JoJo OVA & Manga Differences - Stardust Crusaders (1993/2000)

[@blondon1368]

My favourite part of the OVA was when Dio actually ran after Joseph in stopped time. It actually made it seem like there was a time limit to his powers

[@roman108]

Meanwhile in the Anime, he’s just walking slowly and taking his sweet dilly time while monologuing and knocking people around All that and it’s supposed to be 5 seconds…

[@JodaroKujo]

@@roman108 mostly to keep with the 23 minutes of the episodes

[@Jray608]

The Dio fight is cannon 3 minutes, the anime is heavily slowed down to fit the dialogue in.

[@yourdad5799]

@@roman108 You know damn well that they can't make it last 5 real seconds

[@Tumbleflop]

@@Jray608 Impressive amount of cannons

[@da_pikmin_coder8367]

My brain: "Holy shit how did the OVA reference an anime opening that didn't even exist yet?" Me, 30 seconds later: "I'm an idiot."

[@far0145]

I am -speed- "smart"

[@raidenthenctzenwithinsomni4961]

I don't get it... Edit: wait I get it now.

[@bigstunna2049]

Wait wha-... nevermind

[@MGZ24]

I actually didnt get it,Help i am a idiot P.D:Fr,i didnt get it

[@raidenthenctzenwithinsomni4961]

@@MGZ24 Basically OP thought that the OVA's stairs scene supernaturally predicted a similar moment in the Stardust Crusaders David Pro anime. Right before hamon beat himself notes that the two scenes are indeed similar. Basically he commented too soon.

[@HunterX05]

"DIO throws cars at Jotaro" I am now imagining DIO throwing *Kars* at Jotaro

[@lukiicookie6569]

But kars as a stone That would be funnier

[@crazydave507]

He actually meant to say, “Dio throws The Cars at jotaro.”

[@Cragma]

36 of them to be exact

[@cesarvictoriano8072]

Kars: “HOW THE F*CK DID I GET HERE!?”

[@Jotenks]

CrazyDave746 - R👏/👏Wooo👏oosh👏

[@kaiser4941]

The ovas were written by King Crimson

[@CariagaXIII]

durururururu

[@jb-bb7wh]

kingu crimsun

[@ADRainXD]

And today anime is written by GER

[@alexplayer77]

Only the important fights matter!

[@minamisoul]

KURIN KURIMISON NORIUKU

[@fahmidhossain8922]

Although many of the artistic choices are questionable, some of the scenes are honestly beutiful.

[@JobinH]

Agree

[@GriffithSmut]

I G G Y

[@Felipera_]

I personally enjoy the gore.

[@genericwhitekidthesecond4330]

Honestly the art style of the JoJo OVA is kinda weird. Ignoring the very heavy and clearly 90s early computer animation they try to make the art style seem both realistic while at the same faithful to the source material. All of the characters and stands which appear look exactly like they do in the manga and all of the goofy mannerisms stay the same aswell meanwhile the world around seems much more based in our reality than anything in JoJo with the realistic looking people and environments. It's a weird juxtaposition seeing a French guy with the biggest crop top ever, heart shaped earrings, muscles to rival Arnold Schwarzenegger, and 7 feet tall walking through a crowd of ordinary looking people in a Pakistani town that looks like it actually is a real place (technically it is but ya know what I mean)

[@candymanva9629]

I like how they used the OVA [ Star Platinum ] design for Part 4

[@SmashBros2009]

You know what they say: AN OIL TANKER FOR YOU!!!!

[@Jfrost9101]

DIO: CRUSH to DEATH! >Oil tanker blows up DIO: Aww, crap, that wasn't meant to happen...

[@homiestuck]

all toasters toast toast

[@JacOfArts]

OIRU TANKA DA!!

[@r3h4b53]

RIP ROAD ROLLER DA

[@glorymain_01]

@@homiestuck wut

[@andhieyusuf7008]

Fun fact: the character designer of the OVAs D'Arby arc returns as the character designer for Golden Wind

[@genesismultiverse4896]

Speaking of golden wind did you know in the ova Jonathan was voiced by diavolo's voice actor? So you can say Jonathan dying is making the ova cannon

[@trolololololll]

Man,They skipped 80% of the enemies.....no oingo boingo????? Hol horse& boingo fight was sooooo funny.

[@linkno1]

In fairness they were only able to make the OVA a certain length, so things needed cutting out and changing for the plot to still be coherent and consistent. Along with being consistent narratively, it's clear they were trying to be consistent tonally as well seeing as the OVA is pretty serious throughout. As much as I like the Oingo/Hol Horse & Boingo encounters, they wouldn't have fit with the tone of the OVA. Not to mention with them having to keep it to a certain length, having those fights in there would mean they would have to drop two of the fights they actually included. The plot in the OVA is at least coherent (if very untrue to the source material) and I think "which encounters can we alter to help keep the plot coherent" was probably partially why they picked the stand users they picked to put in the OVA. I don't see how they could have gotten either of the Boingo encounters in there without the plot becoming a bit of a hard to follow mess. As inferior as it is to the source material, the plot in the OVA is at least still easy to understand for somebody who hasn't read the source material, something a good adaptation should do.

