jojo bizarre adventure diamond is unbreakable episode 1

It is important to make that clear from the outset, as I strongly suspect pre-existing fans of the manga will have a very different experience to the general viewer. I came to JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure completely cold, with no foreknowledge of its setting, characters or tone.

I have never read the original manga nor seen any of its anime adaptations. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is his 101st film as director. It is directed by Takashi Miike, one of Japan’s busiest and most prolific directors, whose back catalogue is a one-of-a-kind jumble of lavish samurai dramas, anime and manga adaptations, cult horror flicks and children’s films. This is its first live-action film adaptation. It has been adapted extensively into animation and videogames. To get everybody up to speed: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is a long-running manga series by writer/artist Hirohiko Araki that has published 121 volumes and counting. There is nothing so overly confident as a film with “Chapter 1” in its title.

Before long Josuke, nicknamed “JoJo”, is up to his neck investigating a local serial killer as well as a mysterious young man who seems to be shooting people with a magical bow and arrow to give them Stands of their own. He finds Josuke Higashikata (Kento Yamazaki), a surly teen rebel with the world’s biggest pompadour haircut and the ability use a supernatural power known as a “Stand”. Teenager Koichi Hirose (Ryunosuke Kamiki) is the new kid in town, starting at a new high school and eager to make friends.

Jojo bizarre adventure diamond is unbreakable episode 1