{"rewrite":{"id":"r_a4a606ae6c4b033724ffc6fc","clusterId":"c_2927f25f79cafd608551f920","slug":"kroi-performs-opening-song-for-steel-ball-run-jojo-anime","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Kroi Performs Opening Song for STEEL BALL RUN JoJo Anime","summary":"Warner Bros. Japan announced Wednesday that rock band Kroi is performing the opening theme song \"Spin\" for the STEEL BALL RUN JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime, and the company began streaming the anime's creditless opening sequence. The ending theme is \"Shinu ka Ikiru ka\" (To Die or Live) by Yuki Chiba, whose creditless sequence is also streaming. The anime's second and third stages start Friday, with new episodes streaming every week on Netflix. The two stages total 11 episodes, and Netflix said the series has a split-cours run. Three characters were previously introduced: Mountain Tim, voiced by Tomoaki Maeno; Funny Valentine, voiced by Tomokazu Sugita; and Hot Pants, voiced by Yoko Hikasa. The first stage debuted on Netflix on March 19 with one 47-minute episode. Yasuhiro Kimura and Hideya Takahashi direct at david production, with Toshiyuki Kato as series director and Yasuko Kobayashi overseeing scripts.","whyItMatters":"With the opening and ending songs now public two days before the second stage streams, the remaining promotional beats before Friday are spent, and Netflix's weekly rollout begins with no further cast or song reveals announced.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe clean opening credits Kroi\u0026#39;s track against a jacket illustration drawn for the release. Kroi previously performed opening songs for SAKAMOTO DAYS and Liar Game.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eShogo Sakata as Johnny Joestar\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eYohei Azakami as Gyro Zeppeli\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eKaito Ishikawa as Diego Brando\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRie Takahashi as Lucy Steel\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eKenta Miyake as Steven Steel\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMasaaki Mizunaka as Sand Man\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eKenichiro Matsuda as Pocoloco\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaisuke Tsumagari, who was an animation director on Golden Wind, is designing the characters. Yugo Kanno returns to compose, having scored Stardust Crusaders, Diamond is Unbreakable, Golden Wind, and Stone Ocean. Yoshikazu Iwanami is back as sound director. Sub-character designers are Yui Kinoshita, Grand Guerilla, Minoru Murao, and Chii.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHirohiko Araki\u0026#39;s manga ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2004, moved to Ultra Jump in 2005, and ended in 2011 at 24 volumes, which are volumes 81 to 104 of the overall JoJo\u0026#39;s Bizarre Adventure manga. Viz Media licensed it in English and released the first volume in print and digitally in May 2025. The story follows Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli in a transcontinental horse race across late 19th-century America.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"STEEL BALL RUN's stages 2 and 3 land Friday with 11 episodes total across a split-cours RUN, so Netflix is treating the JoJo adaptation as a rolling weekly drop rather than a single binge block.","twitterPost":"STEEL BALL RUN's split-cours RUN means Netflix is metering 11 episodes across stages 2 and 3, not releasing them as one block.","threadsPost":"STEEL BALL RUN stages 2 and 3 arrive Friday, 11 episodes across a split-cours RUN on Netflix. That structure spreads the JoJo adaptation over weekly drops instead of one release. Kroi's opening song is \"Spin\"; Yuki Chiba handles the ending.","newsletterBlurb":"Warner Bros. Japan has named Kroi for the STEEL BALL RUN JoJo's Bizarre Adventure opening theme and Yuki Chiba for the ending theme, and both creditless sequences are streaming. The anime's second and third stages, 11 episodes in total, begin Friday on Netflix with weekly episodes.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-23/rock-band-kroi-performs-steel-ball-run-jojo-bizarre-adventure-anime-opening-song/.242103\",\"title\":\"Rock Band Kroi Performs STEEL BALL RUN JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Anime's Opening Song (Updated)\"},{\"source\":\"Anime Corner\",\"url\":\"https://animecorner.me/steel-ball-run-jojos-bizarre-adventure-opening-video-released-theme-song-by-kroi/\",\"title\":\"STEEL BALL RUN JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Opening Video Released, Theme Song by Kroi\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":10671,"outputTokens":1462,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791039566,"createdAt":"2026-10-03T14:55:44.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-03T14:58:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-03T14:58:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_2927f25f79cafd608551f920","canonicalTitle":"STEEL BALL RUN JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Opening Video Released, Theme Song by Kroi","representativeArticleId":"a_57d19233d42299b569d991c8","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":2,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"STEEL BALL RUN JoJo's Bizarre Adventure\"],\"manga_titles\":[\"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Warner Bros. 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