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The Best Episodes of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1

Every episode of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1!

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Follow the intergenerational feud between the Joestar Family and various forces of evil, the most prominent of which is Dio Brando and his followers.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 1 - Dio the Invader
    7.4/10(2847 votes)

    #1 - Dio the Invader

    S1:E1

    England, 1868. A thief tries to raid an overturned carriage, but discovers that two of the occupants, a man and his young son are still alive. The man, George Joestar, proclaims he will forever be indebted to his savior, who reveals himself to be Dario Brando.

    Director:Kouta Okuno
    Writer:Yasuko Kobayashi

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  2. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 2 - A Letter from the Past
    7.4/10(2420 votes)

    #2 - A Letter from the Past

    S1:E2

    Seven years later in 1888, JoJo and Dio are supposedly getting along, though JoJo is still fearful of Dio. Meanwhile, Dio plots to liberate the Joestar family of their fortune.

    Director:Toshiyuki Kato
    Writer:Yasuko Kobayashi

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  3. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 3 - Youth with Dio
    7.9/10(2583 votes)

    #3 - Youth with Dio

    S1:E3

    JoJo prepares to turn Dio in to the police.

    Director:Futoshi Higashide
    Writer:Yasuko Kobayashi

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  4. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 4 - Overdrive
    7.0/10(2153 votes)

    #4 - Overdrive

    S1:E4

    Three days after the incident, JoJo awakens to find Erina nursing him back to health in the hospital. As they rekindle their friendship, they encounter a strange man named Will A. Zeppeli.

    Director:Masashi Abe
    Writer:Shogo Yasukawa

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  5. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 5 - The Dark Knights
    7.0/10(2070 votes)

    #5 - The Dark Knights

    S1:E5

    A talented young pickpocket named Poco unwittingly lures JoJo and company into an encounter with Dio, Tarukus, and Blueford.

    Directors:Hitomi Ezoe, Mitsuhiro Yoneda
    Writer:Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

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  6. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 6 - Tomorrow's Courage
    7.1/10(1982 votes)

    #6 - Tomorrow's Courage

    S1:E6

    The encounter between JoJo and the Knights continues.

    Director:Shingo Uchida
    Writer:Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

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  7. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 7 - Sorrowful Successor
    7.4/10(1941 votes)

    #7 - Sorrowful Successor

    S1:E7

    The encounter against Tarukus comes to an end. Poco's family is in grave danger. JoJo meets Dire, Straizo, and Tonpetty.

    Director:Toshiyuki Kato
    Writer:Shogo Yasukawa

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  8. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 8 - Bloody Battle! JoJo & Dio
    7.7/10(1971 votes)

    #8 - Bloody Battle! JoJo & Dio

    S1:E8

    The party are received by Doobie. Dire faces off against Dio. Straizo takes on Pajyu, Jones, Pluton, and Barnum.

    Director:Jiro Fujimoto
    Writer:Yasuko Kobayashi

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  9. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 9 - The Final Ripple!
    8.6/10(2830 votes)

    #9 - The Final Ripple!

    S1:E9

    As Dio falls following his battle with JoJo, he decapitates himself before the ripple reaches his head, which is recovered by his zombie servant Wang Chung.

    Director:Kenichi Suzuki
    Writer:Yasuko Kobayashi

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  10. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 10 - New York's JoJo
    8.1/10(2159 votes)

    #10 - New York's JoJo

    S1:E10

    In 1938, 49 years after Jonathan Joestar's death, Speedwagon and Straizo travel to Mexico, where they discover an underground room filled with similar looking masks and a petrified body believed to be the being who created them.

    Director:Takahiro Majima
    Writer:Yasuko Kobayashi

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  11. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 11 - The Game Master
    8.1/10(2021 votes)

    #11 - The Game Master

    S1:E11

    As expected, Straizo recovers from Joseph's attack and uses the laser eye attack Dio used to seemingly pierce through JoJo's head and neck. However, this turns out to be a clever trick by Joseph.

    Director:Mitsuhiro Yoneda
    Writer:Shin'ichi Inotsume

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  12. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 12 - The Pillar Man
    7.8/10(1951 votes)

    #12 - The Pillar Man

    S1:E12

    Joseph is confronted by one of Stroheim's men, Donovan, but manages to subdue him, learning that Speedwagon is still alive.

    Director:Yukio Nishimoto
    Writer:Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

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  13. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 13 - JoJo vs. the Ultimate Lifeform
    8.2/10(1970 votes)

    #13 - JoJo vs. the Ultimate Lifeform

    S1:E13

    As Joseph begins to fight against Santana, Joseph finds his Ripple to not be effective against Santana, but it still helps protect him from the Pillar Man's attacks. Joseph appears to be unconscious after receiving a powerful hit.

