Dororo

Dororo is a 2019 anime television series based on the manga series with the same name written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. The original manga was serialized from August 27, 1967 to October of 1969, with a total of 4 volumes.

The anime was announced in March 2018. It was animated by both MAPPA and Tezuka Productions, directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi, and it aired in Japan from January 7, 2019 to June 24, 2019, consisting of 24 episodes. It streamed worldwide on Amazon Prime Video.

Sentai Filmworks announced on March 31, 2021, that they licensed the anime for home video release and would produce an English dub for the series.^[1]^[2] The Blu-Ray of the anime was released on June 29, 2021. HIDIVE streamed the series on their service on January 28, 2023.^[3]

Synopsis

During the Warring States period, the young thief Dororo encounters the enigmatic Hyakkimaru, a strange sightless boy who wields fearsome prosthetics in place of his missing limbs. Parts of Hyakkimaru’s body, skin and organs were traded to a group of 12 demons by his father in exchange for power and prosperity. Thanks to a kindly medicine man, Hyakkimaru survived this horrifying ordeal and now wanders the land in search of his missing body parts. Together, he and Dororo will fight to survive in a demon-plagued, dangerous and unforgiving world.

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Dororo	Rio Suzuki	Chaney Moore
	Hyakkimaru	Hiroki Suzuki	Adam Gibbs
Secondary Characters
	Biwamaru	Mutsumi Sasaki	James Belcher
	Kagemitsu Daigo	Naoya Uchida	David Wald
	Tahōmaru Daigo	Shōya Chiba	Blake Jackson
	Tahōmaru Daigo	Satsumi Matsuda (young)	Melissa Engler (young)
	Nuinokata	Chie Nakamura	Patricia Duran
	Hyogo	Kenichirō Matsuda	Andrew Love
	Mutsu	Mariko Munakata	Elissa Cuellar
	Jukai	Akio Ōtsuka	Ty Mahany
Demons
	Bandai	Mami Koyama	Joanne Bonasso
	Maimai Onba	Ayano Hamaguchi	Shelley Calene-Black
	Twelfth Demon God	Takumu Miyazono	Ricardo Contreras
Others Monsters
	Kane Kozō	Riki Kitazawa	Kyle C. Jones
	Ohagi	Yūko Kaida	Christine Auten
	Yōkai Kozō	Ikue Ōtani	Kalin Coates
	Midoro	Fumitake Ishiguro	¿?
Recurring Characters
	Daigo Spy	Fumitake Ishiguro	Gabriel Regojo
	Itachi	Setsuji Satō	Greg Cote
	Shiranui	Ryūichi Kijima	Jessie James Grelle
	Shiranui	Yurina Watanabe (young)	Jessie James Grelle
	Sakichi	¿?	Holly Segarra
	Lord Asakura	¿?	Dave Harbold
	Ojiya	Ayumi Fujimura	Melissa Engler
Narration
	Narrator	Mugihito	Jason Douglas

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Sabu	Takayuki Sakazume	Orlanders Tao Jones	1
Mother	Kanako Sakuragi	Avery Smithhart
Little Boy	Miki Natsutani	Elissa Cuellar
Monk	Yoshihito Sasaki	Jay Hickman	1, 16
Denkichi	Takamaru Seko	John Gremillion	2
Kaname	Kōhei Amasaki	Antonio Lasanta	3
Daigo Commander	Yūgo Sekiguchi	Rob Mungle	3
Tanosuke	Hiroki Takahashi	Joe Daniels	4
Osushi	Marina Inoue	Avery Smithhart	4
Take	Yuka Terasaki	Brittney Karbowski	5
Mio	Nana Mizuki	Luci Christian	5-6
Yajiro	Fuminori Komatsu	John Swasey	7
Saru	Aki Kanada	Kira Vincent-Davis	8
Oume	Sanae Kobayashi	Heidi Hinkel	8
Hibukuro	Kenta Miyake	Josh Morrison	9, 14
Sukeroku	Junko Takeuchi	Luci Christian	11-12
Okaka	Ayumi Fujimura	Molly Searcy	13
Lord Sabame	Koji Yusa	Jay Hickman	14-15
Child	Rie Hikisaka	Crystal Boike	15
Okowa	Yume Miyamoto	Jad Saxton	19
Munetsuna	Kazuhiro Yamaji	Jason Douglas	19
Saburota	Yūichi Nakamura	Jeremy Gee	20
Jiheita	Wataru Tsuyuzaki	Adam Noble	22-24
Doshu	Shinnosuke Ogami	Kyle C. Jones
Yahiko	Tōru Nara	Sean Patrick Judge