Jojo's Bizarre Adventure!

[VeggieH8R]

OK then forget it.

[Fist Of Legend]

ok forget it, don't have time to do all the scans for the moment ! :supergrin

[Kadosho]

Been here ..done that.. yeah right...
ever been here? Jojo and other artworks (http://www56.tok2.com/home/atsuki/)

[SiegfriedFM]

Great pictures, but TOO SMALL!
I'd want these in printing size...

[VeggieH8R]

Those would be awesome in a more printable size. I like the style.

I dig the FotNS intro pic. Souther's kickass.

[The Vinny Mac]

Man, it sure is taking a long fucking time for Ignition-One to do Jojo.

I mean, shit, we'll never see anything past Part 3 now.

[Triple Life]

Today is the real Terrence Trent D'Arby's birthday.


Just thought that was somewhat interesting.

[VeggieH8R]

Originally posted by Triple Life
Today is the real Terrence Trent D'Arby's birthday.


This obscenely useless factoid must be celebrated by a new episode. :supergrin

More stuff coming up in about an hour or so.

[Erathia]

Originally posted by Triple Life
Today is the real Terrence Trent D'Arby's birthday.


No... he was born January 15th and it's March 15th today...

Course I'm saying this after you tricked Veggie into giving us a new episode :supergrin

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by Erathia
No... he was born January 15th and it's March 15th today...

Course I'm saying this after you tricked Veggie into giving us a new episode :supergrin
He said the real Terrence Trent, not the one in the comic. :shy

Surprisingly good episode though. This was one of the funniest ones I've seen in a while. Seeing Star Platinum dressed up in a baseball uniform versus a baseball team of Atums... Jotaro not even knowing how the controls work... and the game being called "Oh! That's a Baseball!" <laugh> All just classic. :supergrin

[VeggieH8R]

I like the way this particular game was done. Much better than F-1.

I have a few volumes of tween artwork coming up and maybe a new episode.

[VeggieH8R]

Added tween art for the first four volumes. Something to look at while I finish the next episode.

[Yagami style]

very nice why is'nt Mario kart like that.

[VeggieH8R]

New episode.

[Sub]

Oh! That's a baseball!

[VeggieH8R]

The only game offensive to ethnic Italians...

[Iori Baine]

Oi, talk about a fast learner.

That was a real nailbiter ep.

[The Vinny Mac]

Veggie, do you know what's currently going on in Part 6? It's up to Volume 15 (I believe) and it should be winding down to a conclusion sometime soon, since the longest Part so far has been 4 with 19 volumes.

Does anyone think there's going to be a Part 7?

Also, Veggie, do you know who the midget on the cover of Part 6's Volume 15 is?

[VeggieH8R]

That miget is Emporio (sp).

He shows up rather early in series. What he's doing in the prison, I don't know.

His stand is "Burning Down the House":rolleyes. It's a piano if you've seen it around. Annasui was next to it when he was introduced. Apparently it's a type of communication stand, but i'm not sure how it works.

As for finishing Part 6 up it looks like the end is coming up. Weather Report is obviouly too powerful to live (turning the world into snails and all), and it'd be retarded if Pucci managed to resurrect Dio at this point.

If there is a part 7, I hope it's not as convoluted as this part.

[The Vinny Mac]

Wait, how is he turning the world into snails? And how?

Part 6 is definitely the Jojo I know the least about.

[VoidStar]

Originally posted by VeggieH8R
His stand is "Burning Down the House":rolleyes. It's a piano if you've seen it around. Annasui was next to it when he was introduced. Apparently it's a type of communication stand, but i'm not sure how it works.

A biiiit off. Emporio's Stand is not the piano itself...his Stand doesn't really have a "shape" like most of them do. Burning Down The House lets Emporio see and use the ghosts of objects, basically. Destroyed objects leave behind impressions of themselves on the places they existed--ghosts--and Emporio's Stand gives him power over them. The reason why it's represented with that picture of the piano is that Emporio hangs out in a music room in the prison where part 6 is sent that burned down years ago. (Thus the name of his Stand, as well.)

And the snail thing seems to be some sort of weird effect that happens when Weather Report and Pucci get too close to each other, but I need to read more about that...

I quite like part 6, myself. :shy Pucci is a kickin' rad villain, the Stands are neater and weirder than ever, and the plot is pretty interesting.

[ShockleyHaynes]

Hey.

I'm scraping the barrel's bottom for my addiction to Jojo's Series 3: I've located the Super Famicom "Jojo no kimyouna bouken" ROM and have begun playing it. Unfortunately, the text is entirely in Japanese kanji (with the scant "JOJO" romanji characters), which means that the player RPG commands are -- cutely -- in Japanese. I've been gradually determining which commands relate to which function; thankfully, since RPGs all tend to adhere to a stock set of commands (e.g., use item, take object, attack, defend, etcetera), the actions aren't too hard to discern. As soon as I beat the game, I'll submit a FAQ to GameFAQs for anyone's perusal.

The game's layout is stra-a-a-a-a-a-a-ange and divergent from the manga. I've fought the Tower of Grey stand in the hallways of Jotaro and Kakyoin's high school -- evidently, the old man who was the beetle's Stand User worked as the janitor. You first encounter the beetle in the hallways, and after giving chase twice, finish it off in the school bathroom. (And, yes, if you select the "USE" command and select the urinal, either Jotaro or Kakyoin will do their man-deed, backs tastefully turned away from the player's view. They even give the double shake when they're through.) The premise for the battle with Captain Tenneille is even more absurd. Instead of boarding a ship en route to mainland Asia, the team wanders into a castle, descends to the basement, where a sewage mainline bursts open. The basement floods to Jotaro's chin, and Captain Tenneille shows up. I suppose this was requisite since Tenneille's stand is aquatic, but, really. The open sea was much more appropriate.

To conclude, thank you, VeggieH8R, for posting the manga translations on your site. As a begrudgingly admitted fanboy of the Jojo's series, I've been wanting some translation of the manga for some time.

Yours --

-- Shockley

[VeggieH8R]

I only said piano because of this:

http://www.highervoltage.net/mb/attachment.php?s=&postid=195249

How about some translations for this part, Void?:dead

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by The Vinny Mac
Veggie, do you know what's currently going on in Part 6? It's up to Volume 15 (I believe) and it should be winding down to a conclusion sometime soon, since the longest Part so far has been 4 with 19 volumes.
Does anyone think there's going to be a Part 7?
Also, Veggie, do you know who the midget on the cover of Part 6's Volume 15 is?
According to this page, I assumed Part 7 had already started:
http://www56.tok2.com/home/atsuki/jojog.html

[Zazzarius]

Originally posted by Bitoku Kishi
According to this page, I assumed Part 7 had already started:
http://www56.tok2.com/home/atsuki/jojog.html what?! it isn't HoHo's Bizarre Adventure, like we hoped for so many pages ago? ;_;

[VoidStar]

Originally posted by Bitoku Kishi
According to this page, I assumed Part 7 had already started:
http://www56.tok2.com/home/atsuki/jojog.html

The seventh icon is for "miscellaneous other Araki Hirohiko stuff", it looks like.

Also, Veggie: I have the volume with that in it, but it's at my dorm, and I won't be back there until Sunday. I'll have it done soon as possible.

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by ShockleyHaynes
Hey.
I'm scraping the barrel's bottom for my addiction to Jojo's Series 3: I've located the Super Famicom "Jojo no kimyouna bouken" ROM and have begun playing it. Unfortunately, the text is entirely in Japanese kanji (with the scant "JOJO" romanji characters), which means that the player RPG commands are -- cutely -- in Japanese. I've been gradually determining which commands relate to which function; thankfully, since RPGs all tend to adhere to a stock set of commands (e.g., use item, take object, attack, defend, etcetera), the actions aren't too hard to discern. As soon as I beat the game, I'll submit a FAQ to GameFAQs for anyone's perusal.

I was playiong this for a bit too. I got stuck on an airplane though, where I couldn't figure out what to do to advance the game anymore. Let me know if you figure out how to get off that damn plane after beating Death Thirteen, okay? :shy

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by VoidStar
The seventh icon is for "miscellaneous other Araki Hirohiko stuff", it looks like.

Oh okay, my mistake then. I figured it was something new, since I didn't recognize the characters drawn for that section.

[VoidStar]

Originally posted by Bitoku Kishi
Oh okay, my mistake then. I figured it was something new, since I didn't recognize the character drawings for that section.

Aaaah. :shy Well, for the record, the drawings in that section come from Baoh and Gorgeous Irene, two Araki titles from before the time of JoJo's.

I would love to get my hands on Gorgeous Irene, but it was like two one-shot stories, and one-shots in general are hard enough to find, never mind ones that old. http://highervoltage.net/mb/images/icons/icon9.gif

[Iori Baine]

Shockley, there's no shame in being a Jojo fan. Hell, we've chose one hell of a obscure series (the guys at Suncoast have no clue :dead ). That shouldn't stop us.

Personally though, I havn't gotten the courage to get a emulator and play that ROM (mostly because I don't know where I can get a emulator that I'm sure won't mess up my system.). But from what I heard so far, it *is* weirder than the manga.

Damn, wonder when io's gonna finish the first series though.

[VeggieH8R]

Originally posted by VoidStar
Aaaah. :shy Well, for the record, the drawings in that section come from Baoh and Gorgeous Irene, two Araki titles from before the time of JoJo's.

I would love to get my hands on Gorgeous Irene, but it was like two one-shot stories, and one-shots in general are hard enough to find, never mind ones that old. http://highervoltage.net/mb/images/icons/icon9.gif

If you give me translations i'll scan it for you in high rez:supergrin

http://www.highervoltage.net/mb/attachment.php?s=&postid=195338

It's actually 5 stories, 2 done in the JJBA style and the remaining three done in each of his older styles. Don't act like I don't own these things
:supergrin

[VeggieH8R]

Oh and I have the Cool Shock BT series.

