Though Netflix fumbled the bag with its advertising and marketing of JoJo’s Weird Journey: Stone Ocean, it managed to keep away from a hefty copyright strike from Disney by eradicating one of the vital beloved scenes within the manga.
It’s no secret to JoJo enjoyers that anime diversifications alter the names of their song-lyric-reference villains and stands. Previously, we’ve seen alterations like Vanilla Ice to Cool Ice and Infamous B.I.G. to Infamous Chase and Stone Ocean isn’t any exception. Whereas many followers anticipated stands like Limp Bizkit to be referred to with names like “Flaccid Pancake” as they have been in Stone Ocean’s unique manga translation, Netflix as a substitute opted to only flip a couple of letters as a substitute. Thus Flaccid Pancake, for instance, is now “Limp Vizkit.” Whereas barely altering character names is barely disappointing to manga readers, it’s come as no shock that David Manufacturing’s opted to outright exclude Mickey Mouse and a mess of the manga’s minefield of references to well-known cartoon characters from the anime.
Within the two-part episode “Bohemian Ecstatic” (a intelligent obfuscation of the manga title, “Bohemian Rhapsody”), Narciso Anasui and Climate Report (now known as Climate Forecast) are pitted in opposition to a stand person named Ungalo. Ungalo’s stand, Bohemian Rhapsody, has the facility to deliver fictional characters to life to do his bidding. Stated fictional characters then horrifically body-snatch human beings they’re in shut proximity to. Scary stuff, that.
Within the manga chapter the anime episode’s primarily based on, Anasui and Climate Report have been on their strategy to Disney World after escaping Inexperienced Dolphin Road Jail, and Anasui (the voice of the viewers) petulantly yelled, “If there’s no Mickey, this shit ain’t Disney!” Apparently, JJBA creator Hirohiko Araki wished to attract Mickey Mouse on this chapter, however his editors rightly suggested him in opposition to it. After all, Araki compromised by sneaking in a drawing of the rat’s tail. The Netflix adaptation wasn’t so daring, and has eliminated any and all references to Mickey and Disney.
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Although most of those characters have landed within the public area, had Stone Ocean boldly included the remainder of Bohemian Rhapsody’s minions, it might have landed Netflix in scorching water.
For instance simply how rapidly this episode would’ve resulted in a swift cease-and-desist, here’s a checklist of all the copyright strike-worthy references from the manga and the corresponding anime alterations, if any:
Astro Boy (seen and talked about, no adjustments)Aladdin (seen and talked about, no adjustments)Large Dangerous Wolf (seen and talked about, no adjustments)Disney World (unseen, referenced as “a well-known theme park”)Chewbacca (unseen, however identify talked about)E.T. (reduce from anime totally)Fist of the North Star’s Kenshiro and Raoh (unseen, however identify talked about)Large Robo (seen and talked about, no adjustments)Gigantor (seen and talked about, no adjustments) Little Crimson Using Hood (seen and talked about, no adjustments)Leo the lion from the MGM Studios brand (reduce from anime totally)Mazinger’s Mazinger Z (seen and talked about, no adjustments)Mickey Mouse (unseen, referenced as “a very well-known character”)Mona Lisa (unseen on this half at the very least, however identify talked about) Peter Pan (reduce from anime totally)Pinocchio (seen and talked about, no adjustments)Prince Charming (unseen, however identify talked about)Spider-Man (obtained changed into Batman: unseen, however identify talked about)Terminator T-1000 (unseen, however identify talked about)Three Little Pigs (reduce from anime totally)Tinker Bell (reduce from anime totally)Tweety Hen (unseen, however identify talked about)Snoopy (reduce from anime totally)Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (seen and talked about, no adjustments)Vincent van Gogh (seen and talked about, no adjustments)
As you’ll be able to see, David Manufacturing had rather a lot to deal with when it got here to delineating which characters to adapt into this explicit arc and which have been higher left alone. Why David Manufacturing determined to vary Spider-Man to Batman is anybody’s guess. Happily, its adjustments didn’t scale back the silliness of this two-part episode. Personally, I’d take these adjustments over the earlier batch of episodes’ ditching of the scene wherein Jolyne Cujoh spoils The Sixth Sense’s well-known plot twist. Let my lady be a menace, dammit.
