The Warner Bros. Japan Anime YouTube channel revealed the first opening for the upcoming JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean anime, which isset to stream on Netflix starting December 1st.
The channel held an hour-long “before the release” live stream on Sunday, showing off the new opening and revealing some important casting news.
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The theme, “STONE OCEAN” is performed by rock band Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets. The group came to prominence with the release of their debut single “Highschool of the Dead” which served as the opening for the 2010 anime of the same name. Since then, they’ve done work on popular anime likeStrike The Blood, GATE,andThat Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime.
Kamikaze Douga returns to do the animation for the opening. The Shibuya-based studio worked on the series’ opening animationsup untilStardust Crusaders, and has also worked on theBatman Ninjaanimated film as well as theStar Wars Visionsshort, “The Duel”.
The stream also revealed that veteran voice actor Tomokazu Sekiwill be voicing Enrico Pucci. Seki is best known for being the voice behindJujutsu Kaisen’sPanda, Gilgamesh in theFatefranchise, and Shinya Kougami fromPsycho-Passalongside other notable roles inStens;Gate, Doraemon,and more.
Stone Oceanwill stream its first 12 episodes on Netflix from December 1st and will air on Japanese TV later on in January. Tokyo MX, BS11, MBS, and Animax will broadcast the series once it’s set to air on TV.
Daisuke Ono will reprise his role as Jotaro Kujo whileFairouz Ai will voice Jolyne. Miyuki Sawashiro previously voiced the character in the 2015 video game,JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven.Mutsumi Tamura will voice Ermes Costello, with Mariya Ise and Yūichirō Umehara voicing Foo Fighters and Weather Report, respectively.
