Dorohedoro#Characters

{{Distinguish|Dororo{{!}}Dororo}}

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| image = Dorohedoro 01.jpg

| caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume cover, featuring Caiman

| ja_kanji = ドロヘドロ

| ja_romaji =

| genre = {{ubl|Action{{cite web|last=Santos|first=Carlo|title=Dorohedoro GN 2 - Review|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/dorohedoro/gn-2|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 17, 2020|date=October 8, 2010|archive-date=October 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009014528/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/dorohedoro/gn-2|url-status=live}}|Dark fantasy{{cite web|last=Douresseaux|first=Leroy|title=Dorohedoro: Volume 17 manga review|url=http://www.comicbookbin.com/dorohedoro017.html|website=ComicBookBin|access-date=July 27, 2018|date=December 15, 2015|archive-date=January 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119054829/http://www.comicbookbin.com/dorohedoro017.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Chapman|first=Paul|title=Dorohedoro Anime Takes a Bite Out of Japanese TV in January of 2020|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/10/11-1/dorohedoro-anime-takes-a-bite-out-of-japanese-tv-in-january-of-2020|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=December 10, 2019|date=October 11, 2019|archive-date=December 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210091037/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/10/11-1/dorohedoro-anime-takes-a-bite-out-of-japanese-tv-in-january-of-2020|url-status=live}}|Science fantasy{{cite web|last=Chapman|first=Paul|title=Bizarre Fantasy Manga Dorohedoro Takes the Plunge as a TV Anime|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/11/11/bizarre-fantasy-manga-dorohedoro-takes-the-plunge-as-a-tv-anime|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=May 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131012704/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/11/11/bizarre-fantasy-manga-dorohedoro-takes-the-plunge-as-a-tv-anime|archive-date=January 31, 2021|date=November 11, 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Aoki|first=Deb|title=Dorohedoro Volume 1|url=http://manga.about.com/od/vizmedia/gr/Dorohedoro1.htm|website=About.com|access-date=June 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126215751/http://manga.about.com/od/vizmedia/gr/Dorohedoro1.htm|archive-date=January 26, 2012}}}}

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| author = Q Hayashida

| publisher = Shogakukan

| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA = Viz Media}}

| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}}, {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}}

| imprint = Ikki Comix

| magazine = {{ubl|Monthly Ikki {{noitalic|(November 30, 2000 – September 25, 2014)}}|{{ill|Hibana (magazine)|lt=Hibana|ja|ヒバナ (雑誌)}} {{noitalic|(March 6, 2015 – August 7, 2017)}}|Monthly Shōnen Sunday {{noitalic|(November 10, 2017 – September 12, 2018)}}}}

| first = November 30, 2000

| last = September 12, 2018

| volumes = 23

| volume_list = List of Dorohedoro chapters

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = TV series

| director = Yuichiro Hayashi

| producer = {{ubl|Hiroyuki Aoi|Daiki Tomihara|Yuito Hirahara|Akihiro Matsumoto|Masaya Saitou|Yoshinori Hasegawa|Yuuichi Tada|Reiko Sasaki|Atsushi Yoshikawa|Takehiko Hayashi}}

| writer = Hiroshi Seko

| music = R.O.N ((K)now Name)

| studio = MAPPA

| licensee = Netflix

| network = Tokyo MX, BS11, MBS ({{Abbr|S1|Season 1}})

| first = January 12, 2020

| last =

| episodes = 12 + 6 shorts

| episode_list = List of Dorohedoro episodes

}}

{{Nihongo|Dorohedoro|ドロヘドロ}}{{efn|The title is deliberately ambiguous without context, and can be read multiple ways as a result. The only in-media use of the title appears in Chapter 56, where a viscous lake is described as {{nihongo||ドロ|"doro"}} and {{nihongo||ヘドロ|"hedoro"}}, equatable to 'mud-sludge' or 'muddy sludge' in English. It may also be read as 'mud to mud'.}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Q Hayashida. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazines Monthly Ikki (November 2000 to September 2014), {{ill|Hibana (magazine)|lt=Hibana|ja|ヒバナ (雑誌)}} (March 2015 to August 2017), and Monthly Shōnen Sunday (November 2017 to September 2018); its chapters were collected in 23 {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes. Dorohedoro tells the story of the amnesiac reptilian-headed Caiman, working together with his friend Nikaido to recover his memories and survive in a strange and violent world.

