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Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Gets Fall TV Anime & PS3 Game
posted on by Egan Loo
A television anime adaptation of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga has been green-lit for an October premiere. The announcement of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation was made during the Thursday press conference for the upcoming "Hirohiko Araki Jojo Exhibition." A PlayStation 3 game called JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle was also announced:
The last half of the manga's Part 3 already inspired an original anime video project in 1993, followed by an adaptation of the first half in 2000. In addition, the manga's Part 1 inspired the film JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood.
Source: Comic Natalie
Update: More background information added. CyberConnect2 is producing the PlayStation 3 game. [Via Conner Crooks, Austin]
Update 2: The official website for the game has opened.
Update 3: The Mainichi Shimbun paper's Mantan Web site reports that the fighting game will be released next year at a price to be announced.
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