Dororo 2019
Hyakkimaru and Dororo 2019 version of "Dororo"
Dororo is on a quest to find her brother Hyakkimaru, along the way she meets with all sorts of characters who fill in the missing pieces of their life story. She learns of her father's betrayal and defeat after he and his band of warriors were used as "cannon fodder" by the samurai he served under. The former band of warriors seek a treasure of great power hidden away with the only clue being a map tattooed on Dororo's back.
His bother Hyakkimaru a tormented and deformed soul, faces his own demons quite literally with only prosthetic body parts and a sword for an arm .
Beside the basic story line there are some really dark moments for our heroes, flash backs of death and decay, betrayal and deceit , buried treasure and man-eating sharks all wonderfully animated and quite gory. I love these dark feudal japan type anime they're always the best in my opinion; Not sure if a guy with a sword for an arm was edgy back in 1960's Japan but sure impressed me! . I'm guessing all the blood spatter was not in the original....(See Below)
"Dororo, Hyakkimaru and Nota (Dog with a hat)" from the original 1960's anime
P.S. Opening credits scenes show motorcycles and a logo for anime creators "MAPPA" as far as I can tell there is no correlation to the anime of a suspiciously similar name "Dorarara!!".
later days - DJ
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