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Jojo's Main Character Themes:
• Studio Musician | Jojo...
Jojo's Villain Themes:
• Studio Musician | Jojo...
Watching Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Openings for the first time!
What was the most interesting fact you learned?
This is a reaction/analysis video for mostly educational purposes and a lot of fun.
/ @jhulianrmusic
0:00 - Intro
0:58 - Opening 1
4:04 - Opening 2
6:37 - Opening 3
10:10 - Opening 4
12:20 - Opening 5
13:06 - Opening 6
15:13 - Opening 7
16:46 - Opening 8
18:18 - Opening 9
20:24 - Opening 10
23:25 - Opening 11
26:46 - Opening 12
31:10 - Opening 13
#anime #reaction #JhulianRMusic #analysis #opening - บันเทิง
Jhulian: "They are just repeating openings man"
Jojo OP "And I took that personally" 🤣
Bite the dust
@@user-fh4in3wq8w killer queen daisan no bakugen bites za dusto
JoJo OP 4 V2: ZA WAURDO!!!
pls translate в оригинале 4 опенинг поют актеры озвучки героев
@@tubamustafabingol2588 sorry to be that person but it's bakudan
It’s really fun to watch a person suddenly let the Joy of Love take them Higher
as a person in the sky because i let the voice of love take me higher i can confirm it is fun
Truly a great days moment
It truly makes their days great
Jojo’s does this thing where when the final battle for a part is approaching the main villain will pretty much hijack the opening. One of the coolest things ever.
It seems no other show does it(?)
Incredible!
@@Jhulian_R I should also explain that Traitor’s Requiem (op 12) has two variants that were not not added due to HEAVY spoilers. See the main villain of part 5 is the “lurk in the shadows and nobody knows what they look like” kind of villain. A good chunk of the part is the main cast trying to find out their identity, so the alternate variations of the opening were removed to avoid spoiling what a good 2/3 of the part were leading up too.
@@joshtompkins1538but it's not like a mystery though. It'd make sense if it was a main character but it's not, it's just some guy who shows up
It's always fun to see new people reacting to JoJo's.
And it's always fun to react to new (new for me!) Anime music
@Arcana zero Studios yeah🤣
Ohhhh you need to listen to more JoJo music, it's THE anime to go for music. Giorno's theme, Jotaro's theme, Dio's World, Kakyoin's theme...
Ooh I believe I do, sounds pretty dope!
Don't forget "Awaken" and "Fire shaman".
Jojo is amazing but it's 2nd anime for music, 1st is Cowboy Bebop :^p
@@shupakiko imo JoJo is Top 1
@@shupakiko It's like going to a great restaurant. JoJo's music is like going on a tour of all the best restaurants.
Openings 1, 2 and 3 were all done by different people but opening 4 was done with all of the artists of the first 3 openings. The vocalist (Coda) of opening 11 (Fighting Gold) was also the vocalist of the 2nd opening. Sadly the person who put together all of the openings didn't include the changed versions of opening 12 (Traitors Requiem).
My personal favourite opening is opening 11 (Fighting Gold).
Wow then he is surely versatile! 😱
No! I could've listen to op 12 more 😭
@@Jhulian_R There are actually 3 versions of OP 12
You actually messed up completely the numbers, Fighting Gold is Opening 8, Traitor's Requiem is Opening 9. The one who made the video just counted how many there were in his own video, including alternative editions, and put that number. JoJo currently has only 10 openings (not counting alternative editions).
Numbers ordered correctly:
1. Sono Chi No Sadame
2. Bloody Stream
3. Stand Proud
4. End Of THE WORLD (Sono Chi No Kioku)
5. Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town
6. Chase
7. Great Days
8. Fighting Gold
9. Uragirimono no Requiem (or "Traitor's Requiem", both are correct)
10. Stone Ocean
Just 10, at least until December 1st.
@@aleam88 I was counting in the changed versions of openings
@@rorokelly1296 Yeah, but they are technically the same openings, so they aren't supposed to be counted unless you specify that you count them.
Usually when JJBA repeat OP's but with small changes (or big changes like in the case of Breakdown) its connected with big reveals in the plot, be it who the big villain is, what their power is, a sudden shift in how well/poorly they're doing against said villain, etc. It's always super cool when it happens.
