How JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Almost Changed Forever
Making stories is a difficult process. Most famous stories take years to fully develop in their creator’s minds, and even longer to ever see the light of day. During the long process from conception to completion a million small decisions change the course of the final product forever.
Having run for several decades, very few manga series have had as much time in the public eye as Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure. In all that time, there have been countless ways the series’ path could have diverged. While most will never come to light, there are a few alternative versions of JoJo whose remnants can still be seen today.
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While the Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure anime is a cultural mainstay these days, it took a surprising amount of time for the series to receive an official adaptation. The current anime series launched in 2012, with anime studio David Productions using their love of the franchise and technical expertise to make it the success it is now. Considering Jojo first released in 1986 however, it took 26 years for the iconic manga to receive the adaptation, despite some manga like My Hero Academia getting adaptations after as little as 2 years.
It’s unclear why it took so long to give Jojo an anime, but it likely had something to do with creative disagreements behind the scenes. In 1993, there was one attempt at a Jojo anime, via a heavily abridged OVA(straight to video) adaptation of the series’ 3rd part, Stardust Crusaders. Considering that part 3 has the most iconic scenes from the series, it made sense to focus on that section of the story, but the OVA series offered little conext for newcomers to the series, skipping over most of the material in the manga.
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