JoJo Fun Facts

[@Psychomon]

Speaking of fun facts: a lot of JoJo itself is fun facts Araki learned and incorporated into the manga. Weird things like grip strength in Battle Tendency and beetle biology in JoJolion for example. That's one of the big reasons why JoJo is so "bizarre".

[@TheNobleStar9075]

Yeah I would love a video about the times in Jojo that Araki has included extremely detailed information about stuff in the real world, and if they're accurate.

[@ProjektTaku]

yeah. it makes it more lively.

[@guanglaikangyi6054]

Not a criticism of JoJo, just something I should note. Sometimes the facts are wrong. I suspect that was the process behind the scientific explanation on why you pee yourself in zero gravity during the Jumpin' Jack Flash fight. The real reason has to do with you not feeling the weight on your blatter and not knowing when you really have to go. It has nothing to do with your kidneys or your blood.

[@Kaligo1471]

Or how the gang discovered Green Day's ability

[@Kaligo1471]

@@ProjektTaku just like Rohan said...this may mean at some point of his life Araki decided to do multiple trips to discover these weird things

[@frappompi]

Damn those scientist really just commissioned Araki to draw their OC. Cool nerds

[@librask3009]

and he did

[@silversonome5360]

Dudes literally discovered an entirely new protein just to get their fanart drawn by Araki

[@slotzoffuntrue]

Based nerds

[@aagamer43]

I love how when araki found out about the kakyoin error he just went eh idc

[@Kaligo1471]

When something like this happens to me i pretend i don't care when inside i'm like "omg this shit is so much better"

[@averonisgaming9023]

well its the equivilent of seeing someone named Ada, it can be read as (Ay-dah) or (Ah-dah)

[@iamhungey12345]

I wouldn't be surprised if that was also why the year changed from 1987-88 to 1988-89.

[@GodzillaGamerFan-uu1uc]

@@averonisgaming9023 in my country we pronounce it Ah-dah

[@dutch_asocialite]

It's strange hearing Hamon Beat consistently say, "did you know," in such a friendly manner; I'm normally used to him being so irate yet constrained that this friendly tone of eager helpfulness has me on edge.

[@DanielFerreira-ez8qd]

he finally broke.

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Ye

[@perpetuallyconfused09]

Happy Hamon beat is scary

[@dude135791000]

i think its because this is potentially a more widely consumed video than some of the more specific ones, so ought to be a bit friendlier

[@annaphorra]

i love the more upbeat tone it's so nice 😭

[@beaker007j]

Tooru is designed to look like a Matador, which makes sense based on his stand ability being to bait opponents into attacking him and dying as a result

[@GorbTV-x5f]

Wow, nice

[@cryoclast1094]

Also Tooru sounds very similar to "Toreador", which is a synonym for Matador.

[@Uzumakijl]

@@cryoclast1094 More like Tooru sounds awfully close to "Toro" which means "bull"

[@beaker007j]

Also “Lokakaka” sounds exactly like the Spanish words “loca” (meaning crazy) and “caca” (meaning feces). “Crazy shit” is a really fitting name.

[@beaker007j]

In steel ball run:, 1. Johnny uses the sewers to escape his enemies three times 2. Both times Diego does it’s because of Valentine (or his ability) when Diego believes he’s already won. 3. In Gyros introduction he dares the thief to pick up his gun to signify he has bad intentions, and later Johnny dares Valentine to pick up his gun to signify he DOESN’T have bad intentions. 4. Valentines hidden gun is firmly pressed between his body and his clothes, meaning at any point he could have had D4C get rid of it. 5. Both primary protagonists and both primary antagonists are all blonde.

[@edgyusername4191]

My personal favourite fun fact is that Jonathan and Zeppeli's voice actors for the 2007 Phantom Blood movie are now the voices for Diavolo and Kira. Also, Jotaro's english voice actor is Mat Mercer who voices Mcree in Overwatch and Jotaro's OVA voice actor also voices Mcree in the Japanese version of OW.

[@0013bluejay]

Mat Mercer also voiced Macready in Fallout 4! Dude has such a talented voice

[@realnickhiro]

@@0013bluejay and Leon from Re6 (oof)

[@fireflygaming8764]

@@realnickhiro Can't forget about Captain Levi from Attack on Titan.

[@professionalyusukesimp]

Yusuke from Persona 5 and Chrom from Fire Emblem too!

[@Jiub_SN]

My personal favorite gun fact is that dub jotaro sounds like shit!

[@beaker007j]

“Lokakaka” sounds exactly like the Spanish words “loca” (meaning crazy) and “caca” (meaning feces). “Crazy shit” is a really fitting name.

