Dio Brando
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Dio Brando (Japanese: ディオ・ブランドー, Hepburn: Dio Burandō) is a fictional character appearing in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. He is the main antagonist of the series' first part, Phantom Blood, appearing in the debut chapter "Dio the Invader" (侵略者ディオ, Shinryakusha Dio), published in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1987. He later returns, known simply as DIO, as the main antagonist of the series' third part, Stardust Crusaders, now a powerful vampire and user of the time-stopping supernatural ability named The World.
The poor son of an abusive alcoholic who worked Dio's mother to death, Dio holds an inordinate amount of enmity toward others. As the series' most prolific villain, his defining trait is his staunch ambition, which manifests in a peerless desire for power, no matter the cost. In the alternate universe of the series' seventh part, Steel Ball Run, a character named Diego Brando (ディエゴ・ブランドー, Diego Burandō) bears resemblance to Dio and appears as a minor antagonist.
Contents
1 Creation and design
2 Yume
3 Voice actors
Creation and design
When beginning the series, Dio was the character that Araki looked forward to drawing the most. He also revealed that he had not thought up a weakness for the character and that it was difficult to come up with a way for Dio to be defeated. In regard to Dio's characterization, Araki said that he was inspired by FBI profiling of serial killers, admitting that in a way he thinks they must be incredibly strong to be able to commit the heinous crimes that they do. How serial killers control their victims through psychological manipulation interested Araki as well, a trait similar to how Dio uses his charisma to ensure his followers to do his bidding. Araki intended to characterize Dio as unapologetically baleful in his pursuit of power, with his literal abandonment of his humanity reflecting his figurative and emotional one. Araki wanted his name to sound cool next to JoJo's, so he chose Dio, the Italian word for God.
According to Araki, Dio's physical appearance is inspired by Rutger Hauer's character Roy Batty from the 1982 film Blade Runner.
Dio's mannerisms, such as his frequent cries of "Muda" (無駄, "useless") and "WRYYY", have yielded several Internet memes and other popular culture references.
Yume
"I honestly don't know what to write here I just wanted to make a Wikipedia style carrd." - Yume, 2020
Yumesy (Yume for short) is an artist who didn't make this carrd seriously at all. They use any pronouns but prefers to be referred with they/them. Yume's interests at the moment includes JJBA, TWEWY, etc. They're also a series jumper and are prone to talk about other series with no warning whatsoever.
Viewers can find Yume on Twitter, side Twitter, or Tumblr. All these accounts are SFW with occasional suggestive jokes, but viewers are still advised to thread carefully.
Voice actors
Dio has had many different voice actors in different types of media. He was first voiced by Norio Wakamoto in the 1992 drama CDs, followed by Nobuo Tanaka in the OVAs and Isshin Chiba in the 1998 video game. He is voiced by both Kenji Nojima and Hikaru Midorikawa in the Phantom Blood video game and 2007 animated film as the younger and older incarnations, respectively. In the 2012 television anime and in all subsequent media, he is voiced by Takehito Koyasu.
Dio has only ever had two English voice actors; he was voiced by Kid Beyond in the OVAs, and by Patrick Seitz in the TV anime.