The second Blu-ray / DVD compilation of the anime adaptation of the manga was reportedly Q Hayashida, Dorohedoro It has accumulated a total of 3,200 copies sold since its launch on June 17. This is considered regular sales performance.

For his part, Hayashida published the manga in three different magazines between 2000 and 2018. The publisher Shogakukan compiled the work in a total of 23 volumes.

Recently, a special 14-page chapter was published, 17 months after the end of the original manga. The manga inspired a twelve-episode anime adaptation released in January 2020 and produced by the studios. MAPPA. Netflix premiered the series through its platform on May 28.

Production team

  • Yuichiro Hayashi was in charge of directing the anime in the studios MAPPA.
  • Hiroshi Seko was in charge of series composition.
  • Tomohiro Kishi took care of character design.
  • (K) NoW_NAME was in charge of music production.

Synopsis of Dorohedoro

In a city so depressing that it is known as “the hole,” a clan of sorcerers has been kidnapping people from the streets to use them as guinea pigs in egregious “experiments” of black magic.

Meanwhile, in a dark alley, Nikaido encounters Caiman, a reptile-headed man and a serious case of amnesia. To undo their spell, they must hunt down and kill the sorcerers in the city, hoping that they will eventually kill the right one.

But when the main sorcerer finds out that a lizard man is killing his people, he sends a gang of “cleaners” to the city, which triggers a war between two worlds, between two societies …

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