Dorohedoro
Dorohedoro (ドロヘドロ, lit. "Mud-sludge") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Q Hayashida. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazines Monthly Ikki (November 2000 to September 2014), Hibana (March 2015 to August 2017), and Monthly Shōnen Sunday (November 2017 to September 2018); its chapters were collected in 23 tankōbon volumes. Dorohedoro tells the story of the amnesiac reptilian-headed Caiman, working together with his friend Nikaido to recover his memories and survive in a strange and violent world.
| Dorohedoro | |
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Caiman | |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Q Hayashida |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
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| Imprint | Ikki Comix |
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| Demographic | Seinen, shōnen |
| Original run | November 30, 2000 – September 12, 2018 |
| Volumes | 23 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yuichiro Hayashi |
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| Written by | Hiroshi Seko |
| Music by | R.O.N ((K)NoW_NAME) |
| Studio | MAPPA |
| Licensed by | Netflix |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, BS11, MBS |
| Original run | January 12, 2020 – March 29, 2020 |
| Episodes | 12 + 6 shorts |
In North America, the series has been licensed for English-language release by Viz Media in 2009, which began distributing the manga digitally when it launched SigIKKI, the now defunct online English version of Ikki magazine. The 23 volumes were published from 2010 to 2019.
A 12-episode anime television series adaptation produced by MAPPA was broadcast in Japan on Tokyo MX from January to March 2020. It was followed by a worldwide streaming release on Netflix in May 2020. A sequel streaming series has been announced.