When Is Steel Ball Run JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 2 Out? It's... Complicated

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure fans person been waiting astatine the starting gates for the merchandise of Steel Ball Run’s 2nd episode, oregon failing that, immoderate accusation astir erstwhile it volition beryllium appearing, pursuing the merchandise of Episode 1 connected March 19.

This play Netflix dropped a trailer with caller footage from Part 7 of the long-running and massively palmy anime series, but not a full batch much information. After teasing the adjacent limb of the titular Steel Ball Run, a travel crossed the continental United States for the expansive terms of $50 million, an ending paper simply states that the “2nd STAGE” volition beryllium disposable successful 2026.

Fans person not lone not been fixed a steadfast merchandise schedule, there's nary denotation however this volition beryllium delivered; perchance arsenic a azygous occurrence of indeterminate magnitude similar the bid premiere, oregon arsenic a fig of regular magnitude episodes covering this azygous conception of the race, similar the merchandise of erstwhile JoJo’s seasons.

This isn’t the archetypal clip that JoJo’s has had an unusual merchandise cadence, with the erstwhile part, Stone Ocean, opening with a people of episodes successful December 2021, earlier continuing successful September of the pursuing twelvemonth and with different chunk of episodes held until months later.

Netflix has faced disapproval antecedently for the merchandise strategy of its animated projects, with Scott Pilgrim Takes Off’s showrunner sharing their position of a play being released excessively eagerly: “As idiosyncratic who had his full play driblet each astatine erstwhile astatine the aforesaid time, it’s the dumbest s**t ever.”

In the meantime, Steel Ball Run’s archetypal occurrence is good worthy a watch, with our reappraisal pointing retired the “great pacing and stunning animation that marque this a thrilling commencement to a caller adventure.”

Mat Jones is IGN's UK Social Producer.