In North America, the series has been licensed for English-language release by Viz Media in 2009, which began distributing the manga digitally when it launched SigIKKI, the now defunct online English version of Ikki magazine. The 23 volumes were published from 2010 to 2019.

A 12-episode anime television series adaptation produced by MAPPA was broadcast in Japan on Tokyo MX from January to March 2020. It was followed by a worldwide streaming release on Netflix in May 2020. A second season is set to premiere in 2025.

Synopsis

=Setting=

The series is set in a near post-apocalyptic future,{{cite web|title=Viz Media Debuts Apocalyptic Dorohedoro Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2010-03-09/viz-media-debuts-apocalypitic-dorohedoro-manga|website=Viz Media via Anime News Network|access-date=July 28, 2010|date=March 10, 2010|archive-date=March 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311223829/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2010-03-09/viz-media-debuts-apocalypitic-dorohedoro-manga|url-status=live}} taking place across three realms:

Hole, an ungoverned human favela megacity, heavily polluted from magic waste.
Sorcerers' world, an ethereal, Gothic class society, controlled by crime boss En.
Hell, the afterlife of all sorcerers, ruled by demons presided over by Chidaruma.

Despite similar outward appearance, humans and sorcerers are two distinct species; Sorcerers were manufactured by Chidaruma in his realm, whereas humans occurred naturally in another. Sorcerers can also use magic through a circulatory system, which disperses a black smoke that gives them distinct powers. Stronger and rarer powers are highly prized, to the point of directly affecting social status; sorcerers will routinely commit to binding partnerships, resulting in violent competition for the right. Humans are forced to live in the slums of Hole, subject to unprovoked sorcerer violence and overwhelming magical pollution, whereas sorcerers live and travel freely between realms using conjured doorways.

=Premise=

A man named Caiman is searching for a sorcerer, whose magic erased his memories and gave him a reptilian head. Assisted by his friend Nikaido, a restaurant chef who runs The Hungry Bug, Caiman wanders Hole in search of his curser, hoping to kill them and dispel their magic. Caiman's only lead is the full-size man who lives down his throat: by placing a sorcerer's head inside Caiman's mouth, the man's head will slide up Caiman's throat and verify if they are responsible. Getting a job at a community hospital for magic attack victims, Caiman works with Drs. Vaux and Kasukabe to reach the sorcerer's world and uncover his past.

The news of a lizard-man killing sorcerers, one with cross tattoos and magical resistance, attracts the attention of the de facto ruling sorcerer En. En believes Caiman is tied to the Cross-Eyes Gang, which subjugated humans and lower-class sorcerers, and whose leader almost wiped out En's crime family before disappearing. En sends his cleaners, Shin and Noi, to kill Caiman with two low-ranking sorcerers: Fujita, who seeks revenge as Caiman murdered his partner, and Ebisu, who has amnesia after Caiman accidentally tore her face off.

Characters

;{{Nihongo|Caiman|カイマン|Kaiman}}

:{{voiced by|Wataru Takagi|Aleks Le{{cite tweet|user=NetflixGeeked|author=Netflix Geeked|author-link=Netflix|number=1257354521258459137|date=May 4, 2020|title=Here's your first look at the English cast taking a bite out of Dorohedoro when it arrives on May 28th.|access-date=July 28, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250112215118/https://x.com/NetflixGeeked/status/1257354521258459137|archive-date=January 12, 2025|url-status=live}}}}

:Caiman is a victim of a magic attack that has left him with the head of a reptile and no memory of his original identity. He works with his friend Nikaido to hunt down Sorcerers who enter Hole, hoping to kill the one who cast the spell on him and nullify it. Caiman's immunity to magic and formidable knife skills make him incredibly skilled at battling Sorcerers. He also has the ability to regenerate his reptilian head, allowing him to survive lethal attacks such as decapitation. When not fighting, Caiman spends most of his time working at a hospital for magic victims and eating gyoza at Nikaido's restaurant, The Hungry Bug.