[ShockleyHaynes]

Nah, no shame in it. Myself, I think we should con some avant garde, bohemian theater director into thinking that Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is really titanically HUGE among the up and rising aggressive pro-active generation. Further, we should convince him that, while on the surface it appears to be about men (and women) with a terminal case of Sass battling each other with way-awesome powers, it's a subverted commentary on the Reaganomics policies of the 1980's, which have some distant relationship to current world conditions.

The end result of all this deception?

"Jojo no kimyouna bouken: The Musical." I settle for nothing less.

I really really REALLY want Bette Midler to play -- not the obvious role given her surname -- but Dio Brando, in the tradition of Mary Martin playing Peter Pan. Mostly, I think only her mouth and voice projection can do credit to that (literally and figuratively) heart-stopping bellow, "THE WORLD!"

Irritated with books that I cannot find in times of academic need --
-- Shockley

[Zazzarius]

Originally posted by VeggieH8R

http://www.highervoltage.net/mb/attachment.php?s=&postid=195338
holy crap he can draw women?! :tongue

i'm just too used to the big burly oddly proportioned men

[Kadosho]

um..if you count that weird..
I just cant do it.

[VeggieH8R]

New episode.

[Frietstof]

If D'Arby's stand wasn't so weak physically, it'd be the best stand ever.

Thanks Veg, I'm still enjoying this very much.

[VeggieH8R]

New episode... Now featuring PREDATORVISIONtm :supergrin

[The Vinny Mac]

I'm actually liking this story right now.

[Gavok]

It's almost over! Yay! :supergrin

Thanks for the endurance, Veggie.

[The Vinny Mac]

Veggie, I see that Takahan has translated some of Part 6 on his board. Are you going to use those scripts for Part 6?

[VeggieH8R]

Originally posted by The Vinny Mac
Veggie, I see that Takahan has translated some of Part 6 on his board. Are you going to use those scripts for Part 6?

Yeah those are the same ones I've had for about a year. That's Young Gawain.

[VoidStar]

Originally posted by VeggieH8R
If you give me translations i'll scan it for you in high rez:supergrin

...I hear and obey, my Dark Master.

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by The Vinny Mac
I'm actually liking this story right now.
No kidding, that latest episode rocked. This whole chapter wasn't really all bad. It started out pretty interestingly, then got kind of boring and too drawn out during the car racing part, but now it's really ending off well with the baseball bit. http://highervoltage.net/mb/images/icons/icon14.gif

[VeggieH8R]

Alright, let's nail this sucker shut. Last episode.:supergrin

I'll get on those Irene scans tommorrow, Void.

[VoidStar]

Originally posted by VeggieH8R
Alright, let's nail this sucker shut. Last episode.:supergrin

I'll get on those Irene scans tommorrow, Void.

Shit, man, what an awesome conclusion. :supergrin I have come around to the "Terrence arc sucks at first but gets better at the end" consensus. Also, Jotaro and Joseph rule.

And thank you thank you thank you. :shy

[ShockleyHaynes]

Originally posted by Bitoku Kishi
No kidding, that latest episode rocked. This whole chapter wasn't really all bad. It started out pretty interestingly, then got kind of boring and too drawn out during the car racing part, but now it's really ending off well with the baseball bit. http://highervoltage.net/mb/images/icons/icon14.gif

I was thinking about this -- even though the whole car racing segment was somewhat dull, it's interesting to re-read it when understanding that his stand can only discern a person's thoughts in "Yes" or "No" answers. In fact, Darby's relative limitation also helps explain why he chooses an absurd medium (such as video games) to fight in. Video games pose limitations upon a person's decisions -- which is to say that, when Kakyoin was slightly behind when emerging from the speed tunnel, he could only make a decision on his next move within the context of the game. With all the possibilities of actions slimmed down to only those available within a video game, Darby could more quickly ask the right question whose answer would help him win.

Basically, Darby's stand only works well if he knows the right question to ask. This is why he floundered with Jotaro when he could only ask, "Is he cheating?", received, "Yes!" for an answer, and then when he learns that Jotaro didn't do anything to the video game console -- which was evidently the only possible option he considered for Jotaro to cheat by -- he was bewildered. He didn't know the right question to ask, so his stand was essentially useless. One may presume that Darby was familiar with all of the video games in his collection. Kakyoin comments that most of them were fairly old, which gives me the impression that Darby had mastered the games, familiarized himself with the options available for action within all the games so he knew which questions were worth asking Atum, and subsequently relied upon them for the "gambling medium" by which he won people's souls out of them.

-- Shockley

[Frietstof]

ShockleyHaynes sounds like a smart person :D

Anyway, what a fantastic conclusion. I love the way in which the Jojo gang overcomes problems, and I love the way the story chooses perspective. You can say what you want about Araki, but the way he controlls the flow of information to create suspence is Hitchcock-worthy.

[VeggieH8R]

and the posing is pretty cool too

[Yagami style]

Is it " ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ?!?!?:supergrin

that was great

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by Frietstof
Anyway, what a fantastic conclusion. I love the way in which the Jojo gang overcomes problems, and I love the way the story chooses perspective. You can say what you want about Araki, but the way he controlls the flow of information to create suspence is Hitchcock-worthy.
I just can't get over the sheer imagination that goes into this series. Especially since it's such a long series too, and from the sounds of it Araki is still coming up with some really ingenious new Stands for characters in the 6th series. Imagination is a strong point that draws me to series like this though. And about the only series that might top JoJo in sheer imagination value is Dragonball. But I think even Dragonball decreased in overall imagination in the later parts of DBZ. The Dragonball series generally had much more imagination put into it than DBZ did, it seemed. Where as JoJo's imagination level just keeps up there. It's no wonder this series has gone on for so long and maintained its popularity throughout, even to this day. :supergrin

[Iori Baine]

But for some reason, hardly anyone in US has heard about it :(

It's popular nearly everywhere else. Why hasn't it made a impact on my side of the water.

Me sad...

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by Iori Baine
But for some reason, hardly anyone in US has heard about it :(
It's popular nearly everywhere else. Why hasn't it made a impact on my side of the water.
Me sad...
I don't know, it's puzzled me that no American distributer has picked it up before. The only thing I can think of is that it's such a long series that it requires a lot of commitment on the part of the distributer, and maybe nobody was willing to put in that kind of commitment on it. But it is going to start to be published in english soon anyway, isn't it? Either way, when the anime OAVs are released, you can be sure it will get much more recognition here. And with the fantastic quality of those OAVs, I'm sure people will sit up and notice it enough to get the ball rolling on some other North American JoJo merchandizing. I think we'll probably see the manga, at least some of it, being officially translated before too long.

[ryucross]

I wonder if they would pick it up for the new US Shonen Jump, with a couple parts in each issue since it isn't biweekly.

[Iori Baine]

Originally posted by ryucross
I wonder if they would pick it up for the new US Shonen Jump, with a couple parts in each issue since it isn't biweekly.

Shounen Jump?

Erm, there's a few probs. For one, a few of the series covered by it (Dragonball Z, Yu-Gi-Oh) have, although they have been marketed to teens in Japan, are being marketed to kids. Granted, I havn't really looked into a issue of Shounen Jump, so I wouldn't know how much gore they will allow (as we all know, Jojo can get quite messy at times). But I'd hate to see it get targeted by rabid soccer-moms when they see the gore and dog-multilation.

I'd say it's best chance for survival stateside is in the form of translated takoban ala Tokyopop or Viz.

[Internet]

Shonen Jump Yugioh is true to the japanese manga. Full of porn jokes and panty tanks.

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by Iori Baine

I'd say it's best chance for survival stateside is in the form of translated takoban ala Tokyopop or Viz.
Another possibility is the other stateside Shonen-format publication, Raijin (http://www.raijincomics.com/) comics. They have that Fist of the Northstar sequel or prequel or whatever, and I'm assuming if they print that then JoJo wouldn't have a problem fitting in with its level of violence.

[Cherrn]

http://cherrn.amok.dk/scan0007.JPG

LMAUG

[VeggieH8R]

Voidstar check you PMs.

[ShockleyHaynes]

Originally posted by Iori Baine
For one, a few of the series covered by it (Dragonball Z, Yu-Gi-Oh) have, although they have been marketed to teens in Japan, are being marketed to kids. Granted, I havn't really looked into a issue of Shounen Jump, so I wouldn't know how much gore they will allow (as we all know, Jojo can get quite messy at times). But I'd hate to see it get targeted by rabid soccer-moms when they see the gore and dog-multilation.

I'm a chronic, habitual, and compulsively negative pessimist. I have full confidence that the soccer mom's would have it blacklisted and publically burnt before any but the keenest Jojo fans had a chance to obtain Jojo's merchandise.

Why, besides a flair for doomscreaming, do I think this?

Because: (1) regardless of what we, of the enlightened animation-viewing audience, know, popular American culture still sees animation as a medium for children. (2) Jojo's Bizarre Adventure departs from the typical Japanese anime art style. The physical features of most Japanese anime characters which are most often exaggerated are the facial features. This is done so frequently, the stylistic distinction has almost become cliche. Jojo's, on the other hand, grounds its exaggeration in posture and posing. In men, the center of gravity is the navel; in other words, in order to stand so that he doesn't fall over, a man needs to stand so that his navel is positioned vertically directly above the center of the base from which he supports his height. Look at most Jojo's poses -- especially, for some reason, at the moments of a character's introduction or triumph in a battle -- and you'll see that the navel is clearly several inches -- or even feet -- away from the vertical center of where the character's feet are positioned. (I'm thinking most specifically of the shot of Dio standing atop the roof of a building in Cairo, just before his final clash with the posse commences.)

