Nisio Isin and Posuka Demizu are creating a new Cool Shock B.T. high school spin-off one-shot releasing in Ultra Jump on May 19, 2026. A volume of their spin-offs will release on June 18.
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The JOJOLands Chapter 35:
"To achieve a soft, fluffy texture, I steam abalone with sake for two hours. It's still a work in progress, so during my trial runs I'll check on it occasionally while I work on my manuscript."
- Hirohiko Araki, Ultra Jump May 2026
Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure will hold a 1st Stage screening event in five Japanese cities, beginning on May 17, 2026.
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Merchandise with new art of Johnny Joestar, Gyro Zeppeli, and Diego Brando are being sold in Don Quijote stores in Japan starting on April 25, 2026.
Netflix Anime confirmed the Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime's 2nd STAGE will stream weekly on Netflix starting in fall 2026.
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Sleep Trance is a Stand that Police awakens after accidentally swallowing a fragment of a Stand Arrow hidden in a piece of a discarded ham. The fragment is one of the scattered pieces of Yoshihiro Kira's shattered Arrow. Sleep Trance only activates while Police is asleep. While it is active, Police dreams that he is drifting through the air inside the Stand's body. When the Stand enters another person, it possesses their body and puts them into a trance-like state similar to sleepwalking, allowing Police to move through them while still asleep. The Stand can pass from one person to another, but Police cannot wake up until the Stand returns to his own body alongside the person his Stand is possessing. Because Police was unfamiliar with the Stand when it first awakened, it moved wildly and uncontrollably, tearing through the Hirose house like a poltergeist and wrecking much of the first floor.
An unnamed Stand awakened when a crow accidentally bites a fragment of a Stand Arrow. It allows the crow to protect a chosen area by making anyone who enters forget why they came there. When the Stand is active inside a room, it flies around so quickly that it is nearly impossible to see. The moment someone steps inside, their objective is erased. A person entering to retrieve something, investigate, or carry out any specific task will immediately forget that purpose until they exit the area. Even written reminders become useless, and voices from outside cannot properly get through to them.
The light novel Synchronicity in Morioh features two new Stands in Chapters 2 and 3. One of them is Sleep Trance, which belongs to a Part 4 character who did not have a Stand before.
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New Johnny Joestar + Slow Dancer and Gyro Zeppeli + Valkyrie XrossLinkMAX figures release in October 2026
SCREENα Vol.7 releasing on April 10, 2026 features new art of Johnny Joestar on the cover and bonus poster.
It has interviews with Shogo Sakata, Yohei Azakami, Kenta Miyake & Rie Takahashi, Kaito Ishikawa, Yasuhiro Kimura, Toshiyuki Kato, Yasuko Kobayashi, Daisuke Tsumagari, and Yugo Kanno.
Josuke Higashikata S.H.Figuarts figure revealed, releasing in September 2026
Announcement: Following our acquisition by Netflix, the wiki will now pivot away from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and instead focus on real-world coverage of certain "eccentric" individuals.
The second Stardust Crusaders Machiboke ("waiting in vain") figure pack with Kakyoin, Avdol, Iggy, and DIO releases in mid April 2026.
Hirohiko Araki's Kingdom 20th anniversary panel redraw of Ou Ki from Chapter 129 has been revealed for Social Kingdom Reignited.
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The Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime unveiled its 2nd STAGE teaser at AnimeJapan 2026, confirming a 2026 Netflix release.
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Super Figure Art Collection Johnny Joestar & Slow Dancer / Gyro Zeppeli & Valkyrie on display at AnimeJapan 2026
NHK revealed the synopsis and cast for the live-action Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan special Kyoka Izumi Does Not Shut Up.
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An interview with Kenta Miyake (voice of Muhammad Avdol/Steven Steel/Urmd Avdul) and Toshiyuki Kato (series director).
Kato discusses the difficulties in adapting Steel Ball Run into an anime.
- From JOJO magazine 2026 SPRING (March 23, 2026)
Hirohiko Araki talking about his lithograph art featured at the Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco from September 27 to October 25, 2025.
- From JOJO magazine 2026 SPRING (March 23, 2026)
New art of Jonathan, Joseph, Jotaro, Josuke, Giorno, and Jolyne from Ichiban Kuji JoJo's Bizarre Adventure The Gathering of STARS
Several JoJo's Bizarre Adventure characters drawn by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro (Toriko) for his Enya the Hag's Fangirl Diary spin-off released in JOJO magazine 2026 SPRING.
About one or two weeks before Part 2 of JoJo ended, the editor in charge at the time said, “People are starting to get tired of Ripple (Hamon), so let’s switch to something different and move on to Part 3.” I panicked, thinking, “What am I going to do?” Even so, I wasn’t given any time off, so in about two weeks I somehow came up with the idea of “Stands” and moved into Part 3. With “Ripple,” I had been depicting supernatural abilities by drawing ripple patterns, so I wanted to take it in a different direction. That led to the creation of a new rule where humanoid energy forms fight. It was an extremely harsh challenge both in terms of schedule and difficulty, but looking back, it was a happy and memorable moment.
Shueisha Manga Expo is a special website for Shueisha's 100th anniversary where they present "memorable chapters" selected by the manga artist alongside comments.
Hirohiko Araki selected JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders Volume 1, Chapter 3, where Jotaro fights Avdol.
Take this with a grain of salt, but according to the manager of Netflix Chile's TikTok account, the Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime will be released weekly.
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The main theme of the Steel Ball Run anime, "Dance with STEEL BALL RUN", will be out on streaming platforms tomorrow on March 20, 2026.
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A bonus illustration card of Steel Ball Run and The JOJOLands that comes with The JOJOLands Volume 8.
Diego Brando & Silver Bullet Nendoroid DX Figure announced
BANDAI FASHION COLLECTION is selling merchandise of Johnny Joestar's hat, releasing in August 2026
The JOJOLands Chapter 34:
"I'm really looking forward to cherry blossom viewing again this year, but what really makes it special is the way the entire atmosphere suddenly changes all at once. That's what makes sakura so amazing."
- Hirohiko Araki, Ultra Jump April 2026
Preview for The JOJOLands Volume 9, which releases in Summer 2026.
In my life, there are exactly two "yokai" (supernatural creatures) that I know of, despite both being human. One of them is an extremely picky eater whose diet consists almost entirely of fatty meat and watermelon; he doesn't eat rice or anything. He also claims to sleep only three hours every other day. The other one is notably thin but they're able to eat whatever they want with no limits. Their face is also always sunburned for some reason. Both of them have managed to blend into society and earn steady incomes, though the exact nature of their work is a bit unclear (laughs). Even their marital situations are something of a mystery. The two have nothing to do with each other, but to me they seem like yokai in human form.
The JOJOLands Volume 8: Author's Note
- Hirohiko Araki (March 19, 2026)
Araki's sketches/tailpieces for The JOJOLands Volume 8
☆ Chapter 29 (Jodio)
☆ Chapter 30 (Dragona)
☆ Chapter 31 (Hacca Howler & Eclipse Eight Info)
Howler's Stand is Eclipse Eight, likely referencing Pink Floyd's "Eclipse" or Journey's album. 8 = H being the 8th letter & Hacca being the 8th head.
Photo of Hirohiko Araki from The JOJOLands Volume 8