Guess the Episode

Guess the Episode is a daily screenshot game for fans of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime. Every day it shows one frame from David Production's TV series and asks a single question: which episode is this from? The answer is an episode number from 1 to 190, counted straight through the whole anime.

The numbering is absolute and follows broadcast order. Parts 1 and 2 (Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency, 2012) are episodes 1 to 26, Part 3 Stardust Crusaders is 27 to 74, Part 4 Diamond is Unbreakable is 75 to 113, Part 5 Golden Wind is 114 to 152 and Part 6 Stone Ocean is 153 to 190. A Part picker above the answer box lets you type the episode inside a Part and does the sum for you.

Look at the frame and type an episode number, or choose a Part first and type the episode within it. You get four guesses. Every miss tells you whether the real episode is higher or lower, and on Easy and Medium whether you are close.

A solve on the first guess is worth 1,000 points, on the second 750, on the third 500 and on the fourth 250. Finding it also pays coins and XP; a day you do not solve it still counts as played.

Easy, Medium and Hard are three separate daily runs with their own frames and their own leaderboards. Easy shows the big, iconic moments and calls a guess close within two episodes; Medium shows quieter scenes and calls it close within one; Hard shows the deep cuts and only ever says higher or lower.

Start with the Part. The cast, the setting and even the art direction tell you where you are: Victorian England and Dio as a boy, the Pillar Men and Caesar, the road to Egypt with Jotaro and Joseph, the streets of Morioh, Passione in Italy, or Green Dolphin Street Prison. Naming the Part splits the 190 episodes into a stretch of about forty.

Then use the story inside it. Who is alive, who has joined the group and which Stand is on screen all point to a few episodes, and the higher or lower hint narrows the rest down.

When you are unsure, guess the middle of the range you believe in. Because every miss says which side the answer is on, a middle guess halves your options even when the picture alone cannot give you the exact episode.