History Manga / Dororo

* CryCute: Dororo cries in his sleep while calling for his parents, cluing Hyakkimaru in that Dororo has had a rough life just like him.

* A South Korean-Japanese collaborative webtoon, centering on Hyakkimaru (Hakki) continuing the search for his body parts in a 21st century setting, accompanied by the Dororo lookalike child Roro.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Comes with limited sound, too. When you begin the game, everything is monochrome and soundless, to represent Hyakkimaru's missing body parts. You will get these things in their full intended glory once you retrieve parts of him.

* ''Dororo to Enma-kun'', a crossover manga with ''Dororon Enma-kun'' by Go Nagai. It started out as a one-shot in ''Weekly Manga Goraku'' on November 2, 2012, before being serialized from February 8, 2013 to March 7, 2014.

Not to be confused with one of the characters from ''Manga/SgtFrog'' nor ''Manga/Dorohedoro'', which also has an anime adaptation made by Creator/{{MAPPA]].

Not to be confused with one of the characters from ''Manga/SgtFrog''.

* ''Search and Destroy'', a manga series by Atsushi Kaneko and serialized on ''[=TezuComi=]'' since October 5, 2018.
* ''The Legend of Dororo and Hyakkimaru'', a manga series by Satoshi Shiki and serialized on ''Monthly Champion Red'' since October 19, 2018.

* ''Dororo Bon'', a manga series by Daisuke Dōke and serialized on ''Young Champion'' from May 22, 2007, to February 10, 2009.

* ''Dororo to Enma-kun'', a crossover manga with ''Dororon Enma-kun'' by Go Nagai. It started out as a one-shot in ''Weekly Manga Goraku'' on November 2, 2012, before being serialized from February 8, 2013, to March 7, 2014.

* "Arashi no Yoru ni", a one-shot manga written by Creator/GoNagai and published in volume 2 of the anthology ''Manga/BlackJack Alive'' on December 9, 2005.

* A computer game for the NEC PC8801/Sr system, released on January 10, 1989, by Quasar Soft.

!!Adaptations:

* A computer game released on January 10, 1989, by Quasar Soft.

* A two-volume novelization of the 2007 film by Masa Nakamura, published on December 1, 2006.

* ''Dororo Bon'', a manga series by Daisuke Dōke and serialized on ''Young Champion'' in 2007.

* {{Expy}}: In the crossover, Dororo to Enma-kun, teenage Dororo looks like a genderbent version of [[Manga/KamuiDen Kamui from Shirato Sampei's Kamui Den]].

* ShonenDemographic: One of the very first in the genre, in fact.

!!''Dororo''provides examples of:

* A three-volume novel by Jinzō Toriumi, published from July 12, 2001 to November 15.

* ''Dororo Bon'', a manga series by Daisuke Dōke in 2007.
* ''The Legend of Dororo and Hyakkimaru'', a manga series by Satoshi Shiki in late 2018.
* ''Search and Destroy'', a manga series by Atsushi Kaneko. It was serialized on ''[=TezuComi=]'' since October 5, 2018.

* ''The Legend of Dororo and Hyakkimaru'', a manga series by ''The Legend of Dororo and Hyakkimaru'' in late 2018.

Tezuka notoriously ended the manga before Hyakki had a chance to get most of his parts back, but there have since been a few anime adaptations, a HackAndSlash videogame for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 by Creator/{{Sega}} and Creator/RedEntertainment (released in English as ''Blood Will Tell'', and hereafter referred to as such on this very wiki to avoid confusion with other adaptations) and a rather bizarre LiveActionAdaptation movie that moves the setting from the Sengoku Era to a suspiciously similar post-apocalyptic future. The 1969 anime adaptation was licensed by Creator/DiscotekMedia for a Region 1 DVD release.

In late 2018, the story was remade by Satoshi Shiki (of ''Anime/RuneSoldierLouie'' and ''Manga/XBlade'' fame) as ''The Legend of Dororo and Hyakkimaru''. An [[Anime/Dororo2019 anime retelling]] by Creator/{{MAPPA}} and [[Creator/MushiProductions Tezuka Productions]] premiered on Creator/PrimeVideo in January 2019, just 3 months shy of the 1969 anime's 50th anniversary. A stage play followed suit the same year, based off of the aforementioned anime.

One of many series by the prolific and much-loved Creator/OsamuTezuka, ''Dororo'' is the tale of Hyakkimaru, a wandering swordsman who bears an odd burden: he was born without most of his body parts (including eyes, ears, a tongue, and limbs) thanks to his father [[DealWithTheDevil striking a deal with forty-eight demons]]. [[MosesInTheBulrushes Abandoned and raised by a country doctor]], Hyakkimaru learned to use his sixth sense to compensate for his lacking the other five, but eventually discovered his condition made him a magnet for supernatural weirdness.

* LighterAndSofter: In the original story, Hyakkimaru grows increasingly bitter, jaded and vicious as the story continues and he is continuously exposed to the horrors of the Fiends, war, and the {{ungrateful|Bastard}}ness of those he saves (the village he saves from the Fiend Yudai being a prime example), with heroism being pretty much an afterthought. In ''Blood Will Tell'', he's played as being far more heroic and idealistic from the get-go, and never quite loses it all.

* OppositeSexClone: [[spoiler:Dororo]] in ''Blood Will Tell''.

* SadisticChoice: In ''Blood Will Tell'', [[spoiler:Dororo was created by the Majin as a vessel for their leader, so that Hyakkimaru would have to choose between completing his quest and his best friend's life. Only upon parting ways until Dororo becomes an adult does he finally [[TakeAThirdOption get to choose both]].]]

* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: [[spoiler:Dororo's]] sex being much more apparent. He seems to reject the idea of being a girl, though whether it's a practical rejection of the cultural baggage assigned to the gender or whether it's an issue of identification is not explored.
* HeelFaceTurn: In the movie's climax, Tahomaru fights Hyakkimaru out of jealously over their mother's affection, but once he witnesses the horror of their father Kagetmitsu becoming a demon to bring him back to life, he lets go of all negative feelings and accepts Hyakkimaru as his older brother, willing to watch over his rightful place until he comes back from his journey.