Dororo

Dororo
	Manga volume 1 cover (1981 Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works edition)
どろろ
Genre	Action; Dark fantasy; Historical fantasy;
Manga
Written by	Osamu Tezuka
Published by	Shogakukan; Akita Shoten;
English publisher	NA: Vertical;
Imprint	Akita Sunday Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday (1967–1968); Bōken Ō (1969);
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	August 1967 – October 1969
Volumes	4
Anime television series
	Dororo (1969); Dororo (2019);
Video game
	Blood Will Tell (2004);
Live-action film
	Dororo (2007);
Manga
	The Legend of Dororo and Hyakkimaru (2018);
	Anime and manga portal

Dororo (どろろ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga artist Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka's childhood memory of his friends pronouncing dorobō (どろぼう, "thief") as dororo inspired the title of the series.^[5] Dororo was first serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday between August 1967 and July 1968, before being cancelled. The manga was then concluded in Akita Shoten's Bōken'ō magazine in 1969.

A 26-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Mushi Productions aired in 1969. The anime series bears the distinction of being the first entry in what is now known as the World Masterpiece Theater series (Calpis Comic Theater at the time). Dororo was also made into a live-action film in 2007. A 24-episode second anime television series adaptation by MAPPA and Tezuka Productions aired from January to June 2019.

^ "Dororo". Fuji Creative Corporation. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
^ 鈴木拡樹・北原里英が“伝説”に、百鬼丸が殺陣を披露「どろろ」東京へ. Stage Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 7, 2019. Archived from the original on April 12, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
^ "Dororo Releases New PV Featuring Opening and Ending Themes!". Tokyo Otaku Mode News. March 27, 2019. Archived from the original on January 7, 2020. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
^ Chapman, Paul (March 19, 2018). "MAPPA Picks Up the Pieces in "Dororo" TV Anime". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
^ 巨匠・手塚治虫の世界日本アニメの黎明期から21世紀に受け継がれる魂. Open Computer Network (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 1, 2007. Retrieved March 10, 2008.

[1] "Dororo". Fuji Creative Corporation. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.

[2] 鈴木拡樹・北原里英が“伝説”に、百鬼丸が殺陣を披露「どろろ」東京へ. Stage Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 7, 2019. Archived from the original on April 12, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.

[3] "Dororo Releases New PV Featuring Opening and Ending Themes!". Tokyo Otaku Mode News. March 27, 2019. Archived from the original on January 7, 2020. Retrieved January 7, 2020.

[4] Chapman, Paul (March 19, 2018). "MAPPA Picks Up the Pieces in "Dororo" TV Anime". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.

[5] 巨匠・手塚治虫の世界日本アニメの黎明期から21世紀に受け継がれる魂. Open Computer Network (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 1, 2007. Retrieved March 10, 2008.

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