It's mind blowing honestly, if I knew the context would feel hyped AF!
@@Jhulian_R How much context do you want to have? "Just tell me stuff that maybe I could understand from watching the OP and thinking about it for a while" context, or "Tell me everything even if it means spoiling the story for me" context?
Also the last episode also has a special version with sound effects layered in like the pt 1 opening will have the gun shots sound out and the glass breaking or in the later parts that have the guy with zippers using his abilities you will hear that zipper part which or in say part twos opening you get to hear the steel clackers ring out so that's cool.
The sudden harmony changes in "Traitor's Reqiuem" OP 9 (or OP 12 in this video) actually make a lot more sense, as there's two extended versions of the Opening that the Poster did not include in the video, possibly due to spoilers. But I'd recommend listening to those yourself. Look up "Traitor's Requiem Diavolo Version" and "Traitor's Reqiuem GER Version".
The one who made the video should've included it, or not include any extended version 😣
@@Jhulian_R exactly
I realized I had to comment when you said the first opening was unlike any anime opening you'd ever heard. The manga of that storyline came out in 1987, so the producers of the anime decided to take inspiration from anime openings from the 80's. An iconic 80's opening that comes to mind is "You wa shock", the first intro for "Hokuto no Ken" or as it's sometimes called in English "Fist of the North Star". Different instruments but a similar feeling with the deeper voices and dramatic shifts in tone. I love this stuff and I enjoyed your analysis and reaction.
Oh! I needed that content, thanks for that and for enjoying the video!❤️🔥👊🏽
@@Jhulian_R I hope I didn't come off as rude. I sometimes have trouble phrasing things.
Not at all brother, was a great I sight!
You pointed out alot of instruments i didnt even know where being used, like the flute my mind was blown lol
so opening 4 actually uses all the three singers from opening 1, 2 and 3,. they are all singing together
Holy crap😱😱😱 you guys know every detail, love it!
Something I loved about these openings is that they have a very specific and caracteristic sound, I think maybe it will be so easy to recognize them, it's great when music and specially openings try to make the anime and music like a very big piece of art: All of it can tell about the story and create an easy way to remember.
You're absolutely right, that's a great perception, thank you for watchiing!!❤️
i love it when musicians analyze anime openings they are my favorite reactions to an anime opening ever
I believe you shout watch the endings too. There might be some songs that you recognize
Really? How come!? 😵
Sounds tempting🔥
@@Jhulian_R Im late, but let's just say the endings are some songs Araki (the author of jojo) listened to while writing each of the parts.
That isn't really a good idea, it's just music not even made by Jojo, also the copyright
So cool thing about the openings and endings of this anime the creator of the manga Araki actually had final say in all of them and personally chose some.
That's commitment!
Finally TH-cam recommended me something good, you caught some things I never have and I've heard these opening many times
I'm happy the logarithm is helping us to connect, so glad you could discover new things🔥👊🏽
@@Jhulian_R not logarithm 😭😭💀
Same! I literally never heard that flute in CNBT
Jhulian: "Oh, they really like repeating"
*Great Days start and goes backwards*
Jhulian: "WTF?"
LOL, really like your reaction XD, You should listen to Mob Psycho 100 openings next :D
Haha thank you! Those ops are already on my list, will drop them soon!❤️🔥
@@Jhulian_R oh, lovely!
i remember i spent a few hours watching your videos, but they were only jojo's bizarre adventure videos, it is a life changer!!
I really like when you also react to what’s happening on screen, but it might be kinda difficult when you’re trying to listen to the song.
Thank you, yes, sometimes is a little harder, but I'll improve and pay attention to both (even if I have to repeat more). I think the visuals are as important as the music in some of these!
