all time.

Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure is the story of the entire Joestar family, spanning generations over two centuries, multiple countries, and even different universes.

Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure is divided into nine parts: Part 1: Phantom Blood (1987–1988), Part 2: Battle Tendency (1988–1989), Part 3: Stardust Crusaders (1989–1992), Part 4: Diamond Is Unbreakable (1992–1995), Part 5: Golden Wind (1995–1999), Part 6: Stone Ocean (1999–2003), Part 7: Steel Ball Run (2004–2011), Part 8: JoJolion (2011–2021), and Part 9: The JoJoLands (2023–present).

For its first six parts, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1987 to 2004, with the first 20 chapters of Steel Ball Run being weekly releases.

In 2005, Araki moved to Ultra Jump with a monthly release schedule for Part 7 onwards.

Steel Ball Run covers the first story in the new universe, this time set in the United States of America in 1890, decades after the Civil War as racing jockeys from all over the world flock for the Steel Ball Run cross-country horse race from San Diego to New York City.

This new universe’s Jojo is Johnny Joestar, a former jockey turned paraplegic who joins the race due to Gyro Zeppeli, a participant from Naples, Italy, and his Steel Balls that held the key to restoring his ability to walk.

Source: Twitter

‘JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run’ ANIME STAFF REVEAL!

Animation Studio: David Production

Directors: Yasuhiro Kimura & Hideya Takahashi

In 1890s USA a paraplegic Johnny Joestar participates in a cross-county horse race in the hopes of regaining his legs!… pic.twitter.com/LIHcR391hu

— Manga Mogura RE (Anime & Manga News) (@MangaMoguraRE) July 5, 2025

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