Editing JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (section)

=== Manga ===
{{See also|List of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure volumes{{!}}List of ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' volumes}}
[[File:Hirohiko Araki 2013 - cropped.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Hirohiko Araki]], the author of ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'']]
Written and illustrated by [[Hirohiko Araki]], ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' began serialization in the weekly [[Shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga]] anthology ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]''{{'}}s combined issue #1–2 of 1987, published by [[Shueisha]] on January 1, 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M543970|script-title=ja:週刊少年ジャンプ 1987 表示号数1|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|language=ja|access-date=May 29, 2020|archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604074107/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M543970|url-status=live}}</ref> The series is divided into eight story arcs, each following the adventures of a new protagonist bearing the "JoJo" nickname. The first part, titled ''[[Phantom Blood]]'', was serialized until October 1987 and collected in five {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes; the second, ''[[Battle Tendency]]'', was serialized from November 1987 to March 1989 and collected in seven volumes. ''[[Stardust Crusaders]]'', the third part, was serialized from March 1989 to April 1992 and collected in 16 volumes. ''[[Diamond Is Unbreakable]]'', the fourth part, was serialized from April 1992 to November 1995 and collected in 18 volumes; it was followed by the fifth part, ''[[Golden Wind (manga)|Golden Wind]]'', which was serialized from November 1995 to April 1999 and collected in 17 volumes.

After volume 63 (the last volume of ''Golden Wind''), the ''tankōbon'' numbering for each subsequent part restarts from one. ''[[Stone Ocean]]'', the sixth part, was serialized from December 1999 to April 2003 and collected in 17 volumes. The first 23 chapters of the seventh part, ''[[Steel Ball Run]]'', were serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from January to October 2004; in March 2005, the series was transferred to the monthly [[seinen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|seinen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Ultra Jump]]''. It ran until April 2011, and was collected in 24 volumes. ''[[JoJolion]]'', the eighth part, was serialized from May 2011 to August 2021 and collected in 27 volumes. In the September 2021 issue of ''Ultra Jump'', Araki stated in the author's notes that part 9 of the series, tentatively titled "''JoJoLands''" and later finalized as ''[[The JoJoLands]]'', would begin following a short break.<ref name="jojolands">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-18/jojo-bizarre-adventure-series-teases-jojolands-title-announces-1st-spinoff-manga/.176402|title=JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Series Teases JOJOLANDS Title, Announces 1st Spinoff Manga|access-date=August 18, 2021|archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306101036/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-18/jojo-bizarre-adventure-series-teases-jojolands-title-announces-1st-spinoff-manga/.176402|url-status=live}}</ref> It began on February 19, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/505661|title=荒木飛呂彦「ジョジョの奇妙な冒険」第9部'The JOJOLands'2月発売のUJで始動|language=ja|date=December 19, 2022|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 19, 2022|archive-date=January 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118195724/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/505661|url-status=live}}</ref>

