Dororo
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 8/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 8/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 8/10TearjerkerEngineered to make you cry, and it works.This show: 7/10Gut punchWilling to devastate you, and remembered for it.This show: 7/10Found familyUnrelated people slowly becoming each other's family.This show: 7/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Jason DouglasRio SuzukiMugihitoChaney MooreAdam GibbsHiroki Suzuki
Written by
Osamu Tezuka
Starring
Jason DouglasRio SuzukiMugihitoChaney MooreAdam GibbsHiroki Suzuki
Written by
Osamu Tezuka
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| S1 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 8.7 |
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About
"A body reclaimed one demon at a time"
Set in a war-ravaged feudal Japan, a warlord trades his newborn son's organs and limbs to demons for battlefield power. The boy survives as a faceless, senseless husk, hunting the demons to reclaim each missing piece. He's joined by Dororo, a scrappy orphan thief with secrets of their own. What starts as episodic monster hunts deepens into a bleak meditation on poverty, war, and what makes someone human. The animation is fluid and brutal, the score haunting, and the emotional gut-punches land hard beneath the action.
Watch it for
the way episodic demon hunts build into a devastating meditation on war and humanity.
Maybe skip if
you need lighter tones, since the story stays consistently bleak and tragic.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Season 12019
8.322K247h 36m
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | The Story of Daigo | 8.1 | 1K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | The Story of Bandai | 8.0 | 1K | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | The Story of Jukai | 8.6 | 1K | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | The story of the cursed sword | 7.8 | 950 | — | |
| ▶ | 5 | The Story of the Moriko Song, Part 1 | 8.6 | 1K | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | The story of the Moriko Song, part 2 | 9.4 | 2K | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | The Story of Jorogumo silk spider | 8.0 | 922 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | The Story of Saru | 7.6 | 858 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | The Story of the mercilessness | 8.8 | 985 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | The Story of Tahomaru | 8.0 | 824 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 11 | The story of Banmon, part 1 | 8.2 | 822 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 12 | The story of Banmon, part 2 | 8.8 | 955 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 13 | The story of the Blank-faced Buddha | 7.4 | 775 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 14 | The story of Sabame | 7.3 | 769 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 15 | The story of the scene from hell | 7.2 | 784 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 16 | The story of Shiranui | 7.6 | 761 | — | |
| ▶ | 17 | The story of questions and answers | 8.4 | 822 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 18 | The story of the cape of no mercy | 8.6 | 820 | — | |
| ▶ | 19 | The story of the Amanojaku | 7.5 | 776 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 20 | The story of the Nue | 8.4 | 766 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 21 | The story of breaking the cycle of suffering | 8.7 | 801 | — | |
| ▶ | 22 | The story of Nui | 8.7 | 799 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 23 | The story of the demons | 9.1 | 1K | — | |
| ▶ | 24 | Dororo and Hyakkimaru | 8.7 | 964 | 24 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Jason Douglas Narrator, Munetsuna
Rio Suzuki Dororo
Mugihito Narration
Chaney Moore Dororo
Adam Gibbs Hyakkimaru
Hiroki Suzuki Hyakkimaru
Ty Mahany Jukai, Villager, Aide Red Robe
Mutsumi Sasaki Biwamaru
James Belcher Biwamaru
Kyle Jones Doshu, Villager, Maimaionba Moth
Crew
Osamu Tezuka
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