MUSIC DIRECTOR REACTS | Musical Analysis JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Openings 1-10 

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it’s an unspoken rule to never skip a Jojo opening while watching the anime because they change a bunch

In case you didnt know, the creator of Jojo is a music enthusiast. Almost all his character is a nod to music culture and straight up named them as a real life band.

Other than the music itself, the thing I love about Jojo's openings is that they somehow tell you everything with huge spoilers but also nothing, because you need the context to understand what you see

My son turned me on to this show. I couldn’t stop watching. As a fellow musician, I appreciate Japanese musicianship even more

One of my favorite parts of seeing anyone react to Jojo's openings all in a row without context is when the "same song" starts playing again. The look of confusion is entertaining and then the realization on their face when they see the MAJOR difference is golden. ....you could call it a golden experience.

There's nothing better than learning new things about something you love. This video was incrediblely informative and awesome

13:52 The fact that you said “I couldn’t even tell where time was.” at that point gave me a good chuckle, but I won’t say why. You should definitely watch this show when you get the chance!

Just watch the sheer happiness on his eyes all across Bloody Stream. Truly the best jojo opening

Fun Fact the creator of this show actually named the Character's powers after famous musicians/albums/songs and part 3's are named after Tarot Cards

OPENING BAND/SINGERS: OP 1: Hiroaki Tominaga (aka "Tommy") TOMMY is a Japanese singer and the vocalist of the Japanese rock band BLUFF. But I believe this was made without his band. OP2: CODA Coda is a Japanese singer-songwriter, composer, and sound producer also not performing in a specific band for the opening. OP 3: JIN is a Japanese singer and vocal trainer. OP 4: This opening combines all the first three singers so Tommy, Coda and Jin into making this creative opening! this trio got named THE JO☆STARS. OP 5: THE DU is a Japanese band created for performing "Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town". OP 6: Batta is a Japanese 4-person Rock band who performed "chase". OP 7: Daisuke Hasegawa is a Japanese performer, usually playing electric guitar or choral singing. He performed "Great Days", the 3rd opening for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable, alongside Karen Aoki. OP 8: Coda is back at it again with "Fighting Gold"🔥. OP 9: Daisuke Hasegawa, back at it as well now performing "Uragirimono no Requiem". OP 10: ichigo is a Japanese singer and the lead vocalist of Kishida Kyōdan & The Akeboshi Rockets. She performed "STONE OCEAN" Also yes the variety from the openings really embodies how much variety there is in this crazy bizarre and unique show that is called JOJOS! so good!

One thing that's really interesting about the way these songs are composed is that a lot of them take influence from when the actual story was written/takes place. For instance, the second opening has a lot of really strong trumpet and jazzy/swing-y sections, probably because the story starts in 30s New York. Stand Proud and Sono Chino Kioku take place in the 80s and the author is a big fan of American rock and metal, so both of those openings are metal dominated by intense guitar work and bass. Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town has 2 versions: a funky, almost disco groove, and one that you described as having a boy band vibe. That's pretty accurate, because it was written in the early 90s and takes place in 90s Japan. That's a time period where music was transitioning from a very flashy, heavily disco-inspired era brought on by an economic boom and shifting into a more 'modern' (for the 90s lol) sound of boy bands and J-pop stars. Fighting Gold and Uragirimonono take place in 2000s Italy, and although that's modern, there's a lot of classical Italian scenery at every turn, so both of those songs end up featuring a lot of classical instruments and sound. Stone Ocean takes place in 2011 and it takes a lot of inspiration from Japanese alt rock that was really typical around that time. A side note, though I know I'm pretty late to the punch and people have already listed the performers for each song, but I want to add a tidbit that I'm not sure anyone else brought up: there was a special version of the Great Days opening performed by *every* vocalist that's done a JoJo opening, under the group name JO☆UNITED. It's gotta top the original for me. It opens with the first verse being sung by the guy who did opening one, second verse by vocalist for opening 2, etc, with the entire group coming together on chorus and closing. It's a great piece of music. It was also the full 4 minute piece of music rather than the 2 separate and shortened anime versions (which are different segments of that original song), and it makes it feel so compositionally complete compared to listening to the 2 abridged versions separately.

