Hideki Kamiya shares his disappointment with the new JoJo's Bizarre Adventure S.H.Figuarts figures (particularly Joseph's), comparing it to how he felt seeing Hirohiko Araki's changed art style in portrayals of earlier characters. "Seriously, if it didn't have 'Joseph Joestar' written on it, I wouldn't even know who it's supposed to be. It looks like a 3D figure of someone's fan-made doujin manga drawn for fun… This came out after Super Action Statue, and this is what we get? Are they serious…? In the Reiwa era, no less… What the hell happened…? It's just too depressing that a figure of a character I love ends up like this. I haven't watched the anime, so if there's someone out there saying, "This is super faithful to the anime version, it's like it jumped right off the screen! I'm definitely buying it!" then sorry… But honestly, seeing this just makes me lose all interest in watching the anime. I remember that around the time Hirohiko Araki was working on Part 5, a JoJo artbook was released. I was super excited and bought it right away, but when I opened it, the fold-out poster had illustrations of all the past JoJos and their arch-enemies (like Kars and Wamuu), and they looked so different it was like, 'Huh? Who are these innocent-looking kids?' I literally collapsed to my knees. This figure feels exactly like that…"