[@GalekC]

Ragna8859 And thus it was skipped

[@Error0101]

@Chandler Broderick Ah, I'm glad I'm not the only one.

[@usamasiddiqui8235]

I'd say the new SC is a better adaptation, but I still weirdly prefer the OVA, it's quite something, without it, I doubt I would've been seeing JoJo's today, it's not just nostalgia though, it's that serious tone it had throughout imo was brilliant.

[@manuelmateo3392]

@Chandler Broderick The manga definitely makes the waves of goons with little change aside from backdrop more palatable. When I first saw the SC anime (after having read and re-read the scanlations years before it started, starting from the piss yellow ones to the updated ones), I was pretty disappointed that they were dragging it out so long, just like how I was miffed that DP cut PB so short (which I had read back to front multiple times before then). DP does excellent work, and their respect for Jojo and Araki's vision is apparent, but they're not perfect. They help pick up after the things Araki screws up, but they screw up themselves. DP leaves in too much, and APPP leaves in too little. To me, the best way to experience SC is the manga, but I wouldn't dissuade someone from watching the anime if they chose to.

[@jen1447]

Oh No! It got his eyes!!

[@XD-hu5ij]

KAKYOIN KAKYOIN KA KAKYOIN! IT GOT HIS EYES!

[@423federico]

@@XD-hu5ij cackyoin

[@grizzlyowlbear3538]

It's an anime Stan!

[@angievalladares5879]

*KAKYOIN DID YOU LAY THIS EGG*

[@Jfrost9101]

UH UH KAKYOIN! UH UH UH IT GOT HIS EYES!

[@diavolo5015]

Yeah...Drop DIO's body into the ocean. CAUSE WE ALL KNOW HOW WELL THAT TURNED OUT LAST TIME!

[@bromomento5913]

We can see he turn into dust in that scene tho

[@amarionm5675]

Unstable _Man doesn’t matter. The fact that they tried it again is hilarious

[@Sbevewagon4493]

Shouldn’t you be dyeing right now

[@Onyx2troll]

Yeah it pays back in part 6 But it’s dio’s friend

[@KMGC9]

Well he fucking exploded when jotaro punched him in the kneecaps so he ain't coming back

[@svetoslavzhelev722]

The OVA is sadly very underrated. Yes they changed a lot, but it's still quality time none the less

[@superdumper3840]

@@whateveryasaypal5022 or maybe you should visit the eye doctor

[@raidenthenctzenwithinsomni4961]

@@whateveryasaypal5022 It's a high-budget OVA. The fuck you mean by 'ass'? Dumbass.

[@Red_._.]

@Young Victor I really hate the drawings tho, Jotaro seems to have 2 different heads throughout the oav

[@marieparisi4522]

But they DIO USED AN OIL TANKER INSTEAD OF A ROADA ROLLER DA

[@svetoslavzhelev722]

@@marieparisi4522 AN OIL TANKER FOR YOU!

[@elduritoval5843]

8:12, DAAAAMN that silver chariot looks really nice

[@deadaccount5238]

Silver chariot look better in this OVA

[@ferociousfeind8538]

@@deadaccount5238 yeah I like this golden Silver Chariot so much better...

[@samiamtheman7379]

Yeah, it's not completely silver, but who cares? Star Platinum isn't platinum.

[@ferociousfeind8538]

@@samiamtheman7379 exactly! Everything in moderation! Though it looks more dull yellow than gold, which diminishes the effect, it's still so much nicer than our new Silver Chariot

[@FrancisHD]

Oh yes older is better, why? because older is better

[@nightfrenzyow1499]

So nobody is going to talk about that Jotaro's expression at 7:31?

[@neoqwerty]

I spat coffee when I saw it the first time. That, and the face Star gets as he yeets that tower as a distraction near 9:25 contrasting his hyperserious resting bitch face the rest of the whole thing.

[@chrishh1]

It looks like Dragon ball Z style of anime

[@just-the-letter-f]

._.

[@DamageMaximo]

@@chrishh1 true lol

[@khistraley1150]

Probably the most expressive he's ever been, actually

[@sarome_adrian1234]

Well, the animation in the OVA is beautiful (specially in the 1993 ova) but they cut lots of characters and story from the original source, also the humor and tone are more serious or darker (you will not get those funny moments with Joseph or Polnareff) but the action is brutal. With this, i still prefer the 2015 version. The music, and the way that David Pro is still handle the JOJO Manga until now it's perfect

[@StarHorder]

I honestly prefer how the ova handled pre 20m splash dio.