It's always funny seeing people's reaction from Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town to Chase cause it is NOT what you'd expect lmao

19:53 when you paused the opening I started laughing because it was honestly perfect timing before ZA WARUDO 😂

After listening you realize that there isn’t a single “bad” JoJo’s opening, they’re all just so good

6:20 the main character’s personality fits very well with ‘Toxic’ and it caught me off guard to realize this lol

The actual parts are just as varied as their openings. Part one is vampires in the 1800’s Part two is WW2 vampires Part three is a globetrotting adventure Part four is a slice of life murder mystery Part five is a gang drama Part six is a prison drama Part seven is a horse race Part eight is… I haven’t got that far but it’s something I’m sure

I’m astounded at how he manages to perfectly describe the vibe of each part so accurately just from listening to the openings. So cool.

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One neat thing about 'Chase' (the emo sounding one) is that the lyrics carry meaning for both the protagonist and antagonist. Very thematically appropriate for that part, since they both face what they perceive to be the same kind of challenge. Great video btw!

I LOVE HOW YOU BROUGHT UP THE 70’s ACTION FEEL. because that is exactly what started this whole story because it’s been being written for such a long time and was influenced by famous 70’s action comics and manga so they kept the feel when producing the anime showing the changes in time that occur

I’m so glad you noticed the high trumpet release at the start, NO ONE NOTICES IT SOMEHOW AND ITS SO GOOD, gives me goosebumps every time and I’m glad you picked up on it

Answering your question: yes, there is a LOT of variety in the show itself as well. Mostly because each season is it's own story with a different cast and completely different vibe to the previous one. From 19th century England and a road movie set in the middle east all the way to a mafia story set in Italy and a serial killer mystery set in a small Japanese town - you name it. And during each season there are several arcs that can also be wildly different in tone to one another. Not to mention heroes and villains, who do not follow the typical infinite power escalation trope, but instead their abilities get more and more unique, inventive and wild. And most of the time heroes win by outsmarting their opponents. And all of that is stuffed with a very unique style and sense of humor. The author of the manga, Hirohiko Araki, never lets things go stale, as if his life depends on it or something. After the 6th part he even rebooted the whole JoJo universe and now he's rebooting it again XD

Fun fact, the creator of Jojo is a massive fan of 80's and 90's bands to the point where he named many of the characters and even their powers after them. Some examples include Josuke: Crazy Diamond Koichi: Echoes Kira: Killer Queen/Bites the Dust Giorno: Golden Experience/Requiem Bucherati: Sticky Fingers Trish: Spice Girls Narancha: Aerosmith Mista: Sex pistols Diavolo: King Crimson Jolyne: Stone Free Weather Report Enrico Pucchi: White Snake/C-Moon/Made in Heaven Funny Valintine: D4C/ Dirty Deeds done dirt cheap

I've never realized just how much the first opening spoils until now

39:46 Yes! That's Venezia. This part of the show is all set on Italy, the creator of JoJo's always loved Italy so he decided he could do this entire part of the manga/anime that the story takes place to be there and the level of detail on it's phenomenal.

Watching my Geography teacher who has a hobby for music reacting to anime is the most bizzare yet rejuvenating feeling. Loving your stuff

I loved how you're like, "I don't hear any difference." most of the time it's, "Just wait." but also, i'm really glad to have found you, your analysis was tremendous and appreciated. more inciteful than most ppl on here. You made me hear different parts of the instrumental, and I love that.

I don’t know a lot about music and I’m completely tone deaf but watching you break it down like that is so so entertaining, especially when you watched the second op and at the beginning mentioned the bass line and repeated it for those who didn’t catch it, and then i DID hear what you meant, made me feel really included hehe. Anyway great video!!

