Anime Recap — Apr 7

STEEL BALL RUN Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure 2nd STAGE Gets Fall 2026 Premiere, Weekly Release Schedule

STEEL BALL RUN Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure 2nd STAGE Gets Fall 2026 Premiere, Weekly Release Schedule

### Synopsis
Netflix has finally revealed a firmer release window for STEEL BALL RUN Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure 2nd STAGE, along with details about the anime’s release plan. STEEL BALL RUN JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure 2nd Stage, which received a teaser late last month, will premiere this fall. Instead of a single extended episode or a batch of episodes, 2nd Stage will have its episodes dropped weekly.  Netflix also says that “We are planning a split‑cour release across the entire run of episodes,” and that 2nd Stage is the “next cour.” It adds that “This release schedule is part of our original plan and reflects the wishes of the production committee.” ©LUCKY LAND COMMUNICATIONS/集英社・ジョジョの奇妙な冒険SBR製作委員会 The 47-minute first episode of STEEL BALL RUN Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, an action-adventure title based on the seventh part of Hirohiko Araki’s Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure manga, premiered on March 19. The timeline for future episodes’ release was unclear at the time, with director Yasuhiro Kimura telling Anime Trending contributor Daryl Harding, “I don’t know. It takes a lot of time to make just one episode, but production is going smoothly, and I’m looking forward to seeing the finished episode as much as you are!” The Steel Ball Run manga ran from 2004 to 2011. It was initially serialized in Shonen Jump before moving to the monthly, seinen magazine Ultra Jump (subsequent Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure installments have also been Ultra Jump titles). Viz Media is publishing it in English. The anime’s synopsis reads: It’s 1890, in America, the Steel Ball Run — the first horse racing championship across the North American continent — was about to begin. Spanning…

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