[@Robot_Eva]

It could also be a reference to the rococo art movement from the 1700s

[@analisamelculo85]

@@Robot_Eva I like crazy shit more😈 Loka kaka

[@Robot_Eva]

@@analisamelculo85 ok

[@boubaker7037]

In french, it sounds like le ( meaning the)and caca is the same, so they are just eating the shit

[@tracksanino957]

Crazy shit sounds like how you would describe a drug.

[@Snavels]

Did you know that in Part 4, Josuke was originally going to go back in time and save himself. This is a subtle nod to the fact that I'm talking out my ass.

[@souland3566]

Lmao

[@blokvader8283]

"Source?" *"I'm making shit up"*

[@redgreen1237]

@@blokvader8283 nice argument senator but how about you back it up with a source "my source is that i made it the **bruh** up"

[@sv_cheats1]

That is also a subtle nod the the fact that my source is that i made it the fuck up.

[@hanaazouri2181]

But you are right tho

[@spirto1279]

Every Higashikata stand in Part 8 has "King" in the name: -California King Bed -King Nothing -Nut King Call -Paper Moon King -Walking Heart -Speed King -Awaking III Leaves -Space Trucking (there was even a popular fan theory that Josuke would end up gaining King Crimson)

[@seaweed7640]

how would that even have worked

[@sonetagu1337]

JOSUKE MAFIA BOSS SKIP TIME HOLY SHIT

[@spirto1279]

@@seaweed7640 something about fusing paper moon king with soft & wet, I don't remember that well

[@TKG785]

Additional Fun Fact: Gappy is raised by Kings, while Tooru is raised by Queens.

[@reemraghad4267]

King crimson (walks in): WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?!

[@oraclerpg163]

My mom is 78 years old and she loves JoJo. When she came to live with me during lockdown I introduced her to the series. One morning she was making tea and was humming the opening to Stardust Crusaders. After JoJo she became so hooked on anime we ended up watching Full Metal Alchemist (both versions), Neon Genesis Evangelion, My Hero Academia, One Punch Man, Ghost in the Shell, Akira, and loads of studio Ghibli movies.

[@alexanderjames3538]

Your mom is awesome

[@oraclerpg163]

@@alexanderjames3538 Thanks mate

[@gunkhead]

Aw that's awesome :)

[@railgatekeeper6337]

Weebhood knows no age

[@inkdragoon4547]

Stand Proud or Sono Chi No Kioku?

[@fedorafollower3389]

Other fun fact: (on the anime) In the battle against Ghiaccio, when Mista shoots several bullets to Ghiaccio while Ghiaccio is in the trunk of the car, the fourth bullet that Mista shoots misses and hits the chair instead

[@jamelabarrogo3749]

They literally proved that Mista despises Number 4.

[@MetroTO.]

(late reply) almost every 4th shot that mista shot missed the target (almost)

[@akaiyukihana]

The fact that araki thinking about bucciarattis feelings about betrayal is pure af

[@TheFGSDude]

It's so weird to hear stuff like "In 1989" and "in 1998". I always forget how old Jojo actually is

[@AeonKnigh432]

It's insane that the Part 1 anime started airing while Part 8 was being written. And it continued being written until after (or during?) the airing of the Part 6 anime, which serves as the finale to the main continuity. Which is neat.

[@NeonUFO]

one of my favourite jojo fun fact is the foreshadowing in the last train home ending, which, in hindsight, very clearly shows which characters are going to die; - Joseph is shown only holding 3 tickets - Characters who live and who die are standing on the opposite sides of the river - Kakyoin is the last character in the dark before the screen turns light, potentially implying that it was him who figured out the secret of the world and brought enlightenment

[@L2DaK2Dap]

Nice. The OP spoils stuff too. Abdul chasing after Polnareff, Kakyoin's net snapping at once, Joseph getting his chest punched/punctured, the knives thrown at Jotaro.

[@NeonUFO]

@@L2DaK2Dap true! i feel like the difference that makes the ending spoilers much more interesting is that they are much more abstract than the opening though, since the latter just shows what actually happens

[@Kriae]

@@L2DaK2Dap """spoils"""

[@Xenunnaki]

@@L2DaK2Dap When they're looking out into the city there's a bunch of floating orbs, those are the spots where Dio uses his time stops (which is shown as a sphere radiating out of him)

[@kirbules0058]

Fighting Gold (The first op for the GW Anime) also does something similar. -Rolling Stones in the form of Bucciarati can be seen behind the statue's legs in the beginning -When each of the characters lose their silhouettes and reveal their stands, Mista is the only one to not lose his silhouette -In the upward pan shot of the team, Fugo, Mista, and Giorno are on the left, while Bucciarati, Narancia, and Abacchio are on the right

[@lordfreezer5631]

Fun fact: in Part 8 during the Born This Way story arc, Josuke meets a kid who looks similar to Giorno when he was kid, the kid also has a drawing of a ladybug on his t-shirt that resembles Giorno's brooches. The funny part is that this kid is basically constantly crying for all the time he is present in the story while Kid Giorno was known for never crying despite his traumatic childhood

[@IciWhy]

What page is that?