It's so hard to find people who are really professional while doing this type of stuff, thanks for your professionalism y learn a lot with you 😀😁😁👍

There's actually 2 more variations of the Traitor's Requiem opening, and it's a shame the video you watched didn't have them because they kinda bring their own song into it entirely. Highly suggest checking them out in your own time if you're interested!

I love bass so much, its hard to notice but its the sound that is absolutly nececary to the feel of a song. Listening to bass legit makes me indescribably happy.

Jojo is the best manga adaptation ever and the opening shows some of the love they gave to the anime. truly a masterpiece

"Is there as much variety in the show?" - that's an understatement 😁 The show is so extra it will blow your mind. I REALLY enjoyed your reaction and deconstruction of these openings! What a great video.

I think one really cool fact when you said that the drum player reminded you of Ringo is that the name "JoJo" for the main character was actually inspired by a Beatles song, “Get Back”. Also, in a later part on the manga, there's a character called "Ringo Roadagain" which is in clear reference to Ringo Starr and also to the song "On The Road Again" by Willie Nilsson. Araki(creator of Jojo's) loves music and really enjoy to put his litte references on his works, what is also funny cause JoJo's became one of the most referenced manga on history. Even some Street Fighter characters and scenarios are based on JoJo's characters and scenarios.

So another fun thing about Jojo openings is not just the attention to detail in the music, but also aligning the visuals with the music alongside foreshadowing the arc'c events. Watching Jojo and going back over the opening and realizing how the music and visuals hint at what is actually happening is part of what makes these openings so legendary.

Man, I'm not really much for reaction videos, but the way you presented it and got excited over the different attributes and pieces within the music itself really took me back to how I felt listening to the songs the first time. This is a good little nostalgia trip for me, but I really enjoyed it so here's a sub.

Usually I don’t like it when people pause partway through songs, but you do it in a way that I can appreciate, even if I prefer an uninterrupted watch through, you manage to pause and rewind in a highly efficient and flowing manner unlike the usual disjointed starting and stopping I usually have to avoid, it goes to show you have a good ear for the whole progression of the song. I’m also quite pleased to hear the opinion on the more minor details of the songs that few of any ever pick up on, I’m not too well versed in music myself but I have a type of sensory disorder that allows me to differentiate between pitches, keys, etc better and even allows me to pick up on frequencies that are slightly higher or lower than the average person can and it’s nice to see someone else acknowledge those sorts of things. Lastly, the second to last opening you watched has 2 alternate versions to it, they are mostly visual differences but the the third variation (which is called GER version) has much more orchestral backing to it near the end, not sure if that’s worth a video but it’s probably worth a listen to if you’re interested. Overall amazing job and keep up the good work, I’m subscribed now.

Here's a really cool idea for videos: Once you watch the parts of the series when these openings are playing, go over them again and talk about how the choice of music composition conveys the themes and emotions the current narrative of the story is trying to convey. You can do this with Attack on Titan or Jojo's, both would be REALLY interesting watches.

What I love about all of these openings, is that this is basically the radio edit of the actual song. The actual soundtracks for each part have a full version of the OP, and it basically doubles the length of each song with new verses.

FIGHTING GOLD IS SO UNDERRATED. because everyone’s attention is on uraginimono requiem which i can also understand why, but stillll omg fighting gold literally slaps and i love Coda because his music is so good

The author is a huge fan of music thats why there is a lot of differents types

Okay spoilerfree fun facts: You mentioned 70s style on multiple occasions, turns out thats by design as jojo started around the 70s😁 These hommages to britney spears led Zeppelin, beatles and what not fall into the per design point as well, jojo is heavily inspired by music of its respective time. People and powers named after them so often im not sure if a single character isnt paying hommage to something music related

Dude, JoJo is so f**king awesome, love the series, the characters, and the music! Especially Bloody Stream, Sono Chino Kioku and Sono Chino Sadame! All the harmonies and sudden dynamic changes and vibratos make them to DIE for to me as a musician, an actor, dancer, and singer, I know that THIS is a perfect sound!

