JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

TV show · 2012

This long-running anime follows generations of the Joestar family as they battle supernatural villains across different eras, with each season shifting in tone, setting, and cast. The series is rated TV-MA and carries strong graphic violence, disturbing imagery, coarse language, and mature themes throughout its run.

Best suited for teenagers 15 and up who are already comfortable with mature anime content.

Scary imageryPeril & tensionViolenceLoss & griefBig emotionsLanguageBehavior modeledLoud or startling soundsFlashing lightsRomance & innuendoDrinking, drugs & smokingOld-school gender rolesRacial & cultural stereotypes

Episodes to know about

Scary imageryS1E1Strong

Part 1 (Phantom Blood) has a sustained horror tone with vampires, zombies, and a scene where a stone mask drives spikes into a character's skull; Dio's rampage as a vampire includes gruesome kills and a decapitation.

ViolenceS1E1Strong

Graphic bloody violence begins in the very first episode and does not let up; characters are impaled, have limbs severed, and are torn apart across all seasons.

Scary imageryS2E1Strong

Part 2 (Battle Tendency) introduces the Pillar Men, ancient beings who absorb and mutilate Nazis in graphic fashion upon awakening.

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