;{{Nihongo|Nikaido|二階堂|Nikaidō}}

:{{voiced by|Reina Kondō|Reba Buhr}}

:Caiman's best friend, and owner and chef of the Hungry Bug, a restaurant in Hole. She found Caiman after his initial transformation and helps him hunt down Sorcerers in the hopes of returning his memories and face. She is secretly a Sorcerer herself, living in hiding due to the desirability of her magic type. She also maintains contact with a devil from her past, named Asu. Nikaido is an incredibly skilled fighter in spite of not using magic, typically utilising hand-to-hand combat and acrobatics to disable foes.

;{{Nihongo|Professor Kasukabe|春日部博士|Kasukabe hakase}}

:{{voiced by|Mitsuhiro Ichiki|Griffin Burns}}

:A scientist who has studied Sorcerers intently for decades. He is approached by Caiman and Nikaido to use his artificial door to the Sorcerer's world. Although in his 60s, he looks incredibly young due to magic cast on him by his estranged, Sorcerer wife, Haru. He is frequently seen with his sidekick, a giant humanoid cockroach named Jonson.

;{{Nihongo|Jonson|ジョンソン}}

:{{voiced by|Ryōhei Kimura{{cite web|author1=Jennifer Sherman|title=Dorohedoro Anime Casts Ryohei Kimura, Yuuki Kaji|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-02-09/dorohedoro-anime-casts-ryohei-kimura-yuuki-kaji/.156268|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 9, 2020|date=February 9, 2020|archive-date=February 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212211639/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-02-09/dorohedoro-anime-casts-ryohei-kimura-yuuki-kaji/.156268|url-status=live}}|Joseph Whimms}}

:A giant cockroach living in the sewers of the Hole who was mutated by the residual smoke in the Hole's polluted water. Jonson originally belonged to another resident of the Hole who was hunting down magic victims, but is later adopted by Professor Kasukabe and rarely leaves his side from then on. Kasukabe is able to control Jonson using specialised frequencies and can even make him talk, though he is only capable of saying "shocking".

;{{Nihongo|Vaux|バウクス|Baukusu}}

:{{voiced by|Hisao Egawa|Michael Sorich}}

:A doctor who runs a hospital catering to those who have been altered or "practiced upon" by the Sorcerers. He employs Caiman as an assistant. He is bald with a blue grid pattern tattooed on his face and the rest of his head.

;{{Nihongo|13|サーティーン|Sātīn}}

:{{voiced by|Yūki Kaji|Johnny Yong Bosch}}

:Neighborhood youth and regular customer at the Hungry Bug. He is attracted to Nikaido.

;{{Nihongo|En|煙}}

:{{voiced by|Kenyu Horiuchi|Keith Silverstein}}

:The leader of the En Family and a business magnate in the Sorcerer's world, with a magic specialism themed around mushrooms. At a young age, En was sold into work slavery under an oppressive human regime; believed to be worked to death, his body was dumped and then taken to hell by a demon. Subsisting in Hell on mushrooms, En eventually grew strong enough to return to the surface, killing his oppressors and building a criminal empire. Eventually, coming under threat from a gang of humans with red cross tattoos on their eyes, En almost died in a battle with their leader. Fearing a resurgence of the gang, En begins seeking Caiman upon hearing of a sorcerer killer with cross tattoos.

;{{Nihongo|Shin|心}} {{nobold|and}} {{Nihongo|Noi|能井}}

:{{voiced by|Yoshimasa Hosoya|Sean Chiplock}} (Shin)

:{{voiced by|Yū Kobayashi|Cherami Leigh}} (Noi)

:En's enforcers or "cleaners". Shin's magic allows him to disassemble victims into sentient pieces without killing them, while Noi is able to heal injuries.

:Shin is the child of a human father and sorcerer mother, raised as a human after his mother was murdered by anti-sorcerer vigilantes. Outed as a sorcerer and his father murdered for sheltering him, Shin murdered his way through Hole's enforcement gangs in revenge. Discovered as a homeless teen, Shin was taken in by En to work with Noi.