[@lordfreezer5631]

@@IciWhy I don't remember the page but it's when Josuke is trying to escape from Born This Way's attack and enters into an house, I believe it was maybe in chapter 14 of Jojolion

[@IciWhy]

@@lordfreezer5631 I will look on it again.

[@boubaker7037]

Which caused the biggest morbius moment ( people saying " it's morbin time" When it was never said so people now think it was said), with the internet makint him Haruno Higashikata, the jobro and a teenager the same age as josuke, and making the whole internet itself think that it is real

[@tessieract]

I still hope Araki does something with the concept of a full ally/jobro turning against the main group, lke his original plan for Fugo. Imagining Giorno having to fight Fugo would've made for such a sick scene in my opinion, and I'd love to see that concept in part 9 tbh. Part 8 was somewhat close, with a huge cast of fairly grey main characters sometimes opposing eachother, but nothing on the level of a full ally, like Fugo, betraying the group like he wanted.

[@GorbTV-x5f]

Same

[@L2DaK2Dap]

Giorno had a way around PH's virus from the Man in the Mirror fight. It wouldn't have been a good fight and Giorno only knew Fugo for a few days. Would have worked better with Bruno or Narancia fighting him.

[@kraftik5300]

Hajnarus made comic called Kakyoin's revenge where Kakyoin turned evil against crusaders and his stand hierophant green destroyed Jotaro's eyes because hierophant burst his eye veins and then he used manipulated silver Chariot to stab Jotaro in chest.

[@cheesecake1255]

i would like to saw that, could be a good ending for fugo

[@disquietellie]

@@L2DaK2Dap especially narancia, since he's the only member of team bucciarati that would be a hard counter to purple haze

[@Dr_Grid1]

Fun fact: Takahiro Kishida, who was the art director and key animator for the 10th episode of the JoJo OVA as well as the Baoh OVA, also was the lead art designer and did promotional art for the Golden Wind anime

[@wms6101]

Another one: One of Araki's assistants from 1988-89, Reki Taki, would later be a background artist of the JoJo anime starting in Part 3. According to Taki, he was fascinated by the way Araki illustrates the backgrounds. However, he found the tasks quite difficult to handle, and Araki often scolded him as a result. 25 years after he resigned from his job as an assistant, he coincidentally joined the production team for the JoJo anime as a background artist and continues to work to this day. Some weird fact I learned from him is that Reki Taki, alongside Hirohisa Onikubo, also Araki's assistant-turned-key animator in the JoJo anime, are known for making *hentai doujinshis.* I'm not making this one up.

[@GalekC]

@@wms6101 That's why we got the high quality drawings of all those panties in the Part 4 anime, (instead of what I really wanted, the rest of the Transmission Tower arc)

[@grimspecs4752]

I got a Fun Fact: In the part 5 anime during the 7 page Muda, you can hear Cioccolata screaming out "Stop It!" in agony (in between the WRYYYY and final punch). I think the anime staff included this to call back to Giorno's Life Acceleration effect he used on Bruno during their fight. Also of note is that this only occurs in the Japanese Dub and not the English Dub so alot of people might have missed this one.

[@MinosAllard]

Imagine watching an anime dubbed, eww

[@paperluigi6132]

@@MinosAllard not everyone wants to read subtitles

[@Vopilu]

I don’t know any JoJo fans who haven’t watched the Japanese version of JoJo, real life or Internet.

[@acedefective1491]

Giornos punches also have a different effect that sounds kinda like his life acceleration to indicate that it's being used aswell

[@SAGENT2]

It’s been a while since I’ve seen that scene, but he definitely says *something* in the dub, I’ll have to rewatch

[@gustman17]

Araki also did an illustration of french psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan for a book by the japanese psychiatrist/psychoanalyst that coined the term "hikikomori" for a specific kind of avoidant social anxiety syndrome. The cover features Lacan wearing the tie of Kira. Which is kind of appropriate when you consider that Kira's hand fetish can be very well understood under the lens of said psychoanalyst theories.

[@silversonome5360]

Adding fuel to the "Kira is an incel" crowd, I see

[@Squiggums799]

Another fun fact: In Dark Souls 1, the character Black Iron Tarkus was directly named after the character from Part 1. The character Kirk, Knight of Thorns' armor is also a direct reference to the 77 Rings Challenge shown in the manga for Part 1. The developers don't only reference Berserk in their games!

