Araki found it difficult to find the familial ties of the protagonist of Golden Wind, before deciding to have Giorno be the son of Dio who has Joestar blood.

He notices that while watching the clips, Kensho Ono puts an emphasis on the "da" to make it faster, thus he ended up applying the technique.

[19] Giorno is recruited into Bucciarati's team and is introduced to Leone Abbacchio, Guido Mista, Narancia Ghirga, and Pannacotta Fugo.

Rushing to save them, Giorno learns the boss had sought to kill Trish to sever her genetic tie to him in order to retain his anonymity, and heals Bucciarati, who had been attacked, unaware that the latter is now a living corpse.

[35] Attempting to take the Stand Arrow to provide an advantage against Diavolo, the team finds out that he is residing alongside Trish in Mista's body.

[37] Awakening his Stand to Gold Experience Requiem (ゴールド・エクスペリエンス・レクイエム, Gōrudo Ekusuperiensu Rekuiemu),[b][38] Giorno kills and punishes Diavolo by forcing him to live through an endless loop of various deaths.

[43] Giorno is also playable in Jump Force as DLC[44] and Puzzle & Dragons in collaborations of the anime and the game's 10th anniversaries from December 26, 2022 to January 9, 2023.

[45][46] Some critics praised Giorno's ties to both Dio and the Joestar family and his sense of justice despite the vicious side of his personality.

[47] Jordan Richards of AIPT Comics considers Giorno to be interesting and compelling due to his relation with Dio, his abusive childhood, and how his life-changing of saving a mafia member changes him.

The reviewer also notes that while his introduction made him come off as a jerk, his attitude when protecting innocents shows his nobility and appreciates him to be different from the past protagonists.

[48] Jenni Lada of Siliconera lauds the first volume of how Giorno is being investigated by Jotaro Kujo and Koichi Hirose provides an interesting premise and that his childhood and heroic, yet criminal qualities make him worth rooting for.

[50] Natasha H. of IGN considers Giorno to be the heart and soul of the story, thinking that he has the best traits of each previous Joestar and him being the son of Dio provides a great contrast.

[51] Jennifer Sherman of Manga Tokyo praises Kensho Ono's portrayal of Giorno for being powerful and youthful and providing a sense of brightness to the character that none of his previous voice actors the reviewer feels they achieve.

The reviewer also criticizes his Stand for being complicated whose abilities don't unify as a single power in comparison to Star Platinum and Crazy Diamond's being straightforward and Araki not utilizing some of the cited power-ups.

[57][58][59] Jennifer Sherman also commends Kensho Ono's depiction of Giorno during the scene, calling it amazing that they find the rest of the episode to be a blur.

[59] Katherine Simon of The Ball State Daily believed that David Production delivered the scene, due to its animation of the barrages and Kensho Ono's screams.