    Directors:Kenichi Suzuki, Yasuhiro Minami
    Writer:Shogo Yasukawa

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  14. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 14 - Ultimate Warriors from Ancient Times
    7.9/10(1901 votes)

    #14 - Ultimate Warriors from Ancient Times

    S1:E14

    Speedwagon brings statued remains of Santana to the headquarters of his foundation in Washington, D.C., where it is shown Santana is still alive, but his scientists are able to keep him dormant through the use of ultraviolet light.

    Director:Toshiyuki Kato
    Writer:Shogo Yasukawa

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  15. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 15 - A Hero's Proof
    8.1/10(1878 votes)

    #15 - A Hero's Proof

    S1:E15

    Caesar engages Wamuu in battle for killing Mark, using his Bubble Launcher technique to surround the Pillar Man in Ripple enfused bubbles.

    Director:Masaya Sasaki
    Writer:Shogo Yasukawa

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  16. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 16 - Lisa Lisa, Hamon Coach
    7.6/10(1649 votes)

    #16 - Lisa Lisa, Hamon Coach

    S1:E16

    Wanting to teach JoJo to control his Ripple powers, Caesar takes him to Venice to meet his teacher, Lisa Lisa.

    Director:Kotaro Togoshi
    Writer:Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

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  17. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 17 - The Deeper Plan
    8.1/10(1874 votes)

    #17 - The Deeper Plan

    S1:E17

    Lisa Lisa explains to JoJo and Caesar how the creator of the Stone Mask, Kars, is seeking a perfectly cut Red Stone of Aja known as the Super Aja to power the Stone Mask and become the ultimate life form.

    Director:Yuuta Takamura
    Writer:Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

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  18. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 18 - Von Stroheim's Revenge
    7.7/10(1659 votes)

    #18 - Von Stroheim's Revenge

    S1:E18

    As JoJo awaits to warn Lisa Lisa about the Pillar Men, Esidisi's brain takes over the body of Suzi Q and sends the Super Aja off on a boat bound for Venice before confronting Lisa Lisa.

    Directors:Mitsuhiro Yoneda, Shingo Uchida
    Writer:Shin'ichi Inotsume

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  19. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 19 - A Race Toward the Brink
    7.8/10(1796 votes)

    #19 - A Race Toward the Brink

    S1:E19

    Stroheim starts using his new mechanical body, which was designed to surpass Santana, to fight against Kars. However, it proves futile against Kars' Light Mode.

    Director:Masashi Abe
    Writer:Shin'ichi Inotsume

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  20. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 20 - Young Caesar
    9.4/10(3628 votes)

    #20 - Young Caesar

    S1:E20

    Lisa Lisa tells JoJo of Caesar's childhood, in which he took to crime at a young age after being abandoned by his debt-ridden father, Mario.

    Director:Toshiyuki Kato
    Writer:Yasuko Kobayashi

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  21. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 21 - A Hundred Against Two
    7.7/10(1726 votes)

    #21 - A Hundred Against Two

    S1:E21

    Whilst following Wamuu's trail of blood, JoJo and Lisa Lisa encounter another vampire named Wired Beck.

    Director:Hitomi Ezoe
    Writer:Shogo Yasukawa

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  22. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 22 - A True Warrior
    8.5/10(2082 votes)

    #22 - A True Warrior

    S1:E22

    Before JoJo's and Wamuu's race begins, it is revealed that during each lap, there will be a different weapon for whoever can grab it from a pillar first.

    Director:Naomi Nakayama
    Writer:Shin'ichi Inotsume

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  23. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 23 - The Warrior of Wind
    8.8/10(2265 votes)

    #23 - The Warrior of Wind

    S1:E23

    Launching his Final Mode attack, Gathering Gale, which starts peeling away his own body, Wamuu begins firing a stream of wind capable of cutting stone towards JoJo.

    Director:Jiro Fujimoto
    Writer:Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

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  24. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 24 - The Ties That Bind JoJo
    8.2/10(1854 votes)

    #24 - The Ties That Bind JoJo

    S1:E24

    Being forced to cling onto a rope to stop Lisa Lisa from falling to her death, JoJo is at a huge disadvantage against Kars.

    Director:Satoshi Osedo
    Writer:Yasuko Kobayashi

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  25. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1 Episode 25 - The Birth of a Superbeing
    8.7/10(2210 votes)

    #25 - The Birth of a Superbeing

    S1:E25

    Kars demonstrates his new powers, turning his hand into a flesh-eating squirrel that deals damage to Stroheim. The sun rises, leaving a shocking discovery.

    Director:Kenichi Suzuki
    Writer:Yasuko Kobayashi

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Dio the Invader" is the best rated episode of "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 2847 votes. Directed by Kouta Okuno and written by Yasuko Kobayashi, it aired on 10/6/2012. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "A Letter from the Past".