The series was well received by critics from anime who often listed it as one of the best animes from 2019. The series is also present in English release through Sentai Filmworks and Amazon Prime.
The main innovation was the new portrayal of Hyakkimaru, a weaker samurai than the one written by the late Tezuka with director Kazuhiro Furuhashi among other staff member conceiving the alternate of take of the young swordsman becoming a new person following his journey with Dororo in a similar manner to buddy films. The remake of Dororo was a production by Manabu Otsuka from MAPPA. The adaptation departs from the source material in several ways, but follows the basic premise of the manga: a young ronin, named Hyakkimaru, along with a young urchin, Dororo, must face multiple demons in Sengoku-era Japan who have stolen his various body parts in order to get them back. Dororo ( Japanese: どろろ) is a 2019 anime television series produced by MAPPA and Tezuka Productions based on the manga of the same name by Osamu Tezuka, and is a re-adaptation of the previous 1969 series.
