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Steel Ball Run (manga)

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Alternative title:
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run
スティール・ボール・ラン (Japanese)
飆馬野郎 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Plot Summary: America, 1890. The longest and largest race ever, the Steel Ball Run, is about to start. It's a race from San Diego, California all the way to New York City, New York, and while horses are the traditional racing medium, anything can be used. The winner is the one with the most points, via checkpoint placement, when they reach New York. The prize: $2,000,000. Gyro Zepelli, a mysterious man with an equally mysterious steel ball, is planning on winning the race. Johnny Joestar (JoJo) is a former jockey who's cockiness got him paralyzed from the legs down. An accidental contact with the steel ball made his leg twitch, so he's in the race the learn about Gyro's steel ball. But the challenges of Diego Brando, a popular European jockey, Pocoloco, a slave with the Devil's Luck, Sandman, a native american who is sprinting all the way to NYC, and others will make it hard for Gyro and JoJo to win.
User Ratings: 163 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 136 votes (Eng:132, ?:2, sub:1, others:1
1 Spanish
)
 Excellent: 14 votes (Eng:8, sub:4, ?:1, others:1
1 Italian
)
 Very good: 2 votes (Eng:1, sub:1)
 Good: 5 votes (Eng:5)
 Decent: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 So-so: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Not really good: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 2 votes (Eng:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 282 users, rank: #310 (of 6927)
Median rating: Masterpiece
Arithmetic mean: 9.537 (Masterpiece−), std. dev.: 1.4871, rank: #69 (of 7783)
Weighted mean: 9.125 (Excellent), rank: #106 (of 7783) (seen all: 9.34 / seen some: 8.70 / won't finish: 6.72)
Bayesian estimate: 9.090 (Excellent), rank: #4 (of 3529)
Number of tankoubon: 24
Chapter titles: We have 96
Vintage: 2004-02-02 to 2011-04-19
Release dates: We have 72
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
News: Show:
Viz Media Licenses Steel Ball Run, Astro Royale, Tenmaku Cinema, More Manga (Oct 4, 2024)
Japanese Comic Ranking, January 15-21 (Jan 24, 2018)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 15-21 (May 27, 2017)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven English Video Reveals June 28 Release Date (Apr 22, 2016)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven Game's New Videos Highlight Mariah, Narancia (Dec 8, 2015)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven Game's New Videos Highlight Jōtarō, Rohan (Dec 7, 2015)
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven Game Character Video Highlights Pucci (Dec 1, 2015)
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven Game Character Video Highlights Dio Brando (Nov 25, 2015)
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven Game Character Video Highlights Joseph Joestar (Nov 24, 2015)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven Game's Character Video Highlights Bruno (Nov 20, 2015)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven Game Adds Part VI Characters (Sep 16, 2015)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven Game Adds Lisa Lisa, Pet Shop (Jul 5, 2015)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven PS3/PS4 Game's Promo Streamed (Dec 21, 2014)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 6-12 (Jun 15, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 30-June 5 (Jun 8, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 23-29 (Jun 1, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 16-22 (May 25, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, November 8-14 (Nov 17, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, November 1-7 (Nov 10, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, July 5-11 (Jul 14, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 28-July 4 (Jul 7, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 8-14 (Mar 17, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 1-7 (Mar 10, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, November 9-15 (Nov 18, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, November 2-8 (Nov 11, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, July 6-July 12 (Jul 15, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 29-July 5 (Jul 8, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 10-16 (Mar 18, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 3-9 (Mar 18, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 9–15 (Sep 17, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 2–8 (Sep 11, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 6–12 (May 14, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, April 29–May 5 (May 8, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, December 4–10 (Dec 12, 2007)
Jojo's Araki Draws Cover for U.S. Biological Journal Cell (Sep 7, 2007)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 9–15 (May 17, 2007)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 2–8 (May 9, 2007)
New JoJo Anime (Mar 1, 2004)
Other articles: Show:
Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga Special: Salaryman Kintaro and Quiet Don (Feb 3, 2011)
Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (Dec 23, 2010)
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Graphic novel
    JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 7--Steel Ball Run (GN 1) 2025-05-27 (from $25.00)
    JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 7--Steel Ball Run (GN 2) 2025-07-22 (from $22.50)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Hirohiko Araki

Editing: Yoshihisa Heishi (Weekly Shonen Jump Run)
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Japanese companies
Publisher: Shueisha
English staff
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Licensed by: Viz Media
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French staff
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Publisher: Editions Tonkam
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Spanish cast
Spanish staff
Translation: Pablo Tschopp (Spain)
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Spanish companies
Publisher: Editorial Ivréa (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Translation:
Andrea Maniscalco (2nd edition)
Simona Stanzani (vol 1-15)

Lettering: Christian Biscaro (2nd edition)
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Italian companies
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
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Publisher: Panini Comics (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
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Chinese (Taiwan) staff
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