{"id":5337,"date":"2026-07-09T16:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/steel-ball-run-2nd-stage-september-25-netflix-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T16:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:23:13","slug":"steel-ball-run-2nd-stage-september-25-netflix-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/steel-ball-run-2nd-stage-september-25-netflix-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Steel Ball Run 2nd Stage Premieres 25 September on Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"

The wait is over: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run 2nd Stage premieres on Netflix on 25 September 2026<\/strong>, with a new episode dropping every Friday. Warner Bros. Japan confirmed the date during the series’ panel at Anime Expo 2026 in Los Angeles on 3 July, alongside a new trailer and the first official character designs for three of the manga’s most anticipated figures.\n<\/p>\n

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Image courtesy of Lucky Land Communications \/ Shueisha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Into the Devil’s Palm \u2014 What Stage 2 Covers<\/h2>\n

Stage 1 of the anime adapted the opening of Hirohiko Araki’s landmark manga with a measured, almost Western-drama pacing \u2014 long stretches of horse racing, growing rivalry between Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli, and the first hints of something stranger beneath the surface. Stage 2 is where Steel Ball Run stops pretending to be a period sports story.<\/p>\n

Johnny and Gyro push deeper into the continent, arriving at the leg of the Steel Ball Run that crosses a roughly 750-mile Arizona desert passage known as the “Devil’s Palm.” This is Stand-battle territory: supernatural encounters, rival users with lethal abilities, and story developments that Araki fans regard as some of the best chapters he has ever written. Stages 2 and 3 together span 11 episodes total.<\/p>\n

New Characters: Valentine, Mountain Tim, Hot Pants<\/h2>\n

Three characters fans of the manga have been waiting to see animated finally have official designs and voice actors:<\/p>\n

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Image courtesy of Lucky Land Communications \/ Shueisha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Funny Valentine<\/strong> is voiced by Tomokazu Sugita<\/strong> \u2014 the 23rd President of the United States and the race’s most consequential shadow figure. Sugita (known to SG anime fans as Joseph Joestar in Battle Tendency and Gintoki in Gintama) is inspired casting: Valentine needs both quiet menace and a veneer of patriotic warmth, and Sugita can do both without blinking.<\/p>\n

\"Mountain
Image courtesy of Lucky Land Communications \/ Shueisha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mountain Tim<\/strong>, voiced by Tomoaki Maeno<\/strong>, is a lawman and fellow racer whose calm exterior hides abilities that put him directly in Johnny and Gyro’s path. And Hot Pants<\/strong>, voiced by Y\u014dko Hikasa<\/strong>, is a masked racer whose true allegiances and Stand power make their arc one of Stage 2’s most memorable threads.<\/p>\n

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Image courtesy of Lucky Land Communications \/ Shueisha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Watch the Official Stage 2 Trailer<\/h2>\n
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