@Puma:
unless it was bad enough that they didn't want to. :P
Apparently many fans in Japan were very unhappy with it.
Credit to sukreih at JJBA community: "Okayyy…I looked up some comments on the movie in Japanese sites and basically,all I read was that it was utter crap. And wayyy to short, and it went nothing like the manga. And it dissappointed lots of Jojo fans.
One kind of positive remark I read was 'the movie alone was okay if you don't know the manga'
Welll,I didn't expect a lot right after I knew the staff but geez it must have been pretty bad"
"Besides being short (like 90 mins), I think it also did not explain the story that well. Here's some stuff I read:
1.Dio becomes ferocious vicious evil monster to a simple dracula (btw I love his new costume..with the heart buckle.)
ie: Dio doesn't make that much of an impact..
2.Somehow,Dio isn't like Dio. Maybe he looks less evil,I don't know..
3.Dio's castle springs up from the ground. What is this…the Technodrome?
4.Erina is expressed like a strange "Moe" character.(I always thought she looked too gaudy for a doctor's daughter in the 1800s..) Well,her voice actor IS Mizuki Nana.. and in the 'official movie guide book',you can see 3 pages Mizuki Nana in her pretty dress..while the other two VAs have more interviews than photos.
5.No extreme battle with Tarkus and Braford..they are dead before you know it. There's no Poco and his sister anyways. And no Jack the Ripper.And no Speedwagon.(sob sob)
6.They tried to condense it too much. Too much condensed even excluding SpeedWagon..geez I wonder how..
7.Diar doesn't throw the hamon rose. Only Tonpetti shows up,no Diar or Straightz.. My guess is Zeppeli.He has a rose on his chest..
8.Did not explain the concept of Hamon that clearly.(I was like "wha..?" on this one.)
9.Many of Jojo fans are saying 'the movie destroyed the original story'.
10.'Super short!' <-I read that a lot.
'need xtra 20mins!' 'will there be more in the DVD?' and so on.
11.'What am I seeing? This isn't Phantom Blood!' <-I read this a lot too..
12. 'Although it completely destroyed the original, I guess it's okay as a whole movie..' is something positive(?) I read.. "