[@OnlineSnail]

It's always a great day when Hamon Beat uploads

[@sir_frogs_4184]

i agree

[@Vortex-or5zy]

Same

[@chaserseven2886]

Ooooh that's a controversially hot take

[@Herbu21]

that's because he heard the voice of love

[@_Kaori_Miyazono_]

Or night

[@starsilverinfinity]

I imagine the fact we never actually see Johnny's birthmark but know it exists is maybe a poke back at how the first 2 Jojos never show the mark in the original/pre-Anime/pre-Part 3 but it is implied that they're there

[@boubaker7037]

The anime didn't exist when SBR was over, the part 1 anime started to release months after jojolion started. So the poke back doesn't make sense, sorry

[@starsilverinfinity]

@@boubaker7037 I said pre-part 3 not just pre-anime, since you know - in Part 3 of the manga - as our dude Hamon literally says - thats when it was first introduced

[@boubaker7037]

@@starsilverinfinity ohh, I'm dumb

[@tb.7350]

i remember that in the hotel guestbook in the justice arc kakyoin's name is spelled tenmei (at least in the anime)

[@Super_Suchi]

It was like that in the manga too.

[@boubaker7037]

It was SO bad written, Jan.p.polnaref, Josef joestar, I feel like everyone pranked Enya

[@endisendis123]

qtaro

[@letsbetheawkwardkquorter7159]

Fun fact: In the 2d adventure sandbox Terraria, there is an armor set that gives you the "Stardust Guardian" companion when equipped. Originally this companion had a ranged attack, but the developers changed it to a high speed punching attack instead to mirror Star Platinum's iconic move as the fans of the game repeatedly made references and connections between the Stardust Guardian and Star Platinum. It even hovers behind you and goes through walls, just like a stand would.

[@docock4116]

One interesting fact is that the shot during the fight between Formaggio and Narancia mirroring the album art of Under the Radar may in fact be a reference in the opposite direction. The album came out around 2 years after the chapter, with Golden Wind being at the start of the Green Day/Oasis arc when Under the Radar was released in June 1998. This is something that intrugued me when I first found it out.

[@ggishere6326]

i’m pretty sure that shot was an anime original

[@docock4116]

@@ggishere6326 That might be the case.

[@angelbasiliorodriguezbusto2065]

Little Feat releasing an album with a cover like that is among my favorite "coincidences" related to JoJo Like Ringo Starr releasing a song named "We're On the Road Again", Foo Fighters releasing "The Pretender" or Dio releasing "The End of The World"

[@charziz6693]

My life is split into two halves, the part when i didn't know Araki did covers for the Alex Rider novels and a scientific journal and the part when I did.

[@phloopy5630]

In the volume release of part 1 Phantum Blood, volume two depicts Will Zeppeli with a steel ball on his staff/cane. This is a reference to Gyro Zeppeli and the Zeppeli family’s steel balls from part 7.

[@akshinorf]

but wouldn't that mean araki took the idea of steel balls from the volume cover of PB

[@mikaiel789]

@@akshinorf it’s from the jojonium volumes

[@akshinorf]

@@mikaiel789 ohhhh

[@thesimpostor6251]

​@@akshinorf they meant the english volume release, JoJonium

[@SubjectSigma18]

Jojo jojo reference

[@olafowl5678]

Possible fun fact: Weather Report's design was based on the buffalo man mascot for jamiroquai

[@ChiePet_]

That's why someone rotoscoped weather report Over top of jamiroquai in virtual insanity. Did a good job too

[@Spenstaple]

I like the increased upload schedule! I like how you’re delving into a wider variety of JoJo content.

[@beaker007j]

In steel ball run:, 1. Johnny uses the sewers to escape his enemies three times 2. Both times Diego does it’s because of Valentine (or his ability) when Diego believes he’s already won. 3. In Gyros introduction he dares the thief to pick up his gun to signify he has bad intentions, and later Johnny dares Valentine to pick up his gun to signify he DOESN’T have bad intentions. 4. Valentines hidden gun is firmly pressed between his body and his clothes, meaning at any point he could have had D4C get rid of it.

[@meggubravo8373]

Fun Fact: Hamon Beat is the best JoJo KZbinr

[@walxbruhh]

That is a fact

[@Herbu21]

In fact

[@killboss7880]

Based

[@thedredayshow9246]

For me, it's this Jojo trio: Hamon Beat, Meti, and...Jewce Man. I miss him. 😞😞😞

[@Robot_Eva]

I dunno hamon beat is kind of too english teacher whos kind of mad at you vibes to be my favorite but i watch him the most because he uploads more often than the others

[@dennisshaykevich3451]

Fun Fact: The stand "Tenore Sax" from Part 3 is currently the only musical reference that refers to an instrument rather than an artist, song, or album.