[@saidi7975]

I don't find David Pro's handling the best honestly...

[@swf_buccellati2098]

saidi7975 big oof and bruh moment, but it’s not like it’s bad lmao

[@saidi7975]

@@swf_buccellati2098 As I explained in previous comments: Part 3 kinda has some tonal issues and stuff that could be trimmed without much concern. The OVA does fix that (even if I'd have added 4 more episodes to it...) for the most part and has more of a Phantom Blood tone overall. As for David Pro they do improve for Part 4 and 5 (like the build up for Kira and the added moments with the execution squad and GioGio...) even if they still are too literal when it comes to dialogue and exposition (Lord do I hate the narrator !). Just my 2 cents.

[@swf_buccellati2098]

saidi7975 yeah I get what you mean. Personally, the tone for David Pro’s adaptation isn’t an issue, as they adapted almost everything from the manga, while the OVA left out many fights, leaving mostly the more serious ones. For me, my major issue with the new part 3 adaptation is how it’s split up into two seasons, making it 48 episodes long. That’s pretty unnecessary for this part. But yeah, I agree with you on parts 4 and 5 having better adaptations than part 3 did. Don’t know what’s your deal with the narrator though, I feel like he speaks less and less with each part... but it’s whatever

[@thebarawy]

I really like the OVA as its own entity for the following reasons: 1) It gives off an extremely nostalgic feeling with all the retro music. 2) It's kind of dark, melancholic and not so generous in the comedy department as DP's anime (which I love more btw), and so the OVA is unlike the modern Jojo anime, but in a nice way. 3) I'm Egyptian and the amount of detail included in the animation of the streets and rooftops of 1980s downtown Cairo, heck, even the 7 up and Coca Cola signs, is all accurate to an extent. Even the scene where Dio was in the tram, the people were speaking Arabic in the Egyptian accent. It's not as bad as you think even with most of the arcs completely removed and the remaining ones changed drastically! 😅

[@kipptt]

3:00 why does polnareff look like my aunt

[@matthiasc.z8332]

Your Aunt is beautiful

[@Д.Б-ж6ь]

Your aunt have very cool hairstyle

[@Damned_Knight.]

Your aunt is a stand user

[@WAFFLES25GAMER]

Your aunt should have her own theme park

[@succdes444]

Your aunt got her dog killed brutally

[@kadenjay8111]

7:31 Jotaro when he finds out that everyone is lewding his daughter

[@theaveragevoiceactor1132]

Lol true

[@saltsnorter455]

Bruh that face tho

[@absolutemadlad5662]

"star platinum... Its ora time"

[@Musicalquest]

It would have been funnier if it was part 4 jotaro

[@plasmaticlmao]

@@Musicalquest huh? Why would that- *_oh._*

[@nivyan]

I'd really recommend people watching it for the different take on Dio' timestop. In Stardust Crusaders, it has this amazing 'zhoom' sound. But in the OVA, inside time-stop has different sounds and speech sounds 'weird'. It creates a REALLY menacing environment, which I personally think is better than in Stardust Crusaders.

[@neoqwerty]

I think the best way to represent time stop is a combo of the BBBBBVVVVPPPPTT and gears clicking to a stop, and then the "stilled time" speech getting tinny and distorted (after all, sound is air moving, of course speaking in stopped time will sound distorted!). Having one without the other makes it sound like it's missing that tiny extra push into "this is not normal stand fight".

[@HollowPurple-if2co]

Also Dio's time stop sound is iconic and is almost unanimous with time stops, at least in a anime

[@Sqk.]

The time stop voice is literally just DIO speaking into a water bottle. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love the OVA, but time stop voice is ...not really something i enjoy so much. But, his voice actually changing sure is.

[@nivyan]

​@@Sqk. You could make the same point about literally any voice with some overlay. Like Darth Vader sounds like he's talking into a can - but that doesn't change the fact it was amazing. DIO' voice in the OVA makes logical sense and sounds like he's in a different plane altogether. Like, that's mine and your opinion - but I feel that the dub did it *soooo much worse* Mercer is a fantastic voice actor, but him referencing McCree multiple times and even saying "its high noon" during Jotaro vs DIO' final moments - completely ruins the experience for me. The entire point of voice-acting is to give life to a character, and his lines were self-references. Like their stand rushes sounds super awkward, because they just don't care about the original author' intention. It's been like this for decades - even in DBZ, they changed Goku dramatically. So when super came around, everyone in the west was like "omg goku is a retard" - no, the dub made him completely different. For example, when Goku was trying to convince Vegeta to use the potaro earrings against Super Buu, he originally says something along the lines of "everyone is already dead" and we get the flashback of events; implying Goku is telling him the details. In the dub, Goku goes on a completely out of character monologue about their legacy as saiyans and trying to convince him with emotional baggage: And Vegeta fucking responds positively - Vegeta hasn't completely changed after he sacrificed himself, it's a process. That's why it was still a plot-point in super. Sorry about the tangent, I just *really* despise most dubs - they have no respect for the original author and kind of abuse their right to dub it and completely change multiple plot points. When they change enough, it's literally fan fiction.