The thing I loved the most about the first opening was the muffled "Jojo" that sounded like a heartbeat, especially since the song is titled _Destiny of this blood._

This is exactly the type of video I need to listen to and pass time at work. Fun fact about the 4th opening is that it’s a collaboration between the 3 different artist of the previous openings. It wraps well with the story itself as a resolution to a rivalry. One of the reasons each of those songs is so different is because JoJos is generational, each season has a new “Jojo” or main character from a future generation, and with each generation obviously there are cultural differences, which is captured with these songs.

I've never seen anyone comment on the actual musical composition itself of the jojo openings. Really interesting stuff I never thought I'd be interested to learn about!

the way you choose the moments to stop, i get goosebumps, every time you describe them in a perfect way

Fun fact, OP 4 has 3 singers. Each from the first 3 openings :D

I really like your channel because not only are you reacting to some great anime OSTs and OPs, but you break down the music itself for people like me that really enjoy this music and try to understand why I like it. I have no music theory training and play violin but love the sound of guitar, bass and drums in J-pop/J-rock so much. Thanks for helping people like me learn about the nuances in this music! Keep up the good work!

This has got to be the best Jojo OP reaction I've ever seen. You really understand every single thing I like about the music and point it all out in a way that I haven't thought about before.

20:00 his immediate reaction to dio was amazing lol

Josuke: We've finally discovered Kira DrumRollTony: We're gonna take that back one more time-

You seemed to like the writing style of Coda. Coda wrote both Bloody Stream and Fighting Gold, both of which you said were favorites.

This is probably the best opening reaction I've ever seen. I learned so many new things and it's my favorite show. And yes part 5 of the series takes place in venice

I usually cant stand when people pause throughout, but you stopping through and getting excited about stuff makes me even more excited to listen to these songs again! Plus its really interesting hearing about the technical side of songs I've listened to hundreds of times. I keep finding your videos through recommended, it'll be easier to just sub instead :)

My favorite thing about your videos is that I've literally listened to all these intros countless times and you STILL managed to point out so many little things I never noticed. Awesome videos!

Yes, each part/season usually has a completely different tone and/or genre, so it makes sense that the openings do the same. And yes, this takes place in the "real world", different seasons usually take place in different time periods and countries, but the setting is generally somewhat recognizable and real even if the show itself is very supernatural. The source material constantly references music classics, and it feels like the people behind the show wanted to do it justice and have the best music possible.

There's actually two other versions of traitors requiem, they change the opening like The world version and the last version of it changes the music a bit as well.

11:43 a fire stand on screen and how he says the music is melting your face, on point

This is an awesome breakdown! As someone who was pretty invested in music theory in high school I was always blown away by these intros musically, but lacked the vocabulary or experience to describe in words what made them great to me. Please do more musical breakdowns no matter what they are, you're good at communicating this stuff

I've watched a bunch of jojo op reactions, but yours is the best. I love how you really dig deep and put your knowledge to use and bring out all these interesting details I've never seen before! I've subscribed to your channel, and I can't wait to see more of your reactions.

Your favorite ones, the second opening "Bloody Stream" and the "Fighting Gold" one are also my favorite. Also there's full versions for both of this songs that are absolutely amazing with a lot of changes in between different sections of both songs that they don't show on the openings because they have to do an shortened version for it.

he actually guessed that part 5 in Italy you got me impressed

Only halfway through the vid and I'm already gonna sub. This series is very dear to me and I love seeing your enjoyment breaking down these openings. Rewinding back to listen again is only a compliment.

A cool reason to watch the show: THERE ARE SO MANY MUSIC REFERENCES EACH SEASONS/PARTS ITS INSANE!!! From Speedwagon to Killer Queen to Foo Fighters! The author of the manga LOVES western music and cultures and captivates locations throughout the world and incorporates it in his works. It’s such a great show to watch and I recommend it to anyone who listens!