[@silversonome5360]

Funner Fact: The Stand "Cream" from part 3 is currently the only stand that isn't a reference at all, but just a fucking pun

[@boubaker7037]

@@silversonome5360 nope, it's a reference to the song " cream" of vannila Ice

[@GBDupree]

@@boubaker7037 I thought it was based off a band named cream? I thought there was a band called that at least. I'm also thinking that Tenore Sax is also a song name too? Possibly from Kenny G, but I'm not familiar with his stuff.

[@F1areon]

@@GBDupree Yeah, the Stand's mainly referencing the band Cream; it just ALSO happens to make a pun when you combine it with its user being named Vanilla Ice. :P

[@miimiibeschde4818]

@@boubaker7037 isn't cream there to make Vanilla ice's Name more stupid to Vanilla ice cream

[@Lucas-db2jq]

I've always wondered what the "G.U" in Kei's hat stood for. It makes quite a bit more sense now.

[@jhawkshaw]

Imagine Araki still going with the piss drinking scene and the 'healing' scene with Giorno as a girl.

[@synnamon_toast_crunch]

Artists would've went crazy

[@pootypootytangtang4k]

LMAOOOOOOO

[@sixteenthbluemoon7606]

O H N O O O O O O

[@ammagon4519]

Implying the other members wouldn't have been girls themselves

[@the-postal-dude]

jolyne but worse

[@andymcclurg9916]

I remember reading "Tenmei Kakyoin" above "Qtaro Kujo" and wondered where it came from

[@snuffysam]

Before watching, I figured this would be a video about the real-world fun facts Araki likes to put into the manga… things like Koichi using phone phreaking, or the explanations of why rockets launch from Cape Canaveral. It would be cool to get a video about those sometime!

[@musicman8371]

3:52 Not sure if it was mentioned, but apparently Charles Martinet's voice used for Senator Philips served as a baseline for how Luigi sounds today. Seriously, listen to the senator, then listen to Luigi.

[@708I0]

its always a great day when hamon beat uploads

[@nourdjaoui3214]

So it's the same type of comment as snail production's comment

[@708I0]

i cant get more likes without getting closer

[@mathan2877]

@@708I0 lol

[@SevenOfSpades83]

Also, about the female Giorno segment, I’m pretty sure the name “Giovanna” is the feminine version of the name “Giovanni”

[@bluemagician9724]

I waited for him to read out "Dr. Piss" in that calm voice, only for him to stop at "Gatlin Grove". YOU BETRAYED ME! YOU BETRAYED MY FEELINGS!

[@edmonddantes2745]

Spade is sometimes depicted as a sword because it was originally 'spada' (or so I understand)

[@Lamaneus]

That was a very cool video! I knew some of them but I had no idea about the rest. The GU on Kei's hat is particularly interesting!

[@Xenunnaki]

In the anime, when Jotaro breaks Dio's skull we see an X-ray shot that shows an odd lump on Dio's right shoulder bone. This lines up with where Jonathan had been impaled in the shoulder when Dio first became a vampire. Since Dio is using Jonathan's body, it's likely that's where the injury had healed and formed a bump, as can be common for broken bones.

[@innocentchild1513]

My favorite fun fact is that Aerosmith has a small little pilot called "Smith-san"

[@Herbu21]

Fun Fact about the original All Star Battle: Some characters (I don't think it was the case in JP) got "censored" like Polnareff becoming Jean-Pierre Eiffel.

[@kabukimanindahouse]

but that's kinda common knowledge or else we wouldn't have the great flaccid pancake

[@RatTimes12]

@@kabukimanindahouse filthy acts at a reasonable price

[@jamelabarrogo3749]

I think because of Michel Polnareff, a French Singer... they covered it to avoid copyright, haha.

[@kabukimanindahouse]

@@jamelabarrogo3749 i think because of the band limp bizkit, but idk they covered it to avoid copyright

[@jamelabarrogo3749]

@@RatTimes12 It's the second time I saw a communist knowing JoJo.

[@horaciosi]

Fun fact: The late Satoshi Kon (director of Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paranoia Agent and Paprika) made his directorial debut with episode 5 of the 1993 OVA, which he also wrote the script and storyboarded.

[@dantelawrence4676]

I like how the thumbnail has a bunch of JoJo characters and then there's just Mario.

[@KingGorillaGamingForLife]

@@charnalk5572 Mario created Italy?

[@chingmuankim4927]

@@KingGorillaGamingForLife yes he did sources: im his number one fan

[@regalblade8171]

@@KingGorillaGamingForLife I'm Italian and I can confirm Mario founded Italy down to it's shape, place and history

[@joshshrum2764]

@@charnalk5572 Ahhhh yeah I remember that lore.

[@joshshrum2764]

@@regalblade8171 Did he give you some mushrooms ever he’s a nice guy.