:Noi is En's younger cousin, and Shin's best friend. Noi first became friends with Shin after repairing his necrotic arms, eventually working as his partner as En's cleaners. Noi was originally training as a devil, only to forfeit her examination to save Shin's life.

;{{Nihongo|Fujita|藤田}}

:{{voiced by|Kengo Takanashi|Bryce Papenbrook}}

:Fujita is a low-level who works for a company headed by En. His partner was killed by Caiman. He is assigned to find the Sorcerer who transformed Caiman into a saurian. A bit of research reveals a reptilian transformation specialist named Ebisu. Fujita recalls passing her while in the Hole, and so he manages to locate and save her just as she's stuck in the jaws of Caiman. The incident leaves Ebisu traumatized, and Fujita watches after her while waiting for her memory to return.

;{{Nihongo|Ebisu|恵比寿}}

:{{voiced by|Miyu Tomita|Cristina Vee}}

:Ebisu is sullen-looking teenage girl who wears a skull-shaped mask. While in the Hole, she runs into Caiman and Nikaido, who cuts off Ebisu's fingers to prevent her from using magic, and bites down on her head after removing her mask. Before he can withdraw to ask her his question, a frantic Fujita appears from a door behind her and forcefully pulls her out of his clamped-down jaws into the door, which results in the skin being torn off completely from her face. She is healed by Noi, but it is evident that her head trauma caused some brain damage, as seen in her suddenly eccentric behavior. She is commonly seen with Fujita, for whom she harbors reluctant affection.

;{{Nihongo|Chidaruma|チダルマ}}

:{{voiced by|Shigeru Chiba{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Dorohedoro TV Anime Adds 6 More Cast Members|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-12/dorohedoro-tv-anime-adds-6-more-cast-members/.153177|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 12, 2019|date=November 12, 2019|archive-date=November 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112061000/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-12/dorohedoro-tv-anime-adds-6-more-cast-members/.153177|url-status=live}}|Chris Smith}}

:The oldest and most powerful of the Devils, and the ruler of both Hell and the Sorcerer's world. A nigh-omnipotent being, Chidaruma is also the creator of the Sorcerers. In spite of his immense power and influence, he suffers from constant boredom, and thus seeks excitement and different ways to entertain himself.

;{{Nihongo|Asu|アス}} / {{Nihongo|Kawajiri|川尻}}

:{{voiced by|Hozumi Gōda|Todd Haberkorn}}

:A devil and close associate of Nikaido in the Sorcerer's world. He is later revealed to have once been Nikaido's adoptive elder brother.