Lo que me encanta de los openings de JoJo no es solo que a simple vista es una obra bastante completa a nivel musical, pero cuando has visto / leído el anime o el manga te das cuenta de que en los openings hay muchas personalidad e inclúso habilidades de personajes plasmada en estos openings, por ejemplo, en el opening 5 el hecho de que la canción de repente se pare en seco o que en el opening 10 la música retroceda hacia atrás digamos que no es casualidad, está relacionado con la historia que hay detrás de dicha parte y como te lo ofrecen de forma tan sutil las personas que ven esto por primera vez ni se dan cuenta de ello, eso es muy pero que muy especial y la verdad que no lo he visto prácticamente ningún otro opening de otro anime que haga eso de esta forma tan buena, además Jojo's Bizarre Adventure tiene un vínculo muy bonito con la música rock clásica y muchas bandas de distintos géneros porque Hirohiko Araki (autor de la obra) es un gran fan de la música, así que muchos de sus personajes tienen nombres de bandas, canciones y cantantes de rock de los 70-80-90 tal que algúnos nombres de personajes son (Dio (cantante), Iggy (Iggy pop), Crazy Diamond (referencia a canción de Pink Floyd, Will A Zeppeli (referencia a Led Zeppelin, y muchísimas referencias más como incluso bandas como Foo Fighters)), me alegro de que te haya gustado este gran repertorio de openings que la verdad los llevo a todos en el corazón, me alegro de que estés creciendo exponencialmente ya que en tus reacciones aportas algo de valor que otros no, sigue así y muchas gracias por aceptar recomendaciones.
El verdadero análisis es tu comentario 😵, suena a que Jojo es un trabajo de mucha creatividad y amor por parte de su autor e involucrados, un trabajo interdisciplinar gigantesco. Gracias por tremenda información, este crecimiento es posible gracias a uds y sus recomendaciones🙏🏽
Creo que Jojo fue una de las mejores cosas que me pasó este último tiempo. Es un conjunto de detalles artísticos creados con tanto mimo y esta todo sumamente conectado, la música explica perfectamente cada arco, cada personajes y cada giro de trama, y bueno el diseño artístico es singular hasta decir basta (incluso se dan el lujo de jugar con la dirección en algunos capítulos como si, efectivamente, fuera cine). Es algo que me encanta, yo que venía cansadisimo del anime en general, esto fue una bomba de creatividad y frescura directa a la vena. Suscrito obviamente.
Jojo OPs are enough to make a grown man cry
Watching you react is a blast, during opening 3 when you even wanted to pause and almost did but it drew you in was hilarious and so relatable, thanks for making such good reacts with such good information to boot
If you guys enjoy it I'm more than happy❤️🔥
Your analysis of the music is great, very enjoyable to watch
Glad you are liking it ❤️🔥👊🏽
Love your reactions man, I can really see you enjoying yourself through the video...
Keep it up
Thank you bro! I'm really enjoying myself in this journey!
@@Jhulian_R Welcome to the anime world, hope to see more quality content in the future.
These are pretty awesome. It would be great if you react to ver.2 and ver.3 of Traitor's Requiem. (that one crazy heavenly dramatic song with the blond guy on it)
Not to be rude but I've noticed by your accent that you're Colombian! It is great to see some latin american representation on the english speaking community. I've learned so many things from this video, it's pretty cool to get to know about the things I noticed on the openings that I couldn't name :)
I plan on doing these versions! As well as the new one people told me came out.
Different from a few comments, you're not rude at all and actually thank you for appreciating this content from Latin America to the world❤️🔥
I'm really glad you're enjoying the content as much as I do making it, take care friend! ❤️🔥👊🏽
i see jojo i click
😏🤩
Endings will be a very interesting reaction, as other than 2 outliners, they are very... special in a different sense of the word ;)
Nice reaction, breakdowns and enjoy yourself!
Thank you!!
Jhulian: "They are just repeating openings man"
well, they are pausing, rewinding, skipping, and accelerating the opening also
Te ganaste un sub, supe por tu acento que eras colombiano casi que inmediato (me pone muy feliz jaja), la verdad una de las mejores reacciones musicales y analisis de detalles a estas canciones de Jojo :) . Podrias reaccionar tambien a los endings?
PD: Por cierto no se mucho de musica, pero el opening 4 me parece esta construido en forma de una pequena opera, ya que tiene secciones como actos donde se cuenta visualmente y musicalmente el contexto del anime.
Un saludo!
Muchas gracias, a mi me alegra mucho saber que el contenido aún en inglés llegue a paisanos que lo valoran y disfrutan❤️🔥
Claro que sí, los endings llegarán en enero y gracias por compartir tu opinión en los comentarios.
