DORORO 2019

Been a while since the last review. Sorry about that, here my first review for 2019 hope you like it

Dororo 2019 is the reboot of the anime adaptation of the manga Dororo created by Osamu Tezuka in 1967 to 1968 and got a first anime adaptation in 1969 with 26 episodes. As well as a live action in 2007.

Dororo 1969 Opening and Ending theme

Dororo 2019 opening

Dororo 2019 Ending

The reboot for now has no information as to how many episodes this will have. Source is Wikipedia but I will be digging up more information as I take my time watching the 1969 anime version.

Manga

1969 anime

2019 anime

The anime follows the pair of Hyakkimaru and the titular character Dororo.

Hyakkimaru became an orphan after his father has realized that the bargain he made with the 48 demons as been sealed (12 demons in the 2019 reboot wow they trimmed down a lot from the original anime adaptaion talk about getting laid off after 50 years and not even given a cameo but still to be seen) . His father made him in to a bargaining chip with the demons in exchange that his father Daigo Kagemitsu will have power all over Japan in return he will give his first born son to the demons who was to be born during that time. Orphaned and set adrift by his mother (midwife in the 2019) he was picked up by the wandering doctor named Jukai and took him in as his own. Hyakkimaru had no limbs, eyes, ears, some internal organs are also missing. In the 1969 version he can speak and hear but in the 2019 his ability to speak and hear were also removed or taken by the demons. He now wanders around in search for his purpose in life. Jukai made him prosthetic limbs as well as arming him with two blades in both his arms and can be hidden by placing his prosthetic arms to cover the swords. He also has no face and eyeballs so he wears a mask and had a pair of eye balls placed in his eye sockets. Now wanders around in search for the demons and monsters and defeats one by one. I guess he is the first to have prosthetic parts and use it in battle just like Edward Elrich and Violet Evergarden but I know there are more anime characters out there with the same situation and I have to research on them one by one.

In the 1969 version each of the 48 demons he defeats he retrieves a part that was taken from him and it is also the same in 2019 version as shown in the first episode of 2019 version his face retrieved its skin and has no more use for the mask given to him by his adoptive father. In the second episode he defeats another of the demons to whom he was sold to and it seems like in the next episode we will see what body part he has retrieved. Cliffhanger.

Dororo a young orphan just like Hyakkimaru, the difference is that Dororo lost his parents who died protecting him. Growing up in the streets Dororo learned the trade on how to survive on his own as including stealing even from his fellow thieves.

Two orphans found each other and helping out one another in order to survive and both has their own goals set in their lives. Hyakkimaru who is in search for his true self and to retrieve his lost body parts (man Edward Elrich lost to this guy but no one can beat Alphonse) while Dororo searches for a place he can call his home and does not have to go through a lot of hardships to survive.

Secrets of both characters to be revealed for those who has not seen the 1969 version or has no background on the said anime I try to avoid spoilers (too much spoilers)

I recommend watching the series also watch the 1969 version while waiting each week for the new episodes of the 2019 reboot.

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