Stardust Crusaders
Reviewing "Stardust Crusaders" for Anime News Network, Rebecca Silverman enjoyed seeing Part 2's Joseph team up with new protagonist Jotaro and was impressed that Araki was able to keep Dio out of Part 2 completely, only to bring him back for Part 3. Anime UK News stated that Joseph and Avdol share one of the most hilarious fights in "Stardust Crusaders" based on how they accidentally sexually harass each other when being attacked by a Stand User working for Dio. Comic Book Resources still felt that Joseph was a still appealing supporting character for retaining the intelligence despite his age. The Fandom Post also praised Joseph's still intact characterization despite having noticeably aged ever since "Battle Tendency". Joseph's middle-aged persona ranked as 18th best coolest character in Japan while his beard ranked sixth in another. In the "Newtype" anime awards for 2013, Joseph was voted as fourth best male character.