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=== Other media === ==== Drama CDs ==== From 1992 to 1993, a [[Radio drama in Japan|drama CD]] adaptation of Part 3 was released in three volumes, titled {{nihongo foot|''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Volume 1: Jotaro Kujo's Visitation''|ジョジョの奇妙な冒険第1巻 空条承太郎見参の巻|JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Dai 1-kan Kūjō Jōtarō Kenzan no Maki|group=lower-alpha|post=,}} {{nihongo foot|''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Volume 2: The Death of Avdol''|ジョジョの奇妙な冒険第2巻 アヴドゥル死すの巻|JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Dai 2-kan Avuduru Shisu no Maki|group=lower-alpha|post=,}} and {{nihongo foot|''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Volume 3: Dio's World''|ジョジョの奇妙な冒険第3巻 DIOの世界の巻|JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Dai 3-kan Dio no Sekai no Maki|group=lower-alpha|post=.}}<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 CDブック|language=ja|url=http://jinbei.s58.xrea.com/data_book_araki3.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 第2巻 アヴドゥル死すの巻|url=http://www.suruga-ya.jp/database/120007504001.html|language=ja|work=suruga-ya.jp|access-date=July 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511214050/http://www.suruga-ya.jp/database/120007504001.html|archive-date=May 11, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 第3巻 ディオの世界の巻|url=http://www.suruga-ya.jp/database/120007507001.html|language=ja|work=suruga-ya.jp|access-date=July 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511211910/http://www.suruga-ya.jp/database/120007507001.html|archive-date=May 11, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> They starred [[Kiyoyuki Yanada]] as Jotaro, [[Kenji Utsumi]] (volumes 1 & 3) and [[Gorō Naya]] (volume 2) as Joseph Joestar, [[Akio Ōtsuka]] as Avdol, [[Shō Hayami]] as Kakyoin, [[Ken Yamaguchi]] as Polnareff, [[Keiichi Nanba]] as Hol Horse, [[Shigeru Chiba]] as J. Geil, and [[Norio Wakamoto]] as Dio. A drama CD adaptation of Part 4 was released from 2016 to 2017 in two parts. The first was titled {{nihongo foot|''A Ghost Story from Budogaoka High''|ぶどうヶ丘高校の怪談|Budō Gaoka Kōkō no Kaidan|group=lower-alpha}} and the second {{nihongo foot|''After-school Talk: At Cafe Deux Magots''.|放課後トーク カフェ ドゥ・メゴにて|Hōkago Tōku Kafe Du Mego nite|group=lower-alpha|post=.}} ==== Video games ==== {{Main|List of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure video games{{!}}List of ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' video games}} Several video games based on ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' have been created. A titular [[role-playing video game]] based on Part 3 was released for the [[Super Famicom]] in 1993, and several [[fighting game]]s have been released, including ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future]]'' in 1998, ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle]]'' for the series' 25th anniversary in 2013, and ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven]]'' in 2015.<ref name="animePS3" /> Characters from the series have also been featured in various ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' [[Crossover (fiction)|cross-over]] games, such as ''[[Jump Force]]'',<ref>{{cite web |last=Sherman |first=Jennifer |title=Jump Force Game Adds JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's Jotaro, DIO |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-01/jump-force-game-adds-jojo-bizarre-adventure-jotaro-dio/.142889 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=1 February 2019 |date=1 February 2019 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125010427/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-01/jump-force-game-adds-jojo-bizarre-adventure-jotaro-dio/.142889 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Romano |first=Sal |title=Jump Force adds Dio from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, first look at Jotaro Kujo |url=https://gematsu.com/2019/01/jump-force-adds-dio-from-jojos-bizarre-adventure-first-look-at-jotaro-kujo |website=Gematsu |access-date=31 January 2019 |date=31 January 2019 |archive-date=31 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131124443/https://gematsu.com/2019/01/jump-force-adds-dio-from-jojos-bizarre-adventure-first-look-at-jotaro-kujo |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[J-Stars Victory VS]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Jojo's, Nube characters join J-Stars Victory VS. Game |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-11/jojo-nube-characters-join-j-stars-victory-vs-game |website=[[Anime News Network]] |date=2013-12-11 |access-date=2013-12-20}}</ref> ''[[Jump Ultimate Stars]]'', ''[[Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden]]'', and its sequel, ''[[Famicom Jump II: Saikyō no Shichinin]]''. ==== Light novels ==== Several [[light novel]]s based on the manga have been written, each by a different author, but all including illustrations by Araki. The first, based on Part 3, was simply titled ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', released on November 4, 1993, and written by Mayori Sekijima and Hiroshi Yamaguchi.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジョジョの奇妙な冒険/関島 眞頼/山口 宏/荒木 飛呂彦|work=books.shueisha.co.jp|url=https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=4-08-703015-6|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=June 20, 2020|archive-date=June 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621234641/https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=4-08-703015-6|url-status=live}}</ref> {{nihongo foot|''Le Bizzarre Avventure di GioGio II: Golden Heart/Golden Ring''|ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 II ゴールデンハート/ゴールデンリング|JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Tsū Gōruden Hāto/Gōruden Ringu|group=lower-alpha|post=,}} written by Gichi Ōtsuka and Miya Shōtarō and based on Part 5, was released on May 28, 2001.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 2 ゴールデンハート/ゴールデンリング/大塚 ギチ/宮昌 太朗/荒木 飛呂彦|work=books.shueisha.co.jp|url=https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=4-08-703103-9|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=June 20, 2020|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622143200/https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=4-08-703103-9|url-status=live}}</ref> Both novels received Italian translations; the first was released in 2003 with the subtitle ''The Genesis of Universe'',<ref>{{cite book|title=Le bizzarre avventure di Jojo|id=ALhaPQAACAAJ|year=2003|df=mdy-all|language=it|isbn=8887497524|publisher=Kappa Edizioni}}</ref> and the second in 2004.