7.4/101,823 votes#1 - Dio the Invader
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/2012
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
7.4/101,545 votes#2 - A Letter from the Past
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2012
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
7.9/101,716 votes#3 - Youth with Dio
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/2012
JoJo prepares to turn Dio in to the police.
Director: Futoshi Higashide
Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi
7.1/101,367 votes#4 - Overdrive
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/2012
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
7.0/101,307 votes#5 - The Dark Knights
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/2012
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
7.1/101,259 votes#6 - Tomorrow's Courage
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2012
The encounter between JoJo and the Knights continues.
Director: Shingo Uchida
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
7.4/101,238 votes#7 - Sorrowful Successor
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/2012
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
7.6/101,239 votes#8 - Bloody Battle! JoJo & Dio
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/2012
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
8.5/101,854 votes#9 - The Final Ripple!
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/2012
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
8.1/101,452 votes#10 - New York's JoJo
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/2012
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
8.0/101,347 votes#11 - The Game Master
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/2012
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
7.8/101,290 votes#12 - The Pillar Man
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/2012
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
8.2/101,323 votes#13 - JoJo vs. the Ultimate Lifeform
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/2013
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
7.9/101,257 votes#14 - Ultimate Warriors from Ancient Times
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/12/2013
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
8.1/101,264 votes#15 - A Hero's Proof
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/2013
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
7.6/101,042 votes#16 - Lisa Lisa, Hamon Coach
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/26/2013
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
8.1/101,256 votes#17 - The Deeper Plan
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/2/2013
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
7.6/101,052 votes#18 - Von Stroheim's Revenge
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/9/2013
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
7.8/101,206 votes#19 - A Race Toward the Brink
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/16/2013
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
9.3/102,464 votes#20 - Young Caesar
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/23/2013
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
7.7/101,135 votes#21 - A Hundred Against Two
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/2/2013
Whilst following Wamuu's trail of blood, JoJo and Lisa Lisa encounter another vampire named Wired Beck.
Director: Hitomi Ezoe
Writer: Shogo Yasukawa
8.5/101,434 votes#22 - A True Warrior
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/9/2013
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
8.8/101,590 votes#23 - The Warrior of Wind
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/16/2013
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
8.2/101,235 votes#24 - The Ties That Bind JoJo
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/23/2013
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
8.6/101,481 votes#25 - The Birth of a Superbeing
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/30/2013
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
The Best Episodes of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1
Every episode of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1!
Follow the intergenerational feud between the Joestar Family and various forces of evil, the most prominent of which is Dio Brando and his followers.
Genres:AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Dio the Invader" is the best rated episode of "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 1823 votes. Directed by Kouta Okuno and written by Yasuko Kobayashi, it aired on 10/6/2012. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "A Letter from the Past".