Between 2002 and 2009, the first six parts in the series were re-released by Shueisha in {{Transliteration|ja|[[bunkoban]]}} format;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 集英社文庫(コミック版)|url=https://books.shueisha.co.jp/search/search.html?seriesid=38022|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 29, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604074112/https://books.shueisha.co.jp/search/search.html?seriesid=38022|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Steel Ball Run'' was re-released in the format in 2017 and 2018.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 集英社文庫(コミック版)|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/search/search.html?seriesid=38414|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 29, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604074111/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/search/search.html?seriesid=38414|url-status=live}}</ref> A {{Transliteration|ja|[[sōshūhen]]}} omnibus series recreating the first four parts as they originally appeared in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' (including color pages, promotional text, and next chapter previews) was published between 2012 and 2016.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 総集編|url=https://www.s-manga.net/search/search.html?titleauthor=%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%81%AE%E5%A5%87%E5%A6%99%E3%81%AA%E5%86%92%E9%99%BA+%E7%B7%8F%E9%9B%86%E7%B7%A8|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 29, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604074107/https://www.s-manga.net/search/search.html?titleauthor=%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%81%AE%E5%A5%87%E5%A6%99%E3%81%AA%E5%86%92%E9%99%BA+%E7%B7%8F%E9%9B%86%E7%B7%A8|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2012, all eight parts in the series have been digitally colored and distributed by Shueisha for [[smartphone]]s and [[tablet computer]]s under the brand name "JOJO-D".<ref>{{cite web|title=JOJO-D ジョジョの奇妙な冒険DIGITAL 試し読み|url=http://www.mangabroadcast.jp/jojod/|website=Manga Broadcast|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 29, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=April 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428031255/http://www.mangabroadcast.jp/jojod/|url-status=live}}</ref> A premium hardcover release of the first three parts was published under the brand "JoJonium" between 2013 and 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=JoJonium ジョジョの奇妙な冒険[函装版]|url=http://www.jojonium.com/|website=JoJonium|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 29, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=April 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428031018/http://www.jojonium.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the early 1990s, [[Viz Media]] reportedly had plans for an English-language release of ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' in North America as ''The Strange Adventures of Jojo'';<ref name="1000manga" /> in 2002, the series was unsuccessfully considered for release as monthly [[comic book]]s.<ref name="1000manga">{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Jason|title=Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2010-12-23|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 15, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422183157/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2010-12-23|archive-date=April 22, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Between November 2005 and December 2010, Viz published ''Stardust Crusaders'', the most well-known part in the series, in 16 volumes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=4659|title=JoJo's Bizarre Adventure English Volume 1|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=August 17, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20060623153457/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=4659|archive-date=June 23, 2006|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=8592|archive-url=https://archive.today/20101201161903/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=8592|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 1, 2010|title=JoJo's Bizarre Adventure English Volume 16|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=August 17, 2012}}</ref> However, the company changed the names of several characters and Stands due to legal concerns and censored certain scenes, including scenes of animal violence redrawn by Araki himself.<ref name="1000manga" /> In 2013, Viz expressed further interest in localizing the series, but explained its difficulties in doing so due to Araki's numerous references to real musicians and fashion designers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Viz Talks "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" Digital Distribution Plans and Difficulties|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/09/14-1/viz-talks-jojos-bizarre-adventure-digital-distribution-plans-and-difficulties|work=[[Crunchyroll]]|date=September 14, 2013|access-date=October 16, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017105740/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/09/14-1/viz-talks-jojos-bizarre-adventure-digital-distribution-plans-and-difficulties|archive-date=October 17, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Viz began publishing the JoJonium release of ''Phantom Blood'' digitally in September 2014, with a three-volume hardcover print edition following throughout 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 1--Phantom Blood Manga|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/jojo-s-bizarre-adventure-part-1-phantom-blood/all|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=May 29, 2020|archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604074107/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/jojo-s-bizarre-adventure-part-1-phantom-blood/all|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Battle Tendency'' was published in four volumes in 2015 and 2016,<ref>{{cite web|title=JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 2--Battle Tendency Manga|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/jojo-s-bizarre-adventure-part-2-battle-tendency/all|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=May 29, 2020|archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604074107/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/jojo-s-bizarre-adventure-part-2-battle-tendency/all|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''Stardust Crusaders'' was published in ten volumes from 2016 to 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 3--Stardust Crusaders Manga|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/jojo-s-bizarre-adventure-part-3-stardust-crusaders/all|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=May 29, 2020|archive-date=September 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928221134/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/jojo-s-bizarre-adventure-part-3-stardust-crusaders/all|url-status=live}}</ref> Viz continues to publish the series in their own digital and hardcover editions that emulate the JoJonium edition; ''Diamond Is Unbreakable'' was published in nine volumes from 2019 to 2021,<ref>{{cite web|title=JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 4--Diamond Is Unbreakable Manga|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/jojo-s-bizarre-adventure-part-4-diamond-is-unbreakable/all|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=May 29, 2020|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806140236/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/jojo-s-bizarre-adventure-part-4-diamond-is-unbreakable/all|url-status=live}}</ref> while ''Golden Wind'' began in August 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 5--Golden Wind Manga|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/jojo-s-bizarre-adventure-part-5-golden-wind/all|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=August 24, 2021|archive-date=August 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825005544/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/jojo-s-bizarre-adventure-part-5-golden-wind/all|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2022, Viz Media began releasing ''Stone Ocean'' digitally.<ref>{{cite web|title=JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 6--Stone Ocean|url=https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/chapters/jojos-bizarre-adventure-part-6|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=December 9, 2022|archive-date=January 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126184717/https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/chapters/jojos-bizarre-adventure-part-6|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Steel Ball Run'' is set be published in print starting in 2025.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Viz Media Licenses Steel Ball Run, Astro Royale, Tenmaku Cinema, More Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-04/viz-media-licenses-steel-ball-run-astro-royale-tenmaku-cinema-more-manga/.216364|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004191846/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-04/viz-media-licenses-steel-ball-run-astro-royale-tenmaku-cinema-more-manga/.216364|archive-date=October 4, 2024|date=October 4, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Spin-offs ====
=====One-shots=====
Araki has also authored several manga [[Spin-off (media)|spin-offs]] of ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', the first of which being "Episode 16: At a Confessional", which was published as a [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]] in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' in July 1997.<ref>{{cite web|title=週刊少年ジャンプ 1997 表示号数30|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M543443|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=May 29, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604074113/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M543443|url-status=live}}</ref> It follows Rohan Kishibe from ''Diamond Is Unbreakable'', and is the first entry in the ''[[Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe]]'' series.

