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Dororo (manga)

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Alternative title:
どろろ (Japanese)
Genres: supernatural
Themes: samurai
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Dororo, a young orphan thief, falls into the company of Hyakkimaru, a powerful demon-hunting rōnin. Before Hyakkimaru's birth his father, a greedy feudal lord, made a pact with 48 demons and let them each take a piece of his unborn son's body, in return for granting him great power. Hyakkimaru was born a barely human creature—without arms, legs, eyes, ears, a nose, or a mouth—and his father had him thrown in the river. He was rescued and raised by Dr. Honma, who made him artificial limbs and helped him learn to fight the demons—each time he defeats one he reclaims one piece of his body. Now he and Dororo travel together through the war-torn countryside.
Ratings: 35 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (Eng:2, sub:1)
 Excellent: 6 votes (Eng:4, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish
)
 Very good: 9 votes (Eng:6, sub:2, dub:1)
 Good: 14 votes (Eng:13, others:1
1 Portuguese
)
 Decent: 3 votes (sub:1, raw:1, Eng:1)
 So-so: -
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 79 s, rank: #1052 (of 6967)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.771 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.0977, rank: #1635 (of 7833)
Weighted mean: 7.694 (Very good−), rank: #2034 (of 7833) (seen all: 7.64 / seen some: 7.96 / won't finish: 9.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.694 (Very good−), rank: #1070 (of 3540)
Number of tankoubon: 4
Number of pages: 220
Chapter titles: We have 12
Vintage:
1967-08-27 to 1968-07-22 (serialized in Shonen Sunday)
1969-05 to 1969-10 (serialized in Adventure King)
2006-04-26 to 2006-10-16 ()
Release dates: We have 8
Links: We have 2
Reviews:
Dororo [Omnibus] GN (May 27, 2012)
Dororo GN 1-3 (Mar 1, 2009)
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Osamu Tezuka's Dororo Manga Gets Remake in October (Aug 18, 2018)
Vertical Adds E-book Rights for Tezuka Catalog (Nov 8, 2014)
Go Nagai's Dororo and Enma-kun Manga Becomes Full Series (Feb 8, 2013)
Go Nagai Draws 'Dororo and Enma-kun' Crossover 1-Shot Manga (Nov 2, 2012)
Ernesto Foronda Working on Film Adaptation of Dororo Manga (Mar 5, 2012)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 5-11 (Feb 7, 2012)
Dororo Manga Omnibus Slated for February 2012 (Jun 10, 2011)
Weekly Astro Boy Magazine on European iPhones in 2010 (Nov 25, 2009)
Osamu Tezuka's Dororo Manga Wins Eisner Award (Jul 25, 2009)
Weekly Tezuka Manga Posted on Yappa's iPhone App (Apr 13, 2009)
Manga Nominated for 2009 Eisner Awards (Apr 7, 2009)
Librarians Honor Sand Chronicles, Real, Uzumaki, Japan Ai (Jan 28, 2009)
Japanese Anime TV Ranking, August 4–10 (Aug 18, 2008)
Tezuka's Dororo, Nagai's Sukeban Boy Films on U.S. DVD (Jun 16, 2008)
Japanese Box Office: May 3–4 (May 11, 2008)
Spain's Sitges Film Festival Announces Selections (Sep 17, 2007)
Tezuka's Company to Digitize, Colorize All His Manga (Sep 14, 2007)
Vertical to Print Osamu Tezuka's Dororo Manga in 2008 (Sep 5, 2007)
Dororo Video Game (Apr 28, 2003)
Press Release:
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Graphic novel
    Dororo (GN 1) 2008-04-29 (from $10.00)
    Dororo (GN 2) 2008-06-24 (from $11.99)
    Dororo (GN 3) 2008-08-26 (from $11.99)
    Dororo [Omnibus] (GN) 2012-02-07 (from $20.16)

Japanese staff
Japanese companies
Story & Art: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher:
Shogakukan
Japanese cast
(none)
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Dawn T. Laabs

Cover Design: Peter Mendelsund
Production:
Hiroko Mizuno
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Vertical
French staff
French cast
Translation: Jacques Lalloz

Adaptation: Patrick Honnoré
Lettering: Myriam Lescop
(none)
French companies
Publisher: Akata/Delcourt
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Publisher: Debolsillo (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
Translation:
Valentina Vignola (Goen)
Publisher:
RW Edizioni 
Italian cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Publisher: NewPOP (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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