The point of that stylistic analysis is to point out that, in terms of physics, the world of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure operates according to rules of gravity unlike the real world's. This would so severely screw with your average consumer's head, he or she would probably pass it up simply for the mere strangeness of it.

-- Shockley

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by ShockleyHaynes
(1) regardless of what we, of the enlightened animation-viewing audience, know, popular American culture still sees animation as a medium for children.

But I'm sure JoJo wouldn't be distributed with "popular American culture" as its audience anyway. It'll be a DVD-only release (never shown on TV), and will probably only come out in comic form as either those little manga booklets (of which there's plenty of violent/mature-themed titles here already), or in something like Raijin comics' compilation type-thing (which also has violent comics already). I don't see any reason why JoJo would be seen any differently from a lot of the manga/anime stuff that's already available here.


(2) Jojo's Bizarre Adventure departs from the typical Japanese anime art style. The physical features of most Japanese anime characters which are most often exaggerated are the facial features. This is done so frequently, the stylistic distinction has almost become cliche. Jojo's, on the other hand, grounds its exaggeration in posture and posing.

So what? There's lots of variety of appearance of anime titles. And I don't think the JoJo OAVs really look all that different stylistically from the general appearance of anime in general. And as for the Manga, well there's even more diversity in Manga-style artwork than for anime-style animation. Enough to say that there probably isn't even really a conceivable "norm" of how Manga looks anyway.


In men, the center of gravity is the navel; in other words, in order to stand so that he doesn't fall over, a man needs to stand so that his navel is positioned vertically directly above the center of the base from which he supports his height. Look at most Jojo's poses -- especially, for some reason, at the moments of a character's introduction or triumph in a battle -- and you'll see that the navel is clearly several inches -- or even feet -- away from the vertical center of where the character's feet are positioned. (I'm thinking most specifically of the shot of Dio standing atop the roof of a building in Cairo, just before his final clash with the posse commences.) The point of that stylistic analysis is to point out that, in terms of physics, the world of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure operates according to rules of gravity unlike the real world's. This would so severely screw with your average consumer's head, he or she would probably pass it up simply for the mere strangeness of it.

Well, it's isn't called JoJo's Bizarre Adventure for nothing. I think the title alone will give people a heads up about what kind of uniqueness to expect from it. Hell, I'd argue anyone who's willing to pick up something called "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" off the shelf and look into it further will probably love it for its uniqueness. In other words, I don't think anyone who has an initial interest in it is going to then be turned off by it being "too strange".

[Sub]

It's pretty surprising how true to the original works Shonen Jump has been able to remain without any great amount of outcry from anybody. As for Jojo, though, I don't think they would choose something where nearly all the violence is as graphic as it is, EVERY SINGLE TIME. It's one thing with, say, Naruto, which has pretty non-graphic violence with the odd bit of blood or that one OH SHIT MY BACK scene. Jojo, on the other hand, has people getting torn apart on a pretty regular basis. It would be really hard to put that in the same magazine as Yu-Gi-Oh and DBZ and so on.

[Iori Baine]

Originally posted by Sub
It's pretty surprising how true to the original works Shonen Jump has been able to remain without any great amount of outcry from anybody. As for Jojo, though, I don't think they would choose something where nearly all the violence is as graphic as it is, EVERY SINGLE TIME. It's one thing with, say, Naruto, which has pretty non-graphic violence with the odd bit of blood or that one OH SHIT MY BACK scene. Jojo, on the other hand, has people getting torn apart on a pretty regular basis. It would be really hard to put that in the same magazine as Yu-Gi-Oh and DBZ and so on.

Yeah, man. That's what I'm talking about. The extreme violence, public ain't ready for it, the wimps.

Another ugly thought popped in my head the other day. If one of the more whackball Christian fanatics finds out about the series and Stands, s/he can misconstruct them as the 'familiar spirits' that fundies harp on about when Ouija or channeling is mentioned. Kinda makes me wanna write a Landover-style article though.:supergrin

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by Iori Baine
Yeah, man. That's what I'm talking about. The extreme violence, public ain't ready for it, the wimps.

The thing about that is, Fist of the Nothstar is easily available here, and has been for a long time. And it's just as violent as JoJo in both degree and frequency, if not more. So I just can't imagine anyone getting too worked up about JoJo if Fist of the Northstar was allowed to slide.

[Sub]

Originally posted by Bitoku Kishi
The thing about that is, Fist of the Nothstar is easily available here, and has been for a long time. And it's just as violent as JoJo in both degree and frequency, if not more. So I just can't imagine anyone getting too worked up about JoJo if Fist of the Northstar was allowed to slide.

True. My comment was only in reference to a magazine like the American Shonen Jump which is very clearly trying to market itself to a younger crowd while still leaving the manga it uses intact. Do I think it would run there? Hell no. Do I think it could get a series of official TPBs here? Of course. As you said, FotNS is far more violent than Jojo, and we've got three volumes of that out already.

[The Vinny Mac]

The senior editor of Shonen Jump's favorite manga is Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. There's a chance that it could be placed in the magazine in the future, but if a crop of new titles are added and Jojo isn't among them, there is probably a specific reason why and we probably won't see it in Shonen Jump ever.

[ShockleyHaynes]

But I'm sure JoJo wouldn't be distributed with "popular American culture" as its audience anyway. It'll be a DVD-only release (never shown on TV), and will probably only come out in comic form as either those little manga booklets (of which there's plenty of violent/mature-themed titles here already), or in something like Raijin comics' compilation type-thing (which also has violent comics already). I don't see any reason why JoJo would be seen any differently from a lot of the manga/anime stuff that's already available here.


My main concern is that Jojo's would suffer the general trend of many stories through many different media of being snubbed on the basis that it presently doesn't have a large American fanbase -- on the assumption that because it doesn't have one already, it doesn't have the potential to.


So what? There's lots of variety of appearance of anime titles. And I don't think the JoJo OAVs really look all that different stylistically from the general appearance of anime in general. And as for the Manga, well there's even more diversity in Manga-style artwork than for anime-style animation. Enough to say that there probably isn't even really a conceivable "norm" of how Manga looks anyway.


If I'm remembering correctly, the original OVAs were done by the same animation team that animated Fist of the North Star. I may have just heard this somewhere, but the anime Jotaro certainly has more of a Kenshiro look to him than does the Jotaro of manga fame.


Well, it's isn't called JoJo's Bizarre Adventure for nothing. I think the title alone will give people a heads up about what kind of uniqueness to expect from it. Hell, I'd argue anyone who's willing to pick up something called "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" off the shelf and look into it further will probably love it for its uniqueness. In other words, I don't think anyone who has an initial interest in it is going to then be turned off by it being "too strange".


Please remember that I'm from that South and, consequently, am accustomed to the conservative voice having the final say. ;-)

-- Shockley

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by ShockleyHaynes
My main concern is that Jojo's would suffer the general trend of many stories through many different media of being snubbed on the basis that it presently doesn't have a large American fanbase -- on the assumption that because it doesn't have one already, it doesn't have the potential to.

Well, I think maybe this is indeed one of the main reasons why we haven't seen it get any support over here before now. But with the OAV DVDs on their way I think that should open the door for it, since I'm pretty sure that the more JoJo is made available here, the more popular it will become. I mean, I don't think I've ever even heard of anyone reading/watching JoJo and then saying that it's crap.

[VeggieH8R]

Originally posted by Bitoku Kishi
I mean, I don't think I've ever even heard of anyone reading/watching JoJo and then saying that it's crap.

I've actually sat people down and made them watch the d'arby ova. They never spoke ill of my work again.

[The Vinny Mac]

That's almost always everyone's single favorite episode.

[Mike]

:D

[Iori Baine]

Who knows, should the OVA be popular enough, we might see some more English fansites and fanfics. Hell,, we migh even see some English yaoi. :supergrin

Seriously though, I hope it comes out when it's suppoesed to, and isn't delayed *again*.:dead

[ShockleyHaynes]

Originally posted by Bitoku Kishi
I mean, I don't think I've ever even heard of anyone reading/watching JoJo and then saying that it's crap.

The only people I've ever heard of disliking the series were video game journalists who loathed the arcade game. To my knowledge, though, their complaints consisted either of, "This is a serious risk to my, and your, collective heterosexuality," or "But . . . but what of Hadouken?! What of DragonPunches?! Abdul is too slow to be an effective, dynamic Shotoclone!"

So free gunshot wounds in the head for them. Really -- it's on the house.

-- Shockley

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by ShockleyHaynes
The only people I've ever heard of disliking the series were video game journalists who loathed the arcade game. To my knowledge, though, their complaints consisted either of, "This is a serious risk to my, and your, collective heterosexuality," or "But . . . but what of Hadouken?! What of DragonPunches?! Abdul is too slow to be an effective, dynamic Shotoclone!"
So free gunshot wounds in the head for them. Really -- it's on the house.
-- Shockley
Right, but that's about the game, not the series. I was first introduced to JoJo when I played the arcade game when it was first released. I quite enjoyed it, and still think it was a pretty good game overall. But I really had little idea of what the hell was going on story-wise or anything, even after beating it with everyone. In fact, I started getting interested in finding out more about the series after that specifically because playing the game on its own just left me confused about the characters and story. So the game didn't really do that good a job of reproducing that aspect of the series. But I still think its a good game overall. I really like the look of the game, and and think it captures the visual aspect of JoJo pretty well. And I always found it very fun to play, and loved the innovation involved in its gameplay. But playing the game is really not at all equivalent to knowing much of anything about the JoJo manga series itself.