{{nihongo foot|''Dead Man's Questions''|デッドマンズQ|Deddomanzu Kuesuchonzu|group=lower-alpha}} follows Yoshikage Kira from the same part; it was published as three chapters in the magazine ''Allman'' in June and July 1999.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:荒木飛呂彦「デッドマンズQ」吉良吉影の幽霊Tシャツ登場|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/64305|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=May 29, 2020|language=ja|date=February 12, 2012|archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604074112/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/64305|url-status=live}}</ref> Both one-shots were later published in {{nihongo foot|''Under Execution, Under Jailbreak''|死刑執行中脱獄進行中|Shikei Shikkōchū Datsugoku Shinkōchū|group=lower-alpha|post=,}} a collection of short story manga by Araki that was published in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:死刑執行中脱獄進行中|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M387639|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=May 29, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604074110/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M387639|url-status=live}}</ref> {{nihongo foot|"Oingo Boingo Brothers Adventure"|オインゴとボインゴ兄弟大冒険|Oingo to Boingo Kyōdai Daibōken|group=lower-alpha|post=,}} a one-shot featuring the title characters from ''Stardust Crusaders'', was released on October 18, 2002.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:オインゴとボインゴ兄弟大冒険|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415144831/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-617720-X|archive-date=April 15, 2009|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-617720-X|url-status=dead|language=ja|website=[[Shueisha|Shueisha.co.jp]]|df=mdy-all}}</ref> It is drawn in the style of Boingo's Stand Tohth, a fortune-telling comic book.

Between January 2008 and February 2018, six chapters of ''Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe'' were published in various magazines. A ''tankōbon'' volume was published by Shueisha in November 2013, collecting the stories "At a Confessional", "Mutsu-kabe Hill", "Millionaire Village", "Poaching Seashore", and "Rohan Kishibe Goes to Gucci".<ref>{{cite web|title=岸辺露伴は動かない|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-870872-0|website=S-MANGA|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 29, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020202030/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-870872-0|url-status=live}}</ref> "The Harvest Moon" was published digitally in September 2014 during the debut of Shueisha's ''[[Shōnen Jump+]]'' website;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジャンプをスマホやPCで！少年ジャンプ＋創刊|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/126639|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=May 29, 2020|language=ja|date=September 22, 2014|archive-date=March 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316174933/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/126639|url-status=live}}</ref> a second ''tankōbon'' volume collecting the episode and the stories "A Rainy Monday", "D·N·A", and "The Run" was published in July 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=岸辺露伴は動かない 2|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-881557-2|website=S-MANGA|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 29, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604074112/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-881557-2|url-status=live}}</ref>

=====''Shining Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak''=====
{{Main|JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Shining Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak|label 1=''Shining Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak''}}
In the September 2021 issue of ''Ultra Jump'', it was announced that ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' would be receiving a spin-off manga written by Kouhei Kadono and illustrated by ''[[No Guns Life]]'' author Tasuku Karasuma.<ref name="jojolands" /> The spin-off manga, {{nihongo foot|''Shining Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak''|ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 クレイジー・{{Ruby-ja|D|ダイヤモンド}}の悪霊的失恋|Jojo no Kimyō na Bōken: Kureijī Daiyamondo no Akuryō-teki Shitsuren|{{lit}} JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak|post=,}} began publication in the January 2022 issue of ''Ultra Jump'' released on December 18, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/458217|script-title=ja:「ジョジョ」初のスピンオフマンガがUJで開幕！藍本松が描く6部題材の読切も|language=ja|date=December 18, 2021|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 19, 2022|archive-date=December 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219131559/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/458217|url-status=live}}</ref> The spin-off stars Hol Horse and Josuke Higashikata in Morioh and takes place between the events of ''Stardust Crusaders'' and ''Diamond is Unbreakable''.

=====''I Testamenti Cremisi''=====
Spin-off material based on ''Golden Wind'' has also been created, such as {{langx|it|label=none|italic=yes|I Testamenti Cremisi|lit=The Crimson Testaments}}, an anthology of short stories revolving around various antagonistic characters within the part, most notably the Hitman Team.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-790204-4 | title=ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 紅い遺言／荒木 飛呂彦／北國 ばらっど／尾北 圭人／鳥谷 綾斗／月並 きら／安藤 敬而／電気 泳動 &#124; 集英社 ― Shueisha ― }}</ref> {{nihongo foot|"There's No Love Like a Parent's"|親の心子知らずの巻|Oya no Kokoroko Shirazu no Maki|translated=The Story of a Parent Who Doesn't Know His Child's Heart|group=lower-alpha}} features Ghiaccio and Melone taking care of the latter's Stand, Baby Face, who is going through a rebellious phase while its User is supposed to assassinate a film director. It was published in the Winter 2023 issue of the ''JoJo'' Magazine on December 19, 2023.<ref name="winter2023" /> {{nihongo foot|"My Prized Needle and Thread"|オレ自慢の針と糸|Ore Jiman no Hari to Ito|group=lower-alpha}} focuses on Prosciutto and Pesci, two hitmen tasked with assassinating a gangster who manages a [[brothel]] and drug trades without Passione's approval. The short story was published in the Winter 2024 issue of the ''JoJo'' magazine on December 18, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kawazumanga.com/entry/2024/12/22/120000|title=【感想】マンガ「間田敏和の微妙な冒険」 (うすた京介) 小説「オレ自慢の針と糸」 (尾北圭人) マンガ「魔好青年ビーティー『武装スモーカー』事件」 (西尾維新、出水ぽすか) 「JOJO magazine 2024 WINTER」より|language=ja|date=December 22, 2024|website=Kawazu Manga}}</ref>