Dororo / Tezuka Production Company ; Mushi Production ; Fuji TV ; produced by Tatso Shibayama ; series director, Gisaburo Sugii ; animation directors, Hideaki Kitano, Teruhito Ueguchi.
Publisher:
Eastern Star :
Copyright Date:
2016?
Description:
4 videodiscs (600 min.) : sound, color and black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Cataloged from credits and container and Discotek Media web page. Voices: Minori Matsushima, Nachi Nozawa, Goro Naya. Originally aired on television in 1969. Based on an original manga by Osamu Tezuka. Includes all 26 episodes and the pilot film. Full screen (1.33:1).
Contents:
Disc 4. Dororo pilot. The scroll of Hyakkimaru, part 2 ; The scroll of Bandai, part 1 ; The scroll of Bandai, part 2 ; The scroll of the misery chronicles, part 1 ; The scroll of the misery chronicles, part 2 -- Disc 2. The scroll of the demon sword Nihil, part 1 ; The scroll of the demon sword Nihil, part 2 ; The scroll of the Banmon, part 1 ; The scroll of the Banmon, part 2 ; The scroll of the fair Fudou, part 1 ; The scroll of the fair Fudou, part 2 -- Disc 3. Hitokuchi Kajiri ; The empty empty village ; The demon horse, Midoro ; The monster Donburibara ; Birabira the sea beast ; Raikaken ; The piggy-back demon -- Disc 4. The moth mother ; The demon Monmon ; The great man-eating tree ; Shike Nyuudon ; The demon Tsuchibouzu ; The final demon ; Dororo pilot.
Summary:
Hyakkimaru is a young man who lost 48 parts of his body when his father offered him up to demons in exchange for power. Now he travels the war-torn countryside in Sengoku era Japan, killing demons in order to regain his humanity piece by piece. He is accompanied by Dororo, a young orphan who desires to steal Hyakkimaru's swords.
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