Dorohedoro is an anime television series adaptation of the manga of the same name by Q Hayashida, first announced in the December 2018 issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Shōnen Sunday magazine released on November 12, 2018.[1] The series is produced by MAPPA and directed by Yuichiro Hayashi, with series composition by Hiroshi Seko, character designs by Tomohiro Kishi, and music composed by R.O.N of (K)NoW_NAME. It ran for 12 episodes from January 12 to March 29, 2020, on Tokyo MX.[2][3][4]
The opening theme "Welcome to Chaos" and the series' ending themes "Who am I ?" (ep. 1, 2 and 7), "Night SURFING" (ep. 3–4), "D.D.D.D." (ep. 5–6), "Strange Meat Pie"(ep. 8–9), "SECONDs FLY" (ep. 10–11) and "404" (ep. 12), are performed by (K)NoW_NAME.[5][6] The six OVA episodes were bundled with the series' second Blu-ray release on June 17, 2020.[3]
Dorohedoro was released on May 28, 2020, on Netflix outside of Japan.[7] The six OVA episodes were also made available on Netflix on October 15, 2020, as one long singular episode, labeled as episode 13.
A sequel streaming series was announced on January 9, 2024.[8]
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (November 9, 2018). "Q Hayashida's Dorohedoro Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
- ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (October 11, 2019). "Dorohedoro TV Anime Reveals Promo Video, Staff, Cast, January 12 Premiere Date". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ a b Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 12, 2020). "Dorohedoro Anime Blu-ray Discs to Have 12 TV Episodes Plus 6 Bonus Episodes". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
- ^ 魔の1 カイマン (in Japanese). Tokyo MX. Archived from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
魔の12 「思い出スクールデイズ」 「ボーイミーツガール＝バトル！」 「ゆびきりげんまん」 (in Japanese). Tokyo MX. Archived from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ^ Loo, Egan (December 11, 2019). "Dorohedoro Anime Unveils More Cast, (K)NoW_NAME's Opening Song, 2nd Video". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- ^ 「ドロヘドロ」カイマンたち操作してゾンビ倒すブラウザゲームを期間限定公開. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. January 27, 2020. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
- ^ Mateo, Alex (April 21, 2020). "Netflix Streams Dorohedoro Anime Outside Japan on May 28". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
- ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio; Cayanan, Joanna (January 9, 2024). "Dorohedoro Anime Gets Sequel as Streaming Series". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 9, 2024. Retrieved January 9, 2024.