You don't even know everything i'd do to watch this show for the first time again.

Watched that whole reaction. I have listened to these openings probably over 30 times, but still your commentary made me hear certain things I didn't hear before. Great Reaction.

Disclaimer REMINDER if you skipped the intro: I stop and rewind OFTEN in these videos! Lot's of talking and going back to hear things more than once. This video turned into a LONG one. Oooops. I had a lot of fun doing this tho! ⏩Video Question: Which opening have you listened to the most? www.twitch.tv/drumrolltony

I'm glad he did this. It's nice to know the reasons why JoJo's music is good not just from a fan perspective but a musician's perspective.

You’re making me realize so much stuff and I’ve seen these openings so much times. And Bands and artists do work on these.

I love your style of commentary. You help me listen into deeper layers that I might've skimmed over before, and help me have a greater appreciation for the music that I already enjoyed. I also feel like you help me deconstruct music better on my own when I listen to it, which I enjoy doing.

Oh trust me when I say the show is the king of variety. Each part takes place in a different place, different era, with an entirely new cast of characters and even all the protagonists are different for each part, though they are part of same family lineage, and whenever we get to see a character from an older part it's a treat since you get to see how the passage of time has affected them. The power system itself is one the most unique and fleshed out in anime allowing for the characters to have hyper specific but at the same time possibly reality bending abilities that all depend of the character's ability to use and abuse them in creative ways, this turns each battle into a puzzle as each character tried to figure out the other's abilities and weaknesses without revealing their own to gain the advantage. Not to mention the author's incredible sense of culture seeping through every scene, with innumerable references to music and pop culture of the time each part was written in. There is no more fitting series to the title "bizarre" than JoJo's.

30:56 yeah there's a lot of variety one minute it'll be light hearted comedy, the next, someone will be gushing out blood The characters also change every season, and there's a whole new feel to the show

I’d definitely listen to the full versions of all these songs. Every bit of the each song is filled with so much detail, and maximum effort was put into them. There’s always a fire drum, guitar, or trumpet breakdown between the main verses. Every piece is unique, and so is every part of the show. Cant recommend the show or the full songs enough.

I love the way you react to things. It feels like an *actual* reaction. A lot of RU-vidr “reactors” will basically just be a reupload of the original video with them sitting in the bottom corner occasionally laughing or something. You actually stop, point out what you like, go back to get a better understanding, explain what you got from it, etc. Keep it up ^^

Jojo and Music culture are inseparable as the manga is literally one man's Playlist brought to life. While the intro songs are written and produced by Japanese bands and artist, the end credit themes are hand selected licensed tracks that he would listen to on rotation while penning his work during particular story arcs.

Just a heads up: MOST times, not always, but MOST TIMES, the bands and artists that do Anime openings and endings ARE real legit bands. Some of the greatest artists of their genre in all asia, but mostly Japan, have done openings for an anime. A few ones are bands created to work on a single for a show, but that's a little more rare these days.

this video was soooo fun, I thought I wouldn be able to get through it cause its pretty long but you made it fun. amazing. subbed

jojo is that art work that I would love to forget just to experience it again like the first time. Everything about the feels, the story, the characters, the musics, the themes... everything is amazing, every opening is unskippable and unique just like the parts of the anime/manga, everytime I hear to these ops I get goosebumps

Fun fact : the original comics span decades (from 1987 till today) and the openings were written so that they would reflect the popular anime opening styles from when the comic for each season was released; hence the variety in genre and vocal styles of the songs, so that people could feel like they were watching something that actually came out in the era of that particular season. Big brain writing indeed.

Passion for a subject is contagious and your love for music made me more respectful for the art, I love music too, and you just opened my eyes with a door to a new room of toys to explore, what it feels like. Thank You. I hope you continue to analyse anime/game music, there are a lot of golden content to explore.