[SiegfriedFM]

Great episodes! Can't wait for the end so that I can burn this thing off my harddrive onto a handy disc.

[ShockleyHaynes]

Originally posted by Bitoku Kishi
Right, but that's about the game, not the series. I was first introduced to JoJo when I played the arcade game when it was first released. I quite enjoyed it, and still think it was a pretty good game overall. But I really had little idea of what the hell was going on story-wise or anything, even after beating it with everyone. In fact, I started getting interested in finding out more about the series after that specifically because playing the game on its own just left me confused about the characters and story. So the game didn't really do that good a job of reproducing that aspect of the series. But I still think its a good game overall. I really like the look of the game, and and think it captures the visual aspect of JoJo pretty well. And I always found it very fun to play, and loved the innovation involved in its gameplay. But playing the game is really not at all equivalent to knowing much of anything about the JoJo manga series itself.

Oh, certainly. Some of the reviews I had in mind, though, had explicitly mentioned looking at the OVA and manga. Which is why I offer complimentary scars.

I suppose that, being overly familiar with the manga at this point, it's harder to see how incompletely the game communicates the story. I am more and more impressed, though, at how well Capcom wove all the visual elements of the manga into the arcade game -- especially with the characters' supermoves and taunts. I also REALLY dug the quick flash of the Evil Mask when you Stand Crash your opponent/get Stand Crashed.

Did you ever play the Playstation Jojo's? Even though the graphics suffered somewhat due to the weaker console system, I think that the Super Story Mode made up for that. Even though it doesn't thoroughly do justice to the intricacy with which some of the Jojo's episodes are executed, it does offer some more mortar between the fights which grant more coherency to the story.

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by ShockleyHaynes
Did you ever play the Playstation Jojo's? Even though the graphics suffered somewhat due to the weaker console system, I think that the Super Story Mode made up for that. Even though it doesn't thoroughly do justice to the intricacy with which some of the Jojo's episodes are executed, it does offer some more mortar between the fights which grant more coherency to the story.
Yeah, but how many people are gonna pick that up who haven't heard of JoJo before? I think its pathetic sales figures posted in the Egative Nedge forum a while back speak to that. :sweat

As for me, I haven't played the PS version myself, but I probably would've tracked it down if I had a PS. I'm not that interested in playing fighting games at home anyway, and prefer just playing at the arcade. But I probably would've been interested in that one just for the unusually elaborate one-player game it sounds like it has that the arcade version didn't.

[VeggieH8R]

New episode.

Now shut up.

Oh, and buy the third volume of the FotNS remake. It's kickass.

Now shut up.

[Gavok]

Awesome chapter. Ice is another character like Rubber Soul who was tons cooler in the manga than the games.

I feel the need to post this excerpt from a fanfic chapter I wrote about half a year ago, based on a Cartoon Network commercial.


In Dio's mansion, all of his henchmen had gathered to hear of his latest plan to destroy the Joestar bloodline. But his most loyal of assistants raised his hand.

"Uh... I was wondering, Dio, if I could perhaps get a pair of--" Vanilla Ice was cut off.

Enya Geil held a pair of scissors menacingly. "What we need are some new abilities for our Stands."

Dio was surprised at this announcement. "New abilities?! Enya, you control corpses! Chaka, your sword skills are deadly! Oingo, you're... you're made of putty! What more do you want!?"

Devo grunted. "How. About. Fast. Punching. Ability?"

Even with a shadowed face, Dio looked shocked. "What!?"

J. Geil crossed his arms. "Star Platinum has fast punching ability! J. Geil want ability too!"

"With. Fast. Punching. Ability. Ebony. Devil. Will. Crush. Joestars."

"Crush them!" J. Geil growled.

Steely Dan stood up. "I want a purple vine growing out my arm!"

Hol Horse raised his hand. "Hey, can I get a bazooka?"

Terrance D'Arby cried, "I demand a Gamecube!"

Dio smashed his podium. "Oh, enough of this! What do I look like, Calypso? We're wasting valuable time! Right now Captain Tenille and his Stand--"

"Ahem, excuse me." Vanilla Ice stood up.

"VANILLA ICE, WHAT IS IT!?"

"Look, I just want some pants! Just a decent pair of pants!"

The other assassins reacted strongly to this outburst.

"J. Geil want pants too!"

[VeggieH8R]

hehe. That sounds like something that would happen on the cartoon network.

[VoidStar]

Originally posted by Gavok
Awesome chapter. Ice is another character like Rubber Soul who was tons cooler in the manga than the games.

Definitely. The game just can't convey the coolness of Ice's Stand ability.

Also, Veggie: I have started in on the Irene. Worry not, I am actually working! :supergrin

[VeggieH8R]

Take your time, Void. I'm busy with exams for the next two weeks so I won't have time for much editing even if you finish it.

[Iori Baine]

Hey, I remember that. :supergrin

Y'know though, that level of devotion makes ya kinda wonder what else Ice will do for his master...:trannie

Anyways, good work y'all.

[Frietstof]

Fantastic. Can't wait for more.

[Yagami style]

the sexy guy episode.

good stuff

[VoidStar]

Originally posted by Yagami style
the sexy guy episode.

good stuff

Although I fully accept and embrace the homoeroticism of JoJo's (God, you people need to see Rohan, that man is a fruit), I really think Ice would look better if he put on some goddamn pants.

[ShockleyHaynes]

Originally posted by VoidStar
Although I fully accept and embrace the homoeroticism of JoJo's (God, you people need to see Rohan, that man is a fruit), I really think Ice would look better if he put on some goddamn pants.

Maybe Araki thought that the fact that Ice's Stand consumes him entirely was an adequate substitute for pants. If you think about it, Ice's Stand -- besides being an inter-dimensional gulf -- functions perfectly well as formal-wear.

[VeggieH8R]

New episode.

[Gavok]

Man, going from the neverending D'arby arc to Kenny G is surreal. Very good episode.

[ryucross]

When is/was Rubber Soul. I can't remember him for the life of me.

[VeggieH8R]

Originally posted by ryucross
When is/was Rubber Soul. I can't remember him for the life of me.

Volume 15- Yellow Temperance

[ryucross]

Thanks.

BTW, I appreciate the work you're doing on this. I've known alot of people who gave up translation work because they weren't appreciated, but I do really appreciate this.

[VeggieH8R]

I would do it even if it wasn't appreciated. The original plan was to do it for me and keep them in my own files. But I showed them to the now defunct Neo-0 board when the topic came up and they gave me some webspace.

[ryucross]

Glad they did (insert thumbs up here)

[ShockleyHaynes]

Originally posted by ryucross
Glad they did (insert thumbs up here)

Hear, hear.

[The Vinny Mac]

Yeah, I remember when I was desperately searching for Jojo manga unsuccessfully and Neil came to the board I'm usually at and posted that amazing link.

AND THE REST IS HISTORY.

[Kinniku]

Sure, Araki didnt liked Abdul at all.

[Zazzarius]

Originally posted by Kinniku
Sure, Araki didnt liked Abdul at all. had to kill him twice, right?

[Sub]

Originally posted by Zazzarius
had to kill him twice, right?

JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE PART 8:

A HANDLESS ABDUL WITH THE POWER OF HEART IS BACK FROM THE 8TH DIMENSION READY TO HELP JOEY JOJO JR. SHABADOO SAVE US ALL

[Zazzarius]

Originally posted by Sub
JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE PART 8:

A HANDLESS ABDUL WITH THE POWER OF HEART IS BACK FROM THE 8TH DIMENSION READY TO HELP JOEY JOJO JR. SHABADOO SAVE US ALL what?! no hoho's bizarre adventure?!

[Gavok]

Joey Jojo Jr. Shabadoo? So the characters in Series 8 would be both fruity AND yellow skinned? :supergrin

[VeggieH8R]

Originally posted by Gavok
Joey Jojo Jr. Shabadoo?

Nah, that's the stupidest name I've ever heard.

*man runs crying out the tavern*

[Zazzarius]

i find it hilarious, that like the real life version, Kenny G. totally sucks in this as well

[VoidStar]

Originally posted by ShockleyHaynes
Maybe Araki thought that the fact that Ice's Stand consumes him entirely was an adequate substitute for pants. If you think about it, Ice's Stand -- besides being an inter-dimensional gulf -- functions perfectly well as formal-wear.

Hmmm, I hadn't considered that! I guess that makes Ice the prototype for all the later "Stands you can wear." :supergrin

[ShockleyHaynes]

Originally posted by Gavok
Joey Jojo Jr. Shabadoo? So the characters in Series 8 would be both fruity AND yellow skinned? :supergrin

And one dude's Stand, no doubt, would be the superfluous fifth thumb.

:idea: <-----This looks to me like a horrified cyclops.

-- Shock

[yoshi]

:idea: <-----This looks to me like a horrified cyclops.

That, to me, looks like...

...

...

...

...okay, really, no more hentai for me.

[Kadosho]

It gets even more weirder down the line folks.

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by Zazzarius
had to kill him twice, right?
This is also the second time Abdul has died saving Polnareff. Maybe he should've just stayed away from the guy. :shy

[The Vinny Mac]

The nigger dickin' Jojo Volume 1 DVD has been delayed AGAIN, this time indefinitely, like GioGio was delayed indefinitely before it was DESTROYED and canceled.

GOD, the first time I decide to SUPPORT ANIME AND TEH ORIGNAL CRAETORS!! and not just fucking steal it I get BAG-TAGGED NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE.

Such utter bullshit.

[Kinniku]

Originally posted by The Vinny Mac
...GioGio was delayed indefinitely before it was DESTROYED and canceled.

I bet the Capcom guys were too lazy to either dub or sub the game.