[@needee5324]

A lot of these I already saw in your previous videos, but it was really neat seeing so many new facts included. It's also nice that a lot of these facts that were originally scattered in other videos is all in one place. I'd still love to see you do a video on "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: The 7th Stand User"

[@mat3wcb10]

In the End Of the World intro (exactly in the second 40) you can see that the Crusaders that die are in the right while the ones that survive are in the left. This is also seen in the Fighting Gold intro

[@agedstring]

In the game All Star Battle, if Kars is in a Mirror match with himself, he will quote his Jorge Joestar line: "I am alive! My body didn't die, but my life is just as weak and fragile as before". According to Morioh RADIO 4 GREAT, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Kira's Japanese voice actor, was given a amulet by Araki at the recording site. Street Fighter's Guile was inspired by J. Geil in name, Polnareff in design, and Stroheim in hairstyle. In addition, his Sonic Boom attack was originally being called Divine Sandstorm. Tamaki Damo's appearance and backstory seem to be inspired by the 2013 film American Hustle and it's character, Irving Rosenfeld. According to lead vocalist to the American pop-rock band The Fold, Dan Castady, he would be ok if his band was referenced in JoJo. That the second and third versions of Traitor's Requiem were voiced by a actual Italian. And that Darren Hayes, lead vocalist of Savage Garden, was happy to license their song for the anime.

[@il3fortunato664]

I thinked the "Italian" part of Uragiromono no Requiem was voiced by a Japanese (maybe the singer) that can speak Italian or learn it

[@najadamu2724]

Speaking of Street Fighter, Dhalsim's stretching-ability was apparently also inspired by Jonathan's Zoom Punch.

[@angelbasiliorodriguezbusto2065]

Probably not a fact but a nice theory: Joseph Joestar being in New York at the start of Part 2 was inspired by the song "Englishman in New York" by Sting (A song released about a month before Part 2) Also, the chorus of that song possibly inspired the arc where Mikitaka appears for the first time; I'm an Alien And finally (this isn't a theory but a true fact), Karen Aoki (the singer of Great Days) covered that song a few years ago

[@GBDupree]

Actually, I wonder if Caato's name is in reference to "cutting" the deck, to cut the deck you take a card (or sometimes a blank card that is removed later) and insert it between the other cards of the deck (much like her stand). This is done for shuffling and is often done by someone other than the shuffler to ensure the shuffler hasn't rigged the deck. Something like that.

[@crystaljon]

The Part 7 Stand, Chocolate Disco, originated from a chance encounter Araki had with the members of the band Perfume, who revealed that they were huge JoJo fans. It was also revealed that Araki's daughter was a huge Perfume fan.

[@wms6101]

Some voice actor-related trivia: 1. The Japanese voice of Vanilla Ice, Sho Hayami, had been playing the character since the 1998 game Heritage for the Future, making him the only JP VA to play the same character for a long period of time across different JoJo media. 2. The JP voice of Joseph Joestar in the Stardust Crusaders OVA is Chikao Otsuka, who is the late father of Akio Otsuka, the voice of Wamuu. Chikao is notably for being the voice of Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik in the Sonic the Hedgehog series for so long, from 1998 until his death in 2015. 3. In the anime adaptation of Diamond is Unbreakable, Tomoko Higashikata is the only JoJo anime character to have 2 JP voice actors within the same season (Joseph does not count). Her first voice actor, Megumi Toyoguchi, played her in episodes 1-15, but later left due to maternity leave. Shizuka Ito would later play her from episodes 31-39. 4. In the English dub of Stardust Crusaders, specifically in the final episode, Matthew Mercer, the English voice of Jotaro Kujo, made a reference to Overwatch. His line, "if this were the Wild West, the hero would say 'it's high noon'", is a reference to the Overwatch character McCree, who is also voiced by Mercer. Coincidentally, his JP voice actor is Jurota Kosugi, who is also the voice of Jotaro in the Stardust Crusaders OVA.

[@F1areon]

Meanwhile, in the 2012 anime, Jotaro is voiced by Daisuke Ono, who ALSO voices (among other things) Jyushimatsu and Silver the Hedgehog.

[@xblade149]

Here's another fun fact about fugo. In all star battle if fugo go up against his teammates the dialogue suggests he's betraying them. Hinting his original role

[@acerusea5156]

Fun fact: it's called JoJo's Bizarre Adventure because the main character, JoJo, goes on an adventure which turns out to be quite bizarre.

[@boubaker7037]

🤓" actually, Jojo's bizarre adventure in japanese can be translated to jojo's amazing adventure, because he has an amazing adventure, not a bizarre one, the name jojo's bizarre adventure was chose because the translator find it cool and it became the official name"

[@soapybread]

I really enjoy watching these videos because even though I know a lot about JoJo, Hamon Beat always shows me more things that I didn't know. Can't wait to see more.