Media

=Manga=

{{Main article|List of Dorohedoro chapters{{!}}List of Dorohedoro chapters}}

Dorohedoro, written and illustrated by Q Hayashida, began in the first ever issue of Shogakukan's Seinen manga magazine Spirits Zōkan Ikki (re-branded as Monthly Ikki in 2003), released on November 30, 2000.{{cite web|script-title=ja:本誌掲載作品一覧 (創刊号)|url=http://www.ikki-para.com/paradise/list/list.html#01|website=Ikkist Paradise|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=September 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902103014/http://www.ikki-para.com/paradise/list/list.html#01|archive-date=September 2, 2010|language=ja}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:スピリッツ増刊IKKIバックナンバー!!|url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/ikkipara/back/index.html|website=IKKI Paradise|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=September 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041025164825/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/ikkipara/back/index.html|archive-date=October 25, 2004|language=ja}} Monthly Ikki ceased publication on September 25, 2014,{{cite web|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-19/monthly-ikki-magazine-suspends-publication/.76839|title=Monthly Ikki Magazine Suspends Publication|date=July 19, 2014|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 13, 2014|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125011455/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-19/monthly-ikki-magazine-suspends-publication/.76839|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Monthly Ikki Magazine's Individual Series' Plans Announced|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-30/monthly-ikki-magazine-individual-series-plans-announced/.76967|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 15, 2020|date=July 30, 2014|archive-date=September 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904162130/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-30/monthly-ikki-magazine-individual-series-plans-announced/.76967|url-status=live}} and the series was transferred to the magazine's replacement, {{ill|Hibana (magazine)|lt=Hibana|ja|ヒバナ (雑誌)}}, starting on March 6, 2015.{{cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|title=Monthly Ikki's Replacement Magazine's Line-Up Announced|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-24/monthly-ikki-replacement-magazine-line-up-announced/.79032|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 15, 2020|date=September 24, 2014|archive-date=September 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904142103/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-24/monthly-ikki-replacement-magazine-line-up-announced/.79032|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://q-hayashida.com/blog/2015/02/27_hibana.html|script-title=ja:『ドロヘドロ』連載再開！ヒバナ 2015.4 APRIL|date=February 27, 2015|website=q-hayashida.com|language=ja|access-date=June 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302023409/http://q-hayashida.com/blog/2015/02/27_hibana.html|archive-date=March 2, 2015}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:新青年マンガ誌・ヒバナ、本日発刊！東村アキコらの特典や複製原画展も|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/140216|website=Comic Natalie|access-date=September 15, 2020|language=ja|date=March 6, 2015|archive-date=September 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916085031/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/140216|url-status=live}} Hibana ceased publication after a two-year run on August 7, 2017,{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-07/shogakukan-hibana-magazine-ends-publication-after-2-years/.118534|title=Shogakukan's Hibana Magazine Ends Publication After 2 Years|date=July 7, 2017|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 24, 2017|archive-date=2017-07-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710054442/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-07/shogakukan-hibana-magazine-ends-publication-after-2-years/.118534|url-status=live}} and Dorohedoro was transferred to Shogakukan's Shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sunday on November 10 of the same year.{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Hibana Magazine's Individual Series' Plans Announced|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-06/hibana-magazine-individual-series-plans-announced/.119723|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 6, 2017|date=August 6, 2017|archive-date=August 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806221006/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-06/hibana-magazine-individual-series-plans-announced/.119723|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:モリタイシがゴムを研究する美女描く新作＆ドロヘドロ移籍連載、ゲッサンで開始|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/256231|website=Comic Natalie|access-date=September 13, 2018|language=ja|date=November 10, 2017|archive-date=June 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628184242/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/256231|url-status=live}} The manga finished after 18 years of publication on September 12, 2018, with its 167th chapter.{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Q Hayashida's Dorohedoro Manga Ends in 3 Chapters|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-11/q-hayashida-dorohedoro-manga-ends-in-3-chapters/.134141|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 18, 2018|date=July 11, 2018|archive-date=July 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719004609/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-11/q-hayashida-dorohedoro-manga-ends-in-3-chapters/.134141|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:林田球「ドロヘドロ」18年の連載に幕！最終巻はガイド本と同発、新連載も予告|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/299260|website=Comic Natalie|access-date=September 15, 2020|language=ja|date=September 12, 2018|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812043712/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/299260|url-status=live}} Shogakukan collected its chapters in 23 {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from January 30, 2002,{{cite web|url=https://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/book?isbn=9784091882714|script-title=ja:ドロヘドロ１|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|access-date=July 28, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201030211552/https://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/book?isbn=9784091882714|archive-date=October 30, 2020|url-status=live}} to November 12, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/book?isbn=9784091886934|script-title=ja:ドロヘドロ２３|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|access-date=October 31, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201030212108/https://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/book?isbn=9784091886934|archive-date=October 30, 2020|url-status=live}} A 14-page special chapter was published 17 months after the series' finale in Monthly Shōnen Sunday on February 12, 2020.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Dorohedoro Manga Gets New Chapter 17 Months After Story Finale|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-02-11/dorohedoro-manga-gets-new-chapter-17-months-after-story-finale/.156310|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 12, 2020|date=February 11, 2020|archive-date=February 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226154846/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-02-11/dorohedoro-manga-gets-new-chapter-17-months-after-story-finale/.156310|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:「ドロヘドロ」約1年半ぶりにゲッサンに帰還、悪魔たちのイタズラ描く特別読切|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/366729|website=Comic Natalie|access-date=February 12, 2020|language=ja|date=February 12, 2020|archive-date=February 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222031146/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/366729|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:ゲッサン２０２０年３月号|url=https://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/magazine?cd=0357703120|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=November 7, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201107065817/https://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/magazine?cd=0357703120|archive-date=November 7, 2020|language=ja}}

