JoJo: Steel Ball Run Anime Returns September 25 with New Episodes Every Friday on Netflix

On September 25, 2026, Netflix begins streaming the continuation of the anime JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run. The biggest change is the release schedule: instead of dropping the entire season at once, the platform is moving to a weekly Friday release. For viewers, it’s a long-awaited return to the “JoJo Fridays” tradition that the fan community has missed since the controversial distribution scheme for the previous part of the franchise.

The upcoming release combines two stages of the race — 2nd and 3rd STAGE — which together total 11 episodes. The first stage of the competition (1st STAGE), running 47 minutes, was released on the platform earlier as a special prologue. Now new episodes will be added to the library once a week.

A race through the “Devil’s Palm” and the arrival of the U.S. president

The new episodes will cover the next leg of the transcontinental route — a 750-mile crossing of the Arizona desert, Netflix Tudum reports. The main characters, Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli, will have to face a mysterious anomalous zone called the “Devil’s Palm,” which grants travelers Stand abilities.

The story will also introduce other race participants and key figures from the source material: the tracker Mountain Tim, the jockey Hot Pants, and the arc’s main antagonist — U.S. President Funny Valentine, who pursues secret political and mystical goals in the race.

Why the weekly release matters for the adaptation

Steel Ball Run adapts the seventh part of Hirohiko Araki’s sprawling manga. The story is set in the United States in 1890 and centers on a horse race across all of North America, roughly 4,000 miles long with a $50 million prize pool, as the franchise’s official portal notes. Production is still overseen by studio David Production, which has worked continuously on the anime adaptation of the universe since 2012, according to the studio’s project catalog.

Dropping the “binge” release strategy was a response to criticism of how the sixth part, Stone Ocean, was handled. At the time, the service split the season into large blocks with six-month gaps, causing interest in the premiere to fade quickly. Returning to a classic television pace will not only hold viewers’ attention for nearly three months but also revive regular online discussion around the series.

Only five days left to mentally prepare for STEEL BALL RUN JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 2nd & 3rd STAGE! Are you ready?

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