JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Japanese: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険, Hepburn: JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. Originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1987 to 2004, it moved to the monthly seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump in 2005. The series is currently divided into eight parts, each following the adventures of a new protagonist bearing the "JoJo" nickname; the eighth part, JoJolion, began serialization in May 2011. The first six parts form a saga detailing the supernatural conflicts between members of the Joestar family and various villains, while the latter two parts follow a continuity reboot, taking place in an alternate universe with plot parallels to the original. The manga is Shueisha's second largest series by volume count, with its chapters collected in 126 tankōbon volumes and counting. A six-episode original video animation adaptation covering the latter half of the series' third part, Stardust Crusaders, was produced by A.P.P.P. and released from 1993 to 1994. A later seven-episode series covering the first half of the part was released from 2000 to 2002. An anime film produced by A.P.P.P adapting the first part in the series, Phantom Blood, was released in Japanese theaters in 2007. In October 2012, David Production began an anime television adaptation that is broadcast on Tokyo MX. They have adapted up to the series' fifth part, Golden Wind, which ended broadcast in July 2019. A live-action film based on the fourth part, Diamond is Unbreakable, and directed by Takashi Miike entered theaters in 2017.
