Dororo

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. 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.

This article is about the manga. For other uses, see Dororo (disambiguation).

Dororo
Manga volume 1 cover (1981 Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works edition)
どろろ
Genre
Manga
Written byOsamu Tezuka
Published by
English publisher
ImprintAkita Sunday Comics
Magazine
  • Weekly Shōnen Sunday (1967–1968)
  • Bōken Ō (1969)
DemographicShōnen
Original runAugust 1967 – October 1969
Volumes4
Anime television series
Video game
Live-action film
Manga
  • The Legend of Dororo and Hyakkimaru (2018)

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.

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