Netflix will release the upcoming JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: STONE OCEAN on a monthly basis, according to the show’s listing on the Netflix Media Center. It is currently unknown how many episodes will be released each month.
The show will stream on Netflix from December, while the Japanese broadcast will begin from January 2022.
STONE OCEAN is the latest adaptation of Hirohiko Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure manga series, which began in 1987 and ended its eighth part, JoJolion, in August 2021. STONE OCEAN is based on the sixth part of the manga, which ran from 1999 to 2003.
Netflix describes the show as:
Florida, U.S.A, 2011 — After an accident while on a drive with her sweetheart, Jolyne Cujoh falls into a trap and is sentenced to fifteen years at the state-run maximum-security correctional facility Green Dolphin Street Prison—AKA “the Aquarium.” On the verge of despair, she receives a pendant from her father that causes a mysterious power to awaken inside of her. “There are things in this world that are more terrifying than death, and what’s happening in this prison is definitely one of them.” A message from a mysterious boy who appears before Jolyne, inexplicable events that occur one after another, the horrifying truth told to her by her father when he comes to visit, and the name DIO… Will Jolyne ultimately be set free from this stone ocean they call a prison? The final battle to end the century-long, fateful confrontations between the Joestar family and DIO begins!!
The staff includes Kenichi Suzuki (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders series director) as the chief director, Toshiyuki Kato (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable series director) as the director, Yasuko Kobayashi (Attack on Titan Season 3 Season 3 Part 2) as the series composer, Masanori Shino (No Guns Life) as the character designer, Keiichi Tsuchiya (Laidbackers character designer) as the sub-character designer, and Shunichi Ishimoto (Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan character designer) as the stand designer.
Other staff include Yoshito Watanabe (Healin Good Pretty Cure: GoGo! Big Transformation! The Town of Dreams!! and Sword Art Online Alicization War of Underworld co-art director) as the art director, Yūko Satō (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind) as the color designer, Kazuhiro Yamada (Akudama Drive) as the photography director, and Yūgo Kanno (Cells at Work! CODE BLACK) as the music composer. David Production is the animation production studio.
Meanwhile, the cast includes Ai Fairouz as Jolyne Cujoh, Mutsumi Tamura as Ermes Costello, Mariya Ise as F.F., Atsumi Tanezaki as Emporio Alñino, Yūichirō Umehara as Weather Forecast, Daisuke Namikawa as Narc Anastasia, and Daisuke Ono as Jotaro Kujo.
Source: Netflix Media Center
