Steel Ball Run: 2nd Stage Confirmed
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 7 — Steel Ball Run — has a confirmed ‘Second Stage’ for a 2026 Netflix debut; the franchise’s first episode premiered March 19 as a 47‑minute special and a new trailer/teaser dropped March 28. (animenewsnetwork.com) (animecorner.me)
A 2nd STAGE teaser for STEEL BALL RUN was revealed during the anime’s AnimeJapan panel, where the clip and announcement were first shown to attendees. (crunchyroll.com) The anime is being produced by David Production with involvement from Warner Bros. Japan, and credits list Toshiyuki Kato as series director alongside co-directors Yasuhiro Kimura and Hideya Takahashi. (en.wikipedia.org) Netflix’s English dub cast credits Daman Mills as Johnny Joestar, Kaiji Tang as Gyro Zeppeli and Damien Haas as Diego Brando, among additional named performers for the main roster. (netflix.com) Promotional materials frame the story as a cross-continental horse race with a $50 million grand prize, and the 2nd STAGE teaser highlights a 750‑mile desert crossing set in 1875. (netflix.com) The anime adapts Steel Ball Run’s original manga run of 95 chapters across 24 volumes, which were serialised from January 19, 2004 to April 19, 2011. (whats-on-netflix.com) Coverage tracking the series’ rollout reports that Episode 2 currently has no confirmed release date, with outlets noting scheduling uncertainty and reports of a delay. (msn.com)