The most beautiful thing about JOJO's openings is that the visual range, the frames are just perfect not only for the rhythm of the song or the beat, but also for the vocals at the same time. This is a perfect synergy of image and sound. I am a fan of this anime and for me a distinctive feature is not only music, but also references to popular culture, since the creator of the original source is a fan of American bands such as Aerosmith, Deep Purple and many others. For the ending, the composition Roundabout of the YES group was purchased.

I'm a big fan of Stand Proud (OP 3). When you realize the power drums can represent the punching...it's like magic.

The anime’s creator Araki loves music so much he literally made so many characters referencing bands like Kars, esidici (AC/DC), a character literally called Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc

The composer for Giorno's theme, Kanno Yugo-sensei, also made "Great Days" and "Traitors' Requiem" (Also he is the composer for Parts 3-6, so far. Basically the rest of the entire series) I put him on the level of being a modern-day Nobuo Uematsu, basically

Ran into a vid of yours recently and found this next. I’ve gotta say, I *love* your style of reaction. Pause and unpause as many times as you want, it’s because you care enough to really pay attention to every little detail. Your analysis of the music is surprisingly accurate to the show, in a way even you may not even expect lol. Keep it coming man.

JoJo is so interconnected with music that its only natural the openings would be amazing.

The thing I love about the second Za World intro is that your not expecting Dio to appear so when you watch it for the the first time your kinda shocked

38:28 so spot on that he did the italian gesture on the italian jojo part

man took a 18 min video into a 46 min video and some how I loved every fucking second god damn so much fun. I haven't revisited jojo openings in so long and you got me smiling over my old ass hype I got at 14 man I love you. so informative, fun, and just damn man couldn't stop smiling 😀. gonna have to binge ur vids now fuck

I personally love all the jojo op’s bc all of them match so well with each jojo it’s amazing it reflects their personality so well

23:22 The DU is the band from the 5th opening and unfortunately it was created just for the anime and produced only this song and participated in a special version of the song from the 7th opening where all the vocalists from the previous openings sing together. in addition, the fourth opening has 3 vocalists, which are the 3 vocalists of the previous 3 openings.

So yeah for End of the World it's 3 previous singers for the first 3 openings singing that song. Then one of them, Coda, sings for another song, the Fighting Gold. Some of the openings (endings too) have variations when a major plot point is revealed in the story, the characters "disrupt" the opening sequence in almost a breaking the 4th wall manner. There's actually another TWO variations of Traitor's Requiem that is not included in the video you watched, which alters both the visuals and the music a little bit (symphony at the end). 30:53 yes! The show is divided into parts. Each part has its own protagonist and settings. Every parts are connected, yet feel different than the other. Anyway, I enjoyed our reaction so much, I don't mind the pause because I want to know how someone who knows music breaks the openings down from the musical standpoint. My favorites are Bloody Stream, Great Days, and Stone Ocean. Also when you eventually watch the show, make sure not to skip the openings in case new variation happen 😁, cheers mate.

31:00 every “part” of jojo’s bizarre adventure is not only in a different time period with different characters, but even different genres of story. There absolutely is this much variety in the show itself.

The fact that you picked up on like musical ques that I had no idea were a thing, but when you explained them it was like you were explaining story beats that were happening in that arc of the show. Its like, its incredible how thoroughly crafted the intros are and how much they reflect the show.

I've been waiting for this soooo long... You give such a deep analysis of the music! I love it. I hope u enjoy JoJo music 🎶 ♥

The reason why there is 2 versions of some opennings is related to the appearance of the main antagonist of each part, so I would recommend you to not focus on them too much because they will show you HUGE hints and details, thru the images and the music itself, about the antagonist ability and power, so keep them until you start watching the episodes. And thank you for this great video.

i really love "chase you"...what i love about it is because it change from a happy go lucky music to more serious tone just because of the main villain of the series gets introduce...but yeah i kinda get why some fans hate on it, because its way different on the jojos other music...

I love that this is my favorite anime of all time and I've lostened to these songs more times than I can count, and you STILL managed to point out aspects of the arrangment I never noticed