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Dororo

TV anime1969–2019

1 season50 episodes

Original: manga手塚治虫

Explore Dororo's finished anime scopes and source-book editions. Read each route note to see whether a precise handoff is known, a restart is safer, or the story is complete.

During the Warring States period, the young thief Dororo encounters Hyakkimaru, a strange, sightless boy who wields fearsome prosthetics in place of his missing limbs. Parts of Hyakkimaru’s body were traded to a group of 12 demons by his father in exchange for power, but thanks to a kindly medicine man, Hyakkimaru survived his horrifying ordeal. Now he roams the land in search of his missing body, and together he and Dororo will fight to survive in an unforgiving, demon-plagued world.

Book language
EditionVertical

Season 1

24 episodesJan 2019 – Jun 2019

Anime ends at
Ep 24

After the 24-episode 2019 Dororo series, no exact handoff into Osamu Tezuka’s original manga is verified. This series retells the story, so the original manga is best read from its beginning to see that telling rather than treated as a direct sequel.

Season 1

26 episodesApr 1969 – Sep 1969

Anime ends at
Ep 26

After the 26-episode 1969 Dororo series, no exact handoff into Osamu Tezuka’s original manga is verified. The TV series includes material made for television, so read the original manga from its beginning for its own telling rather than looking for a next volume.

1 side entrySPno effect on where to continue
  1. Dororo (Pilot)SP1 episodeThe 1968 Dororo colour pilot is a short production sample for the 1969 series, not a separate story endpoint. It has no independent manga handoff; for the original story, start Osamu Tezuka’s manga from the beginning.

All volumes

VerticalThe English edition is at Vol. 1.

Before you read

The 1 side entry listed here have no separate reading start in the main work. Follow the reading route of the season each is grouped with; their individual notes explain the connection.

Dororo (Pilot) (SP)

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