[@Sqk.]

@@nivyan yeah, true. dont really watch dubbed content. i experimented with the tsrk dub, after having read the original manga and watched it subbed, and it was somewhat fine. i’ve heard the ova’s dub is ‘hilariously bad’ which is honestly a bit sad for myself as i’ve seen a lot of the ‘making of’ for it, and it seems it was very much enjoyed. apparently hol horse was great in the dub, too.

[@theflaminglionhotlionfox2140]

Roses are red Violets are blue So they're the same type of stand An oil tanker for you

[@erenjaeger9579]

Wtf lol😂😂😂

[@KyanDane]

Heh

[@expcrusher1911]

IT’S A ENEMY STAND!!!!

[@ilovejoelmiller8991]

IGGY, GET OUT OF THERE, HES STILL ALIVE, "dead dog noises"

[@menacingthinker4322]

@@ilovejoelmiller8991 there is no god

[@blueblood992]

Its AN Anime StAN

[@0oh_no]

Blue BloodYT do you mean enemy?

[@StardustIsGolden]

@@0oh_no He's saying what Jotaro sounds like rather than the actual words which were said

[@Jetblast01]

5:18 Most intense fight in the entire series!

[@genericwhitekidthesecond4330]

6:49 out of curiosity is that a possible reference to Part 4 when Angelo attacks the little boy with Aqua Asia inside the glove?

[@Hamon_Beat]

Probably, that happened in the manga a year before this came out.

[@astorasray1720]

I thought the same thing when I saw it

[@malgorzatakawken]

Isn't it Aqua Necklace?

[@tpt229]

@@malgorzatakawken Probably localized name

[@raidenthenctzenwithinsomni4961]

@@tpt229 Nah they kept Aqua Necklace the same. That's just a typo by OP.

[@EnzoZambrotti]

The Ova removed alot, but I gotta apreciate how incredible the Time Stop looks in the OVA before The World’s ability is shown.

[@guardian3636]

7:54 i wonder if dp did that as call back to the ova

[@leonardo9259]

I mean, it's a good ass shot, it's composed well

[@carlwebber4094]

@@leonardo9259 maybe also I realy miss cg openings

[@JMBoote1]

Say what you will about the overall tone of the series not being represented very well and the abundance of skipped content, but the animation is an absolute thing of beauty with its fluidity and cinematography, and some changes (as mentioned) were genuinely great. Not in any way the optimal way of watching Part 3, but if you've already seen the anime, it's honestly worth watching.

[@augustday9483]

I really liked how they depicted the emerald splash attack in this OVA. It looks like a machine gun, with emeralds obliterating anything they strike. It looks like a genuinely dangerous ranged attack, much more menacing than the anime where its destructive power is rarely shown.

[@neoqwerty]

Also from the OVA, in the 2000 episode group spanning the first half, they showed that Hierophant's tentacles are lined with little emerald "teeth" like a chainsaw, and that's why the Stand is so dangerous to yank out of people or to get "slapped" by it. I very much like the idea of Hierophant Green being chainsaw ropes, tripwire shotgun blasts and machine gun fire, all of it with emerald-like shards and fragments.

[@spaghettibird5135]

The OVA is strikingly accurate at depicting Cairo in the 80s though

[@alexsh929]

There's another difference that you missed: In the manga, Polnareff attacks DIO while Jotaro is playing dead and DIO hits him and sends him away. In the OVA though when Polnareff attacks DIO, Jotaro takes that moment as a chance to attack DIO and crush his skull. Which i think its A LOT better, cause it makes Polnareffs attack useful and actually play a role in the fight.

[@saidi7975]

I loved that ! It makes the fight's rythm better !

[@fawkewe]

This is also how Dio finds out Vanilla Ice is dead in this version thanks to him encountering Jotaro first while Polnareff was still fighting Vanilla Ice. He even acts somewhat concerned about it.

[@trn9939]

That time freeze animation with the senator was smooth af

[@noamont9936]

8:41 BRO THE WAY THEY MADE THAT LOOK SEAMLESS WAS AWESOME OH MY GOD

[@luckydragon0538]

Jojo fan: ROADA ROLLER DA Me an intellectual: An Oil Tanker For You

[@Q75]

Americans: YES YES YES!