[Gavok]

They should've found the guys who subbed the latest OAV episodes for the game.

"Giogee! Scapegoat out of my mind indeed!"

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by The Vinny Mac
The nigger dickin' Jojo Volume 1 DVD has been delayed AGAIN, this time indefinitely, like GioGio was delayed indefinitely before it was DESTROYED and canceled.
GOD, the first time I decide to SUPPORT ANIME AND TEH ORIGNAL CRAETORS!! and not just fucking steal it I get BAG-TAGGED NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE.
Such utter bullshit.
What the hell? Why has it been delayed? It looked like they already had the packaging dessigns made up for it and everything, so what is there even left to do? :confused:

[Iori Baine]

Holy FUCK!

Did the distributors get infiltrated by fundies afraid of the 'familiar spirit' Stands, or what?

I've got it pre-ordered, and I'm getting tired of being dicked around like this. Are they gonna bring it here or what??

[ShockleyHaynes]

Originally posted by Iori Baine
Holy FUCK!

Did the distributors get infiltrated by fundies afraid of the 'familiar spirit' Stands, or what?

I've got it pre-ordered, and I'm getting tired of being dicked around like this. Are they gonna bring it here or what??

Imagination is the devil's PA system, my friend.

Evidently, so is the international distribution industry, unless monitored.

If the conservative religious right asks about the Stands, just tell them, "Well, y'see . . . um, that there, the 'Star Platinum,' that's in reference, uh, Christ . . . to the STAR OF BETHLEHEM! Yeah, yeah, and that 'Magician's Red' is the tongues of flame descended upon the Apostles! It's . . . like . . . angels fighing demons. Angels, evidently, with loin cloths and codpieces."

I'm sure that'll settle any concern possible.

-- Shock

[ShockleyHaynes]

Originally posted by Bitoku Kishi
I was playiong this for a bit too. I got stuck on an airplane though, where I couldn't figure out what to do to advance the game anymore. Let me know if you figure out how to get off that damn plane after beating Death Thirteen, okay? :shy

Horrors abound. I bet Death-13 -- barely -- and now I'm back up to full collective health, wandering around this damn airplane like it was a set in a Stephen King made-for-TV movie starring Jeff Goldblum. (Can't remember the movie's title; hope that gives you enough clues.) (Langoliers, maybe? Unsure . . . .)

I've tried using every possible command on every person on the plan possible. I've even attempted to follow both possible next-steps offered by the manga: (a) retrieve a dab of feces from the latrine and give it to the baby (impossible), and (b) leave the game alone long enough so the plane runs out of gas, effectively crashing, as happened with the first airplane in the comic. I forgot the gap of plausibility inherent in video games and their mockery of this evergreen world.

This plane might be the root of all evil.

-- Shock

[Iori Baine]

I guess the strain of waiting is getting to me.

Either that, or I need to get out of the house. ^_^;;

Well, there's that anime convention this weekend. That may be just what the doctor ordered.

[Fist Of Legend]

http://www.galleryvedovi.com/Paris/araki.html

look that link ! Hirohiko's coming to france to celebrate a JOJO exposition ! I'll bring my jojo6251 maybe i'll get a dedicace !!!!! :supergrin

ps : i will post screens of the exposition that take place the 10 to 30 april !

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by ShockleyHaynes
Horrors abound. I bet Death-13 -- barely -- and now I'm back up to full collective health, wandering around this damn airplane like it was a set in a Stephen King made-for-TV movie starring Jeff Goldblum. (Can't remember the movie's title; hope that gives you enough clues.) (Langoliers, maybe? Unsure . . . .)
I've tried using every possible command on every person on the plan possible. I've even attempted to follow both possible next-steps offered by the manga: (a) retrieve a dab of feces from the latrine and give it to the baby (impossible), and (b) leave the game alone long enough so the plane runs out of gas, effectively crashing, as happened with the first airplane in the comic. I forgot the gap of plausibility inherent in video games and their mockery of this evergreen world.
This plane might be the root of all evil.
-- Shock
Yeah, same thing here. I actually didn't have all that much problem putting down Death 13 and his JoJo gang stand imposters. But afterwards I had no idea what to do. I talked to everyone multiple times, went everywhere I could on the plane, looked at and tried using everything that seemed like it might possibly be something of interest, and got absolutely nowhere as a result. I'm wondering if the makers of the game were just too lazy/bored with it to make anything further, and that's the end of what they programmed into it. <laugh>

[VeggieH8R]

ACHTUNG!!!

Ignition-One has lost their Jojo translator. Which means if Fist and Erathia and Vinny want to. We should get back on this. Erathia. If you could produce larger scans so Vinny doesn't complain that would be great.

[Erathia]

Hurray for the misfortune of others! An excuse to stop lurking!

Anyway the timing on this is nearly perfect, my final exams start next week but afterwards I've got oodles of free time that I can spend translating. I don't do the scans though, just translation. Fist does the scanning.

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by VeggieH8R
Ignition-One has lost their Jojo translator. Which means if Fist and Erathia and Vinny want to. We should get back on this. Erathia. If you could produce larger scans so Vinny doesn't complain that would be great.
I was wondering what was up with them over there. Doesn't really surprise me too much that this happened though. :rolleyes

Well, I'll look forward to seeing the rest of it here then. :supergrin

[The Vinny Mac]

Asshole.

Well, there's not really a problem then. Larger WHITE AND BLACK scans are mega-awesome, but since they HAVE LOST THEIR JOJO TRANSLATOR, I'd do it regardless since JOJO NEEDS TO SPREAD whatever gay fuckshit.

But yeah, larger and white and black scans are awesome so go do that.

How much is left in Part 1? Should we go ahead and start on Part 2 just in case they get it together?

[Fist Of Legend]

so, we're back from the grave ? :supergrin
I think we can begin from part 2 and finish part 1 later if they don't do it ! so i'll scan again ! i'll do some pages just to show u if u like the quality !:wink

ps : here's another test (400ko) vol5 (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/fistoflegend/vol5chap1p1.jpg)

[The Vinny Mac]

Yeah, that seems fine, but if you could tweak the resolution a bit, that'd be great.

But sure, I'm fine with that.

[VeggieH8R]

That's a pretty good scan, but like Vinny says just up the resolution to make it a bit sharper. It'd be perfect.

Anyway starting on Part 2 is good idea just in case they bounce back, although with their record it seems unlikely.

[novaSphere]

Quick question--is that panel you have in your sig real? If it is, I'm afraid I've found my new god amongst mangas.

[Cherrn]

Nah, I think that particular issue came out a long time before Starcraft did.

I still wish "Oh! That's baseball" was a real game, though :(

[Mecha]

Just got back from Sakura Con, where Jojo's was present in force. Super Techno Arts finally got their shit together and had a booth in the dealer's room with a nice sharp monitor to show the new OVAs. Unfortunately, they had some dork reading a comic manning it, who didn't know jack about Jojo's(as a friend said, they needed someone to stand up, grab people, and tell them about Jojo).
However, they donated a lot of prizes to the console gaming room, and we did run a DC Jojo's tournament(mostly people that were morbidly curious signed up, so I doubt it displayed HIGH-LEVEL ABILITY).

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by The Vinny Mac
Yeah, that seems fine, but if you could tweak the resolution a bit, that'd be great.
But sure, I'm fine with that.
Whatever you guys do with the scans, just be consistant. If you're going to finish off the rest of series 1, I'd suggest doing it in the same format you started with. If you're starting on series 2, then do whatever, but preferably stick to whatever you choose throughout the whole thing.

And really, Vinny, as long as people can read what's on the page and see everything clearly, it's not a big deal how large the scan is or whatever. I know you can be pretty obsessive-compulsive about this stuff, and usually that's a good thing, but in this case I think you're getting worked up too much over something that doesn't even really matter at all to anyone else.

[The Vinny Mac]

Well, if the quality can be good, why not do it?

And I'm sure we can pick up the audience that Ignition-One left off, so we might as well try to do a good job. And if we get that audience, hell, we might find some guy who knows enough Japanese to do the rest of Jojo.

[VeggieH8R]

Some dude from Li's website pysched me out. He sent me an e-mail asking if he could help with the translations for part 3. I told him I already had all the translations but he can translate any other part that would be great. Apparently he didn't mean "help me translate" he meant "help me edit" cause he had the Akafu's translations too. :sweat Whatever.

[Iori Baine]

Originally posted by Mecha
Just got back from Sakura Con, where Jojo's was present in force. Super Techno Arts finally got their shit together and had a booth in the dealer's room with a nice sharp monitor to show the new OVAs. Unfortunately, they had some dork reading a comic manning it, who didn't know jack about Jojo's(as a friend said, they needed someone to stand up, grab people, and tell them about Jojo).
However, they donated a lot of prizes to the console gaming room, and we did run a DC Jojo's tournament(mostly people that were morbidly curious signed up, so I doubt it displayed HIGH-LEVEL ABILITY).

I know. It was a dinky affair compared to the other dealers' tables. Wish they sold some more stuff. Wish I knew about the tourney though, even though the Dreamcast controller killed my hand.

Tried the PS2 game too. Real fun when you can't understand a damn thing. :dead Loved the graphics though.

Oh, and did you know that they showed the first two prequel OVA eps in one of the video rooms on Friday? Thanks to it, I'm no longer afraid of the dub :s2hy: . The geek behind the counter said that it will be out this month.

