JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

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Generations of the Joestar bloodline, wild villains and even wilder powers — JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is one of manga's most influential epics. Here's the story behind the JoJo's figures you're collecting.

• One of manga's longest sagas. Running since 1987 across nine parts and 130+ volumes, JoJo is Shueisha's second longest-running series — each part following a new "JoJo."
• Over 100 million copies. Hirohiko Araki's series is among the best-selling manga in history, decades after it began.
• It invented the "Stand." Part 3 introduced Stands — manifested spirit powers — one of the most influential ideas in all of battle manga.
• High fashion on the page. Araki draws openly from the world of high fashion, giving JoJo its unmistakable poses, colours and style.
• From Jump to seinen. It began in Weekly Shōnen Jump and moved to the monthly Ultra Jump in 2005, where it still runs — animated since 2012 by David Production.