[@TheCarlosCobain]

I don't think you want to cover *that* movie. You don't understand. They....they cut Speedwagon!

[@melissaleslie5414]

Those monsters

[@luckydragon0538]

They are bakas

[@glorymain_01]

The fuckers,how dare they get rid of the best character!

[@crazydave507]

You rie.

[@Rastek19]

*NANI?!?*

[@alexv3375]

I know it's minor, but I always did love how they gave Hol Horse a vintage motorbike in this adaptation. There's just something about that made him genuinely pretty cool!

[@irok1]

4:30 he shot. Dang. Also, Jotaro beaten by Strength and saved by Pol is a twist

[@nutoothealmighty2126]

Accidentally started with this one when i first started this series. Leading to a bit of confusion at first but after some searching found everything out. Kinda happy i did tho because it was interesting to start there and then getting to see the events referenced shown to me because part 1 felt so different. And then eventually getting to see what caused Joseph to get a mechanical hand.

[@darkbrogaming2841]

Same i was consused and i cant understand whats heppening in part 1 so i started watching from part 3 and then after that i watch part 4 then i part 1 and 2 and then its more sense full for me

[@linkno1]

There's a few things I like from the OVA. The animation for a start is largely quite good, even if at times untrue to the source. It's a lot more fluid and less stiff than the recent anime which nails the aesthetic style of Jojo but is pretty stiff a majority of the time. I guess that's the difference between an OVA and series budget though. In terms of changes and additions, again, some of them are quite good actually, at least the additions (I more just accept the changes with it having to cut content to fit the run time). I would have liked if rather than totally ignoring the existence of the OVA, the recent anime took some of the scenes added in it and recreated them, AT LEAST the ones that don't actually effect the plot in any significant way. More specifically I'm referring to the scenes such as the Geb/N'duhl fight with the added glove and Polnareff on the boxes, or the Dio fight with throwing boats, spires and Dio's slapping people in half. I feel stuff like that only added to the encounters and they were actually some neat additions that very easily could have been in the source material. I can't remember if it's in the manga (been a while since I read it) hence why I'm listing these separately, but there's also three scenes in the Dio fight that I liked from the OVA. - One is Jotaro getting punched by the World with Dio and Jotaro questioning how he isn't dead from it, only then to show Star Platinum subconciously blocking the blows. It adds a little more to Jotaro slowly learning to use time stop as well as reminding us Jotaro is kinda a normal guy who shouldn't be able to take a hit from Dio. In the manga and anime Jotaro does kinda become superhuman in this fight whereas this one little scene can help justify it as Star Platinum taking any 'lethal blows'. - I can't remember where in the encounter it happens, but it shows Jotaro strapping books under his shirt to splint his broken ribs. It makes the later classic scene of Jotaro getting stabbed with all the knives and falling from the sky is a lot less bullshit...Yano, where originally he just randomly has books strapped to himself for no reason. - Dio showing off his powers early in the encounter (I think before the Worlds power is revealed). He's just teleporting around. There's no sound effect or flashy presentation, he just keeps appearing in different places in the scene. It's nice and creepy. Oh, and Jotaro coming out of the still flames of the oil tanker, time resuming with the flames suddenly making his jacket blow around in the wind. It just looks fucking cool. I would never replace the road roller, I just had to say this bit was really neat.

[@manuelmateo3392]

Jotaro using Star Platinum to block is something he does several times in the manga and anime, so it isn't much different from the OVA. In fact, in both the anime and manga, Jotaro gets his guard intercepted by The World once. The OVA just frames it with SP protecting Jotaro whike time is stopped. Jotaro attaching wooden planks to him by the pool is completely original, and he also spends that time mulling over just what can DIO's Stand do, and how he can fight it. As for the books, Jotaro supposedly attached them underneath his clothes while DIO was recovering from his impairment by SP. The teleportation happens also in the anime and manga, but it's less suspenseful.

[@wallcity318]

Tao dude fighting game on dreamcast and this ova on a vhs is the way found out about jojo as a teen, and i would eventually read all the parts i actually the most of the liberties the ova took were pretty good, the animation still holds up and the japanese voice acting is great i actually have this version

[@Juni_Bowman]

My big problem with the animation is that some scenes look like thay put a still image and slid it across the back image here is a example: 4:45 other than that I fell like the characters are to fat looking although it may be I gave been thinking of it compared to the manga and anime

[@mrfrog4950]

7:48 Why is nobody talking about how clean this transition is?

