Editing JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (section)

=== Controversy ===
In May 2008, both Shueisha and studio A.P.P.P. halted manga and OVA shipments of ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' after a complaint had been launched against them from anonymous online [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] [[Islamic fundamentalism|Islamic fundamentalists]], who noticed a scene in the ''Stardust Crusaders'' OVA in which Dio Brando reads a book depicting pages from the [[Quran]] while he orders a mercenary, Hol Horse, to kill the protagonists.<ref name="1000manga" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Jojo's Anime, Manga Sales Halted Due to Islamic Images|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-05-22/jojo-anime-manga-sales-halted-due-to-islamic-images|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 22, 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524170858/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-05-22/jojo-anime-manga-sales-halted-due-to-islamic-images|archive-date=May 24, 2008|df=mdy-all}}</ref> According to Japan Today and Islamist Watch, some Muslims feared this scene could spark a backlash not seen since the [[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]]. Sheikh Abdul Hamid Attrash, chairman of the [[Fatwa]] Committee at [[Al-Azhar]], claimed that the scene depicted Muslims as terrorists and that Shueisha would be considered enemies of Islam.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.meforum.org/islamist-watch/publisher-to-suspend-cartoon-sales-after-muslims|via=Japan Today, Islamist Watch|title=Publisher to suspend cartoon sales after Muslims say it insults Islam|date=May 22, 2008|website=[[Middle East Forum]]}}</ref> This recall affected the English-language releases as well, causing Viz Media and Shueisha to cease publication for a year. Even though the manga did not feature that specific scene, Shueisha had Araki redraw scenes that depicted characters fighting on top of, and destroying, mosques for later printings of the series.<ref name="1000manga" /> The [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] addressed the issue in an official report about this incident, stating that Shueisha and A.P.P.P. had no [[blasphemy|blasphemic]] intentions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/press/danwa/20/dga_0523.html|title=日本アニメのイスラムに対する不適切表現について|trans-title=Regarding inappropriate expressions against Islam in Japanese anime|website=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)|MOFA (Japan)]]|date=May 23, 2008}}</ref>

Viz resumed publication a year later, with the eleventh volume being published on April 7, 2009, but distribution of the OVA was permanently discontinued.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-05-14/super-techno-arts-no-longer-offering-jojo-anime-in-usa|first=Egan|last=Loo|website=Anime News Network|date=May 14, 2008|title=Super Techno Arts No Longer Offering Jojo Anime in USA}}</ref> [[Jason Thompson (writer)|Jason Thompson]] later included Shueisha's changes to the manga in a list of "The Greatest Censorship Fails" in manga.<ref>{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Jason|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2013-01-03|title=Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - The Greatest Censorship Fails|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 3, 2013|access-date=February 2, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020060803/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2013-01-03|archive-date=October 20, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref>