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Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3 Anime's Jōtarō Trailer Posted
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
The official website for the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure television anime began streaming a promotional video for Jōtarō Kūjō and his Star Platinum stand on Saturday. The trailer was also presented at the AnimeJapan 2014 convention.
Director Naokatsu Tsuda and series director Kenichi Suzuki are once again overseeing the anime at david production. Yasuko Kobayashi is in charge of the series scripts, and Masahiko Komino is designing the characters and serving as chief animation director.
Toshiyuki Kato is serving as "chief director." Fumiaki Kouta is in charge of Stand designs and serving as action animation director. Shinichi Machida is also credited for Stand designs and sub-character designs. Yukitoshi Hōtani and Ryōzō Sugiyama are designing the props, and Kaoru Aoki and Yasufumi Soejima are returning for art setting.
Yuko Sato is the color key artist, and Shunichiro Yoshihara is back as the art director. Also returning is the director of photography, Kazuhiro Yamada, and the editor, Kiyoshi Hirose. Yoshikazu Iwanami is back to direct the sound, and Yūgo Kanno is composing the music. The opening theme is "Stand Proud" by Jin Hashimoto.
The anime will feature the following cast:
Unshou Ishizuka as Joseph Joestar
Kenta Miyake as Mohammed Avdol
Daisuke Hirakawa as Noriaki Kakyoin
Fuminori Komatsu as Jean Pierre Polnareff
Takehito Koyasu as Dio
The Warner Entertainment booth at Anime Japan is giving away exclusive B3-size posters (pictured above) and an exclusive paper hat (Jōtarō Kūjō's model) this weekend. The booth's wall has a giant illustration and a life-size figure of Jōtarō Kūjō. The booth's large monitors are also showing this latest promotional video and other videos.
LAWSON convenience stores started a new JoJo's Bizarre Adventure campaign (pictured above) on Saturday, and various tie-in goods are also on sale at AnimeJapan's LAWSON booth.
david production's earlier 26-episode television anime covered both Part 1: Phantom Blood and Part 2: Battle Tendency from the original manga. That anime finished airing last April.
The new series will premiere on Friday, April 4 at 24:30 (effectively Saturday, April 5 at 12:30 a.m.) on the Tokyo MX TV station.
Images © Hirohiko Araki & Lucky Land Communications/Shueisha, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure SC Production Committee
