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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure or JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken is a long-running Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It has several partial anime adaptations.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure or JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken is a long-running Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It has several partial anime adaptations.

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What is the order of the JoJo anime series?

My friend recommended me to watch JoJo's Bizzare Adventure, but when I googled it I found there are many series. What is the order of the anime?
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Why is there an extreme amount of censoring in Jojo (Stardust Crusaders) on Crunchyroll?

There seems to be an extreme amount of censoring in Stardust Crusaders (black shadows, etc) compared to other anime or even the previous 2 seasons. Examples: Smoking Cut body parts Big wounds (eye stab, etc.) I don't really understand. If perhaps…
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Why did Jotaro's Star Platinum's punch destroy DIO's The World?

Towards the end of episode 48 of Star Crusaders, Dio kicks at Jotaro who uses Star Platinum to punch The World's shin. Star Platinum's fist ends up cracking, but then The World's entire body ends up cracking, killing DIO in the process. How could…
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How did Dio Brando survive the ship sinking?

In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part I Phantom Blood, in the climax ending, Jonathan sacrifices his life to defeat Dio and save Erina, his unborn child Jorge and baby Lisa Lisa. Erina manages to save herself and Lisa Lisa by hiding in Dio's coffin, but…
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Why does Jojo's Bizarre Adventure have so many English references?

In the sub-titled version of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, there are many points in the story where one of the character's repeatedly uses an English phrase. Examples include Mr. JoeStar saying "Holy Shit" or the Genie stand saying "Hail 2 U". Many of…
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How could "this character" come back to life without becoming a Vampire at the end of Stardust Crusaders?

At the end of JoJo season 3: Stardust Crusaders, episode 48: Dio Brando killed Joseph Joestar using 'The World'. Later on, Dio drained his blood entirely and left Joseph Joestar as a husk. However, Jotaro was able to revive Joseph by…
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Are any JoJo's anime related?

I started with the latest one the one, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind and came to know that the anime is even older. Found many series dating back to 2012. So, as I started watching the 2012 series, I saw that it is a vampire genre. Vampire…
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How did Joseph inherit Hamon from Jonathan?

I was watching JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and on the episode where Jonathan dies, Erina takes a random child. When Part 2 started, how did Joseph "inherit Hamon from Jonathan" if he isn't directly related to him?
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Why was "Vanilla Ice" localized as "Cool Ice"?

In the Stardust Crusaders series, the antagonist Vanilla Ice is localized into English as "Cool Ice". There's also the renaming of Steely Dan to "Dan of Steel". Is it due to possible copyright/trademark infringements? Or is there another reason,…
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Translation for the ability graph

During each advertisment break, they display a graph for a stand-user. Unfortunately, some sub-groups don't translate it, and I can't understand what is written there except for the "speed" that is written with Katakana. Can you please translate…
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What's the purpose of "torture dance" in Golden Wind?

I've been following JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime this season, it has 39 episodes total. It's currently on episode 11 (as of December 14, 2018). I am confused with the dance that Narancia did with Fugo and Mista, while torturing Zucchero's head…
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Why did Dio cut off his head and not regenerate his body?

In the first season of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, when Dio falls off a cliff, he cuts off his own head. Why? At the end of the season, we see him in Jojo's wedding boat, his head in a container. Why didn't he regenerate a body during all this…
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In JoJo: Diamond is Unbreakable, why didn't Joseph use Hermit Purple to find Kira's new identity?

The whole point of bringing Joseph to Morioh was to make him use Hermit Purple. So why didn't he use it to find Kira after he changed his appearance?
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Why are Kakyoin and Polnareff so pleased about knowing the same hand signals?

In episode 24 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders, Polnareff takes advantage of a dangerous situation to show off his knowledge of hand signals. A video of this can be found here. Kakyoin recognises the hand signal as meaning "Your…
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Why does Trish's Stand have a personality of her own?

Stands are physical manifestations of a users fighting spirit and apart from their battle cry, they are usually more like puppets that are controlled by their user. However, Trish's stand has a mind of its own, gave her advise on what to do and even…
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