JoJo’s Weird Journey Half 7: Metal Ball Run has been some of the anticipated anime releases in 2026, with followers everywhere in the world eagerly ready for this new iteration of the Jojo story for fairly just a few years now. Sadly, since its starting, it has been nothing however a disappointment as a consequence of Netflix’s launch schedule. Considerations about Half 7 began mounting amid fears of getting the identical launch schedule as Stone Ocean, as a batch launch would kill the hype. Clearly, the discharge schedule is much more chaotic than the final time round. The delay for Half 7 has now formally prolonged excess of beforehand anticipated.
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How The Streaming Large Disrupted Half 7’s Launch Schedule
Jojo’s Weird Journey Half 7 launched its first episode on March 19, 2026. With a spectacular episode, it’s no shock to know that followers everywhere in the world have been eagerly ready for extra content material to observe the week after, on March 26. What would usually have seen the discharge of the second episode of Metal Ball Run was met with extra chaos and confusion.
All fan expectations have been shortly destroyed by Netflix, when it was revealed that Half 7’s subsequent episode wouldn’t be launched the week after. In the mean time, the way forward for the Jojo anime is stuffed with query marks, and followers have been left fairly confused about what to anticipate subsequent. One factor is for positive, the discharge schedule has been disrupted and no person is aware of when Metal Ball Run is returning. With that stated, Anime Japan 2026 did give a short trace at what followers can count on transferring ahead.
AnimeJapan 2026 Declares A Main Metal Ball Run Hiatus
AnimeJapan 2026 was a extremely anticipated occasion for a large number of sequence, and amongst them was additionally Jojo’s Weird Journey. The sequence was particularly awaiting a serious replace for the subsequent episode of the sequence, and followers have been hoping that the massive query behind Half 7’s odd launch schedule can be answered. David Studio didn’t outright verify what the discharge schedule for Jojo shall be transferring ahead, nevertheless it did give followers an concept of what to anticipate.
On this occasion, a brief teaser of Metal Ball Run’s second stage was revealed, and the discharge date for the second stage was confirmed to be someday in 2026. It’s fairly obvious that the delay that the second episode confronted goes to be lengthy. Based mostly on how batches have been dropped when it got here to Stone Ocean, the watch for episode 2 might be three to 4 months. In that sense, followers may need to attend till Summer season 2026 for the subsequent set of episodes of Metal Ball Run to drop. This has been fairly a disappointment for followers, particularly because the sequence was not marketed to be launched on this manner. Followers have been hoping for a weekly schedule for Jojo Half 7, however what Netflix has been doing with Metal Ball Run appears to be much more universally hated by followers than batch releases for Stone Ocean.
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Assessing The Chance Of Future Breaks Between Race Levels
Whereas Netflix has not outright confirmed how it’s going to launch future episodes of Metal Ball Run, the concept appears to be a bit clearer now. As a substitute of weekly episodes or massive batch episode releases, Netflix appears to need to launch Half 7 episodes in levels. For followers who do not know, half 7’s horse race is split into 9 primary levels. What provides extra weight to this concept is that Netflix has launched the primary episode of Metal Ball Run below the Stage 1 tag on its streaming platform.
Not solely that, however the teaser lately confirmed a 2026 launch date for Stage 2 of the Metal Ball Run race. With that in thoughts, this Jojo half might be launched in 9 batches. With each new stage launched, it’s extremely possible that there shall be a months-long hiatus in between. Followers will be capable to get a greater concept of how lengthy each hiatus shall be when the discharge date for Stage 2 is confirmed. Hopefully, the wait won’t be too lengthy, however the delay is unquestionably annoying for followers of the sequence who’ve been ready for Metal Ball Run to be tailored for a very long time.
Jojo: Metal Ball Run is on the market to stream on Netflix.
JoJo’s Weird Journey
- Launch Date
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October 6, 2012
- Showrunner
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Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu
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Kazuyuki Okitsu
Jonathan Joestar
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Tomokazu Sugita
Joseph Joestar
