Steel Ball Run, the seventh part of Hirohiko Araki’s famous JOJO’s BIZARRE ADVENTURE manga series, is getting an anime adaptation. A teaser visual and a character visual that depicts Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli are the first look at the anime. Anime studio David Production, known for its adaptations of JOJO’s BIZARRE ADVENTURE thus far, is returning for the the latest instalment.
Araki’s JOJO’s BIZARRE ADVENTURE manga published by Shueisha follows the exploits of various members of the Joestar family and has been around since 1986. Steel Ball Run, which sets the action in America at the tail end of the 19th century, ran from 2004 to 2011.
Steel Ball Run was initially serialized in Shonen Jump before moving to the monthly, seinen magazine Ultra Jump. This Manga is Amazing! noted that the move allowed for longer-spanning stories (due to the increased page count) and the ability to have depictions that would’ve been difficult to include in a shonen magazine. Subsequent JOJO’s BIZARRE ADVENTURE installments are also Ultra Jump titles.
