General "Did you Know?"s

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Did you know that contrary to popular belief, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure isn't named after the song 'Get Back' by The Beatles? Many people assume this because of the lyrics of the song, Araki's love for western music, and the fact that at the end of part 3 a character plays that same song on a Walkman.

The truth is... that's not the case.

In a 2006 video interview with autor Hirohiko Araki (featured in the Phantom Blood videogame as bonus content), he stated that the idea came during a meeting with his editor at a local family restaurant named "'Jonathan's". He wanted to incorporate the name JOnathan into the title, but at the same time he wanted it to be someting catchy, with one letter being the same for both the first and last names; taking inspiration from film director Steven Spielberg. Araki eventually decided for "JOestar" and thus, the iconic manga series got it's name.

Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42l-kpz5oHU (Get Back)
http://livedoor.4.blogimg.jp/mangaman09/...fa3b-s.jpg (Part 3's ending)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnzt4x_...b_creation (the video interview)

So it turns out the meeting wasn't done over at Jonathan's family restaurant, but at a Denny's. Also, the idea that Jonathan Joestar got his name after the restaurant is actually a urban myth. Hirohiko Araki DID brought up Jonathan's Family Restaurant during the 2006 interview (the one featured in the Phantom Blood videogame), but he states the interviewer had mentioned it and he just echoed it by accident. Jonathan's first name isn't a reference to anything.

Now, as for the J.J or JoJo alliteration being inspired by Steven Spielberg's (S.S), that one is actually true.

SOURCE: JOJOVELLER: History - Interview with Hirohiko Araki and Ryosuke Kabashima

EDIT: shout-out to https://jojowiki.com/