Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

This article is about the animated TV series season. For the manga it is based on, see Steel Ball Run.
Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Season 6
Key visual, depicting Johnny Joestar (foreground) and Gyro Zeppeli (background)
No. of episodes1
Release
Original networkNetflix
Original releaseMarch 19, 2026 (2026-03-19) –
present
Season chronology

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 having premiered on March 19, 2026.[1][2]

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 executioner Gyro Zeppeli after Gyro briefly restores his mobility. Though starting as rivals, Johnny and Gyro become close allies while surviving attacks from ruthless competitors.

Cast

See also: Steel Ball Run#Characters and List of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure characters#Part 7: Steel Ball Run
Character Japanese[3][2] English[4]
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
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.[5][6] During Anime Expo on July 4, 2025, 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.[7] Additional details, such as the release year and main character castings, were revealed during a livestream event in September of the same year.[3]

Episodes

No.
overall [b]		No. in
season [c]		Title [d]Directed byWritten byStoryboarded byOriginal release date
1911"Steel Ball Run"
Transliteration: "Sutīru Bōru Ran" (Japanese: スティール・ボール・ラン)		Toshiyuki Kato &
Yasuhiro Kimura		Yasuko KobayashiToshiyuki Kato &
Yasuhiro Kimura		March 19, 2026 (2026-03-19)[e]
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 their 3,852 competitors is 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Order of episodes in the series continuing from the previous season
  3. ^ Order of episodes within the season
  4. ^ English episode titles are taken from Netflix. In instances where names are altered from the Japanese version, the original Japanese translation is used on the left while the edited Netflix title is used on the right.
  5. ^ Episode 191 is a 47-minute special

References

  1. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (September 11, 2025). "Netflix Streams JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run Anime Globally". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 12, 2025. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  2. ^ a b Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 23, 2025). "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run Anime Reveals March 19 Debut for '1st Stage,' More Cast, New Trailer". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 20, 2025. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  3. ^ a b Cayanan, Joanna (September 23, 2025). "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run Anime Unveils Teaser, Cast, 2026 Debut". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 23, 2025. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  4. ^ Chapman, Paul (February 19, 2026). "Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Anime Reveals English Dub Cast, Trailer". Crunchyroll News. Retrieved February 20, 2026.
  5. ^ 『ジョジョ』第7部アニメ化決定 『スティール・ボール・ラン』映像＆キャラビジュアル公開. Oricon News (in Japanese). April 12, 2025. Archived from the original on April 12, 2025. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  6. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (April 12, 2025). "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run Manga Gets Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on April 12, 2025. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  7. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (July 4, 2025). "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run Anime Reveals Main Staff". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 6, 2025. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
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