Netflix's newest anime Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run is the perfect starting point for one of the genre's wildest stories

What would be the correct order to watch then? Just watch it in chronological order time period wise?

I think every part has a unique and likable cast, especially part 5 for me tho.

i don’t think so, no the older parts will obviously look different (both art style and animation-wise) but i think they each have unique enough things going on to be very enjoyable

It might, but not too much. The parts vary in production value, but even the first one from 2012 hasn't noticeably aged the way most 90s or 00s shonen manga adaptations have.

They’re all pretty good. You can appreciate it, because this season is in an “alternate universe” where things are remixed. For example, part 1 and part 7 both have the same main character (Johnathan/Johnny” Joestar, but they are foils to each other. They both come from well to do families, but where the former has starts out righteous, the latter is a pretty shallow person and has to grow into their heroism.

I’ll second all the other people, one of the best things about JoJos is that every part has its own unique style and story, with only some plot threads or characters overlapping. So even if this part has the best quality so far, the difference is more so stylistic choices than actual quality ones.

No SBR is a soft reset for the universe.

If you want to binge a part (since part 7 will take a while to finish), try part 5 (Golden Wind). The ties to previous parts are mostly easter eggs/nostalgia, which is largely true for part 7 also. Both parts can be fully enjoyed on their own. The rest I highly advise watching in chronological order.

I'd consider it different for something like JoJo where events are interconnected but you're also looking at differing anthologies. I especially don't think this holds true in manga and western superhero comics where everything is so unusually dense. I can't blame someone for maybe wanting to browse around to figure out if something is for them Especially JJBA, where the first few episodes of the series will absolutely not secure whether or not it's a show for you. There are a TON of people who love Stardust and Diamond who couldn't be bothered to go back and rewatch Phantom Blood - or even Battle Tendency - in a thousand years

Honestly the jump in quality between Part 7 and Part 1 is pretty big. Part 2-6 are of varying quality of good but Part 1 is kinda whatever save for some iconic elements and Part 7 is an all timer. I can see someone wanting to start at a high point of quality that's airing RIGHT NOW specially when it's almost standalone. There's a reason creators do these kind of safe soft reboots when the baggage gets a bit too big.

Each Jojos part is pretty distinct and not everyone likes all of them. Adored parts 4 and 5 but hated 3 so I skipped most of it. Very glad I did rather than risking dropping it entirely before getting to my favorite parts.

kinda, jjba part 6 ends >!with the whole universe getting reset!<, but part 7 doesn't take place in that >!reset universe!<, it's its own entirely new universe

i don’t think i’d agree with calling p1 and p2 boring (especially p2, i didn’t love p1 either) but yeah they are very different from the rest of the series

I usually tell people to just start with stardust crusaders and then go back to watch p1 and p2 if they enjoy it. By then the first two parts aren’t as jarring.

Part 7 is a favorite for many fans (I haven´t read it) so that probably helped people accept a new universe

For most JoJo fans this has been the case for as long as they’ve been into the series. The manga this part is being adapted from came out in 2004 and everything made since then has been in this new universe. Generally, the new universe has been received very positively, and it’s a little less crazy here than it would be in most other series because each part of JoJos is pretty compartmentalized anyway. Not only do they feature different casts, locations and time periods, but they’re essentially each a different genre as well.

Part 7 is the most beloved part by the fans. All parts we're for the most part completely separate stories anyway, so the jump to a different universe wasn't that big of a shock.

I think most fans see the new universe as a leveled up version of JoJo. It simultaneously gets rid of the baggage of the old timeline while also "remixing" familiar characters and stories from the old universe. It also helps that the new universe has easily the best writing and art we've seen from the series. Part 7-9 are incredible.

wont speak for the other parts, but part 7 is widely regarded as the best part by much of the fandom, and even by the general manga community

Part 1-6 tell a complete story and 6 closes it in a way that kind of makes sense to move away from the original timeline and let it rest.

Part 7 (Steel Ball Run) is also when the series went from weekly publication to monthly publication, so in addition to it being a new timeline, it also served as a huge leap forward in the quality of the art and allowed the author to play with the structure a bit where you had longer chapters compared to previous entries. It’s also technically when the series switched to publishing in a magazine that targeted a more mature demographic, which came with more creative freedom and resulted in a story that is more focused around character depth. It was a confluence of factors that worked in Steel Ball Run’s favor to the point where you rarely hear people complain about it being an alternate timeline, and in fact you will most often hear people praise the “reboot” for revitalizing the series.

Diego’s nickname is Dio in part 7

I don’t want to encourage people skipping the other content

Touché

Not true

I also hated part 1 lol. The worst parts of the show are comfortably 1-3 for me

He made an actual joke for manga readers

It's a joke about the story, I won't spoil it