Steel Ball Run: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure anime’s 2nd STAGE will stream weekly on Netflix starting in Fall 2026

Woww to think there are executives paid stupid wages to make such brain dead decisions why release one single episode half a year before the next batch of episodes

Was this always the plan? Put out a single episode and then nothing for 6 months? Makes no sense. People aren’t going to get hooked after one episode, and by the time it’s autumn there will be far less interest.

What the hell happened to get such a wonky schedule?

I'm sure someone can make a lesson 5 jojoke here but it's just extremely bizarre to premiere what's basically two episodes of the season to then release the next literal months later. There's a bunch of stages in SBR. Even if I give the benefit of the doubt that this is for the production team to make necessary improvements and whatnot, I don't understand why they couldn't wait until there are enough episodes to make a consistent schedule. Surely I'm missing something.

What a joke.

I genuinely don’t know what the ppl behind the production on part 6 and on this were thinking. I get making dumb decisions like this if it’s a fairly small time IP but JoJo is huge in its niche. First episode was fantastic too, it’s not like they’re putting out slop. I think there was probably some kind of pressure behind the scenes to put this out sooner that we’re not seeing, which is such a shame - I loved the manga and would love to be able to chat about this weekly. Now it’s wait till fall and then god only knows how long.

Could it be a rights issue? The schedule is so outlandish, I don't see any other explanation than them having to release anything to not miss the deadline.

So there'll be breaks between the stages and each stage has a varying number of episodes? What a bizarre release schedule

What a tease? I must know more about these steel balls.

This release schedule makes Gravity Falls look good. It's a joke to give ONE episode then wait half a year for more. Nonsense. If it wasn't finished, just f****** wait to start releases.

this is crazy why not just wait in general?

Huh? And here I thought the anime had come out.

What the f*** is wrong with Netflix?

another example to add to the pile of why I finally cancelled Netflix

welcome to netflixes bullshit, this is why i hate netflix and there control over anime, they do shit like this.

"Tell Netflix to eat shit, Johnny."

Netflix has ONE GOOD SHOW and they are f****** it up

Idk why everyone hates batch releases so much, I personally don't think that 18mins of content is very much to wait an entire week for between episodes and it kills my interest. Especially considering that episodes can be filler, or mainly exposition sometimes several episodes in a row where nothing major happens. Nobody else finds it frustrating to wait an entire week to see 18 minutes of not much and then have it happen again for like 3 weeks in row? Whenever people point that out everyone acts like they're super special and big brained by comparison but don't seem to notice that they're just blindly defending the old fashioned release schedule based on conditions that no longer apply. Weekly release schedules encourage bloated stories, wasted time on recaps and low effort cliffhangers. 10 minutes dragging it's heels, half a fight and then roll credits so you have to wait for next week isn't clever and intelligent story telling it's the lowest common denominator of generating continued interest. There's a reason it's the default format for c**** long running kids cartoons and soaps. Audiences got fed up of it in every other genre after streaming made it more obvious and shows that don't rely on that c*** got way more interest. Idk why anime fans are so insistent on weekly release, it doesn't make them as clever as they think it does. If binge watching reveals flaws in the show, then the weekly schedule was just covering for bad writing. I also don't agree that it ruins the hype at all, batch releases get people hyped up for ages before each batch and after. It's shorter bursts of bigger engagement. These people have a vested interest in the IP doing well, they're not gonna just kill it intentionally and they know better than us what the viewership numbers look like. This 1 episode then a 6 month wait is the worst of both worlds. And for the "ugh people like you have no patience and need slop delivered to you in one big chunk because you're stupid" comments that everyone will be cooking up reading this: I read ancient greek epics, 19th century political texts and science textbooks for fun. That doesn't make me better or smarter than anyone else but it does poke a hole in the pretense that reading Japanese comics aimed at teenagers before the cartoon adaptations makes you more big brained.