The story up to this point takes up two of the manga’s 19 volumes (and five of the anime’s 39 episodes) - and the entire two-hour runtime of the live-action film. “ Dead or Alive came out 18 years ago, bub.” Like his father, Josuke can use a Stand, a supernatural manifestation of its user’s fighting spirit.Īs the story begins, Josuke meets another JoJo, Jotaro Kujo, learns about his Stand powers, defeats his first foe, Angelo, and discovers the bow and arrow that can transform normal people into Stand users which becomes the series’ MacGuffin.
The first few chapters of the Diamond is Unbreakable manga introduce high schooler Josuke Higashikata, the illegitimate child of Joseph Joestar, the main character of an earlier JoJo’s arc. It’s not the only thing about this film that feels, for lack of a better word, bizarre. In the first of many strange directorial decisions, though, the film was shot in Sitges, Spain, a city that no amount of set decoration can make look remotely Japanese. The peaceful town of Morioh is widely known to be based on Sendai in northern Japan. And it’s based on one of the most beloved arcs of JoJo’s, Diamond is Unbreakable.ĭiamond is Unbreakable was chosen, ostensibly, because unlike other parts of JoJo’s, the setting and most of the characters are Japanese.
It was helmed by Takashi Miike, who’s directed some of my favorite films, including the over-the-top Dead or Alive trilogy. What’s worse, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure actually had potential. It’s enough to make a cynical critic think these films are nothing but cash grabs (that much is pretty obvious, actually).
#JOJO LIVE ACTION LEGENDADO MOVIE#
For every good live-action manga movie that, through some miracle, ends up being good, there are about 10 that cast a popular singer, model or other variety of talento (one of Japan’s most ironic pieces of waseigo), throw him or her in cosplay and call it a day.
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