Dio Brando emotional one. Araki wanted his name to sound cool next to JoJo's, so he chose Dio, the Italian word for God. According to Araki, Dio's physical appearance is inspired by Rutger Hauer's character Roy Batty from the 1982 film "Blade Runner". Throughout all his adulthood depictions, Dio possesses a towering, muscular build as impressive as that of the series' first three titular protagonists. As a vampire, he maintains messy, shoulder-length blond hair, and his various designs all feature clothing that prominently display the color gold. Once Dio fuses his head to the body of Jonathan Joestar, the first protagonist of
Blade Runner (franchise) in the same year. From 1995 to 2000, three novels serving as sequels to both "Blade Runner" and the original novel were written by K. W. Jeter, a friend of Dick's. A film sequel to "Blade Runner", "Blade Runner 2049", was released in 2017. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of "Blade Runner" in 2012, a short film was released, and in the lead up to the release of "Blade Runner 2049", several more short films detailing events that occurred between 2019 and 2049 were released. Interest in adapting Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" developed shortly