[@SuperGoomba6464]

Why didnt Jotaro use Star Finger to find more Jojo fun facts?

[@NOVABLASTER]

He's too busy

[@da_pikmin_coder8367]

Oh my gosh I think I actually remember reading an Alex Rider novel in high school. It was pretty forgettable. But in its defense, no books are fun when you're reading for required credit.

[@liliav6932]

I love the fact that Giorno was planned to be a woman he's the most feminine looking jojo male protagonist

[@Jordan3DS]

I grew up with the Alex Rider books, so it's nuts to find out that Araki is connected to them! It's like my childhood interests and adult interests are colliding.

[@ProjektTaku]

"drawing by araki in his signature style." you know how little that narrows it down?

[@canaldecasta]

Another fun fact: It aint Disney if there's no Mickey

[@chingmuankim4927]

THIS SHIT AIN'T DISNEY IF THERE'S NO MICKEY

[@SubjectSigma18]

It aint Warner Bros if there's no Bugs Bunny

[@mariobros68]

It ain't Polnareffland if there's Polnareff

[@marleonka.]

5:07 I still can't get over the fact that this is an actual stand

[@bobblehead7002]

6:41 I ended up discovering this fact on my own a few months ago and blew my mind. The Alex Rider series was my favorite book series to read when I was in elementary and middle school. I’m now 22 and love JoJo. It’s an insane coincidence

[@Leopoldshark]

In Romantic languages, the term for sword is a derivation of spade. In Italian, it is spada. In Spanish, it's espada, something Bleach fans are familiar with.

[@nnif7]

Hamon beat: there are no times were Jonny reviles his birthmark me: Jonny's hand

[@aleuslopez7784]

fun fact:joseph story started when a kid stole his wallet and ended with his kid stealing his wallet

[@emoyosh1565]

6:23 so what youre saying is that araki planned for for fugo to be screwed either way. damn

[@pedroyuuhi]

Not gonna lie I heard the Hol Horse joining the part 3 gang so much that I almost audibly said "No shit, never heard that before"

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Lmao. Same with others like Fugo being a spy

[@ForgeofAule]

I really liked the Alex Rider novels, cool to see Araki did covers for them

[@KeeganKeegan]

Kaato- cut, as in you’re cutting the deck in half and flipping the top one.

[@zamasterhando3399]

"SCRAPPER" just looks like a fusion between Crazy Diamond and The Hand.

[@theotakubruh]

Ahh Hierophant Emerald and his trusty ability Green Splash😂

[@temmie5764]

I like the fact that all the part 8 higashikata family members have the word "king" in their stand names

[@turtlejohnny2145]

Always love a good hamon beat vid for my breaks at work

[@najadamu2724]

It might be neat to make a video on the design changes/shifts of certain Stands. Like how Star Platinum originally wore trousers, and Magician's Red was depicted barefoot before Avdol's return in the Judgement Arc, where it began being drawn with boots. And, IIRC, Soft & Wet's ears changed from early on too, and it got a gem added to its neck/collar portion at some point too.

[@jamelabarrogo3749]

4:58 As someone who read Jorge Joestar (Remain unfinished, thanks to my homework), I love these two. (I drew them with Josuke and Okuyasu)

[@Grumpini]

Took me a long time (becuz dumb) to realize all the higashikata family stands have the word 'king' in them. Nut KING call California KING bed KING nothing Speed KING WalKING heart Space TrucKING AwaKING III Leaves Paper Moon KING

[@Val-gv3vu]

I bet you didn’t know this but,Enrico Pucci was originally called Roberto Pucci.The source is on Twitter and it has a picture of Pucci and his original name from the WSJ release.

[@najadamu2724]

Source? I've literally never heard that before, and I've been in the fandom since 2012

[@silversonome5360]

"The source is on twitter" feels like you're just saying "I saw it somewhere, idgaf, go look for it yourself lol"

[@Val-gv3vu]

@@silversonome5360 I gave the source two times.It must’ve gotten deleted.

[@silversonome5360]

@@Val-gv3vu Well, if you already gave it, why not give it again? You already have it, don't you?

[@kwebvin9939]

She's up today, I'm on the beat! *Background music*

[@DeamonChocobo]

Araki's monster designs look straight out of a SMT game.