[Erathia]

Originally posted by Fist Of Legend
ps : here's another test (400ko) vol5 (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/fistoflegend/vol5chap1p1.jpg)

On my end I like this quality, I can read the text fine, and since we're starting a new part I won't make the same stupid mistakes I did earlier in translating

Vinny if you wanna do a warmup here's the translation for the scan
"We already know this old man!"
"Or at least, we know his stare and his scar!"
"The JoJo from New York"
"It's been a long time Mr. Speedwagon"
"Someone told me you left for American and made a fortune in oil"
"Oh people exaggerate..."
"Straizo you always look so young, I can't believe we're the same age anymore. Your hamon techniques must keep your body looking refreshed and healthy. Oh how I envy you."
"Anyway, shall we go?"

[CABINET SMASHER]

"Straizo you always look so young, I can't believe we're the same age anymore. Your hamon techniques must keep your body looking refreshed and healthy. Oh how I envy you."
...my new favorite JoJo quote.

[Fist Of Legend]

i'll try but i think i can't do best ! U know the paper quality is... how can i say... "shitty" ! :supergrin

and it's "real size" scan so if i'm upping resolution it'll be a little more huge (double page is 800ko size), i'll try a sharpen "photoshop rulezzz" filter maybe it'll work ! :wink

[The Vinny Mac]

I'm going to use a shitload of fonts for this Part.

[Mecha]

Tried the PS2 game too.
Who had that, the dealers? We'd have hooked that shit up in the gaming room if we'd had a copy of the PS2 version. :(

[Fist Of Legend]

here comes another test !

test vol5 (600ko) (http://ngwo.planetemu.net/flash/vol5/vol5chap1p1.jpg)

[Iori Baine]

Originally posted by Mecha
Who had that, the dealers? We'd have hooked that shit up in the gaming room if we'd had a copy of the PS2 version. :(

Yes, the Super Techno Arts booth had the PS2 game going. Like I said, hard to play when you can't read Japanese.

Oh, and the reason why the DVD is delayed is because of Murphy's Law, pure and simple.

[VeggieH8R]

Originally posted by Fist Of Legend
here comes another test !

test vol5 (600ko) (http://ngwo.planetemu.net/flash/vol5/vol5chap1p1.jpg)

Hmm... maybe it's just that I'm not on my own PC, but it doesn't look much sharper than the last scan. We should stick to the 400kb type.

[Fist Of Legend]

can't do much sharper or it'll look ugly ! :wink

another test :supergrin (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/fistoflegend/essai/vol5chap1p1.jpg)

[The Vinny Mac]

I believe the third test was the best, and I can lower the file size easily.

I'm not sure how IO got their scans looking so good but it probably has to do with the scanner. There is some things I can do in Photoshop that will probably make the scan look better, as well.

[The Vinny Mac]

ALSO, BIG JOJO NEWS.

Stone Ocean ended on April 8th. There is going to be a Part 7, as well.

[The Vinny Mac]

It seems to named Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: "Corundum". Corundum is supposedly the name of the main character's stand with all the other characters' stands being named after minerals as well.

Oh yeah, and here's what I did with the third test.

http://thevinnymac.homestead.com/files/vol5chap1p1.png

[VeggieH8R]

Awesome. Let's get to it, people!

[Erathia]

OKAY!

Vinny I sent the translation for the first chapter to your inbox

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by The Vinny Mac
It seems to named Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: "Corundum". Corundum is supposedly the name of the main character's stand with all the other characters' stands being named after minerals as well.

No Ho-Ho's Bizarre Adventure? http://highervoltage.net/mb/images/icons/icon9.gif

The scan looks great though. And it seems like a good idea to start with series 2. IO doesn't have much more to do on series 1, do they? Maybe they'll actually put up the last episodes of it someday. If not, you still might as well just forget it and move on with series 2. http://highervoltage.net/mb/images/icons/icon14.gif

[Gavok]

Indeed. I mean, Series 1 doesn't have Guile and Rose in it :shy

[The Vinny Mac]

Hey guys, don't expect this first issue anytime soon. Due to me being incredibly retarded, I've maybe spent one or two hours on the first page and got absolutely nowhere.

[Bean_Bandit]

Originally posted by Mecha
Who had that, the dealers? We'd have hooked that shit up in the gaming room if we'd had a copy of the PS2 version. :(
We *did* have a PS2 Jojo's in the console room... I think it was the single player adventure game though. Nobody ever got around to putting it in though 'cause SC2 was too damn popluar. :P

[VoidStar]

Originally posted by The Vinny Mac
It seems to named Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: "Corundum". Corundum is supposedly the name of the main character's stand with all the other characters' stands being named after minerals as well.

Holy shit, the musical Stand theme is done with? ZOMG

Oh yeah, and here's what I did with the third test.

http://thevinnymac.homestead.com/files/vol5chap1p1.png

Whoa, lookin' quite excellent! :supergrin

[VeggieH8R]

Apparently Araki's going to use Minerals for stand names now.

And this months Shonen Jump has a featuret on the Jojo series, which would make it at least once per issue they mention Jojo, but have no intention of bringing it here.

[Frietstof]

I think it's time for Araki to drop the stands and come up with something new. They can still play a part in the whole thing of course, sort of how Hamon played a part in Part 3, but just not so dominantly.

[Fist Of Legend]

like i said a page ago Hirohiko's in france for an exposition, so here's some pics !

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/fistoflegend/araki1.jpg
master at work !

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/fistoflegend/araki2.jpg
say hello to my camera ! :wink

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/fistoflegend/jotaro.jpg
watch how looks my jojo6251 now ! :supergrin

[EvilNeil]

*swoon*

He looks younger than I expected - I don't know why, but I tend to envisage all manga authors as wrinkly middle-aged guys with centre-parted hair.

[The Vinny Mac]

Apparently Araki's going to use Minerals for stand names now.

Man, I just said that.

God, I really hope Jojo is never licensed, at least not by SHONEN JUMP. I assume the reason it's mentioned all the time in SJ in that the senior editor's favorite manga is JOJO.

Anyway, I'm almost finished with the first issue of Part 2. I'm proud to say that it includes around 8 rockin' fonts so far (Carbon Block, Wild Words, Digitalstrip, Letter-O-Matic, Orange Fizz, Abadi whatever, Umberto, and Airbus). I think I've considerably touched up the images as well, although that does make it harder to get these issues done quickly. I GUESS YOU'LL GUYS JUST HAVE TO VERBALLY LICK MY SHAFT AND FIDDLE WITH MY BAWLZ FOR ALL THE EXTRA EFFORT.

[Erathia]

Nah, but I might check over my work to make sure I don't miss out any text bubbles again. If time allows of course. I'm a busy, busy man.

*loads up a game of Taipei*

[Gavok]

You know, over this weekend I think I may try doing a new Jojo Theater. Probably based on the Vanilla Ice/Dio scene. I would continue with that Hol Horse/Enya series I started a while back, but I have no idea where I was going with it.

[The Vinny Mac]

Man, this first issue of Part 2 contains 12 different, radicool fonts. It'll be out tonight if Erathia can respond to my private message and then Veggie gets on AIM and gets it from me.

[VeggieH8R]

I'm on. Go go!

[Erathia]

Bleh, sorry, exam anxiety is getting to me. Fixed it.

[VeggieH8R]

Originally posted by EvilNeil
*swoon*

He looks younger than I expected - I don't know why, but I tend to envisage all manga authors as wrinkly middle-aged guys with centre-parted hair.

He looks pretty good for a 43 year old.

[Erathia]

Originally posted by VeggieH8R
He looks pretty good for a 43 year old.

Maybe his hamon energy keeps him looking youthful :trannie

[VoidStar]

Originally posted by EvilNeil
He looks younger than I expected - I don't know why, but I tend to envisage all manga authors as wrinkly middle-aged guys with centre-parted hair.

Quite a few of them are younger, actually, but I don't think many of them are going to age as gracefully as Araki has. :supergrin

[The Vinny Mac]

Does Araki do it in the man butt or what?

I mean I don't believe he has a wife! And he's 40, too!

[VeggieH8R]

Part 2 begins!!!:supergrin

Oh, and there's a new Part 3 episode if you care....:s2hy:

[VoidStar]

I care. Poor JP. http://highervoltage.net/mb/images/icons/icon9.gif

But on the other hand, the awesomeness of Joseph cannot be overstated. :supergrin Two excellent episodes!

[ShockleyHaynes]

Originally posted by VeggieH8R
Part 2 begins!!!:supergrin

Oh, and there's a new Part 3 episode if you care....:s2hy:

Awesome. Thanks for a timely update. I need something to combat Chaucer with.

-- Shock

[VeggieH8R]

Here is THE official jojo site. It's all flash and has alot of cool buttons to push.

http://annex.s-manga.net/jojo/

[ShockleyHaynes]

Originally posted by VeggieH8R
Part 2 begins!!!:supergrin

Oh, and there's a new Part 3 episode if you care....:s2hy:

Hey man, I've only been able to peruse this thread occasionally due to heart-attack quantities of school work -- but I'm assuming that you're accepting help from other Jojo fans in the translations of the manga. I've got all the manga from parts 1 and 2, and you're now translating the last manga I have for part 3. I also have access to a good quality scanner.

If you have the translations, and would like the help, I'm happy to assist in scanning/dubbing these manga.

-- Shock

[Iori Baine]

Originally posted by The Vinny Mac
Does Araki do it in the man butt or what?

I mean I don't believe he has a wife! And he's 40, too!

What, isn't Series 5 clue enough.:supergrin

Kidding. Actually, I think he's more of a nerd than anything else.

And Fist, I'm jealous.:tongue

ADDED:

Two eps in one day. Woo!

And Joseph was such a asskicker when he was young. Modest too.

(Incidentially, Jojo's ending was the only one I unlocked.)

[Titanium Beast!]

Joseph...OWNZ!!! PURE PWNAGE!!!!

[Gavok]

You know, it's kind of ironic. Jonathan and his son both died early in their lives, but Joseph was still kicking ass in his 70s. Also, I don't know if I asked this before, but has Joseph died yet? I know he was really old looking in Series 4, but has he finally succumbed to age or what?

