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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable (Japanese: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 ダイヤモンドは砕けない, Hepburn: JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Daiyamondo wa Kudakenai) is the third season of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime by David Production, based on the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga series by Hirohiko Araki. This season covers Part 4 of the manga, titled Diamond Is Unbreakable. Set in 1999, the season follows the adventures of Josuke Higashikata, the illegitimate son of Joseph Joestar, as he and his new friends hunt for an evasive magical bow and arrow which has granted people dangerous Stand powers, uprooting Josuke's previously quiet life in his home town of Morioh.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable
Season 3

Key visual of the series' "Bites the Dust" arc

No. of episodes39
Release
Original networkTokyo MX
Original releaseApril 2 –
December 24, 2016
Season chronology
List of episodes

The anime adaptation of Diamond is Unbreakable was announced at the end of "The Last Crusaders" event for the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders anime in Tokyo on October 24, 2015;[1] a teaser trailer was uploaded to Warner Bros. Japan's YouTube channel shortly after.[2] The series was directed by Naokatsu Tsuda and Toshiyuki Kato, with the screenplay by Yasuko Kobayashi, character designs by Terumi Nishii, and the score composed once again by Yugo Kanno. Diamond Is Unbreakable aired in Japan between April 2, and December 24, 2016, and was simulcast by Crunchyroll.[a][3] The opening theme for the first 14 episodes is "Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town" performed by The DU, (Jun Shirota, Daisuke Wada, and Jeity),[4][5] the theme for episodes 15–26 is "Chase" performed by pop rock band Batta,[6] and the theme for episode 27 onwards is "Great Days" by Daisuke Hasegawa and Karen Aoki.[7] The ending theme is the 1996 single "I Want You" by Australian pop group Savage Garden.[8] The ending theme for episode 39 is "Great Days Units ver." by JO☆UNITED (Hiroaki "Tommy" Tominaga, Coda, Jin Hashimoto, Jun Shirota, Daisuke Wada, Jeity, Tatsu Hoshino, Daisuke Hasegawa, and Karen Aoki).

An original video animation (OVA) episode based on the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan spin-off manga was distributed in 2017 to those who purchased every DVD or Blu-ray release of the series.[9][10] A second OVA was released with a special edition of the manga's second volume on July 19, 2018.[11]

On July 6, 2018, Viz Media announced that the series would air on Adult Swim's Toonami; episodes began broadcasting on August 19, 2018.[12]

Set around mid-1999 in Japan, Jotaro Kujo tracks down Josuke Higashikata, the illegitimate son of Joseph Joestar, to help him find a supernatural bow and arrow which grants people Stand powers. Along the way, Josuke and his friends discover that a Stand-using serial killer named Yoshikage Kira is on the loose in their hometown of Morioh, armed with an explosive Stand named Killer Queen. Josuke's group corners the murderer, but he escapes by changing his face to that of businessman Kosaku Kawajiri and assumes his identity. Though Kira gains a new ability named Bites the Dust that can create a time loop, Kosaku's son Hayato tricks him into revealing his identity, leading to his defeat by Josuke and his allies.