[@datonemarioguy]

Mario in the thumbnail is that one friend that is completely different from the rest, but they still hang out with him nonetheless

[@semmyuel]

trivia videos are always cool

[@kreativecids5953]

In Battle Tendency when 12yo Joseph was reading a book, it was a reference to Araki’s other manga called Baoh who appears in ASB + ASBR & his manga appears in the outro of part 4 near Rohan’s bookshelf

[@lordfreezer5631]

That is in the anime version, in the manga Joseph was reading Superman comics. In the anime this is changed with the Baoh manga for copyright reasons

[@danpewpewman9711]

How dare KZbin get you out of my recommended and made me forget about this channel

[@theendofthestart8179]

Just subscribe then you goober

[@fighterbg3695]

Every Higashikata family member's stand has the word king in its name in some way.

[@Robot_Eva]

What about soft and wet?

[@crackaddict1692]

@@Robot_Eva First, he's adopted and not a blood member of the main Higashikata bloodline. Second, Soft and Wet was Josefumi's Stand, who also wasn't part of the main Higashikata bloodline.

[@Robot_Eva]

@@crackaddict1692 even if he is adopted, ill still love josuke

[@jamelabarrogo3749]

@@Robot_Eva Josuk8's adopted... but his other half has a little of Higashikata Blood (Yoshikage Kira, but his Stand is the King's Wife/Sister who'll be next in line, the Queen [Killer Queen])

[@hrocxvid]

I watch this channel so much that I actually had heard of most of these fun facts

[@DeeDolp]

Love the four JoJo characters featured in the thumbnail

[@tracyndiyob162]

thanks for the facts hamon beat!!! :3 even though i can understand why not as it probably would've been hard having polnaraff agreeing with the guy that nearly killed avdol joining them (would've loved to have seen that in eyes of heaven and feel the spinoff is another take at that idea.) but would've liked to have seen hol horse as a crusader and getting into the scenarios they got into & find it funny joseph is the 1st jojo to appear in the shonen jump crossovers as he was in the 1st famicom jump along with santana(hope we see a jump super/ultimate stars successor for the 55th anniversary or an ova/movie with shitani's visuals.:3).

[@silvallystar6248]

Jojo fun fact: Yukako was the first Yandere and inspired all other yanderes we see today

[@pablogomez903]

Sword come from the Spanish deck of cards. We also have cups, golds and "bastos". I don't know how to translate the last one.

[@diegordi1394]

"Bastos" se puede traducir a "clubs" con el sentido de "garrote".

[@UnknownTVGuy]

Wow, a nice Hamon Beat video about neat facts about my favorite manga on my birthday? Thanks, Hamon Beat!

[@hexahedronhead7516]

When he said Josuke originally had a different stand ability, I thought he was talking about his plunder ability, since it never got used in the later half of the story. Curious if there is a debunking Araki forgot explanation for that one

[@1423big]

I second that notion. Wtf happened to what ability? Or a video talking about soft and wet in general.

[@silversonome5360]

... have you never watched the Debunking Araki Forgot series to know how that explanation would go? Wonder of U cannot be attacked by any conventional means, so the regular plundering ability cannot be used against it, and Wonder of U does span about half of the manga. There simply was no reason for Josuke to use the ability; like it was said by Araki about Star Finger, "As the intensity of the fights increased, its frequency of use decreased"

[@hexahedronhead7516]

@@silversonome5360 makes no sense at all. Gappy could’ve at least used it against the rock animals at multiple times and used it in several fights separate from Wonder of U. Not to mention the ability isn’t as simple as Star Finger. Plunder has infinite applications. It’s only limitations are the user’s creativity, whereas Star Finger is simply a range increase for Star Platinum. I refuse to accept that “he just didn’t need to use it bs”. I really hope Hamon Beat could find a better explanation than that.

[@thesimpostor6251]

​@@hexahedronhead7516 I think that might be why Araki kinda put plunder on the backburner. the fact that plunder didn't really have any limitations on what an "aspect" is made plunder really broken, which would've sucked any tension out the story. but that's just a guess

[@hexahedronhead7516]

@@thesimpostor6251 I’d agree, that does make the most sense. Still a shame, because it was such a neat concept I would’ve loved to see more of

[@oddiunapologetic]

I want to see hamon beat do a video reviewing/giving his personal opinion on jojo characters drawn by other mangakas.

[@yikeda2008]

Waking up to a Shazmudie Hamonu Beat is very good. Keep it comin

[@simeonwashington9995]

That fact about Araki doing artwork for the Japanese releases for some of the novels in the Alex Rider series is so cool! Just a quick look at the wiki and he's done so much art. Alex practically has JoJo poses galore and I love it 😆

[@Wongel_mit_Hut]

Ah yes, Mario Joestar, my favorite Jojo.

[@jojoversus1100]

lol never get over the fact that Polnareff was looking for his sister's murderer, a man known to have 2 right hands. then the animators ACCIDENTALLY animated Avdol with 2 right hands! I feel like Eagle-eyed viewers might very well have caught that & rightfully suspected Avdol!

[@Gamer-ri2vo]

I love this channel