The first season, adapting the first two parts, Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency, aired in Japan between October 2012 and April 2013.

The story is split up into unique parts, each following a member of the Joestar family, who typically have names that can be abbreviated to the titular "JoJo".

On July 5, 2012, at a press conference celebrating the 25th anniversary of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and promoting series creator Hirohiko Araki's then-upcoming art exhibition, Araki and his people announced that an anime adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure was in production and would premiere in October 2012.

[7] The first season of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure covered the first two parts of the manga, Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency.

[8][9] Although teased at in the post-credit scenes of the finale,[9] the second season of the anime series, which covered the third part of the manga, Stardust Crusaders, was officially announced in the 47th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump and the fifth tankōbon volume of JoJolion in October 2013.

[3][18] On June 21, 2018, at the "Ripples of Adventure" art exhibition, a fourth season and adaptation of the fifth part of the manga, Golden Wind, was announced .

[31] It was added to the list by Joseph Luster, however, in his review he cited David Production having a small budget for several of his problems with the series, stating some portions of the animation are a "butt hair above motion comic standards," but that it usually makes up for it in "sheer style.

"[33] Several critics have credited the success of the anime adaptation for bringing about a surge of popularity for the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure franchise amongst Western audiences.

[37] At the Crunchyroll Anime Awards, the anime's Diamond is Unbreakable received three category mentions in the most popular "Other" in 2017: "Best Action" and both Hero of the Year and Best Boy for Josuke Higashikata, while Yoshikage Kira was nominated for Villain of the Year;[38] Takahiro Kishida won "Best Character Design" for the anime's Golden Wind and its opening theme, "Fighting Gold" by Coda, was nominated for "Best Opening Sequence" in 2019;[39][40] Yuichi Nakamura won Best Voice Artist Performance (Japanese) for his work as Bruno Bucciarati, while Golden Wind was nominated for three categories in 2020;[41][42] Marios Gavrilis was nominated for Best Voice Artist Performance (German) for his work as Dio Brando in 2022;[43] the anime's Stone Ocean was nominated for six categories, including Best Continuing Series and Best Action in 2023.