In North America, Viz Media began distributing the manga digitally in 2009 when it launched its SigIKKI site, the former online English version of Monthly Ikki.{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Viz Posts English Version of Ikki Mag Online (Updated)|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-05-21/viz-posts-english-version-of-ikki-mag-online|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 28, 2017|date=May 22, 2009|archive-date=June 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621135012/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-05-21/viz-posts-english-version-of-ikki-mag-online|url-status=live}} Its 23 volumes were released in print from March 16, 2010,{{cite web|title=Dorohedoro, Vol. 1|url=http://www.viz.com/read/manga/dorohedoro-volume-1/product/2321|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=July 28, 2018|archive-date=July 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728101246/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/dorohedoro-volume-1/product/2321|url-status=live}} to September 17, 2019.{{cite web|title=Dorohedoro, Vol. 23|url=http://www.viz.com/read/manga/dorohedoro-volume-23/product/6039|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=June 4, 2019|archive-date=January 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114195713/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/dorohedoro-volume-23/product/6039|url-status=live}} The manga was translated by the localization company AltJapan.{{cite web|title=AltJapan|url=http://altjapan.com/index.html|publisher=AltJapan|access-date=March 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809180154/http://altjapan.com/index.html|archive-date=August 9, 2013}}

=Anime=

{{Main article|List of Dorohedoro episodes{{!}}List of Dorohedoro episodes}}

An anime television series adaptation was announced by Shogakukan's Monthly Shōnen Sunday in November 2018.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Q Hayashida's Dorohedoro Manga Gets TV Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-09/q-hayashida-dorohedoro-manga-gets-tv-anime/.139274|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 9, 2018|date=November 9, 2018|archive-date=November 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109234655/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-09/q-hayashida-dorohedoro-manga-gets-tv-anime/.139274|url-status=live}} The series was 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.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Dorohedoro TV Anime Reveals Promo Video, Staff, Cast, January 12 Premiere Date|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-11/dorohedoro-tv-anime-reveals-promo-video-staff-cast-january-12-premiere-date/.152079|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 11, 2019|date=October 11, 2019|archive-date=October 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011120247/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-11/dorohedoro-tv-anime-reveals-promo-video-staff-cast-january-12-premiere-date/.152079|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Dorohedoro Anime Blu-ray Discs to Have 12 TV Episodes Plus 6 Bonus Episodes|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-01-12/dorohedoro-anime-blu-ray-discs-to-have-12-tv-episodes-plus-6-bonus-episodes/.155284|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 13, 2020|date=January 12, 2020|archive-date=January 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113014543/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-01-12/dorohedoro-anime-blu-ray-discs-to-have-12-tv-episodes-plus-6-bonus-episodes/.155284|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:魔の1 カイマン|url=https://s.mxtv.jp/anime/dorohedoro/episode.php?ep_id=11144_1|publisher=Tokyo MX|access-date=November 7, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201107070358/https://s.mxtv.jp/anime/dorohedoro/episode.php?ep_id=11144_1|archive-date=November 7, 2020|language=ja|url-status=live}}

{{cite web|script-title=ja: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」|url=https://s.mxtv.jp/anime/dorohedoro/episode.php?ep_id=11144_12|publisher=Tokyo MX|access-date=November 7, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201107070401/https://s.mxtv.jp/anime/dorohedoro/episode.php?ep_id=11144_12|archive-date=November 7, 2020|language=ja|url-status=live}}

A series of six 5-minute-long original video animation (OVA) episodes was bundled with the series' second Blu-ray release on June 17, 2020.

