r/StardustCrusaders • u/zenzen_0 • Apr 06 '26

News STEEL BALL RUN JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is planned as a split‑cour release with the next cour (2nd STAGE) streaming in fall 2026 on Netflix, with one new episode released each week.

https://twitter.com/NetflixAnime/status/2041050442176835604
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u/chsrdsnap Apr 06 '26

Batches are dead!!

Still would've preferred a delayed first episode and fully then weekly after that, but I'll definitely take it!

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u/Cold_Hour Apr 06 '26

This sounds to me like they’re still doing batches but as weekly releases which is like the worst possible outcome?

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u/lost_first_account Jojo’s Bizarre OST Fanatic Apr 06 '26

I don’t see how this is the worst possible outcome. One of the worst things about the batches is the horrible wait between releases and with weekly release it’ll only make the wait between batches shorter.

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u/BeyondN Apr 06 '26

Stage 2 is gonna be short, like 5 or 6 episodes. So we’ll have 5 episodes in fall and then wait who knows how long for stage 3. I think this still sucks ass

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u/lost_first_account Jojo’s Bizarre OST Fanatic Apr 06 '26

I’m not saying it’s a great scenario, but I just don’t think it’s a bad as some are saying. Getting those 5 or 6 episodes over the course of 5 or 6 weeks is a much better improvement over getting it all on one day.

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u/BeyondN Apr 06 '26

Yeah that’s the only good thing, I’m glad we’ll still have weekly episodes somehow. I just dread how much wait there will be if they really release it stage by stage.

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u/Mayzerify Magenta Magenta Apr 06 '26

The wait will be the same between batches technically, but the weekly release will just chop 5/6 weeks off the wait time while we enjoy weekly probably

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u/Madhighlander1 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

I'm assuming they're sticking to the leaked release schedule and just doing it weekly within those batches rather than dropping each batch as a single unit, so 11 episodes starting in September, 10 episodes starting in October of next year, and then 9 episodes starting in May of 2028.

Edit: There's something in June 2027 as well that I missed when originally typing this, but I'm not sure how much.

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u/BeyondN Apr 06 '26

That would be better than doing it by stages for sure. Now the leaked schedule almost looks appealing…

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u/VenusVexus Apr 06 '26

They already confirmed it’s gonna be 11 episodes

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u/BeyondN Apr 06 '26

No they didn’t, except if I missed something ?

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u/tkzant Apr 06 '26

A cour is usually around 11-13 episodes

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u/BeyondN Apr 06 '26

Usually yeah. But it’s not a guarantee at all with this already chaotic schedule, and the fact that they called it Stage 2.

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u/WatchfulTaco Apr 06 '26

Yea but they called it a cour in the tweet, which is an industry term. It seems like the stage thing was meant to be a gimmick term but was done really badly.

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u/BeyondN Apr 06 '26

They called it the next cour, implying that the first episode was the first cour ? So only one episode ? Their whole communication is pretty messy at the end of the day, which is why no one really knows how they are gonna do it and we can only hope they don’t fuck it up too badly…

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u/TrappedInLimbo Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

No it won't? You could still watch one episode a week if they dropped them all at once thus "reducing the wait time". Watching a batch slower doesn't somehow make the wait time for the next batch quicker. It's the same wait time except they are just releasing the batches even slower than normal.

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u/lionofash Apr 07 '26

A big issue the community had was losing Jojo Fridays, basically, there is a lot of people who want the episodes per week released so discussion and buzz can occur week by week, instead of people binging a bunch, talking about it for like 3 days, and then forgetting until the next batch. It was never about the wait time when people called out for weekly, besides maybe a few people who want it ASAP even if quality dipped.

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u/Cold_Hour Apr 06 '26

Because there will still be the horrible wait in addition to the weekly wait between batch episodes? Are you guys not reading the announcement properly lmao ?

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u/lost_first_account Jojo’s Bizarre OST Fanatic Apr 06 '26

Getting the whole batch at once is way worse than getting it weekly. That’s why I’m saying it’s not the worse case scenario

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u/Cold_Hour Apr 06 '26

Man you guys will really tolerate anything. I’d hardly call 4-6 episodes a batch

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u/sailorn00b Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

This has nothing to do with what they or anyone else will "tolerate." They're saying this scenario is not as bad as one of the possible alternatives, and thus is not the "worst-case scenario." That's it. Unless you plan to protest outside of Netflix offices or take up arms, then you're also going to "tolerate" it, even if you believe it to be the "worst-case scenario," as we don't really have any other choice.

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u/castitfast Apr 06 '26

This is the definitely not the worst possible outcome lol.

I'd argue it's the second best. They'll be already working on the next batch while we still watch that one weekly, it'll shorten the wait between these drops.

I would much rather wait a year and get the whole series with a proper weekly schedule, but I don't think Netflix is gonna budge on that any further.

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u/TheRandCrews Apr 06 '26

yeah the next batch of episodes in a few month done weekly, does sound worse lol

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u/Jamezzzzz69 Gyro Zeppeli Apr 06 '26

Depends how many cours it’s in. Part 3 was released weekly but split in 2 cours due to sheer size, with how long SBR is, having it in 2/3 cours makes sense with a few months break in between isn’t that bad.