As for the other new episode, it's refreshing to see an arc based on actual fighting. Other than Petshop, we haven't seen one of those since Anubis, or if you count it, Alessi. It's too bad Iggi's going to find out the number one rule of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure soon.

Great work all around.

[Erathia]

Chapter 2 translations are waiting for you Vinny

Edit: And Chapter 3

[VoidStar]

Originally posted by Gavok
You know, it's kind of ironic. Jonathan and his son both died early in their lives, but Joseph was still kicking ass in his 70s. Also, I don't know if I asked this before, but has Joseph died yet? I know he was really old looking in Series 4, but has he finally succumbed to age or what?

Well, he doesn't show up at all in parts 5 or 6. I think it's semi-implied he died somewhere in there, but I could be wrong.

[Fist Of Legend]

u'll see how much Joseph is smart in part 2 ! He just can't loose in a fight ! :supergrin

[VeggieH8R]

2011 (Part 6) - 1938 (Part 2) + 17 (Joseph's age in Part 2)=


90 years old would be his age were he still alive. It's entirely possible.

[Erathia]

Originally posted by Fist Of Legend
u'll see how much Joseph is smart in part 2 ! He just can't loose in a fight ! :supergrin

When you read the third chapter in Part Two you're going to find his detective skills sickening. Whether or not they're sickeningly good is up to you :rolleyes

[The Vinny Mac]

Fist, is there any way for you to adjust the quality of the scans without changing the size? Chapter 2 looks kind of pixelated in areas, which is weird because Chapter 1 looked better.

If not, don't worry about it. And if so, I'll still edit the current scans are up, it'd just be cool if you do that for future scans.

[The Vinny Mac]

And by the size I meant page size, not file size.

[Fist Of Legend]

chapter 3's good so ? I've change my photoshop script between that 2 chapters !

i'll rescan chapter 2 if needed ! just tell me !

[The Vinny Mac]

I'll check it out now.


Yeah, that's better. Nevermind, then.

[The Vinny Mac]

Anyway, for those who don't know, the ending to Part 6 was kind of weird. Pucci accidently killed himself instead of dying in a super exploding stand battle thingy. He has some sort of poisonous gas he releases, but all it does is annoy you with MINOR DISCOMFORT. But he also has the ability to speed up time and somehow he sped up time and the poisonous gas INVADED HIS LUNGS SO QUICKLY or something that it killed him!

Man, what a 'tard.

[Gavok]

So what happened to Jotaro? From the little I know of Series 6, Pucci's White Snake stole the Star Platinum. Anything else important happen other than "he got it back"?

And what was Pucci's plan to ressurrect Dio all about?

[The Vinny Mac]

I really don't know. And I believe Jolyne got it back to Jotaro.

[VeggieH8R]

OK

HERE'S how it all went down:

1. At the point where Weather Report got his memory back, he only PRETENDED to be evil so Anasui would kill him. He's had a pretty shitty life so Pucci (his brother) removed said memories in cd form.

2. Dio was reborn into Pucci's body(how?) and a new stand was formed, BUT before that happened Pucci's Whitesnake took his dead brother's stand and gave it to Emporio.

3. Emporio is the only person other than Dio/Pucci left alive ON EARTH at this point. Yes, Jolyne and all the other characters are very dead. Apparently even Dio/Pucci didn't fully understand the power of the new stand "Stairway to Heaven".

4. One of Stairway's powers is to move faster than light. However when something moves that fast, things tend to go BACK IN TIME. And that's just what happened. To the point before Jotaro met Jolyne in jail.

5. Now in the past, Emporio tries to beat Dio/Pucci, but then what Vinny said happened. He accidentally killed himself when he tried to speed up again.

6. Jolyne and Annasui (and a wandering and blissfully ignorant Weather Report) live happily ever after. Not knowing about their alternate fate. Only Emporio knows.

Oh and just in case you didn't catch it. Jotaro never lost his stand in this new timeline.

[Fist Of Legend]

in fact Veggieh8r is Hirohiko Araki, he know too much things !!! U're discover mr Stand boy !

[VeggieH8R]

Actually I barely know anything. I pieced together the info from like ten different sources. But the way I explained is confirmed.

[The Vinny Mac]

Yeah, you're a regular Olivier Hague!

[Erathia]

So... everyone on Earth dies? How?

I guess Part 6 really did go all-out in trying to re-invent JoJo

[Gavok]

I find it odd that the final showdown didn't even involve the main character.

I also find it odd that it involved a midget and a priest and they DIDN'T go into a bar. :rolleyes

[The Vinny Mac]

Chapter 2 ready, Veggie.

[Fist Of Legend]

and some chapters ready for translation ! :wink

[Bitoku Kishi]

Nice work on series 2 you guys! I'm especially impressed with the translation, it definitely seems better than with series 1. Not that series 1 was even bad or anything, but it looks like you're really getting the hang of it more now Erathia, particularly with making the speech fit into the english language context appropriately. http://www.highervoltage.net/mb/images/icons/icon14.gif


Originally posted by VeggieH8R
4. One of Stairway's powers is to move faster than light. However when something moves that fast, things tend to go BACK IN TIME. And that's just what happened. To the point before Jotaro met Jolyne in jail.
5. Now in the past, Emporio tries to beat Dio/Pucci, but then what Vinny said happened. He accidentally killed himself when he tried to speed up again.
6. Jolyne and Annasui (and a wandering and blissfully ignorant Weather Report) live happily ever after. Not knowing about their alternate fate. Only Emporio knows.

This is confusing the hell outta me. :confused: First off, who's Emporio, and why did Pucci give him a stand? And then why did Emporio try to stop him in the past? And more importantly, how did Emporio get to the past with Pucci? Does Emporio have some time traveling abilities too?

[The Vinny Mac]

Yeah, and I actually proofread the scans now to make sure I didn't leave out random words.

[VeggieH8R]

Originally posted by Bitoku Kishi
This is confusing the hell outta me. :confused: First off, who's Emporio, and why did Pucci give him a stand? And then why did Emporio try to stop him in the past? And more importantly, how did Emporio get to the past with Pucci? Does Emporio have some time traveling abilities too?

I'll answer them in order.

Emporio is a baseball playing midget... other than that his stand sucks and he died no less than 3 times.

Pucci gave him a stand presumably to beat Dio who was taking over his body.

Emporio went back with him.

Stairway's power is more a time speed up than a physical speed up. It's entirely possible Emporio was close enough to the event that he was effected by it.

No.
.
.
.


And ond Olivier Hague would have answered these questions then call you an idiot for asking cause your not French.

And git on AIM Vinny.

[Erathia]

Okay I got your scans Fist, but I've got three finals in four days so I don't know how long until I translate them.

Also it looks like Ignition-One has got a translator again, so maybe someone diplomatic (ie. Not Vinny) could ask them if when they're done Part I they could start Part IV or V? Part II is the only one we can translate at the moment

[VeggieH8R]

No way that's happening. IO is apparently a bunch of arabs and canadians who disagree with the war and will see to it that my American project is destroyed.

EDIT: I see. They got Toriyama World's translator. They're trying to put together a group of teams so they can release all six parts at once. Whatever.

[The Vinny Mac]

AK of Troy?

FUCK THEM. God damnit.

I asked that motherfucker to help me out with Jojo A LONG ASS TIME AGO, and he gave me hundreds of excuses why not to. I almost paid him (but of course, you guys slapped some sense into me) to translate.

Well, if they're actually serious about releasing all 6 parts at once, great, awesome.

Maybe I should've made some sort of slick site design when I wanted to recruit AK. Jesus.

[The Vinny Mac]

"Also it looks like Ignition-One has got a translator again, so maybe someone diplomatic (ie. Not Vinny) could ask them if when they're done Part I they could start Part IV or V? Part II is the only one we can translate at the moment"

Hanamichi agreed with me to do that, but everyone else working on Jojo said no. They said we should enjoy reading Part 3 all over again.

More than one Jojo series at once will not happen, I'm sure, but I offered my editing services regardless.

Anyway, I asked this a long time ago. Maybe they changed their minds.

[Gavok]

Originally posted by VeggieH8R

And ond Olivier Hague would have answered these questions then call you an idiot for asking cause your not French.


You forgot about the part when he says that posting the scans is wrong and then goes to download a bunch of SNK games. :P

[VeggieH8R]

Originally posted by The Vinny Mac
Anyway, I asked this a long time ago. Maybe they changed their minds.

Looks like they did.

New Part 2 episode up.

[Gavok]

Goddamn. Joseph really is the best of the bloodline. Just curious, how long is Series 2 compared to Series 3?

[VeggieH8R]

half as long.

[Gavok]

Huh. So which is the longest series? 6?

[VeggieH8R]

5

[The Vinny Mac]

I think it's 4, actually. But I'm too lazy to go look at the books.

[VeggieH8R]

Yeah you're right. By one volume.

[VoidStar]

Originally posted by VeggieH8R
1. At the point where Weather Report got his memory back, he only PRETENDED to be evil so Anasui would kill him. He's had a pretty shitty life so Pucci (his brother) removed said memories in cd form.

Did Pucci really do it as an act of mercy, though? It looked more like he did it to punish Weather.

2. Dio was reborn into Pucci's body(how?) and a new stand was formed, BUT before that happened Pucci's Whitesnake took his dead brother's stand and gave it to Emporio.

That happened when Pucci absorbed the Green Infant, the life-form created using Dio's bone. The Stand created by this process was named C-Moon and had weird gravity-reversal powers.

So Whitesnake gave Weather Report (or Heavy Weather, maybe) to Emporio? Weird.

