Viz Media has licensed JoJolion, Part 8 of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, for an English release in summer 2027, per Anime News Network's report on the publisher's October 16 licensing slate. It's coming as a deluxe hardcover edition with color pages, the format Viz has been using for the later JoJo parts.
Quick answer
JoJolion (Part 8) is Hirohiko Araki's 27-volume manga that ran in Japan from 2011 to 2021. Viz Media will publish it in English as deluxe color hardcovers starting summer 2027. It's set in a new version of Morioh, in the same alternate universe as Part 7, Steel Ball Run. There's no JoJolion anime yet. The closest thing you can watch right now is the Steel Ball Run anime from David Production, which streams worldwide on Netflix. SenpaiRanks tracks its first stage at a 7.17 Consensus score.
What Viz is actually publishing
Viz's one-line pitch is "return to Morioh for a bizarre new mystery," and that's accurate. JoJolion follows a young man with no memory who's pulled out of the ground near the Wall Eyes, a strange set of rock formations that appeared after a disaster. A college student takes him in, he goes by "Gappy," and the series turns into a slow, odd family mystery. It reuses names and places from Diamond Is Unbreakable, but the story is new.
The same Viz slate also includes a Jujutsu Kaisen official coloring book, a Dandadan character guide with 22 pages of new manga, an all-in-one Howl's Moving Castle film comic, and a 25-volume Kamisama Kiss box set. All of those are also due in summer 2027.
Where to watch JoJo while you wait
Since JoJolion has no anime, here's what you can watch:
- Steel Ball Run (Part 7), the direct lead-in, streams on Netflix. Our Steel Ball Run release and where-to-watch guide covers how the episodes are being released.
- Diamond Is Unbreakable (Part 4) is the original Morioh story that JoJolion keeps referencing. Watching it first makes Part 8's callbacks land.
How to read the timing
Viz announced this while the Steel Ball Run anime is still streaming weekly. That makes sense: new viewers finish Part 7 and want to know what comes next, and now there's an English print answer. The licensing pattern is familiar from our October manga bestseller breakdown: when an anime is airing, publishers line up the print backlist. The Howl's film comic is the same idea for Ghibli, whose stage version of Spirited Away is touring the world next year.
If you want a ranking that splits "most people like it" from "it holds up," that's how SenpaiRanks scores shows. See how our dual-axis ranking compares to MyAnimeList, then rate the JoJo parts you've seen on the cards above.
Ranking pages on SenpaiRanks: Steel Ball Run, Diamond Is Unbreakable.
Frequently asked questions
Q: When is JoJolion coming out in English?
A: Viz Media will release JoJolion in English starting in summer 2027, as deluxe hardcover volumes with color pages.
Q: Is there a JoJolion anime?
A: No. As of October 2026, no JoJolion anime has been announced. The most recent JoJo anime is Steel Ball Run (Part 7) on Netflix.
Q: Where can I watch Steel Ball Run?
A: Steel Ball Run streams worldwide on Netflix. It's animated by David Production, the studio behind every JoJo TV anime.
Q: Do I need to read Steel Ball Run before JoJolion?
A: It helps. JoJolion is set in the same alternate universe as Steel Ball Run, but it tells its own self-contained mystery in a new version of Morioh.
Q: How many volumes is JoJolion?
A: JoJolion ran for 27 volumes in Japan between 2011 and 2021.