The new season of JoJo‘s Bizarre Adventure should actually be a reason to celebrate on Netflix, as the first episode of the anime is also quite well received. However, the streaming service repeats a mistake that is now leading to a flood of comments.
On March 19, Netflix released a first special episode of JoJo‘s Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run. This marks the start of Part 7 of the cult manga by Hirohiko Araki. This first episode, which runs just under 50 minutes, is also quite well received. On IMDb, it has received 9.7 out of 10 stars with 21,779 ratings.
The anime tells the story of Johnny Joestar, who wants to participate in a horse race across the USA, although he can no longer walk after an incident. However, it is not a normal race. His opponents possess absurd abilities that Johnny must defend himself against.
This all sounds like the dream for fans, but shortly after the release of the first week, many fans were angry because they were repeating a mistake from Part 6 – and they flooded the comments of various Netflix accounts.
A wrong
release strategy
What are fans criticizing? After the release of the first episode, it was initially unclear how or when the second episode would follow. Even the series director did not know when it would continue (Source: anitrendz).
On March 28, however, there was a new sign of life. In a teaser on YouTube, it was announced that it would continue in 2026 – without a specific release timeframe. This is quite bad news for many fans who hoped for a weekly release.
The teaser mentions the second stage, so one can assume that it will either be a longer episode again or a direct release of multiple episodes.
Why is this bad? Many anime and also other series benefit when episodes are released weekly, as this generates discussions and ultimately hype. Battles are discussed or abilities analyzed before it continues the following week. Furthermore, a sense of community is created because everyone watches an episode at a similar time. With a release of multiple episodes at once, one never knows how far others have watched.
If a release takes too long, the hype could be killed
because the series slowly fades into oblivion. This has already been a point of criticism for Part 6 of JoJo, Stone Ocean, as can be seen in a Reddit post from two years ago. Back then, viewers had to wait almost a year between the 1st release and the 2nd release of episodes.
Fans are currently expressing their frustration about what seems to be the same mistake in many comments.
How are fans expressing their anger? Looking at the comments on the official Netflix account on TikTok or Instagram, one can see a large flood of JoJo images being spammed there. It doesn’t matter whether a post is about Bridgerton or BTS, the JoJo fans are showing their frustration. Whether this really helps is another matter.
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