Dorohedoro was released outside of Japan on Netflix on May 28, 2020.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Netflix Streams Dorohedoro Anime Outside Japan on May 28|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-21/netflix-streams-dorohedoro-anime-outside-japan-on-may-28/.158822|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 19, 2020|date=April 21, 2020|archive-date=September 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919133059/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-21/netflix-streams-dorohedoro-anime-outside-japan-on-may-28/.158822|url-status=live}} The six short episodes were also made available on Netflix on October 15, 2020, as one long singular episode, labeled as episode 13.{{cite tweet|user=NetflixGeeked|author=Netflix Geeked|author-link=Netflix|number=1309281462647238658|date=September 24, 2020|title=Get your gyoza cooking, because the Dorohedoro OVA arrives October 15th!|access-date=June 21, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250112214415/https://x.com/NetflixGeeked/status/1309281462647238658|archive-date=January 12, 2025|url-status=live}}

A sequel streaming series was announced on January 9, 2024.{{cite web|last1=Pineda|first1=Rafael Antonio|last2=Cayanan|first2=Joanna|title=Dorohedoro Anime Gets Sequel as Streaming Series|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-09/dorohedoro-anime-gets-sequel-as-streaming-series/.206148|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 9, 2024|date=January 9, 2024|archive-date=January 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109105213/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-09/dorohedoro-anime-gets-sequel-as-streaming-series/.206148|url-status=live}} The sequel was later revealed to be a second season, which is set to premiere in 2025.{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Dorohedoro Anime Sequel Reveals Returning Staff, 2025 Debut in New Visual|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-01-12/dorohedoro-anime-sequel-reveals-returning-staff-2025-debut-in-new-visual/.219951|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 12, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250112210242/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-01-12/dorohedoro-anime-sequel-reveals-returning-staff-2025-debut-in-new-visual/.219951|archive-date=January 12, 2025|date=January 12, 2025|url-status=live}}

=Other media=

A guidebook, {{Nihongo|Dorohedoro All-Star Directory Complete Edition|ドロヘドロオールスター名鑑完全版|Dorohedoro Ōru Sutā Meikan Kanzenban}}, was released by Shogakukan on the occasion of the manga's ending on November 12, 2018. It includes character data and a newly drawn bonus manga story.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「ドロヘドロ」TVアニメ化企画始動！最終巻＆ファンブック本日同発、全サも|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/307523|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 12, 2024|language=ja|date=November 12, 2018}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:ドロヘドロオールスター名鑑完全版|url=https://shogakukan-comic.jp/book?isbn=9784091287113|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=October 12, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241012200738/https://shogakukan-comic.jp/book?isbn=9784091287113|archive-date=October 12, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}} An artbook, {{Nihongo|Dorohedoro Art Collection: Mud and Sludge|ドロヘドロ画集 MUD AND SLUDGE|Dorohedoro Gashū Maddo ando Surajji}}, was released by Shogakukan on February 20, 2020. It was designed by {{ill|Shin Sobue|ja|祖父江慎}} and features 344 pages.{{cite web|script-title=ja:林田球「ドロヘドロ」全344ページの画集が発売、デザインは祖父江慎|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/368082|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 12, 2024|language=ja|date=February 20, 2020}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:ドロヘドロ画集ＭＵＤＡＮＤＳＬＵＤＧＥ|url=https://shogakukan-comic.jp/book?isbn=9784091990648|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=October 12, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241012201359/https://shogakukan-comic.jp/book?isbn=9784091990648|archive-date=October 12, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}}

