A new JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure video was streamed yesterday (12th November), previewing two new episodes in the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (岸辺露伴は動かない) original video anime (OVA) project. The two episodes, “Confessional Room” and “The Run”will be available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on 25th March 2020.
The PV previews new antagonist Yoma Hashimoto (橋本 陽馬) from episode “The Run”, voiced by Kouki Uchiyama (内山 昂輝). He was shown in a running battles with Kishibe in the gym.
The website also reveals the draft of Hashimoto, left, together with a mysterious young man, who is voiced by Hiroki Takahashi (高橋 広樹). New visual from “Confessional Room” was also posted on the website.
The OVA project continues to be animated by david production and directed by Toshiyuki Kato (加藤敏幸). Shunichi Ishimoto (石本峻一) is credited for character design and the main animation.
The project will play in nine screenings at six cities in Japan between December 8 and March 29. Kishibe Rohan’s voice actor Takahiro Sakurai (櫻井孝宏) will also appear in every screening.
▍About Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan is a one-shot manga, created by Hirohiko Araki’s (荒木 飛呂彦), starring JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable character Rohan Kishibe (岸辺露伴), a manga artist who travels around the world to get inspiration from people’s lives.
The anime studio David Production adapted two previous Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan stories as original anime DVDs, titled as “Fugō Mura” (Millionaire Village) and Mutsukabezaka” (Mutsukabe Hill).