I loved your reaction bro! 👌👍Keep it up! ☝🙏🙏
Hell yeah my dude!, thank you very much! ❤️🔥👊🏽🙏🏽
I am really happy, to see you listen to Jojo's openings so happily! XD
Haha for sure, gotta enjoy de journey! 😁🤩
Peak ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥 I love it when musicians react to these it’s so interesting!
Thanks for watching, I love that you enjoyed it!
Genial tu reacción!! Es súper interesante escuchar tu perspectiva musical sobre los op (siempre los escucho y aun asi, con tu video descubrí instrumentos que nunca habia detallado). Te sugiero que reacciones a las 2 variantes de traitos requiem, el 2do op de stone ocean y su variante, que no estaban incluidas en el vídeo al que reaccionaste. Sigue con el excelente contenido!
Muchas gracias, me alegra mucho que lo estés disfrutando así! Ahora tengo curiosidad por ver esas variantes!
I NEED to see you reacting to the opening 12 versions.
At this point I think I need to do it too! 😫
UFFFFFFF ¡Hace tiempo que no escuchaba un análisis de estos openings! Creo que mi favorito hasta el momento es el tercero, Stand Pround.
Jaja, tengo mucho anime y música por adelantar😅
Congratulations, you already have almost 400 subscribers, you gained 100 subscribers in 1 day, well, congratulations, i hope that you will continue to them so quickly 🎉🎉🎉
So it seems there will be a reaction to bleach openings soon🙃
Thank you my bro!! It's all thanks to you wonderful people, we are closer to unlocking Bleach reactions! ❤️🔥🙏🏽
Muy buena reacción bro! Definitivamente deberías reaccionar a los openings que faltaron en este video, los cuales son el opening 9 (Traitor's Requiem) con sus 3 versiones y el opening 11 (Heaven's falling down) que tiene 2 versiones, ambos tienen mucho que ofrecer tanto musical como visualmente.
Muchas gracias hermano, claro que sí, pronto vendrán! 👊🏽❤️🔥
Heeey , you cannot imagine how many times I go back here to watch all your reactions again & again ❤ keep up the great work ..
Plz react to this ost its extremly EPIC .
YOU WONT REGRET
All these songs have like double the music in the full versions that don't play In the show
The opening 6 It's like a Brazilian music from Tim Maia
Nice, good reaction👍
Thanks dude!👊🏽
Funny timing for a openings video - a new opening just came out with the final batch of this Part!
Oh dude!! Well, I guess that'll deserve a later reaction to the new Op as well as the full version!
I'm loving the videos!
It would be awesome to see you react to Vinland Saga openings and also the one from Bastard
Oh and Jojo's 6th opening has similar vibe to Tim Maia - descobridor dos sete mares, it's so fun haha
vinland openings are so good
I will! Is this Tim Maia brazilian?
@@Jhulian_R yes! his songs are fantastic
new sub great reaction man!!
Thanks bro! Glad you've joined us on this journey👊🏽🔥
La razon por la que hay openings que son lo mismo pero con algunos cambios es debido a cambios importantes en el desarrollo de la historia a traves de la serie. Ya sea la revelacion de un enemigo, un poder que recibio un personaje, o el desarrollo de un personaje.
Por ejemplo, en el primer cambio que te confundio que fue el "Opening 5" (que es el opening 4 pero con un cambio), fue porque al final de la parte es revelado el villano principal y su habilidad, por lo que altera el opening y sorprende al espectador, el cambio del opening 10 es debido a que el villano principal desbloquea un nuevo poder, y asi va. Es un cambio interesante que hacen de vez en cuando, sin mencionar que cuando es el ultimo episodio de la parte (JoJo se divide por partes, son como temporadas) el opening suena con efectos de sonido, por lo que cualquier movimiento e imagen que se muestra en el opening es acompañado por el efecto de sonido que suena en la serie.
Lo mismo pasa con el opening 12 (que en realidad es el opening 8 sin contar las versiones diferentes de los openings), ya que tiene otras 2 versiones diferentes. Quiero suponer que quien hizo el video original no queria agregarlas ya sea por spoilers o porque no queria que la gente escuchara el opening 3 veces seguidas, pero los cambios que pasan en el opening si afectan a la cancion, asi que si no es mucha molestia me encantaria que reaccionaras a las otras 2 versiones! 😁 La cancion se llama "Traitor's Requiem", y de hecho es una cancion con opinion controversial, mucha gente dice que es su favorita y otra gente dice que es el peor opening.
