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 (1997 video game) almost a terabyte of assets, whether for new pre-rendered backdrops or full real-time 3D, would cost tens of millions of dollars, making a re-release as unlikely as a sequel. The Blade Runner Partnership and Electronic Arts currently own the rights to the game. Blade Runner (1997 video game) Blade Runner is a 1997 point-and-click adventure game developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive for Microsoft Windows. The game is not a direct adaptation of the 1982 Ridley Scott film "Blade Runner", but is instead a "sidequel", telling an original story, which runs parallel to the film's plot, occasionally