TOHO unveiled the trailer today for their live action musical adaptation of the first part of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure series, Phantom Blood.
The stage play is currently set to take place in three different venues in Japan. It begins on February 6, 2024 and ends on April 14, 2024. Tsuneyasu Motoyoshi is in charge of the script, Ney Hasegawa, director of the Fujiyama Anette theater company, is in charge of directing the musical, and Dove Attia is in charge of the music. TOHO initially announced the musical on June 1, 2023. Their website uploaded the cast comments on August 28, 2023.
Trailer
Cast
- Yuya Matsushita and Shotaro Arisawa as Jonathan JoestarJonathan Joestar
Jonathan Joestar is the main protagonist of the first part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Phantom Blood, and the first JoJo of the series. His legacy extends throughout almost the entirety of the first six parts of the series, with major characters such as Joseph Joestar and Jotaro Kujo... - Mamoru Miyano as Dio BrandoDio BrandoDio Brando, later known simply as DIO, is the main antagonist of the first and third parts of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Phantom Blood and Stardust Crusaders, as well as the first main antagonist of the series overall. He is also a postmortem primary antagonist in the sixth part...
- Miisha Shimizu as Erina PendletonErina PendletonErina Pendleton, later Erina Joestar by marriage, is a secondary ally featured in the first part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Phantom Blood, as well as a tertiary ally in the second part, Battle Tendency. Erina Joestar, born Erina Pendleton, is a secondary ally featured in the first part...
- YOUNG DAIS as Robert E. O. Speedwagon
- Yoshihisa Higashiyama and Yusuke Hirose as Will Anthonio ZeppeliWill Anthonio ZeppeliWill Anthonio Zeppeli, also known as Baron Zeppeli, is a primary ally featured in the first part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Phantom Blood. Zeppeli is a Ripple master hailing from Italy who has made it his life's mission to find the Stone Mask and destroy it. After learning...
- Yamato Kochi as Jack the RipperJack the RipperJack the Ripper is a tertiary antagonist featured in the first part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Phantom Blood. Jack is a serial killer who encounters Dio Brando and is transformed into a zombie to fight Jonathan and his allies. Jack the Ripper was an adult man of average...
- Jumpei Shimada as Wang ChanWang ChanWang Chan is a primary antagonist featured in the first part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Phantom Blood. Originally a black market merchant in the slums of London, he becomes a faithful servant of Dio Brando after being transformed into a zombie. Wang Chan is a short, scrawny, elderly...
- Kong Kuwata as Dario BrandoDario BrandoDario Brando is a secondary character featured in the first part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Phantom Blood. Dario is the father of Dio Brando. An alcoholic and abusive man, he is primarily responsible for Dio's descent into evil. After a tragic misunderstanding, George Joestar I decides he owes...
- Tetsuya Bessho as George Joestar IGeorge Joestar IGeorge Joestar I is a secondary ally featured in the first part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Phantom Blood. George is a famous British aristocrat and the patriarch of the Joestar Family. He is the husband of Mary Joestar and father of the first protagonist, Jonathan Joestar. After a...
About Phantom Blood
Phantom Blood is the first part of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure series. Shueisha serialized the manga in Weekly Shonen Jump from December 1986 to October 1987.
The story follows Jonathan Joestar as he matures with and eventually battles his adoptive brother, the cunning and merciless Dio Brando.
An anime adaptation of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure released starting from October 2012. Phantom Blood is covered in the first 9 episodes of Season 1.