Esa creatividad y escritura parecen estar a otro nivel, yo creo que me encantaría ver las otras versiones, hubo openings muy buenos acá, pero ese fue mi favorito u.u
Now that the last OPs from part 6 are out maybe will you do a follow up video reacting to those with the alt versions of OP 12?
I definitely can and I'm intrigued to do so!
@17:05 just wanted to let you know that this song also has an acoustic version. It's not here since it wasn't actually used as an opening, but I really like it.
OMG!! Just how many versions!?🤩
Ohoho, 300 subs? Nooo waaay congrats! :D
Actually, you need to do something with your video intro sound effect volume. It is very loud 😅
Actually almost 900 now 🙈, thank you so much for that haha I needed it, I want to improve in every aspect I can so you comment is very well appreciated (I think in my later videos I also realized this and turned down the volume of the sound effects, but I'll keep double checking) 😄❤️🔥
nice video! Vinland Saga openings reaction next maybe?
They'll come soon!!👊🏽
Gran viedo, me encantó tus reacciones, estaría genial que pudieras ver otros temas de este anime, por ejemplo, cada personaje en la serie tiene su propio Ost. Si se pudiera, me gustaría que reaccionaras a los Temas de los protagonistas o también de los Villanos, son bastante únicos
Sería increíble, también fue mi favorito!
Lo pondré en mi lista de cosas por hacer❤️🔥
Yess
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Dude seems almost exhausted by the time stone ocean's opening plays haha. Jojo's really is a trip 😂
Seeing people absolutely lose it reacting to JoJo OPs is my new favourite genre of youtube videos
gran analisis me suscribo
Gracias, mi BRO❤️🔥
I. have. never. ever. heard. that. flute.... Ever!!! And it's magical!!!! How did you find it!!??
6:49 😂❤
Hey man listen to the openings but the full song. So much more to listen to. I highly recommend it
Thanks man, I'll check it out then!
Part 6 beginning is from Tim Maia - Descobridor dos 7 mares
There are three things JoJo is most well known for:
music
drip (my man Araki collabed with gucci)
and the memes
even if you take away those, it's still a great show that you should watch
Yeah there are duplicate ops the villain can mess with the opening fitting the current plot and they were included
That is freaking awesome🤯!
theres a new opening called "heaven's falling down" with 2 versions (the 2nd one has spoilers tho)
I have people telling me that oh man.
Gotta watch it!
Not sure if you have realized this yet but in opening 10 the video is played in reverse from end to start compared to the 9th one
I hadn't and just checked it😱, but the entire video is not played backwards right? Just a part?
No hay ni un solo opening de Jojo's que no ame ❤
❤️🔥
i will sub later when the video quality gets better
Ahh, JoJo openings. These are the stuff of legends. If I really had to choose one, it would be OP2 for me, but they're all awesome.
They're lit!
Can't argue with your favorite
bro u should check giorno's theme (il vento d'oro) from jojo
That sounds dopeee, they're many characters themes in this show for what I'm seeing
Fighting gold (11) is DEFINETELY in top 3. My favourite personally. Epic and beautiful and perfect
28:14 bro predicted the plot
By the way, Opening 12 also has different versions for around the end of it where the tone changes and extra scene/s are "added", just like how Opening 5 did for Opening 4, unfortunately these extra versions are missing in this Opening Bundle, but to be fair, they are kinda spoilery anyways. They do change the way the song is sung around the end though, even if only slightly, but it's so epic to know and see.
edit: least favourites are:
- 4/5 as I dislike the weirdness and how it is sung half of the song
- 12 as I don't like the tone change around the end, kinda ruins it for me
edit: best ones are (based solely on music):
- 1-3 and 8, as they are all in their own right massive bangers I would listen to everywhere. But the others are also great, just gotta decide on some outstanding ones!
