JoJo's Bizarre Adventure · Season 1 · Netflix / Crunchyroll
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 7.8/10. 26 episodes on Netflix / Crunchyroll from 6 October 2012.
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What BollyAI Thinks
Season 1 packs both Phantom Blood (Part 1) and Battle Tendency (Part 2) into 26 episodes across 2012-2013. David Production announces the franchise's defining formal signature immediately: deliberately theatrical poses, sound-effect typography, operatic villain delivery, and Hirohiko Araki's sui generis aesthetic treated not as a limitation to work around but as the entire point. Phantom Blood is the shorter and more conventional of the two halves - a Victorian vampire origin story with gothic excess and genuine menace in Dio Brando. Battle Tendency's Joseph Joestar is a significant tonal pivot: comedically charismatic, strategically creative, and the template for what the franchise's protagonists would become. Critics gave the season 85% on Rotten Tomatoes from 3 reviews, praising the humour and distinctive character design.
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The Room
“A good anime with a lot of humor and interesting side characters - Part 2 is a perfect follow-up with a unique story structure.”
Rotten Tomatoes audience consensus
Standout Episodes
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- E10Sorrowful Successor8.0
The episode that closes Phantom Blood and transitions into Battle Tendency - the tonal shift from gothic tragedy to swaggering adventure is accomplished within a single runtime, and Joseph Joestar's introduction resets the franchise's baseline energy completely. The contrast is as deliberate as anything in the series.
The moment: Joseph Joestar's first scene - the franchise announcing it is about to become something different and considerably more fun.