[@DamageMaximo]

... just a fade in

[@ShaysArt1]

DamageMaximo the transition b/w the two stairs scenes

[@DamageMaximo]

still just a fade in but the characters are on the same spot, almost, kul

[@S20171]

it's not

[@bandabanana4939]

It's not that clean lol

[@SpinozillaSaurian]

6:30 It's an Enemy Stand!

[@matteste]

One thing I really loved with the OVA was how Dio's time stop was portrayed. How one moment he was there and the next he was gone. No flashy effects or sounds, just something incredibly sudden that is really unnerving.

[@noahcollado8260]

I’m just gonna say, the OVA final fight between Jotaro and Dio (when he drank Joseph’s blood) was literally the best one. Between the Manga, OVA, and anime versions, the OVA was the best one. MY DUDE JOTARO THREW A FRICKIN’ BUILDING AT HIM. There was lots of throwing, and I honestly loved it. In fact, I’m gonna go watch it now. SEE YA!

[@GILGAMESG069]

There is alot of good changes in this ova not all of them but it,s majority in my opinion

[@Charly608]

His time stops more spooky since theres no noise

[@GBDupree]

@@Charly608 There is a noise, but it not always used, only if we see time stopped from Dio's perspective. I also heard the guy who worked on the OVA time stop scenes also worked on the David Pro version too, so there are similarities to the effect.

[@DumbIdeaPresentedStupidly]

It makes it way less repetitive. It annoyed me so much that Kaykoin and Polnareff were introduced in the same way of fighting the guys and then they join the group

[@SeuSav]

I kinda like Strenght and J.Geils appearances on this ova Also strenght death is way better

[@MorganTJ813]

IIRC, didn't Jotaro restart his heart while Polnareff stabbed Dio through the skull? I remember Polnareff's interruption being more helpful in the OVA.

[@mrcopycat2355]

THIS! I loved the changes in this scene, it made ma boi Polnareff more relevant

[@fly672]

Also Jotaro is less Marry Sueish in the OVA because there's less fights and he doesn't straight up atomize every Stand User he comes across.

[@TheDunsparceGames]

this should have been in the anime adaptation i agree

[@alfa01spotivo]

@@fly672 idk man he usually had to think of smart strategies

[@Xeno574]

@@alfa01spotivo Yeah, he doesn't immediately dominate the enemy, he is always held back into a corner before beating up the enemy.

[@itsmestan]

One cool change I noticed in the Part 3 adaptation by David Production was changing it so the bird on Dio’s shoulder was Pet Shop. It’s a nice touch I didn’t notice until I read the manga. (I’m guessing this is already in your part3 differences video but it’s still pretty cool).

[@andrezits9723]

Honestly the anime should've included Jotaro throwing the spire at Dio just as a nod to the OVA. That scene is amazing

[@orcatwar9810]

wait how will you do it (since the phantom blood movie is "lost")

[@Hamon_Beat]

There is 15 minutes of footage to go on. And there are accounts of people who have seen it about various differences.

[@primusvsunicron1]

Hamon Beat what about the Baoh OVA

[@Hamon_Beat]

I want to do some videos on that as well but I need to watch it first.

[@primusvsunicron1]

Hamon Beat well it’s on KZbin in both dub and sub

[@minamisoul]

@@Hamon_Beat it has a Wiki of jojo phantom blood movie with the differences you wanna the link?

[@theish8632]

I do love certain things that the OVA did to make it seem a bit more grounded. Like how instead of Jotaro using Magazines to block Dio’s knives, his bandages and splints used for broken ribs block it. I also like how Star Platinum is defending Jotaro in stopped time before Jotaro even realizes

[@helghast_7203]

Having a seamless time stop is actually really good looking. I love it!

[@happyboi1447]

"The OVA skips the Oingo Boingo brothers…" *THIS IS A SIN! PUNISHABLE BY DEATH*

[@magentapurpleyap5566]

No imposter Jotaro

[@revolverocelot9996]

corny ahh comments

[@AmanojakuPenguin]

Great to see how far your videos have come over the last few years, keep it up

[@parrata]

What I love from the OVA is how The World's ability is depicted. Time stopping looks terrifying when you don't add weird sound or visual effects and only show what Jotaro and the others saw.

[@mothman4366]

I really liked the thing where they made dios time stop consistent scene instead of stoping and going it made him more threatening

[@MadaraUchiha-gd6xc]

I like the fact that dio only threw a few cars and jotaro is like nah have a building

[@thelastsatan]

I love the OVA, maybe even more than the anime. It has this gravity that makes everything feel real and gritty. The Jotaro/Dio fight especially feels like how a fight between two superhumans in the middle of a city would be, collateral damage and all. If a live action adaptation would ever be attempted I would hope they take inspiration from the OVA.

