JoJo's bizarre adventure set 1 : phantom blood & battle tendency
(Blu-ray)

Originally broadcast on Japanese television 2012-2013.

Based on the manga by Hirohiko Araki.

Special features: clean opening and ending; art gallery; trailers.

Japanese voices: Kazuhiko Inoue, Tomokazu Sugita, Takuya Satō ; English voices: Will Barrett, Ben Diskin, Bryce Papenbrook.

In the eternal struggle against evil, the saga of the Joestar family is legend! Based on Hirohiko Araki's groundbreaking manga, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure follows the Joestars in a multi-generational battle to the death against the forces of darkness. Set in Victorian England, Phantom Blood chronicles the origin of this tale of hope and slaughter. Jonathan Joestar lives a life of aristocratic privilege until his father takes in an orphaned boy named Dio Brando. Though they are rivals from the first, events turn darker when Dio discovers a mysterious Stone Mask that grants its wearer terrible power - at the cost of a vampiric curse!Jonathan must then realize his own latent powers to defeat his newly immortal brother. Battle Tendency, set decades after Phantom Blood, follows Joseph Joestar, the grandson of Jonathan, after he learns a second Stone Mask has been found in Mexico. It now falls on his broad, muscle-bound shoulders to prevent an ancient evil from rising to conquer the Earth!,- From back cover.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Blu-ray, 1080p HD, 16x9 aspect ration widescreen presentation; region A; stereo; requires Blu-ray player.

English or Japanese dialogue, optional English subtitles.