Part 1: Phantom Blood



Part 1 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, subtitled Phantom Blood, is the first installment of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and is succeeded by Battle Tendency. Jonathan Joestar is the JoJo and Dio Brando is the main antagonist. Dio's zombies are the villainous faction of this part.

It introduces the Joestar story-line as well as Hamon and the Stone Mask.

Originally titled Jonathan Joestar: His Youth, the first part released in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1986.

In 2006, Part 1 was adapted into an action-adventure "beat-em-up" PS2 game created by Bandai Namco. It was released in commemoration of the series 20th anniversary.

A feature film adapting Phantom Blood was released in 2007, created by Studio A.P.P.P.

The long running and current anime adaptation of the JoJo series, titled JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation, first adapted Part 1 to TV in 2012.

The Part 1 manga was officially released in the United States in 2014.

Official Description
In England in 1880, Part 1 follows Jonathan Joestar as he learns the breathing technique of Hamon in order to defeat his adopted brother, the evil Dio Brando.

Summary
The first part of JoJo, set in England 1880, follows Jonathan Joestar in his training of Hamon in order to defeat his evil adopted brother Dio, who is transformed into an immortal vampire by an ancient Stone Mask. Jonathan uses Hamon, an ancient breathing technique passed down through the Zeppeli family, to defeat Dio and his horde of zombies and other vampires. At the end of the story, Jonathan sacrifices himself to defeat his adopted brother once and for all, helping his pregnant wife to live another day.

Cast

 * -|English =
 * Jonathan Joestar - Johnny Yong Bosch
 * Will A. Zeppeli - B.J. Oakie
 * Robert E. O. Speedwagon - Keith Silverstein
 * Erina Pendleton - Michelle Ruff
 * Dio Brando - Patrick Seitz
 * -|Japanese =
 * Jonathan Joestar - Okitzu Kazuyuki
 * Will A. Zeppeli - Shioya Yuko
 * Robert E. O. Speedwagon - Ueda Yoji
 * Erina Pendleton - Kawasumi Ayako
 * Dio Brando - Koyasu Takehito

Trivia

 * The anime was announced on July 5, 2012 by Hirohiko Araki during JoJo Exhibition 2012 press conference.
 * This is the first of two parts not to include or mention Stands before they are introduced in Part 3.FotNS logo.jpg
 * A lot of Part 1 was inspired by another manga series titled "Fist of the North Star."
 * The JoJo official logo (the supertitle in a white and pink gradient) is inspired by the Fist of the North Star logo.
 * Although it can also be argued that it's inspired by the Indiana Jones logo, however the colors and format speak for themselves.
 * Many panels in Phantom Blood (and in subsequent parts, but most prominently in Part 1,) copy almost exactly certain panels in FotNS.
 * Jonathan takes major design inspiration from Kenshiro.
 * This is the first part in the series where the protagonist dies in the part he is introduced.

Continuity

 * The Joestar Birthmark, which is formally introduced in Part 3, is totally absent from this part because Araki didn't write that plot point in yet. While the birthmark is absent in the manga, the anime adaptation added it in retroactively to fit with what's known in Part 3.
 * The Stone Mask is discovered for the first time this part, which is later revealed to be a creation of the Pillar Men in Part 2.
 * The post credit scene in the anime adaptation adds a scene of Santana in a pillar being discovered in Mexico.
 * Will Zeppeli says in this part that he died with no offspring, but this is revealed to not be true in Part 2 where his son and grandson take center focus in the plot.
 * Erina saves a baby from the boat in the final battle, who eventually grows up to be Lisa Lisa, Joseph Joestar's mother.
 * Dio survives the boat explosion, as revealed in Part 3, and the reason for this is currently unclear. He supposedly found a way into the coffin Erina escaped on in another compartment, but this likely wasn't written this way back in Part 1.
 * The novel Jorge Joestar attempts to explain this by saying that Dio completely survived the explosion and tormented Erina in that coffin for days before she was rescued, and he was placed under that compartment.