[@saidi7975]

Said gravity was in the Phantom Blood manga. It's funny how they transplanted Part 1's atmosphere and transplanted it on Part 3, it does wonders XD

[@assistantgarbage7302]

My first Jojo content I saw was the ova. It was on KZbin and I loved it. This is serious nostalgia

[@sakuratr7487]

"An Oil Tanker for you!" -Ova Dio

[@caesars.bubbles]

We missed so much content but they gave us so much content

[@pandoraloz]

I personally like the OVA's version of the Battle of Egypt alot better, especially Jotaro vs. Dio, which I think is 100% better than the DP version.

[@thomas_c0nn0r26]

i agree, while the virgin DIO throws an steamroller, the chad DIO OVA trhows: cars, boats and an FUCKING OUL TANKER while the virgin jotaro throws an iggy the chad jotaro ova throws an FUCKING BUILDING AT DIO yea i agree 1000%

[@Topunito]

I like DIO's visual design better in the manga/anime, and the anime voice acting is way, WAAAY better, but other than that yeah the OVA Jotaro vs DIO fight is better. Just watch that KZbin video that is the OVA fight with the anime voice acting and you'll see absolute perfection

[@carlwebber4094]

@@thomas_c0nn0r26 yea but OVA DIO most of the time is either Spanish or a robot plus ROAD ROLLER DA is better

[@AlfredoPuente8]

Having fluid animation helps a lot. I liked how Jotaro felt fear and pain during the fight in the OVA.

[@imreplyingtothiscomment2378]

Underrated jojo channel

[@rbrachy2518]

You forgot to mention that Kakyoin has the body of a fucking refrigerator in the OVA

[@LavenderAyane]

Fun fact: Satoshi Kon (the guy that did perfect blue) directed one of the episodes.

[@resentfulsidecharacter3713]

Awwwww you got ham on my Beats!

[@Witch_of_Gains]

Dio's and Jotaro's extended fight was actually phenomenal tbh. It gave a legitimate final boss fight feeling to it, with both Dio and Jotaro actually going ham at each other, rather than Dio just gloating around.

[@BigBoris]

I feel like showing Joseph use Hamon on the bud is to show that Araki hasn’t forgot Hamon and that you shouldn’t forget who this man really is. Joseph Joestar.

[@John_Souls]

Bro that prequel OVA have such a beautiful art style, I love it. Everyone looks more... dark and realistic, and entire tone is just so much more serious.

[@MagikarpMania32]

8:56 In the scene, Kakyoin is seen as a refrigerator instead of a Kakyoin like in the Manga

[@r.i.p.plegaming2327]

i love the creative freedom used by the OVA for small details like the monkey turning the nut into a pipe or the angles and style used

[@r.i.p.plegaming2327]

The OVA deaths are creepily animated and executed and more different also the animations are detailed and smooth

[@kristhebass4838]

I rewatched ur intro for 100th time! SHIZABUDEY! HAMON NO BEAT!!

[@CallenderMan]

No one: Not one person: Not a single F***ing soul Polnareff: KAKYOIN, HE GOT HIS EYES

[@astridvigil8158]

legoninja 9889 should have been jotaros “yare yare daze” but okay

[@M613M]

The 2000 OVA still looks beautiful to me. It has such an ethereal glow to it. Its also really great with the horror aspects. The Enya fight was fantastic.

[@umi_tao33]

I wonder if they changed the story in the OVA to make it more serious and action packed. It really felt like an 80's film where theres action, boobs, and occational funny parts. At first i was annoyed with the OVA for changing things but Ive grown to love it.

[@wyvern5890]

Jotaro really out here throwing fucking buildings at DIO

[@ShaysArt1]

Watching this after the DP version really made me appreciate the creative liberties they took. There’s a lot of things I found interesting, especially DIO being more active during the final fight

[@shrekkek9396]

They just didn't understand jojo fights. They are not about throwing boats. They are about bizarrenes and "I know that u know" stuff.

[@AceTrainerX3]

@@shrekkek9396 Well, the OVA did do the D'arby and N'doul fights right (IMO).

[@saidi7975]

@@shrekkek9396 They IMPROVED on the Part 3 fights. OVA DIO is genuinely closer to the monster he was in Part 1 rather than just the dragon to slay...

[@shrekkek9396]

@@saidi7975 wich makes no sense. In part 3 he's close to his part 6 iteration. And Dio wasn't ment to be more than an evil incarnate to begin with.

[@fortnitesexman]

@@shrekkek9396 they did understand jojo, and the dio fight does start out like that it's only after dio gets his high that it turns into two gods throwing hands and also, just because the original did it does not make it better, dio being more than just some bitch for jotaro to slap around is a GOOD thing

[@cumvaiara57]

8:29 did he just say Sober Chariot?