Reception

=Manga=

Joseph Luster of Otaku USA called the series a "weird title", but he said that the story "makes for some prime manga absorption". He called the artwork "rough and sketchy, but painstakingly detailed", comparing it to the art style of Kentaro Miura and Pushead.{{cite web|last=Luster|first=Joseph|title=Checking in with IKKI|url=https://otakuusamagazine.com/checking-in-with-ikki/|website=Otaku USA|access-date=July 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927205649/http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/checking-in-with-ikki/|archive-date=September 27, 2017|date=October 9, 2009|url-status=live}} Bill Sherman of Blogcritics praised Hayashida's writing and her bold artwork with her "in-your-face action and punkish scratchiness".{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Bill|url=https://blogcritics.org/manga-review-dorohedoro-01-by-q/|title=Manga Review - Dorohedoro|date=April 20, 2010|website=BlogCritics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712032437/https://blogcritics.org/manga-review-dorohedoro-01-by-q/|archive-date=July 12, 2018|url-status=live}} David Brothers of ComicsAlliance praised Hayashida's Dorohedoro for her ability to find the beauty in the grotesque and compared the drawing to the likes of Simon Bisley, Tsutomu Nihei, and Katsuhiro Otomo. Brothers continues, "It's gritty, but it looks great. Flipping through the book just to gaze at the art is almost as rewarding as actually reading it".{{cite web|last=Brothers|first=David|url=http://comicsalliance.com/dorohedoro-q-hayashida/|title=Gritty is the New Pretty - Q. Hayashida's Dorohedoro|date=March 23, 2011|website=ComicsAlliance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819001612/http://comicsalliance.com/dorohedoro-q-hayashida/|archive-date=August 19, 2014|url-status=live}} Deb Aoki of About.com wrote: "Dorohedoro is violent and surreal, but it's also infused with Hayashida's dark and goofy sense of humor. Between their killing sprees, Caiman and Nikaido bicker and flirt like workin' class stiffs who appreciate a laugh and a good meal after a hard day at the office". On the other hand, Carlo Santos from Anime News Network has criticized the series, saying that the story "never develops a sense of flow" and that Q Hayashida "cannot draw the human body at all".{{cite web|last=Santos|first=Carlo|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/dorohedoro/gn-4|title=Dorohedoro GN 4 - Review|date=August 21, 2011|website=Anime News Network|access-date=September 17, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114192719/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/dorohedoro/gn-4|url-status=live}}

=Anime=

The Dorohedoro anime series was nominated for the 2021 5th Crunchyroll Anime Awards.{{cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|title=Crunchyroll Announces Nominees for 5th Annual Anime Awards|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2021-01-15/crunchyroll-announces-nominees-for-5th-annual-anime-awards/.168413|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 15, 2021|date=January 15, 2021|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115170035/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2021-01-15/crunchyroll-announces-nominees-for-5th-annual-anime-awards/.168413|url-status=live}} Lynzee Loveridge from Anime News Network praised the story, animation and characters, saying that "Dorohedoro somehow perfected the balance of mystery, absurd violence, and humor into a single hellishly beautiful package. The background artistry is a major highlight, especially the scenes around En's mansion and Sorcerer's world where highly detailed minutiae create something both beautiful and frightening. Absurdly funny, well-realized characters, a fleshed-out horrific world".{{Cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|date=June 3, 2020|title=REVIEW: Dorohedoro (Season 1)|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/dorohedoro/.160193|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930025843/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/dorohedoro/.160193|archive-date=September 30, 2022|access-date=October 7, 2022|website=Anime News Network}} Thrillist's Kambole Campbell wrote: "Dorohedoro hooks viewers with a wild premise and a unique, macabre world, but its staying power is in its cast of charming characters, as well as its numerous detours."{{cite web|last=Campbell|first=Kambole|title=One of the Weirdest, Goriest, and Best Anime Series of the Year Is out on Netflix|url=https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/dorohedoro-review-netflix-anime-series|website=Thrillist|access-date=August 15, 2021|date=June 12, 2020|archive-date=August 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815170215/https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/dorohedoro-review-netflix-anime-series|url-status=live}}

Notes

References

External links

{{Official website|https://gekkansunday.net/work/477/|Dorohedoro official manga website at Gessan}} {{in lang|ja}}
{{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20140318081615/http://www.ikki-para.com/comix/dorohedoro.html|Dorohedoro official manga website at Ikki Paradise}} {{in lang|ja}}
{{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20160313094802/http://hi-bana.com/works016.html|Dorohedoro official manga website at Hibana}} {{in lang|ja}}
{{Official website|https://dorohedoro.net/|Dorohedoro official anime website}} {{in lang|ja}}
{{Official website|https://www.viz.com/dorohedoro|Dorohedoro official manga website at Viz Media}}
{{Official website|https://www.netflix.com/title/80991903}} at Netflix
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