Steel Ball Run
Now that I got your attention…
Yes I have been keeping up with what’s going on with the SBR anime and I am very excited for it! Although there’s one thing I am concerned about and I’m sure you all know what I am referring too…if not…Netflix.
For all you new JoJo anime watchers here, allow me to explain this. If you watched the anime for the first time through Netflix and wondering why most JoJo fans are concerned about SBR releasing on there. Netflix is VERY notorious for releasing batches of episodes every 6-9 months for some reason. While yes this does help production companies to give them more time to make sure everything is polished and ready to go. Stone Ocean’s animation was probably the best we’ve seen and now that SBR anime teaser trailer got released, the animation looks amazing.
Back then, before Netflix acquired the streaming rights. The anime was releasing episodes every Friday, dubbing it “JoJo Fridays.” Of course there was “JoJo Saturdays” for the English dub since it was broadcasted on Adult Swim (Toonami). But since Netflix acquired the rights, the batches of episodes really died down the hype for Stone Ocean and being that it was one of the most important parts in the original universe. The batches killed the hype bad.
Stone Ocean’s batches went like this…
December 1st, 2021 (1-12)
September 1st, 2022(13-24)
December 1st, 2022 (24-38)
So yeah, a huge gap between the first 12 episodes, to the next 12 more. Now, it’s possible DP or Warner Bros JP did it like this to promote All Star Battle R, which did released on the same day as the 2nd batch. Follow by two DLC characters (Weather and Pucci) that also released on the same day as the 3rd batch.
If that was the reason, then it’s possible Netflix will do a weekly episode release for the SBR anime. As of right now, there’s no information regarding how Netflix will release each episodes. We probably wont know till the next JoJo event. All we know is it’s releasing in 2026. All we gotta do is wait and find out in the next coming months, hopefully soon.