While Crunchyroll has not commented on this beyond the initial announcement late last night, we’re going to treat this as official until otherwise noted by the company even though it’s landed on April 1st. Crunchyroll has announced that they’ve picked up the rights to JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure for streaming and will be updating with information on their acquisition in a bit. This is normally what they do with series that haven’t had their details finalized yet. There is a lot of concern over whether this is a prank or not, but with the company using official artwork, the fact that Namco Bandai Games is bringing the new All Star game out in Europe and that this would be a catalog title for this series at least since it’s the twenty-six episode 2012 run, it’s starting to feel more and more real. But until we get more details, we’d urge caution.
Plot concept: Beginning its tale in 19th century England, young aristocrat Jonathan Joestar finds himself locked in bitter rivalry with Dio Brando, a low-born boy who Jonathan’s father took under his wing after the death of Dio’s father. Discontent with his station in life, Dio’s fathomless lust to reign over all eventually leads him to seek the supernatural powers of an ancient Aztec stone mask in the Joestar’s possession—an artifact that will forever change the destiny of Dio and Jonathan for generations to come. Fifty years later, in 1938 New York City, Jonathan’s grandson Joseph Joestar must take up his grandfather’s mission and master the abilities necessary to destroy the stone mask and its immensely powerful creators who threaten humanity’s very existence, the Pillar Men.