{"rewrite":{"id":"r_ad2d2488fbdc45d2b3808679","clusterId":"c_ddf4d40b763409bf07da58c0","slug":"steel-ball-run-composer-yugo-kanno-calls-part-7-his-best-work-yet","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Steel Ball Run Composer Yugo Kanno Calls Part 7 His Best Work Yet","summary":"Composer Yugo Kanno and producer Noriko Dohi discussed the upcoming Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime in an interview with Anime Herald. Kanno said the pressure to surpass his prior JoJo scores pushed him to create his best work yet. He also confirmed Shohei Ohtani used his music for warmups again this year.","whyItMatters":"Kanno's comments confirm the Steel Ball Run score breaks from the franchise's established enemy-defeat musical structure to fit the race format, and that he considers the result his strongest JoJo work to date.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eComposer Yugo Kanno told Anime Herald that Steel Ball Run: JoJo\u0026#39;s Bizarre Adventure forced him to abandon the musical conventions he used for parts three through six. The main theme, \u0026#34;Dance with Steel Ball Run,\u0026#34; carries two melodies representing Johnny and Gyro, and is written for a race rather than for defeating an enemy, which changed the structure entirely.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKanno described the part as a growth story set across the American continent, and said his process starts with finding the core message Araki-sensei embedded in each part before he writes a note. He called the result his best work yet, a claim producer Noriko Dohi seconded.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe also noted that Shohei Ohtani used his music for warmups again this year, and that a thank-you post Kanno made to Ohtani and his wife became news in Japan, which he read as a sign of the franchise\u0026#39;s reach.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Yugo Kanno says Steel Ball Run is his best JoJo work yet. The main theme drops the enemy-defeat structure for race music, with melodies for Johnny and Gyro. He also confirmed Ohtani used his music again this year.","twitterPost":"Yugo Kanno calls Steel Ball Run his best JoJo score yet. Main theme \"Dance with Steel Ball Run\" trades enemy-defeat cues for race music with Johnny and Gyro melodies. Ohtani used his music again this year.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Yugo Kanno says the Steel Ball Run anime score is his best JoJo work yet, built around race music instead of enemy-defeat cues. He also confirmed Shohei Ohtani used his music for warmups again this year.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime Herald\",\"url\":\"https://www.animeherald.com/2026/08/01/talking-steel-ball-run-jojos-bizarre-adventure-with-composer-yugo-kanno-and-producer-noriko-dohi/\",\"title\":\"Talking Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure with Composer Yugo Kanno and Producer Noriko Dohi\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4844,"outputTokens":647,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1785982198,"createdAt":"2026-08-06T02:00:34.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-06T02:02:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-06T02:00:34.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_ddf4d40b763409bf07da58c0","canonicalTitle":"Talking Steel Ball Run: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure with Composer Yugo Kanno and Producer Noriko Dohi","representativeArticleId":"a_bf24350ab7eae7e59134866a","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Yugo Kanno\",\"Noriko Dohi\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-01T23:17:45.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-01T23:17:45.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-06T02:02:24.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime Herald","url":"https://www.animeherald.com/2026/08/01/talking-steel-ball-run-jojos-bizarre-adventure-with-composer-yugo-kanno-and-producer-noriko-dohi/?utm_source=rss\u0026utm_medium=rss\u0026utm_campaign=talking-steel-ball-run-jojos-bizarre-adventure-with-composer-yugo-kanno-and-producer-noriko-dohi","title":"Talking Steel Ball Run: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure with Composer Yugo Kanno and Producer Noriko Dohi"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Yugo Kanno","Noriko Dohi"],"type":"news","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}