As Anime Rumors Mount, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Announces a New Live-Action Movie

Even with JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure being as old as it is, the franchise is still as strong as ever. 2023 saw the debut of the manga’s ninth part, The JOJOLands, and while there has yet to be official confirmation of anything, there’s reason to suspect that the anime will soon return with the long-awaited adaptation of part seven, Steel Ball Run.

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is as strong as ever in both the anime and the manga, and surprisingly, live-action is part of that, as well. In the 2020s, the JoJo spinoff manga, Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan, received a series of live-action adaptations for TV, and over half a year since the last episode, it’s been announced that Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan will release its first-ever live-action film adaptation in spring 2025. Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan has always been a great addition to the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure franchise, and with the new movie, that will only become more apparent.

Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan’s First Feature Film Explained

Everything We Know About The New Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Film

According to the teaser trailer, the new Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan film will adapt “Episode 16: At a Confessional,” the first story featured in the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan anthology series. While on vacation in Venice, Rohan stumbles upon an open confessional and accidentally walks into the priest’s compartment, causing a patron to mistake him for a priest. Rohan decides to hear the person’s confession, and in typical fashion for the series, Rohan and the audience are fed a disturbing tale of the supernatural and the macabre.

Why Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Is Such A Great Addition To JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure

Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan getting a movie was very unexpected, but it’s nonetheless great to see. For the film, specifically, while not much has been shown so far, between the music, the costume and set design, the overall direction, and Issei Takahashi’s mannerisms as Rohan, Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan’s first feature film appears to be doing a great job of bringing the dark and mysterious world of the manga to life. That was also the case with the live-action series, and it’s great to see that level of craft being maintained for the film.

What especially helps with that is the high quality of the manga. Not only is it a great way of exploring Rohan’s character, even with the original continuity having long since been abandoned, but with every new installment, Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan continues to be a great exploration into the horror elements of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure with all the creativity and great art that’s become expected of the franchise. It’s unknown when, exactly, people can expect the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run anime to release, but ideally, the new film will be a great means of tiding people over.

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