Character Designs for "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" TV Anime Revealed

 

Mantan Web has just revealed more character designs for the up-coming TV anime series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure which will premiere in Japan this October. You can see the youth version of the protagonist Jonathan Joestar, the vampire Dio Brando, and the main heroine of the first arc "Phantom Blood", Erina Pendleton.

Character Design for Honda Co-Produced OVA "One-Off"

 

 As reported in March, the anime follows a second year high school girl who loves her scooter so much that the project is "presented by" Honda complete with product placement of their Giorno bike.

Haruno Shiosaki is a second year high schooler who commutes via her beloved Giorno to a school at the foot of a mountain. The story seems like it will be how her attitude towards the far-off city changes due to some friends she makes at the boarding house her parents run. It's described as a "refreshing early summer tale in which young girls shine."

Staff includes:

Chief Direction: Shigeru Kimiya (some storyboards on Squid Girl, Level E)

Composition, Script: Masashi Suzuki (R-15, Level E)

Character Designs: Atsuko Watanabe (who also did character designs for the upcoming Acchi Kocchi)

Color Design: Kanako Hayashi (also did color work on Fate/Zero, Blue Exorcist)

Art Direction: Kenichi Tajiri (also worked with Sato on Aria the Origination)

3D Direction: Hirotsugu Shimoyama (Strike Witches, Fractale)

Photography Direction: Takeo Ogiwara (Galaxy Angel Z, Princess Tutu)

Music Direction: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi (Usagi Drop, Squid Girl), Noboru Haraguchi (Gosick, Squid Girl)

Music: Takashi Harada

Music Production: Flying Dog

Animation Production: TYO Animations

Special Support: Honda

Cast includes:

Saori Goto (Steins;Gate's Moeka Kiryū, Yuruyuri's Rise Matsumoto) as Haruno Shiozaki

Saori Hayami (Chihiro Miura from Morita-san wa Mukuchi, Yurin L'Ciel from Gundam AGE) as Saya Kaburagi

Sayuri Yahagi (Kaya Miyoshi from Bakuman, Izumi Segawa from Hayate the Combat Butler) as Anri Bessho 

Eri Kitamura (Karen Araragi from Bake/Nisemonogatari, Kirie Kanoe from Dusk Maiden of Amnesia, and Mahiro Yasaka from Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos) as Rie Maezono

Yu Kobayashi (Gintama's Sarutobi Ayame) as Cynthia B. Rogers

Customised Designs Breathes New Life into QR Codes

 

QR codes were first created in Japan where users can use their smartphones to scan the code and obtain product detail. However, the bland black-and-white design made it difficult to attract consumers’ attention until now.

Moe Rice 2nd Design Announced

 

The manufacturers promised to change the illustrations every three months, and now they have announced the next series of illustrations that is drawn by Ginta from Chuablesoft. The one on the left is the first design, and the one on the right is the upcoming second design.