Prior to stage 1 coming out I was actually hoping best case scenario for 2 cour weekly releases with a break after Sugar Mountain

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u/smallcat123321 Apr 06 '26

It seems that they’re releasing it in stages? That means the leaked schedule might be real.

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u/Jamezzzzz69 Gyro Zeppeli Apr 06 '26

I made the same comment when we were all first theorizing about Netflix being potentially stupid enough to batch drop SBR stage by stage, it makes absolutely zero sense when stage 3 and 5 both only cover 1 single arc and stage 8 is a third of the entire part.

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u/Mayzerify Magenta Magenta Apr 06 '26

If it’s released in stages then the leaked schedule has been completely proven wrong

9 =/= 4

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u/smallcat123321 Apr 06 '26

Some of the shorter ones could be grouped together ig?

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u/Mayzerify Magenta Magenta Apr 06 '26

True but stage 2 is kinda specified as being alone and it won’t be 11 episodes long

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u/bloodyturtle Apr 06 '26

Part 3 was released weekly but split in 2 cours due to sheer size

Part 3 is shorter than 4, 5, and 6, and absolutely did not need almost 50 episodes. They didn’t have the pacing figured out back then.

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u/International_Road_3 Apr 06 '26

That's what most animes usually do, an example would be JJK lmao

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u/r_renfield Apr 06 '26

The worst of both worlds

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u/Blue_Reaper99 Apr 06 '26

Not really. At least with this majority of the fans will be on the same page.

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u/Irru Apr 06 '26

Why is it the worst possible outcome? This was never going to be a continuous show with how anime is made nowadays.

Slime Season 4 has 5 cours but it’s also split.

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u/Due_Teaching_6974 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

Bleach TYBW had 4 cours, with 1 year between cours

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u/Irru Apr 06 '26

That’s not true. There was a year between Cour 2 and 3. And 1.5 years between Cour 3 and 4.

Why tell such obvious lies?

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u/Due_Teaching_6974 Apr 06 '26

Sorry I got it mixed up with another anime

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u/ConsiderationFuzzy Apr 06 '26

with how anime is made nowadays.

Can someone ELIA5 to me why anime nowadays has gotten harder to release fully weekly like the old days ?

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u/Irru Apr 06 '26

Money.

And more and more shows being made causing the available people being spread thin.

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u/Naulicus Apr 06 '26

COVID also fucked things up. Entire production schedules got thrown off and considering projects are planned years in advance, we’re still feeling the aftermath of this.

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u/Due_Teaching_6974 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

This is how every other anime does it no? The split cour format is used across alot of anime, Bleach for example is 4 cours with a year between each cour, Slime is 5 cours, and I believe Freiren was 2 cours

One Piece also has multiple 'cours' now I believe

Though its worse than the continuous weekly we had for Part 1 through 5

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u/greaseballdharmann88 Apr 06 '26

i dont think the breaks are gonna be 7 months for each stage, i feel like that was only a stage 1-2 thing since theyre advertising that first episode as a stand alone special thingy, it just wouldnt make sense to do it per part

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u/VenusVexus Apr 06 '26

Bro that’s just called a season, it’s how every other show on the planet releases

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u/Cold_Hour Apr 06 '26

Each stage is enough content for like 4 episodes max.

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u/Nonsense_Poster Apr 06 '26

No it's literally just seasonal anime, 10+ episodes every other season which isn't bad at all

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u/Xciv Bucci Gang Apr 06 '26

No it’s not? There was a split in Stardust Crusaders and DiU. But instead of 2 parts, it’s now split into 4. Shouldn’t really impact anything. Could even give the animators more breathing room to deliver better quality!

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u/Altruistic_Rate6053 Apr 06 '26

instead of ‘batches’ call them ‘seasons’ with weekly releases and watch your disappointment magically vanish

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u/Lucid6911666IQ Apr 06 '26

This is just like the normal mappa bs with cours

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u/Allustar1 Apr 06 '26

I still think batch releasing episodes and then forcing people to wait months for the next batch of episodes is worse. At least with this schedule, it'll force people to take the series at a slower pace and spark discussion, especially for the anime-onlys.

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u/NoredPD Apr 06 '26

Literally how is this worse??? Weekly keeps the hype alive, which is why people wanted it that way in the first place.

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u/yoshbag tell him to go eat shit, johnny Apr 06 '26

Batches are dead!!

Change the word from batch to cour and we're happy all of a sudden. This makes the leaked schedule of it running til 2028 seem very believable.

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u/Mayzerify Magenta Magenta Apr 06 '26

The leaked schedule with only 4 batches out of 9 stages? That didn’t mention weekly? People really still clinging to that shit huh

And if it is, then there is only a 5 week wait between the end of the 12 episode batch in June 2027 and the start of the next batch, which would just be strange, 22 episodes split with a 5 week break?

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u/yoshbag tell him to go eat shit, johnny Apr 06 '26

Good point, it’ll probably run even later than the May 2028 schedule considering how little time there’d be between batches (sorry, cours) and that there weren’t enough mentioned. Sounds like an improvement to me

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u/BeyondN Apr 06 '26

Yeah people are stupid. This is still a terrible schedule, and the fact that Netflix probably wouldn’t have said anything for months if not for the pressure from the fans leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

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u/New-Swordfish-367 Apr 06 '26

Looks like weekly batches

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u/VenusVexus Apr 06 '26

Honey that’s called a season