{"id":4835,"date":"2026-07-04T06:24:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T22:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/steel-ball-run-2nd-stage-netflix-september-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T06:24:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T22:24:01","slug":"steel-ball-run-2nd-stage-netflix-september-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/steel-ball-run-2nd-stage-netflix-september-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Steel Ball Run 2nd Stage Hits Netflix on 25 September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JoJo fans, mark your calendars: <strong>Steel Ball Run&#8217;s 2nd Stage launches on Netflix on 25 September 2026<\/strong>, with new episodes dropping every Friday. The date was locked in at an Anime Expo 2026 panel at the Crypto.com Arena on 3 July, where a brand-new trailer dropped and composer Yugo Kanno performed live \u2014 the biggest Steel Ball Run news since Stage 1&#8217;s 47-minute premiere special back in March.<\/p>\n<h2>What the Steel Ball Run 2nd Stage Covers<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jojo-sbr-hot-pants-anime.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A Steel Ball Run character in an intense action moment from the anime\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of JoJo&#8217;s Bizarre Adventure Animation SBR Project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 2nd Stage sends Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli into one of the race&#8217;s most brutal stretches: nearly 750 miles across the Arizona Desert through a region locals call the &#8220;Devil&#8217;s Palm,&#8221; where racers have been found dead under unexplained circumstances. The trailer preview revealed looks at Hot Pants and Mountain Tim, two fan-favourite additions who take on significant roles from here, as well as a first glimpse at the growing menace of President Funny Valentine.<\/p>\n<p>Eleven episodes will cover Stage 2 and Stage 3 of the Steel Ball Run race combined, meaning the adaptation moves through a significant chunk of Hirohiko Araki&#8217;s manga at a tight but purposeful pace.<\/p>\n<h2>Watch the 2nd Stage Trailer<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"gt-video\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lr57g6F_NFA\" title=\"STEEL BALL RUN 2nd Stage Official Trailer (2026) JoJo's Bizarre Adventure\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;\" allow=\"accelerometer;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><figcaption>STEEL BALL RUN 2nd Stage Official Trailer (2026) \u2014 via ONE Media + on YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>JoJo Fridays Return \u2014 and the Production Team Behind Them<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jojo-sbr-johnny-gyro-anime.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli in the Steel Ball Run anime\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of JoJo&#8217;s Bizarre Adventure Animation SBR Project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The weekly Friday release schedule \u2014 &#8220;JoJo Fridays&#8221; \u2014 is back for the first time since <em>Golden Wind<\/em>. For Singapore JoJo communities that ran Friday watch parties during the Golden Wind run, this is a proper homecoming. Directors Yasuhiro Kimura and Hideya Takahashi (who helmed <em>Golden Wind<\/em>) are returning, as is composer Yugo Kanno, who gave both <em>Golden Wind<\/em> and <em>Stone Ocean<\/em> their sonic identity. English dub voice actors Daman Mills (Johnny Joestar) and Kaiji Tang (Gyro Zeppeli) also appeared at the panel.<\/p>\n<p>Steel Ball Run is consistently ranked by fans as the peak of Araki&#8217;s writing \u2014 a race across 19th-century America that gradually reveals itself as one of the most emotionally ambitious stories in the franchise. The confirmed date and weekly cadence mean Singapore fans can now plan around it properly.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Watch in Singapore<\/h2>\n<p>Steel Ball Run 2nd Stage streams on <strong>Netflix from 25 September 2026<\/strong>, new episode every Friday. Netflix is available in Singapore with no regional restrictions on this series \u2014 it&#8217;s a global simultaneous release. Stage 1 (the 47-minute opening special from March) is already on the platform; catch up before the weekly run kicks off in September. Find more <a href=\"\/blog\/category\/manga-anime\/\">anime and manga news<\/a> in our coverage hub.<\/p>\n<p><!--GT-SCOUT source=\"Web (English)\" theme=\"Anime\" flags=\"none\"--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JoJo&#8217;s Bizarre Adventure Steel Ball Run 2nd Stage hits Netflix 25 September 2026 \u2014 11 episodes, weekly Fridays, new characters revealed at Anime Expo 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":4829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[25],"tags":[68,115,482,240,480,237,472,481],"class_list":["post-4835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manga-anime","tag-anime","tag-anime-expo","tag-anime-expo-2026","tag-fall-2026-anime","tag-jojos-bizarre-adventure","tag-netflix","tag-netflix-anime","tag-steel-ball-run"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jojo-steel-ball-run-2nd-stage-key-visual.png?fit=1446%2C2048&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p13AlF-1fZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4292,"url":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/steel-ball-run-2nd-stage-key-visual-anime-expo-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":4835,"position":0},"title":"Steel Ball Run 2nd Stage Key Visual \u2014 Anime Expo Reveal on 3 July","date":"June 27, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Warner Bros. 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