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JoJo’s Steel Ball Run resumes Friday. The desert is next.
The 2nd Stage of “Steel Ball Run: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure” starts on Netflix on September 25, with new episodes weekly on Fridays. Netflix’s September 21 Tudum post names the first new episode: “The Sheriff’s Request to Mountain Tim.”
The setup, per Netflix: Johnny and Gyro face a roughly 750-mile desert crossing that includes a feared area called the Devil’s Palm, and a string of strange incidents makes clear the race is more than a race. New racers include the veteran cowboy Mountain Tim and the rival Hot Pants. GamesRadar’s September 21 schedule piece expects the drop at midnight Pacific and reports the combined 2nd and 3rd Stages run 11 episodes.
Why the anime feed is loud about it: Steel Ball Run is the part of JoJo people have been asking to see animated for years, and the opening stage only got the race started. If you skipped it, the premise is simple. A cross-country horse race in 1890, two unlikely partners, and a lot of spinning steel balls.
The receipts
- Netflix Tudum: Steel Ball Run 2nd Stage release date and episode 2 news · 2026-09-21
- GamesRadar+: Steel Ball Run 2nd and 3rd Stage release schedule on Netflix · 2026-09-21
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