JoJo 6251

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Artbooks #1

by Hirohiko Araki

Explore the world of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure creator Hirohiko Araki!

Hirohiko Araki changed the face of manga forever when he created JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! Araki delivered the epic story of the Joestar family over the course of hit, iconic stories like Phantom Blood, Battle Tendency, Stardust Crusaders, and Diamond Is Unbreakable. JoJo 6251: The World of Hirohiko Araki celebrates his work with an incredible collection of illustrations, fold-out posters, and highly desired behind-the-scenes information on the characters, their Stands, and everything you ever wanted to know about heroes like Jotaro Kujo and Josuke Higashikata, and cruel villains like Dio!

Genres: Manga, Art, Collections, Reference, Fantasy

178 pages, Hardcover

First published December 10, 1993

About the author

Hirohiko Araki ( 荒木飛呂彦) is a Japanese manga artist. He left school before graduation from Miyagi University of Education.

He enjoys the baseball manga Kyojin No Hoshii (Star of the Giants); the video games Mario Kart and Bomberman; and likes Prince and other African-American singers, as well as jazz, rock, and rap.

He is a recipient the Tezuka Award for manga.

Reviews

[Julia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will not disclose how much money I have spent on jojo artbooks

[Bbearbeez · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's so awesome to see such a great compilation of works by one of my favourite artists. I really enjoyed that there was input from Araki himself, explaining his process and how he got to this point (including some of his other works before JoJo!!). This is a good little refresher for some of the characters and parts of the story if you haven't watched/read JoJo in a while. You will have to keep in mind that it only gets to the beginning of Part 4, but it's still really cool to have a book that focuses on the older (and I'd argue more iconic) artstyle. Incredible art!

[Gesche · Rating 5 out of 5]

Toll

[kazzie ݁ ˖๋ ࣭ ⭑]

I cannot believe it’s actually called a Stand because it stands beside you ☠️

[Samuel · Rating 5 out of 5]

kinda wish it included art from more than just the first four parts of jojo’s (i think it released in japanese right after part 4 ended) but still really cool. seeing araki’s process for making art was dope. hope they release an artbook that has stuff from the later parts at some point🤞🏻

[Alex2739 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and it's art style so naturally I wanted to read this book. I think these are the only prerequisites for someone to enjoy it. The only thing I can count negatively is that the font size is tiny and at times reading it gave me a headache. Overall a pretty book to have in your collection.

"I think of my work as something close to a diary. Rather than set it aside or let it steep, I try as best I can to draw my art in a single take and move on, rather than keep on amending it, or to set it aside and come back later, because I want to value my emotions in that moment."

[Forsythia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I couldn't read the encyclopedia because I don't know Japanese, but the art is always wonderful

[Shadow Steve · Rating 4 out of 5]

For 4 of my friends on Insta

Man I love JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Read all volumes of Phantom Blood Battle Tendency Stardust Crusaders & Diamond Is Unbreakable as well as Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe played a couple of games on PS5 watched the anime on Crunchyroll halfway through Diamond listened to heaps of JoJo openings on YouTube & Spotify even though they're Japanese I watched various JoJo collection videos on YouTube I eventually post some JoJo content not just on my @shadowstevereads bookstagram account or my @shadowsteve91 Insta gaming account but on Twitter (I'm still calling it Twitter) Tiktok & YouTube & I'm just about to start reading Golden Wind for my 1st time

I haven't got a favourite part (yet) coz I haven't start Golden Wind just yet coz I said I'm just about to start reading Golden Wind I'm yet to check out Stone Ocean Steel Ball Run JoJolion & soon to be The JoJoLands

JoJo 6251 Hirohiko Araki's World originally came out in Japan in December 1993. Well it's translated by VIZ Media & it's released here this year

So I spent 3 nights reading JoJo 6251 only to learn more about JoJo like the artwork the Joestar family tree from Phantom Blood to Diamond Is Unbreakable & his earlier works like Baoh & I reckon it's a must read coz I like it & it's great to learn more about JoJo

💎💎💎💎/5

[Kelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Araki’s art is just so COOL.

Whether you like Jojo or not, you can’t deny that the art and style are unparalleled. It’s so tincture and so fashionable. There’s truly nothing quite like Jojo—and Araki, who brought the world of Jojo to life.

Which is all to say that if you enjoy Araki’s work, you will definitely enjoy this art collection. It’s a fascinating collection of drawings, character designs, and profiles on Jojo elements. An interview with Araki closed out the collection—in which he confirms that he is just a cool guy who likes crafting fun stories.

Definitely recommend~

[Nacho]

Lo compré pensando que sería nada más un libro de arte de Jojo. Lo es, aunque es bastante malo en ello puesto que en realidad trae muy pocas ilustraciones. Lo que me sorprendió y le da más valor es que la segunda mitad es como una enciclopedia de las primeras cuatro partes, aunque la última está incompleta. Como buen amante de las wikis esto me gustó más, aunque es una lástima que Diamond is Unbreakable esté incompleta. No sé si haya algo similar respecto a las partes que siguen y que no he visto, pero me gustaría leerlo también si existiera.

Sin calificación.

[Renee Zamora · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful JoJo's art book covering Parts 1-4. The text is a little small in the encyclopedia/timeline sections, but is otherwise an amazing trove of lore. I'm so happy that this got an English translation. Araki's art is stunning, as always. As a JoJo's fan, I could not ask for a more amazing treasure.

[ComicBookCult Luke · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed seeing all the wonderful coloured artwork from Araki, a lot of really nice additional information in the second half of the book. I would have loved to have seen more of the process / materials used in some of the pieces displayed but overall a very good Manga Artbook by once of my favourite Mangaka. Great amount of content for your money.

[Swar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gorge and has a lot of extra interesting detail about jojo, I wish Kira had been introduced by the time this was written because I was really excited to see him but really interesting anyway.

Its kinda hard to write a review for an art book but this one is fire and probably my second or third favorite

[Ana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Abarca las partes 1 a 4. Ilustraciones, fichas de personajes, entrevista con Araki, cómo se hizo la portada, timeline...
He descubierto que soy del mismo signo que Caesar y del mismo año que Josuke. Información esencial en la vida de todo JoJofan.
Voy a necesitar más libros de arte de JoJo's, pero para empezar, éste es más que digno.

[oopsiewhoopsie · Rating 5 out of 5]

The art is beautiful. Also has a family tree (that doesn’t include anyone past part 4 just as a warning) but it’s still helpful. It had a page detailing Mr. Araki’s process with doing his artwork. Overall very insightful, I loved it!

[Peachy · Rating 4 out of 5]

in love with Hirohiko Araki's dynamic colors and poses! I especially love the high contrast shading and hatching.

[Josh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice pictures

[Osheen Baker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gosh i adore Araki's art and this is a wonderful collection showing it's development that any Jojo's fan would love

[Toulouser¡¡¡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love jjba!

[Yeneek · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastic artwork all around
i can't wait for the US release for his other artbooks!

[Shafira Ariana · Rating 5 out of 5]

absolutely wonderful, must have for all jojo fans

[Justine from Novels and Panda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just hate myself for getting with JJBA late; my younger brother has been recommending this for years now.

AND I love every page of this artbook! Can't wait to get my hands on more.

[entuzjastka · Rating 5 out of 5]

peak cinema

[zoé · Rating 5 out of 5]

podría ojearlo mil veces y no cansarme