The JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) special panel at Anime Expo 2026 revealed additional cast and the second promotional video for the seventh part, Steel Ball Run, on Friday. The second and third stages of the anime, which adapts the seventh part of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga, will debut exclusively worldwide on Netflix on September 25, for a total of 11 episodes.

Cast
Mountain Tim: Tomoaki Maeno (Hataraku Saibou)
Hot Pants: Youko Hikasa (High School DxD)
Funny Valentine: Tomokazu Sugita (Gintama)

Yasuhiro Kimura (JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 5: Ougon no Kaze) and Hideya Takahashi (Keijo!!!!!!!!) are directing the anime at David Production, with Toshiyuki Katou (JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 6: Stone Ocean) serving as series director.

Yasuko Kobayashi (Dororo) is handling the series composition, with Daisuke Tsumagari (Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai chief animation director) designing the characters and serving as the chief animation director. Yugo Kanno (Pluto) is composing the music.

Hirohiko Araki originally launched Steel Ball Run in Weekly Shounen Jump in January 2004 as an unrelated story to the series. Following its transfer to Ultra Jump in April 2005, it became an official part, set in an alternate timeline. Shueisha published the manga in 24 volumes between May 2004 and June 2011, later compiling it into 16 volumes from February 2017 to January 2018.

Araki launched the action adventure manga series with the first part, Phantom Blood, in Weekly Shounen Jump in 1986. The second through six part—Sentou Chouryuu (Battle Tendency), Stardust Crusaders, Diamond wa Kudakenai (Diamond Is Unbreakable), Ougon no Kaze (Golden Wind), and Stone Ocean—ran in the same magazine between 1987 and 2003.

The eighth part, JoJolion, ended in August 2021 in Ultra Jump after a ten-year run. Shueisha published the 27th and final volume in September that year.

The JoJoLands, the ninth part of the manga series, debuted in Ultra Jump in February 2023. Shueisha released the eighth and latest volume on March 19.

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Source: Official X