Song Saturday: Jo Stars- Tommy, Coda, Jin's JoJo, That Blood's Memories ~End Of The World~

How's it going lurkers? Had this past week not been so chaotic, I definitely would've published another blog before today. 

 

Bear with me, I am currently in the middle of nursing a stye in both eyes. These last 3 weeks, a stye on my lower left eyelid kept flaring up. 

Aside from my relentless health issues, are all my fellow JoJo's Bizarre Adventure fans ready to watch tonight's finale of Stardust Crusaders? 

Surely, I can't wait to watch the fall of Dio Brando. Well, actually I already have. Awhile back, I managed to watch clips of the 1993 OVA's for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. 

As JoJo's Bizarre Adventure fans already know, Stardust Crusaders is Part 3 of Hirohiko Araki's Manga. It was the only part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, that was adapted into OVA's. 

Since 2012, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Parts 1-4 (Phantom Blood, Battle Tendency, Stardust Crusaders, and Diamond Is Unbreakable) were adapted into 3 Anime seasons. Stardust Crusaders is currently the longest running season from the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure franchise. 

After tonight's finale of Stardust Crusaders on Adult Swim's Toonami block, it will feel weird. 

Viewers like yours truly became used to watching Joseph Joestar, Jotaro Kujo (his grandson and main protagonist), Mohammed Avdol, Jean Pierre Polnareff, Noriaki Kakyoin, and their dog, Iggy. 

Most of the characters mentioned above are dead in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. Tonight Dio Brando (Vampire Supervillain) is about to get served his just desserts by Jotaro. 

Now that Stardust Crusaders will be ending its American broadcast on Toonami, we will also have to say goodbye to this Seinen Supernatural Action Anime's theme songs. 

Stardust Crusaders has several openings and endings, that Toonami refused to air. Airing animated music videos, that suit Toonami and Adult Swim's political agenda mostly takes precedence over the network's programming. Anyway, I digress.

"The Last Train Home" by the 1987 Jazz Fusion band, Pat Metheny Group is an ending theme song I definitely will NOT  be missing from Stardust Crusaders' "Battle In Egypt Arc." I swear, that song is like listening to depressing Muzak from the 1980's. 

At the risk of sounding like some fangirl holding onto her 1980's childhood nostalgia, I still prefer The Bangles' "Walk Like An Egyptian" as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders' original ending theme song. 

Also, I enjoyed Jin Hashimoto's "Stand Proud" and Jo Stars- Tommy, Coda, Jin's "JoJo, That Blood's Memories ~End Of The World~" as opening theme songs. 

Opening Theme Song #1: Jin Hashimoto "Stand Proud" JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (2014)

Opening Theme Song #2: Jo Stars- Tommy, Coda, Jin "JoJo, That Blood's Memories ~End Of The World~" JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders "Battle In Egypt Arc" (2015)

Both opening theme songs got us JoJo's Bizarre Adventure fans hyped to watch Stardust Crusaders every Saturday night; We couldn't wait to see a Saturday Night Rumble. 

"Stand Proud" and "End Of The World" were songs meant for fighting. In other words, "Fight Music." This especially applies to the latter. 

Jotaro's Stand, Star Platinum, always shouts "ORA, ORA, ORA!"  in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders and in the latest opening theme song.

Listening to Dio Brando shout, "MUDA, MUDA, MUDA!!!" (which means "useless" in Japanese) in the final episodes always cracks me up, along with him shouting his stand's name, "THE WORLD!" 

It seems like most of us fans love hearing Dio shout "ZA WARULDO!" (meaning "THE WORLD" in Japanese), which is another popular JoJo's Bizarre Adventure meme. I don't know how Anime fans cannot like the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure franchise. 

This Seinen Supernatural Action Anime franchise is campy and music oriented. Most of the characters are namesakes, if not modeled after those in music. 

Speaking of music and characters, tomorrow will be another music reference blog regarding the next season, Diamond Is Unbreakable. Make sure you stay tuned! Today I am sharing the current opening theme song for Stardust Crusaders. 

Jo Stars- Tommy, Coda, Jin is comprised of Hiroaki "Tommy" Tominaga, Coda, and Jin Hashimoto. 

Within this collaborative trio, each singer individually performed opening theme songs for the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure franchise in the past.

Rather than making this blog any longer, here is Jo Stars- Tommy, Coda, Jin's "JoJo, That Blood's Memories ~End Of The World~" for today's Song Saturday.
 
Jo Stars- Tommy, Coda, Jin's "JoJo, That Blood's Memories ~End Of The World~" JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders "Battle In Egypt Arc" (2015)