Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan

Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe is a collection of one-shot stories adapted from the Diamond is Unbreakable spin-off manga, and is produced by David Productions. The OVA is released over a span of two and a half years, and the time spent thoroughly producing all four episodes really shows. The final two episodes are finally out, so I’ll take the chance in writing a review. We follow the daily life and mishaps of Rohan Kishibe, one of the main characters from Part 4 of JoJo who works as a manga artist and is a fellow stand user who can peer into people and edit information about themas if they were a book. DP decided to adapt four out of the nine currently-released chapters, or “episodes” as they are called, from the manga, but not in release order. The episodes adapted are ‘Millionaire Village’, ‘Mutsu-Kabe Hill’, ‘The Run’, and ‘At a Confessional’. Each episode is based on a story that Rohan has either heard from other people, or has experienced himself. They all involve some sort of mystery involving youkai, ghosts or other stands and users, which Rohan has to try and solve the puzzle as to what is happening and what he can do to come out on top. Being able to spend a long time with the production of each episode, added with the bonus of improvement of technology, the artwork and animation is at a very high standard. Comparing this to the main series, I would say that it’s either on par or even better. The art is clean and very polished, whilst retaining that JoJo-esk art style, and the animation is also smooth. Though there have been a couple of instances where the artwork was a bit funky, mainly Kouichi’s face in the confessional episode, DP did a great job. Knowing David Productions, they obviously would pick out some great songs for the show. The opening is very fitting for the OVA, as the theme of this show is based on mystery; it makes me feel as if I’m watching X-files (which funnily enough, after doing a little research, it appears they focused the soundtrack based on X-files and Twin Peaks (the original series)). The ED from Coda is also very nice and mellow. Each episode is very enjoyable, and if you’re a fan of Rohan or just the JoJo franchise in general, then you’ll get a kick out of these four episodes. My pick as my favorite episode would have to be ‘The Run’. Depending on the DVD sales, this might be the last time we’ll see these characters and Part 4 as a whole. Overall, this Rohan-oriented OVA is very good.

David Productions decided to give JoJo fans an Rohan OVA instead of any informations about the animated version of Vento Aureo, at first I was optimistic... until I saw the teasers and screenshots (Okuyasu what have they done to you). My pessimism was growing more and more until I actually watched it, and I was pleasantly suprised I'll start with the best thing about the episode which is suprisingly the animation and music. Everything looks great, the animation itself is smooth and the overall style fits the tone of the story, especially the moments with the darker colour pattern look very nice. The Music... well it'sDavid Productions so there's not much to talk about, it's really good, especially the opening and the ending After getting that out of the way let's talk about the story which is told using only three characters (not counting the final scene which is more like a cameo of the main cast of DiU). There's also not much to talk about here, the setup is pretty good, there is no deeper message in here, it's simple but also pretty interesting, if you're looking for action you won't find it here, the story focuses more on the mystery surrounding the "Millionaire Villiage". The previously mentioned characters are also nothing special (well maybe except Rohan, I think that guy's great but that's only my personal opinion). Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan is nothing special, but it's a short really enjoyable episode, I recommed you'll give it a watch

The world's most asshole JoJo character comes back again to draw on some faces and punch some children, These two OVAs are pretty interesting because David Production worked on this instead of making a good part 5 ed. The two OVAs starts out in the town of Morioh where eagle eyed viewers will notice that this is actually a parallel universe to the Morioh from part 8 of JoJo. Other things eagle eyed viewers will notice are Rohan's headband and the appearance of Koichi's dad. The story of these OVAs is secondary to the genius character of Rohan which successfully scared many people away from talking toAraki. music returns from part 4 and I eat up part 4 like I overeat after having a bad day. Art is slightly different from part 4 but still has the obvious JoJo style so anyone who complains is objectively wrong. I really enjoyed these OVAs, they're a fuck ton of fuck fun. 8/10 in the part 4 ed i thought that pink dark boy was gyro, eat shit and fall off your horse rohan.

Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai is a spin-off short series centering around the 6th main character from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure part 4, Rohan Kishibe. The person whose stand power was practically reading anything and anyone like an open book -- turning them into the given book first, of course. The first story (5th in release order, 3rd in chronological order because sense) was originally released by David Production to reward those who bought the bluray releases for the main story. This episode centered around bunch of rich kids who all had become rich under highly similar circumstances. This type of event could -naturally- only be thework of an enemy stando! And Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan, just like the English name suggests. The second episode (which is the 2nd in all but original manga release order) was planned to be released to confirm season 05, but the plans apparently changed, as the first episode was shown already 2 weeks before the release of this OVA, confirming that the next part (Vento Aureo AKA Golden Wind) centering around Jojoverse would air in Fall 2018, making the hype real, and this OVA 2 only feeding the hype even more. The real crime here is the price, as 40 bucks just to see episode 2 legally is a robbery to say the least. The story of the 2nd OVA is also heavily driven by money, in the beginning that is. Rohan has a problem here because the manga author life isn't bringing in enough income. He has to go as far as sell his Sailor Moon fig collection just to cover living expenses. What blasphemy! The actual plot centers around this woman who accidentally "kills" a man, but this dude doesn't really die, instead keeps on bleeding blood year after year. The ways in which she tries to block the blood flow as well seeing how much this ends up effecting her life, all are pretty fucked up, but also comedic in the Jojo style. Greatness that should be witnessed by every fan of the franchise. As a conclusion, those who enjoy DP's adaptation of Araki Hirohiko's work, have little to no reason to not watch and not enjoy these specials. Knowing that even such short side stories are getting adapted, only give hope that future seasons will be as glorious as everything else has been thus far.