Toonami has shared more details about its special programming slots for Christmas and New Year's for this December. "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" and "Dragon Ball Z: Kai" would reportedly be a part of the upcoming Toonami Marathon, this holiday season.
Christmas as well as New Year's Eves happen to be on Saturdays this year, so the Adult Swim Block team has reserved them for a "JoJo vs. Dragon Ball" Toonami marathon. First, "JoJo's Bizzare Adventure" Toonami Marathon would start on Dec. 24, followed by the "Dragon Ball Z Kai" Toonami Marathon on Dec.31.
According to Crunchyroll, a double episode lead-in of "JoJo's Bizzare Adventure" Toonami Marathon would also go on air on the Dec 17. The Toonami team urges the "JoJo's Bizzare Adventure" lovers to catch the back to back episodes on Dec 17th, Saturday night from 12.30 am to 1.30 am, via their post on Facebook.
The Toonami marathon for this holiday season would feature "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" and "Dragon Ball Z: Kai." The plot of "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" revolves around the Joestar family, who possess unique powers to take down their supernatural foes.
On the other hand, the plot of "Dragon Ball Z: Kai" series featured in the Toonami marathon moves around Goku, who meets his older brother Raditz. Raditz had revealed to him that they were the members of "Saiyans," who were a nearly extinct extraterrestrial race. He also tells him about the fact that Goku had been sent as an infant to conquer the planet Earth. However, due to a head injury he had lost his blood-thirsty Saiyan instincts and at that moment he refuses to help Raditz. He teams up with Piccolo, sacrifices his life to defeat him. A year later, he is revived by Dragon Balls and trained to save the planet earth from the vengeance of Saiyan prince Vegeta.
Watch the "JoJo vs. Dragon Ball" Toonami marathon on Christmas and New Year's Eves for back to back episodes of "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" on Dec 24 and "Dragon Ball Z: Kai" on Dec 31.
