[00:01] anticipated JoJo part ever just dropped. Steel Ball Run premiered on Netflix on March the 19th, and the first episode is a 47-minute special. Here's why this is a massive deal. Steel Ball Run is part 7 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, but it's a
[00:15] completely fresh start. New universe, new continuity. You don't need to have watched a single episode of JoJo to jump in. It's 1890 America. A cross-continental horse race spanning 6,000 km from San Diego to New York. $50
[00:30] million prize. The main character, Johnny Joestar, a former genius jockey who's now paralyzed from the waist down. He teams up with Gyro Zeppeli, a mysterious outlaw from Naples whose steel balls can do anything that
[00:42] shouldn't be physically possible. What makes it special is the tone. This isn't the over-the-top bombast of earlier JoJo parts. Steel Ball Run reads like a spaghetti western with supernatural horror. The stands are still here, but
[00:54] the series also brings back the spin, a reimagining of Hamon based on the golden ratio and spin. Spiral rotation. The manga is widely considered the best JoJo animating it, the same studio behind
[01:07] every JoJo season, with the directors from Golden Wind returning. And the villain? The president of the United States. I'm not joking. If you've ever wanted to start JoJo, this is your entry point. The race has begun.