[@lucasplayz680]

Fun fact: the voice actor for the person who drives dio to jotaro and the rest of the people is the voice actor for mario

[@ArcherA]

8:43 Now that is a beautiful piece of animation

[@ChiefMedicPururu]

chew

[@edfmed1080]

I remember watching the Jotaro vs Dio fight from the OVA, while i am not to sure on some choices, i can't help but it has some pretty badass moments and animation, like SP throwing a fcking tower at Dio, that was amazing

[@cynthcat8248]

You forgot that DIO doesn't have his dong on display in the OVA.

[@bromomento5913]

Basically he isn't gay in ova

[@himynameiswhy7965]

@@bromomento5913 he is canonically gay too lol (bi actually)

[@kermit4036]

@@himynameiswhy7965 Explain to me How the fuck

[@zarx5849]

@@kermit4036 Pucci

[@classiest]

@Rasmus Malmberg link?

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Though different, I still appreciate the OVA . The fights were certainly brutal and well executed!

[@hatsunemikufortnite]

Thanks for this great birthday present

[@watertz6325]

9:21 DIO uses [ZA HANDO] to erase parts of the passengers

[@revolverocelot9996]

corny as hell

[@Mikael404]

I know that this is old video but it is possible that they wanted scene at 3:05 to be more brutal. They just forgotted that the only reason why polnareff even know that his sister got brutally r**ed and murdered by a guy with two right hands is because her friend survived and told him what happened.

[@calomel1825]

It’s all fun and games until enyaba starts flirting with you.

[@SF-wx8fy]

Of course I still prefer the Dio v Jotaro from the DP anime but I like how they made the time stop seamless.

[@munjee2]

6:50 that sounds familiar

[@Kyugired]

8:22 Me: Aw Iggy looks so cute *0.4 seconds later* Hamon beat: Iggy is killed by getting his botto half erased by cream

[@SpinozillaSaurian]

9:26 WRRRRRRRY!!! This is why I didn't wanna watch the OVA!

[@UgandanPrinc3]

Spinozilla Saurian An Oil Tanker for You!

[@flaco3462]

jokes aside this is kind of a stiff reason to not watch an entire ova

[@SpinozillaSaurian]

@@flaco3462 It was an iconic moment

[@flaco3462]

@@SpinozillaSaurian yeah but its kind of the same thing and one moment doesn't ruin an entire ova

[@fpberserk4690]

Spinozilla Saurian Meme-worthy isn’t the same as iconic,plus it’s just a different vehicle. Also,an oil tanker is a more effective to kill someone than a road roller.

[@HEHEHE_I_AM_A_MASKED_WARRIA]

A small detail you missed is that the OVA replaced Joseph's Beatles tape ("Get Back") with a Gipsy Kings tape (probably their self-titled third album, which released in 1987).

[@fivoswave]

you deserve more subs!

[@goldenleaofdojima551]

Title:the difference between JoJo the ova&manga The video:EVERYTHING

[@quandavioushibbletonthe3rd612]

8:22 what a cute face "Few second later" OH NOO HES DEAD

[@scrappy2082]

the OVA i so good, especially the Egypt arc

[@StealthBeeKid]

Iggy in the manga and anime: sacrifices himself, heroically, to save Polnareff Iggy in the OVA: **controller disconnected...**

[@genesismultiverse4896]

You might wonder why did they put an oil truck instead of a roadroller well you see it was the 90s and the 90s were *EXTREEEEEEEEMMMMMMEEEE!!!!!!!!*

[@GILGAMESG069]

9:25 god that's crazy I didn't think star platinum is even near such strength

[@JohnSmith-co1zv]

Dude the stands are crazy OP in this adaptation, Kakyoins Emerald Splash does huge amounts of damage to the buildings and Joseph's Hermit Purple's Hamon literally destroys the ground a la DBZ yet SOMEHOW doesn't straight up vaporize DIO.

[@davidfalloutbandit]

@@JohnSmith-co1zv Look at that HUGE -pillarman- ,.Pillar of fire from Magicians Red at 5:50; It's like the size of an Office building!!

[@SeuSav]

@@davidfalloutbandit That's enough to explode a fucking ship Or even a skyscraper

[@kermit4036]

@@JohnSmith-co1zv Beacuse that's how they should be stronger than humans

[@JohnSmith-co1zv]

@@kermit4036 Not necessarily, Stands aren't supposed to be at least, that strong

[@haltingthefuture9368]

Hamon Beat Is the best Jojo yt

[@PuuberZ]

OVA is worth watching just for the animation in some of the fights.

[@dripnemba_x]

dio in new stardust crusaders: roda rolla dio in the ova: oiru tanka

[@coolcatbaron]

I have a weird sympathy for the pre Egypt OVA. I just love it.

[@sonloto]

One thing I can appreciate is that they made Forever look more like an actual orangutan.