<ref>{{cite book|title=Golden heart, golden ring. Le bizzarre avventure di Jojo|id={{ASIN|8874710216|country=uk}}|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2000, it was announced that the Japanese writer [[Otsuichi]] was writing a novel based on Part 4, which proved difficult to complete; in ''[[Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!#2005|Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2005]]'', Otsuichi claimed to have written over 2000 pages but thrown them all out.<ref>{{cite web|title=「破棄した原稿は二千枚以上」 乙一、ジョジョノベライズの現状を語る|url=http://atmarkjojo.org/archives/2004/2004-12-09-000598.html|work=atmarkjojo.org|date=December 8, 2004|language = ja|access-date=September 3, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812000128/http://atmarkjojo.org/archives/2004/2004-12-09-000598.html|archive-date=August 12, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> His work, ''The Book: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 4th Another Day'', was released on November 26, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=JOJO×乙一! ジョジョ4部ノベライズ「ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 "The Book"」、11月26日発売!!|url=http://atmarkjojo.org/archives/2007/2007-10-22-001493.html|work=atmarkjojo.org|date=November 25, 2007|language=ja|access-date=September 3, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812000433/http://atmarkjojo.org/archives/2007/2007-10-22-001493.html|archive-date=August 12, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In April 2011, it was announced that [[Nisio Isin]], [[Kouhei Kadono]], and [[Ōtarō Maijō]] were each writing light novels in celebration of the series' 25th anniversary.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bakemonogatari, Boogiepop Authors Pen JoJo's Novels|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-04-04/bakemonogatari-boogiepop-authors-pen-jojo-novels|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 3, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107210829/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-04-04/bakemonogatari-boogiepop-authors-pen-jojo-novels|archive-date=November 7, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Kadono's, titled {{nihongo foot|''Purple Haze Feedback''|恥知らずのパープルヘイズ|Hajishirazu no Pāpuru Heizu|group=lower-alpha|post=,}} was released on September 16, 2011, and based on Part 5.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/comic/news/59885|script-title=ja:西尾維新×上遠野浩平のジョジョ対談がウルジャン別冊付録に|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|language=ja|date=November 19, 2011|access-date=September 27, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610010016/http://natalie.mu/comic/news/59885|archive-date=June 10, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Nisio's, titled ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Over Heaven'', was released on December 16, 2011, and based on Part 3.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/comic/news/61407|script-title=ja:荒木飛呂彦デビュー作収録「ゴージャス★アイリン」文庫化|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|language=ja|date=December 16, 2011|access-date=September 27, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713220550/http://natalie.mu/comic/news/61407|archive-date=July 13, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Maijō's novel, ''Jorge Joestar'', was released on September 19, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/comic/news/76762|script-title=ja:鳥山明、CLAMP、うすた京介ら「ジョジョ」描く別冊付録|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|language=ja|date=September 19, 2012|access-date=September 27, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207001412/http://natalie.mu/comic/news/76762|archive-date=December 7, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> It features characters from and inspired by nearly every part of the series. ==== Art books ==== Araki has released several books containing original artwork he has produced for ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure''. ''JoJo6251'' was released on December 10, 1993, and features artwork, story details, and behind the scenes information for Parts 1 through 4. It was followed by ''JoJo A-Go! Go!'' on February 25, 2000, which features original artwork focusing on Parts 3 to 5. On September 19, 2013, he released ''JoJoveller'', a multimedia set that includes a book featuring original artwork for Parts 6 through 8, a book detailing the history of the publications, and a book detailing every Stand featured since ''Stardust Crusaders''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/comic/news/86939|script-title=ja:ジョジョ画集「JOJOVELLER」限定版は書籍3冊とBD2枚|publisher=Natalie.mu|date=September 19, 2013|access-date=September 27, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531042037/http://natalie.mu/comic/news/86939|archive-date=May 31, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> ==== Live-action film ==== {{Main|JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I{{!}}''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I''}} In 2016, it was announced that [[Toho]] and [[Warner Bros.]] were partnering to produce a live-action film based on ''Diamond Is Unbreakable''. The film was directed by [[Takashi Miike]], stars [[Kento Yamazaki]] as Josuke, and was released in Japan on August 4, 2017. Both studios were planning for worldwide distribution and are hoping to create sequels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/takashi-miike-direct-warner-bros-933318|title=Takashi Miike to Direct Warner Bros. Japan, Toho Co-Production Based on Manga|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|last=Blair|first=Gavin J.|date=September 28, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012072005/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/takashi-miike-direct-warner-bros-933318|archive-date=October 12, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Live-Action JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Film's 1st Teaser Shows Cast at Press Conference|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-18/live-action-jojo-bizarre-adventure-film-1st-teaser-shows-cast-at-press-conference/.108951|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 16, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161212070450/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-18/live-action-jojo-bizarre-adventure-film-1st-teaser-shows-cast-at-press-conference/.108951|archive-date=December 12, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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