3. Emporio is the only person other than Dio/Pucci left alive ON EARTH at this point. Yes, Jolyne and all the other characters are very dead. Apparently even Dio/Pucci didn't fully understand the power of the new stand "Stairway to Heaven".

HOLY SHIT

That is so weird. Definitely not what one expects from a JoJo's ending. I can't wait to see all this shit for myself.

Part 6 was rather complicated, but I think it's one of my favorite parts of the series overall--for both the characters and the sheer goddamn weirdness of it all.

[VeggieH8R]

Hey Void, how Gorgeous Irene coming along?

[Fist Of Legend]

so part 7 will be a new whole cast if they're all dead !

[VeggieH8R]

As good as an excuse as that would be to start a new series minus stands, I just said Emporio changed the timeline so everyone's still alive.

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by VeggieH8R
As good as an excuse as that would be to start a new series minus stands, I just said Emporio changed the timeline so everyone's still alive.
So have you heard anything more about part 7? Like who the main character is? It's been mentioned what the main stand will be called, but I'm frankly more curious about the main stand user myself. :shy

[The Vinny Mac]

Well, we will hopefully find out in a few days. Unless Araki takes a break between the two series, Part 7 should debut tomorrow in Shonen Jump.

Hell, it might be out already.

Well, I've been told that Araki said Jojo Part 7 won't be out until issue #25 or so, which will be around 5 weeks from now.

[The Vinny Mac]

Oh, and we might be lucky after all. I talked to the Ignition-One guy, and he said that they might be able to get a volume a week done.

There is 6 editors working on their Jojo.

[Tiamat]

Next hero of JJBA will be Oingo and Boingo! ...oh wait, Araki apparently is already giving them their own book.

Hmm... wonder who it could be. Seems too early to give Jolyne some offspring. Heck, seems too early to give Gio some, even. Bleh, this is the perfect opportunity for Hol Horse Jr. to come in, I say!

[VoidStar]

Originally posted by VeggieH8R
Hey Void, how Gorgeous Irene coming along?

Not well. Hit a big patch of schoolwork, with papers and all, and it's not quite finished yet. :/

[VeggieH8R]

New episode. Polnareff ain't dancing tonite.

[Gavok]

Odd how Iggi knows what Dio looks like. It's too bad the Sand Dio scene wasn't in the anime.

Also, sucks to be Polnareff. Yowch!

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by The Vinny Mac
Oh, and we might be lucky after all. I talked to the Ignition-One guy, and he said that they might be able to get a volume a week done.
There is 6 editors working on their Jojo.
So why don't they have the rest of part 1 up yet? :sweat

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by Tiamat
Hmm... wonder who it could be. Seems too early to give Jolyne some offspring. Heck, seems too early to give Gio some, even. Bleh, this is the perfect opportunity for Hol Horse Jr. to come in, I say!
Amen! I just don't know how they'd tie Hol Horse's kid into the mandatory "JoJo" line to qualify him as a main character though. That's why I originally said I just want to see Hol Horse's kid as one of the main supporting characters. Even if he can't be the central main character, there's certainly nothing stopping him from being in it as one of the main characters. :wink

[VoidStar]

Ow, man. Polnareff has bad luck with his feet.

[Gavok]

They should reveal that the HoHo bloodline is related to the Oswald bloodline. That would explain the Magic Bullet :supergrin

[VeggieH8R]

You watch too much dave chapelle show.

[Olrox]

While HoHo's Bizarre adventure might not fit quite right for giant epic like series 5 or 6, it would make a great comedy for a few months. We could take a nice break from all the crazy stand stuff that has happened in 5 and have some nice every-day adventures with heavy toilet humor.

I could just picture a young Hoho learning to shoot from his pop and end up nailing some old woman in the ass and getting chased around by angry citizens when the bullet dosen't change directions like it should.

[Fist Of Legend]

Originally posted by The Vinny Mac
Oh, and we might be lucky after all. I talked to the Ignition-One guy, and he said that they might be able to get a volume a week done.

There is 6 editors working on their Jojo.
What ??? part1 is only 4 volumes so are we gonna continue part2 translation or is this some Game Over thing again ? Ive scan 8 chapters in a few days !

http://www.neogeofans.com/leforum/images/smilies/dtc.gif http://www.neogeofans.com/leforum/images/smilies/dtc.gif http://www.neogeofans.com/leforum/images/smilies/dtc.gif http://www.neogeofans.com/leforum/images/smilies/dtc.gif http://www.neogeofans.com/leforum/images/smilies/dtc.gif
fuck IO ! :supergrin

[The Vinny Mac]

They plan on doing everything.

[VeggieH8R]

In all honesty, if they can cash the check their mouth is writing, then more power to them. I'd be happy to read part 4 and 5. But considering the fickle nature of the people involved in the project, all it takes is one person to "get a life" then rest will fall out. It seems like wishful thinking. And I still don't get why AK is in on this for free...

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by VeggieH8R
In all honesty, if they can cash the check their mouth is writing, then more power to them. I'd be happy to read part 4 and 5. But considering the fickle nature of the people involved in the project, all it takes is one person to "get a life" then rest will fall out. It seems like wishful thinking. And I still don't get why AK is in on this for free...
Yeah, this is what I'm thinking. I'll believe they're going to put out more JoJo when I see them up on their site. Until then, I don't think it's wise to assume anything. So until they actually get part 2 up on their site (if they even do at all), I think you guys should continue on with it. And heck, even if they do get it up, there's obviously no telling how long they'll keep putting it up, so it might be worth it to keep translating it here anyway.

[Fist Of Legend]

ok, i'll keep going on !

[The Vinny Mac]

Well, it's really all dependent on AK, who I also have no idea why he's doing Jojo for free, either. As far as I can tell is that Ignition-One's Part 1 caught his interest, and now he suddenly loves it. I mean, shit, the guy has enough to do already.

If he does do the translations, which from what I heard he will begin working on them Wednesday. Also, Thark might come back as he never actually quit, just vanished. He was slowing down to a translation a day, but exploded or something.

I mean, as long as I have the translations I'll make damn sure it gets done. I'm one of the 6 editors, after all. Two of them are the ones who have been doing this for awhile and could get that shit done in a day, and the other three being new guys.

But yeah, I can see where this could go wrong. I'm betting more on a chapter a day when this gets started, not a volume per week.

[VeggieH8R]

Check it out. Someone on Li's jojo forum found this:

http://qwerqwer1234.hp.infoseek.co.jp/mudah/?

Click next near the bottom of the page and let it load.

[Fist Of Legend]

When XiaoXiao meet Jojo ! :supergrin

[Shin ATproof]

OH SHIT!

That is badass!

The Jotaro and last Dio one are awesome!

[Iori Baine]

It's gonna be a cult classic. I've been watching it a lot lately.

[Erathia]

I think Giorno and Bruno's were kind of boring but I liked the other three

[Gavok]

Hey Erathia, since you're the one who does the translations, can you tell me what Hol says in the game?

If the anime is any indication, his special taunt against Polnareff seems to translate to "Come on, you coward!"

[VeggieH8R]

Erathia translates from French.

[Gavok]

Oops.

Oh, I almost forgot:

Originally posted by VeggieH8R

Emporio is a baseball playing midget... other than that his stand sucks and he died no less than 3 times.


http://www.thesimpson.it/gallery/varipersonaggi/moleman.gif

This is the first thing I thought of. The anti-hamon :supergrin

[The Vinny Mac]

I'm kind of confused about the ending of Part 6.

At Li's board, Takahan was talking about how the actual world the GANG is dead, and the PARALLEL world they still live.

So did everyone on Earth die in the actual world? Will Part 7 take place in the parallel world since everyone died?

[VoidStar]

From the explanation given, it sounds like it was arranged so that the timeline of events in which the gang died ended up not happening. It was all nipped in the bud by Emporio going back in time.

Kinda makes me wonder if Araki was maybe reading some X-Men or something when writing this. :shy

[Bitoku Kishi]

Originally posted by The Vinny Mac
I'm kind of confused about the ending of Part 6.
At Li's board, Takahan was talking about how the actual world the GANG is dead, and the PARALLEL world they still live.
So did everyone on Earth die in the actual world? Will Part 7 take place in the parallel world since everyone died?
I don't know for sure, but if I had to guess, I'd say they're using ACTUAL world to refer to the timeline before Pucci travelled back, and PARALLEL world to refer to the world as it was after he went back and changed things. Which would of course make it correct that nobody died in the PARALLEL world, only in the ACTUAL one. It would also make sense that these terms refer to things this way, because the actual world that happened originally was the one where everyone died, where as the one in which people didn't was created as a parallel one by changing the course of events due to time travelling.

[The Vinny Mac]

Yeah, I'm still confused.

[Iori Baine]

My brain hurts.:dead

Why does time travel have to be so complicated?

So, is anyone translating Series 6 so that hopefully someday I can try to make sense of it?

[The Vinny Mac]

Takahan has about 4 chapters done.

I think the whole translating thing would be easier if we could get someone who knows Italian and would translate the Italian version.

[Gavok]

2000th Response!

http://www.jojoxserie.net/pics/cosplay/jap/HolHorse.jpg

I never get tired of that pic :P

[JL tha Infamos]

Awesome!:supergrin

Is that a Guncon?

[Zazzarius]

i'm still waiting for HoHo's Bizzare Adventure :s2hy:

[Nash]

Ok, so I just registered, and first I'd like to thank everyone for their brilliant efforts. I am indebted.

So you actually have scans of the italian version? And who's this Takahan?

[ryucross]

Originally posted by JL tha Infamos
Awesome!:supergrin

Is that a Guncon?

Nah, Sega arcade gun, like what they have on every gun shooter sans House of the Dead 3.