That opening changes are such an interesting artistic choice! Thanks for your opinion, it's an interesting perspective. My favorite was 12 🙈
Yes the 12 different version is very nice
The 4th opening is actually 3 different singers. Its the singers from the first 3 openings.
Yessir
Omg, please listen to more JoJo music. Giorno’s theme is my favourite XD
And if you wanna hear music that blends classical instruments with electronic instruments, I highly recommend Genshin Impact music. In particular Azhdaha’s theme, Tartaglia’s battle theme, La Signora’s theme, and Scaramouche’s battle theme.
Ooh I will, I'm gathering suggestion for upcoming Jojo videos, and tha KS for the GI suggestions!
Wow this was released when i turned 17, danm
Edit: and this is why you should never skip anything while making reactions
You missed..
"l'eterna cima esiste solo per mi" with my favorite jjba bgm included
If it's an alternate version, I'll do it!
De las mejores reaciones fuiste muy acertado me senti igual con el op de stardust crusaders y el de golden wind brutalmente hypeado xD solo me hubiese gustado verte reacionar al la version v2 de traitors requiem :( y al ultimo de stone ocean en sus dos versiones son épicos 😎
Gracias por eso, no sabía lo de las versiones al grabar este video, pero pronto viene uno con las versiones de Triator's Requiem y otro del último! ❤️🔥👊🏽
@@Jhulian_R 🤩🤩🤩🤩
Deberias reaccionar a las versiones con sfx e incluir el último op (Heaven's Falling Down)
Pronto! 🤩
Well, my favourite is the first opening. But all of them are really good.
Interesting taste! Gotta agree, all are great!
Fighting gold is my favorite however stamd proud is a close second
React to the intros of Symphogear pls, the are great is a anime of fights powered by songs
Whaaat!? Now that's something I need to check! (Just have a lil patience because the list is kind of big right now🙈)
The fourth opening is sung by the singers of the first three
Next level, getting a plot spoiler from the music composition.
Oh man, so wild!
deberías reaccionar a los endings, a lo mejor algunos ya te los conocerás
Eso me han dicho! Lo haré eventualmente 🙂
They made two more openings heavens falling you should check it out
I already had, the video came up today 😏
Chase is so different because it's Punk, so they don't REALLY care for being offbeat or off timing.
so far i love the opening 1 and second opening, opening 3 and 4 and 5 meaning part 4 first opening, than opening 6 and 13
You love every opening, admit it 🤩
@@Jhulian_R not every opening
A inicios de mes salio otro mas que deberias ver, te lo recomiendo
Es cierto, debo verlo!
you need to watch Attack on titan live performance its crazy
Omg, which one!?
@@Jhulian_R (th-cam.com/video/O8vcdBGLV1E/w-d-xo.html) it has a full band op 1 and 3 full versions which I doubt you've seen
@xefiy7012 Thanks, I'll get to it, just give me a little time 🙈 cause I'm bringing so many different reactions to the channel,
Thanks for being here since the first video❤️🔥
Guess I gotta learn what 2:44 is as a piano player then
For sure, is a crazy outside lick and/or compositional resource, besides makes you look edgy!
Try shakugan no shana ,kurokami the animation and the D.Gray-man openings they are amazing too
Taking notes, those I've never heard in my life 😵
@@Jhulian_R they are geally good but most dont know them just becourse they are older or not hyped and keep going its fun to watch ah and Black Butler ending is good and funny
There were 3 voices!
Bro waa flabbergasted 💀💀💀
☠️ still am
I legit think you are the first reactor I've seen realize that the opening 6 and 7 were the same song. I've watched...oh god...way too many of these and I don't think I've seen one get it.
You should watch all Fire Force Openings
I should!! How many are they?
You are so smart what the heck
Don't know why you said it, but thanks bro😆❤️🔥
You gotta check out the terraria calamity mod OST
Man do next reaction on chaisawman endings
You'll have them in 1 and a half hour in your screen🔥
If you love drama you should give jojo's a try cuz its always over the top dramatic 😉
Oh my, DRAMA TIME!😍
They are not the same singers, is a dif one in each OP but in the 4th one there are 3 singers
This man lost his mind during this video lol
I recorded another Jojo's op today and it happened again!🥲
It's spoilers for the show but those weird harmony changes in Traitors requiem are entirely on purpose