Why the fine art world is obsessed with this bizarre manga

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How did a manga aimed at teenage boys end up in the Louvre?

Araki’s book: Manga in Theory and Practice

If you want to start at the beginning of Jojo’s, it starts here

You can also start at Part 3, where there is a big quality jump

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A quick guide the names of the different parts of Jojo’s:

Part 1: Phantom Blood
Part 2: Battle Tendency
Part 3: Stardust Crusaders
Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable
Part 5: Golden Wind
Part 6: Stone Ocean (currently releasing in the US by Viz)
Part 7: Steel Ball Run (I believe Viz will begin releasing this in 2025 or 2026)
Part 8: JoJolion
Part 9: Jojolands (currently running)
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mattwithts
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How cool is it that the first work that Araki tried to publish and the work that so many consider his magnum opus are both westerns.

potatofarmergyro
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This video doesn't mention that Araki gets his youthful look from washing his face with Tokyo's tap water (according to the author hinself allegedly).

insertrandomusernameherera
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Man really put kira and the mona lisa in one building.

jotana_ch
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I never knew my obsession with JoJo poses and outfits was actually just me being highly cultured and appreciating fine art. Thanks for this great video about the greatest manga.

wesreleases
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"the shortest path was a detour" it was truly a detour... a very long roundabout path...

jetstreamsam
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I remember reading Jojo way back before the anime adaptation and being annoyed by storyline inconsistencies. We'd argue about them endlessly on the forums about what Araki intended or if he was interfered with or whatever.

Anyway years later I read his book, and there's this bit where he basically explains that he doesn't like to edit his own work once it's out there, he views it like a marble fresco or sculture, once it's done it's done and the mistakes are part of it as a piece of art, he'll simply learn and evolve.

So now I don't think about inconsistencies or issues. They're just part of Araki's story, that's just who he is as a creator.

nilzero
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I feel so justified by this video. I've been trying to convince my non-anime fans how truly bizarre yet brilliant Jojo's is. I barely understand it most of the time, but I have so much fun with it.

ixaix
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I love all the pseudonyms that the closed caption is giving Araki's name: A rocky, Iraqi, baraki,

redrum
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It's so nice to see that Araki's research and hardwork is getting recognition. Only jojo fans know of Araki's early struggles while most think of him as a flawless genius since his art gets exhibitions now.

mryurei
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Truly a story about going where you’re celebrated, not just tolerated; Araki had to FIND his people where you’d least expect them and he never gave up because he knew they were out there somewhere. Love it 👑

ArtbyAtlas
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That Antonio Lopez print at 11:04 is a revelation. It's so JoJo in its posing, excess fabric, and the man's tall but broad-shouldered build.

nerdistry
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I’m an art teacher and I’ve been working on my own projects with almost no social media presence for years. I have 3 50+ page fan art books, an original board/card game complete with lore and art, and a 150 ish page graphic novel. One day I’m going to figure out how to release things and share them.

tylerh
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I think the main thing that captivates everyone with Jojo’s art is the flow. The way the characters are posed, the line art, the style of their clothes, it’s obvious that whoever drew this was in it for the love of it. They didn’t just draw, the flowed across the paper

melancholy_hill
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araki's art is incredible. simple as that, the sense of color and use of fashion. it goes beyond any standard manga art style

ouravantgarde
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No way, a Matttt video about Jojo? I'm surprised lol.

RjGoombes
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There's really nobody like araki, his plots straddle the line between brilliant and stupid, he is low brow as fuck, and incrledibly high art, his works are gay as hell and inclredibly straight-normative. The more I think about it the more I find complexities in this man. Truly fascinating.

LiteralmenteFadul
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This channel came out of nowhere and has consistently dropped well written, high quality videos for a year! What the fuck 😭

BadTakeRisan
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I find it inspiring that all his hardwork didn't go to waste.
All he had to do was reach the right audience. That's marketing!

hemangchauhan
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This video is very interesting, and it tells a compelling narrative, and I think it's rather poorly titled. Like, the subject of the video is Araki's obsession with fine art and how it has informed his journey as an artist - it does not examine in any detail the obsession of the fine art world with his works.

I came in expecting an examination of something like, say, the ways that JoJo's Bizarre Adventure has been embraced by fashion brands and been influential to young fine artists, but it's basically entirely the other way around.

Again, the video is still good, it's just that I think the title promises a subject that the video itself simply does not deliver on.

TBSkyen