Character Japanese English
Josuke Higashikata Yuki Ono Billy Kametz[12]
Jotaro Kujo Daisuke Ono Matthew Mercer
Koichi Hirose Yuki Kaji Zach Aguilar[13]
Okuyasu Nijimura Wataru Takagi Jalen K. Cassell[14]
Rohan Kishibe Takahiro Sakurai Vic Mignogna
Reimi Sugimoto Sayuri Hara Kira Buckland
Hayato Kawajiri Rina Satō Laura Stahl[15]
Yoshikage Kira Toshiyuki Morikawa D. C. Douglas[16]
Yoshihiro Kira Shigeru Chiba Steve Kramer
Tomoko Higashikata Megumi Toyoguchi (eps. 1–15) Allegra Clark
Shizuka Itō (eps. 31–39)
Ryohei Higashikata Katsuhisa Hōki Michael Sorich
Joseph Joestar Unsho Ishizuka Richard Epcar
Anjuro "Angelo" Katagiri Kenji Hamada Lex Lang
Keicho Nijimura Tomoyuki Shimura Jason Marnocha[17]
Akira Otoishi Showtaro Morikubo Andrew Russell
Tamami Kobayashi Satoshi Tsuruoka Frank Todaro
Toshikazu Hazamada Hiroki Shimowada Lucien Dodge
Yukako Yamagishi Mamiko Noto Faye Mata[18]
Tonio Trussardi Tokuyoshi Kawashima Christopher Bevins
Shizuka Joestar Taeko Kawata Kaitlyn Robrock
Shigekiyo "Shigechi" Yangu Kappei Yamaguchi Brian Beacock
Aya Tsuji Sayaka Ohara Katelyn Gault
Ken Oyanagi Chika Sakamoto Laila Berzins
Mikitaka Hazekura Yasuyuki Kase Mark Whitten
Yuya Fungami Kishō Taniyama Phillip Reich
Toyohiro Kanedaichi Kōichi Tōchika Sean Chiplock
Terunosuke Miyamoto Kengo Kawanishi Alan Lee
Masazo Kinoto Makoto Ishii Stefan Martello
Shinobu Kawajiri Yū Shimamura Jennifer Losi
Nijimura's Father Naomi Kusumi Kellen Goff
Kai Harada Bucky Koba David Vincent
Narrator Tōru Ōkawa
  1. ^ a b Tokyo MX lists the series as premiering at 24:30 on Friday, which is effectively Saturday at 12:30 a.m. JST.
  2. ^ Order of episodes in the series continuing from the previous season
  3. ^ Order of episodes within the season
  4. ^ English episode titles are taken from Crunchyroll. In instances where names are altered from the Japanese version, the original Japanese translation is used on the left while the edited Crunchyroll title is used on the right.
  5. ^ In the official English releases, Crazy Diamond is named "Shining Diamond".
  6. ^ In the official English releases, Bad Company is named "Worse Company".
  7. ^ a b Dio's death is depicted in episode 48 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders.
  8. ^ In the official English releases, Red Hot Chili Pepper is named "Chili Pepper".
  9. ^ In the official English releases, Echoes is named "Reverb".
  10. ^ In the official English releases, Surface is named "Show Off".
  11. ^ In the official English releases, Trattoria Trussardi is named "Trattoria Trendy".
  12. ^ In the official English releases, Tonio Trussard is named "Tonio Trendy".
  13. ^ In the official English releases, Pearl Jam is named "Pole Jam".
  14. ^ In the official English releases, Killer Queen is named "Deadly Queen".
  15. ^ In the official English releases, Sheer Heart Attack is named "Heart Attack".
  16. ^ In the official English releases, Atom Heart Father is named "Heart Father".
  17. ^ In the official English releases, Boy II Man is named "Boy Man Man".
  18. ^ In the official English releases, Highway Star is named "Highway Go Go".
  19. ^ In the official English releases, Enigma is named "Misterioso".
  20. ^ In the official English releases, Cheap Trick is named "Cheap Trap".
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  13. ^ Aguilar, Zach [@airzach] (2018-08-18). "The cat's out of the bag! I play Koichi Hirose in #JoJosBizarreAdventure #DiamondIsUnbreakable. So honored to be a part of this series. Thanks to @mummynyan @BangZoom @VIZMedia for having me on the show! Hope you'll tune in every Saturday night to watch only on #Toonami" (Tweet). Retrieved 2019-03-24 – via Twitter.
  14. ^ Cassell, Jalen K. [@JalenKCassell] (2018-09-08). "All hands on deck! I'm overjoyed to officially announce that I voice Okuyasu Nijimura in #JoJosBizarreAdventure #DiamondIsUnbreakable! What a journey, what a show, what a goofball! Many thanks to @mummynyan, @TonyOliverVA, @VIZMedia, & @BangZoom for having me along for the ride!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2019-03-24 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ Stahl, Laura [@laura_stahl] (2019-03-02). "Yay! It aired! Say hi to my new cinnamon roll, Hayato, in #JOJOsBizarreAdventure, on #Toonami! I know he only popped in for a sec but wait til you see what's coming! I hope you'll come to love this clever babby as much as I do! Thank you @mummynyan, and @BangZoom for my boy!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2019-03-03 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ Viz Media [@VIZMedia] (4 January 2019). "Announcement: Kira (voiced by @DC_Douglas) makes his deadly debut in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable on #Toonami this Saturday at 1:30 AM!" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 January 2019 – via Twitter.
  17. ^ Marnocha, Jason [@JMarnocha] (2018-09-08). "SO delighted to be able to announce that I voice Keicho Nijimura in #jojosbizarreadventure #DiamondIsUnbreakable! Thanks as always to @BangZoom for their amazing studios! And to @TonyOliverVA for his direction! I'm stoked to be involved in such a great show!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2019-03-24 – via Twitter.
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