The Best Episodes of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1

England, 1868. A thief tries to raid an overturned carriage, but discovers that two of the occupants, a man and his young son are still alive. The man, George Joestar, proclaims he will forever be indebted to his savior, who reveals himself to be Dario Brando.

Director: Kouta Okuno

Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi

Seven years later in 1888, JoJo and Dio are supposedly getting along, though JoJo is still fearful of Dio. Meanwhile, Dio plots to liberate the Joestar family of their fortune.

Director: Toshiyuki Kato

Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi

JoJo prepares to turn Dio in to the police.

Director: Futoshi Higashide

Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi

Three days after the incident, JoJo awakens to find Erina nursing him back to health in the hospital. As they rekindle their friendship, they encounter a strange man named Will A. Zeppeli.

Director: Masashi Abe

Writer: Shogo Yasukawa

A talented young pickpocket named Poco unwittingly lures JoJo and company into an encounter with Dio, Tarukus, and Blueford.

Director: Hitomi Ezoe, Mitsuhiro Yoneda

Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

The encounter between JoJo and the Knights continues.

Director: Shingo Uchida

Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

The encounter against Tarukus comes to an end. Poco's family is in grave danger. JoJo meets Dire, Straizo, and Tonpetty.

Director: Toshiyuki Kato

Writer: Shogo Yasukawa

The party are received by Doobie. Dire faces off against Dio. Straizo takes on Pajyu, Jones, Pluton, and Barnum.

Director: Jiro Fujimoto

Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi

As Dio falls following his battle with JoJo, he decapitates himself before the ripple reaches his head, which is recovered by his zombie servant Wang Chung.

Director: Kenichi Suzuki

Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi

In 1938, 49 years after Jonathan Joestar's death, Speedwagon and Straizo travel to Mexico, where they discover an underground room filled with similar looking masks and a petrified body believed to be the being who created them.

Director: Takahiro Majima

Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi

As expected, Straizo recovers from Joseph's attack and uses the laser eye attack Dio used to seemingly pierce through JoJo's head and neck. However, this turns out to be a clever trick by Joseph.

Director: Mitsuhiro Yoneda

Writer: Shin'ichi Inotsume

Joseph is confronted by one of Stroheim's men, Donovan, but manages to subdue him, learning that Speedwagon is still alive.

Director: Yukio Nishimoto

Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

As Joseph begins to fight against Santana, Joseph finds his Ripple to not be effective against Santana, but it still helps protect him from the Pillar Man's attacks. Joseph appears to be unconscious after receiving a powerful hit.

Director: Kenichi Suzuki, Yasuhiro Minami

Writer: Shogo Yasukawa

Speedwagon brings statued remains of Santana to the headquarters of his foundation in Washington, D.C., where it is shown Santana is still alive, but his scientists are able to keep him dormant through the use of ultraviolet light.

Director: Toshiyuki Kato

Writer: Shogo Yasukawa

Caesar engages Wamuu in battle for killing Mark, using his Bubble Launcher technique to surround the Pillar Man in Ripple enfused bubbles.

Director: Masaya Sasaki

Writer: Shogo Yasukawa

Wanting to teach JoJo to control his Ripple powers, Caesar takes him to Venice to meet his teacher, Lisa Lisa.

Director: Kotaro Togoshi

Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

Lisa Lisa explains to JoJo and Caesar how the creator of the Stone Mask, Kars, is seeking a perfectly cut Red Stone of Aja known as the Super Aja to power the Stone Mask and become the ultimate life form.

Director: Yuuta Takamura

Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

As JoJo awaits to warn Lisa Lisa about the Pillar Men, Esidisi's brain takes over the body of Suzi Q and sends the Super Aja off on a boat bound for Venice before confronting Lisa Lisa.

Director: Mitsuhiro Yoneda, Shingo Uchida

Writer: Shin'ichi Inotsume

Stroheim starts using his new mechanical body, which was designed to surpass Santana, to fight against Kars. However, it proves futile against Kars' Light Mode.

Director: Masashi Abe

Writer: Shin'ichi Inotsume

Lisa Lisa tells JoJo of Caesar's childhood, in which he took to crime at a young age after being abandoned by his debt-ridden father, Mario.

Director: Toshiyuki Kato

Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi

Whilst following Wamuu's trail of blood, JoJo and Lisa Lisa encounter another vampire named Wired Beck.

Director: Hitomi Ezoe

Writer: Shogo Yasukawa

Before JoJo's and Wamuu's race begins, it is revealed that during each lap, there will be a different weapon for whoever can grab it from a pillar first.

Director: Naomi Nakayama

Writer: Shin'ichi Inotsume

Launching his Final Mode attack, Gathering Gale, which starts peeling away his own body, Wamuu begins firing a stream of wind capable of cutting stone towards JoJo.

Director: Jiro Fujimoto

Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

Being forced to cling onto a rope to stop Lisa Lisa from falling to her death, JoJo is at a huge disadvantage against Kars.

Director: Satoshi Osedo

Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi

Kars demonstrates his new powers, turning his hand into a flesh-eating squirrel that deals damage to Stroheim. The sun rises, leaving a shocking discovery.

Director: Kenichi Suzuki

Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi