Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Sixth season of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime
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Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Japanese: スティール・ボール・ラン ジョジョの奇妙な冒険, Hepburn: Sutīru Bōru Ran: JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken) is the sixth season of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime television series produced by David Production, adapting Steel Ball Run, the seventh part of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga series. Like the previous season, Steel Ball Run was released worldwide as an original net animation season on Netflix, with the first episode (referred to as the 1st Stage) having premiered on March 19, 2026.[1][2] The next cours which will consist of 11 episodes (referred to as the 2nd and 3rd Stages) is set for a weekly streaming release beginning on September 25 of the same year.[3][4]
| Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | |
|---|---|
| Season 6 | |
Key visual, depicting Johnny Joestar (foreground) and Gyro Zeppeli (background) | |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Netflix |
| Original release | March 19, 2026 – present |
| Season chronology | |
Plot
In September 1890,[a] riders from across the globe gather in the United States for the Steel Ball Run, a transcontinental horse race from San Diego to New York City offering a 50 million USD prize. Among them is paraplegic former jockey Johnny Joestar, who joins to study the mysterious "Spin" technique of Neapolitan Gyro Zeppeli after Gyro briefly restores his mobility. Though starting as rivals, Johnny and Gyro become close allies while surviving attacks from ruthless competitors.
Voice cast
| Character | Japanese[5][2] | English[6] |
|---|---|---|
| Johnny Joestar | Shogo Sakata | Daman Mills |
| Gyro Zeppeli | Yōhei Azakami | Kaiji Tang |
| Lucy Steel | Rie Takahashi | Frankie Kevich |
| Steven Steel | Kenta Miyake | Jamieson Price |
| Diego Brando | Kaito Ishikawa | Damien Haas |
| Sand Man | Masaaki Mizunaka | Alejandro Antonio Ruiz |
| Pocoloco | Kenichirou Matsuda | Cedric Williams |
| Funny Valentine | Tomokazu Sugita | TBA |
| Mountain Tim | Tomoaki Maeno | TBA |
| Hot Pants | Yoko Hikasa | TBA |
| Urmd Avdul | Kenta Miyake | Nazeeh Tarsha |
Production and release
In April 2025, as part of the JoJoday event held to celebrate the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, an anime adaptation of Steel Ball Run produced by David Production was announced. Key art, as well as character art for Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli, were revealed alongside a promotional video.[7][8] In July 2025 during Anime Expo, the main production staff for the adaptation was revealed. Golden Wind co-directors Yasuhiro Kimura and Hideya Takahashi reprised their roles, alongside returning series director Toshiyuki Kato, while Yasuko Kobayashi is overseeing series composition. Daisuke Tsumagari returns as character designer, and Yugo Kanno is composing the music, with Yoshikazu Iwanami serving again as sound director. As with previous installments, David Production is handling animation production.[9] Additional details, such as the release year and main character castings, were revealed during a livestream event in September of the same year.[5]
Following the premiere of the first episode on March 19, 2026, which covered the 1st stage of the race, Kimura stated that he was not sure when more episodes would be released.[10] Several days later on March 28, a new teaser trailer was released, which revealed that Steel Ball Run would return sometime later in the year.[11] On April 6, Netflix announced that the next cours would be released weekly in late 2026.[12] In July of the same year at Anime Expo, it was announced that the cours, which will consist of 11 episodes, is set to begin streaming weekly starting from September 25. It will cover the 2nd and 3rd stages of the race.[4]
Episodes
| No. overall [b] | No. in season [c] | Title [13][d] | Directed by [e] | Written by [e] | Storyboarded by [e] | Original release date [3] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Stage | ||||||||||||
| 191 | 1 | "Steel Ball Run" Transliteration: "Sutīru Bōru Ran" (Japanese: スティール・ボール・ラン) | Toshiyuki Kato & Yasuhiro Kimura | Yasuko Kobayashi | Toshiyuki Kato & Yasuhiro Kimura | March 19, 2026[f] | ||||||
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In September 1890, jockeys from all over the world assemble in California to take part in the Steel Ball Run, a cross-country horse race organized by Steven Steel with a $50,000,000 grand prize that starts in San Diego and ends in New York City. While signing up for the race, a mysterious Neapolitan rider named Gyro Zeppeli gets into a duel with a mugger and defeats him with a steel ball imbued with some kind of rotational energy. Johnny Joestar, a former celebrity jockey turned paraplegic after he was shot in the spine, touches one of the balls while it is still spinning and briefly regains his mobility. Determined to learn the secret behind Gyro's Spin technique, Johnny joins the race after taming the older but rowdy Slow Dancer. They begin the first stage of the race, which is a 15,000 meter dash south to a nearby church. Among the 3,852 participants also include British prodigy Diego "Dio" Brando, a Native American running without a horse named Sandman, and Pocoloco, a happy-go-lucky racer seemingly blessed with good luck. Though it is a tight race near the finish line, Gyro uses his Spin technique to give himself a boost and win the first stage. | ||||||||||||
Notes
- The universe in which Steel Ball Run and succeeding parts take place is not related to the first six parts in any way beyond references to the names of some of its characters and a scant few recycled Stands.
- Order of episodes in the series continuing from the previous season
- Order of episodes within the season
- Production staff information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.
- Episode 191 is a 47-minute special