Toho and Shueisha have announced the Blu-ray release of the highly acclaimed JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood musical, which had its grand finale on April 14th! An advertisement was posted in the May 2024 issue of Ultra Jump, released on April 19, 2024.
Pre-orders are open on Toho’s website until October 31, 2024. The release date for the Blu-ray is planned to be in December 2024 according to the official website and the official X (Twitter) account.
Phantom Blood Blu-ray
Ultra Jump readers who reserve via the links on the QR codes shown on the advertisement in the magazine will receive a bonus special clear file (A4 size) featuring the illustration that Hirohiko Araki drew for the musical.
The recordings of the performances are from February 2024 at the Imperial Theater.
Limited First Edition (Set of 3 Blu-ray discs)
Price: 22,000 yen including tax (~$142.63 USD)
- DISC 1: Sunlight Yellow version. Includes main story with accessible Japanese subtitles.
- DISC 2: Midnight Blue version. Includes main story with accessible Japanese subtitles.
- DISC 3: Bonus video. Includes Imperial Theater Grand Finale Curtain Call, Hyogo Grand Finale Special Curtain Call Video Digest (Yuya Matsushita × Yusuke Hirose) (Shotaro Arisawa × Yoshihisa Higashiyama), and a special stage photo book with cast introductions, stage photos, etc.
- Toho Mall pre-order bonus: Yuya Matsushita & Mamoru Miyano clear card, Shotaro Arisawa & Mamoru Miyano clear card
- Toho theater STORE pre-order bonus: Bromide set (L size 3 pieces: Yuya Matsushita, Shotaro Arisawa, Mamoru Miyano)
Standard Edition – Sunlight Yellow ver.
Price: 11,000 yen including tax (~$71.30 USD)
- Includes main story with accessible Japanese subtitles and cast & staff introduction leaflet
- Toho Mall pre-order bonus: Yuya Matsushita & Mamoru Miyano clear card
- Toho theater STORE pre-order bonus: Bromide set (L size 3 pieces: Yuya Matsushita, Shotaro Arisawa, Mamoru Miyano)
Standard Edition – Midnight Blue ver.
Price: 11,000 yen including tax (~$71.30 USD)
- Includes main story with accessible Japanese subtitles and cast & staff introduction leaflet
- Toho Mall pre-order bonus: Shotaro Arisawa & Mamoru Miyano clear card
- Toho theater STORE pre-order bonus: Bromide set (L size 3 pieces: Yuya Matsushita, Shotaro Arisawa, Mamoru Miyano)
Cast
Sunlight Yellow ver.
- Jonathan Joestar (Yuya Matsushita)
- Dio Brando (Mamoru Miyano)
- Erina Pendleton (Miisha Shimizu)
- Robert E. O. Speedwagon (YOUNG DAIS)
- Will A. Zeppeli (Yoshihisa Higashiyama)
- Jack the Ripper (Yamato Kochi)
- Wang Chan (Jumpei Shimada)
- Dario Brando (Kong Kuwata)
- George Joestar (Tetsuya Bessho)
Midnight Blue ver.
- Jonathan Joestar (Shotaro Arisawa)
- Dio Brando (Mamoru Miyano)
- Erina Pendleton (Miisha Shimizu)
- Robert E. O. Speedwagon (YOUNG DAIS)
- Will A. Zeppeli (Yusuke Hirose)
- Jack the Ripper (Yamato Kochi)
- Wang Chan (Jumpei Shimada)
- Dario Brando (Kong Kuwata)
- George Joestar (Tetsuya Bessho)
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. Season 1 covers Phantom Blood in its first 9 episodes.
Musical
Toho announced the musical on June 1, 2023. They uploaded the first trailer on November 16, 2023, and a second trailer on March 19, 2024 along with several photos.
They live streamed the final performances on April 13 and April 14, 2024. The archive for the final streams are currently available until April 22 and April 23, 2024. Tickets are still purchasable for 5,500 Japanese yen.
