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August 24, 1969 Series Dororo

Series title: どろろと百鬼&#20024

Studio
Mushi Productions

Characters

Dororo, Bandai, Nui-nokatao, Tahomaruo, Kagemitsu Daigo, Tanosukeo, Hyakkimaruo, Zatouo, Kane-kozoo, Mio

Credits

Producing

Producer
Tatsuo Shibayama

Voices

Voice
Minori Matsushima (Dororoo), Haruko Kitahama (Bandai, Nui-nokatao), Hideo Nakamura (Tahomaruo), Goro Naya (Kagemitsu Daigo, Tanosukeo), Nachi Nozawa (Hyakkimaruo), Junpei Takiguchi (Zatouo), Kinto Tamura (Kane-kozoo), Reiko Mutoh (Mio), Kei Tomiyama, Toshiko Fujita

Music

Music
Isao Tomita, Isao Tomita

Animation

Animation Directors
Hideaki Kitano, Teruhito Ueguchi
Animator
Hideaki Kitano
Key Animation
Mitsuo Shindô

Art Department

Art Director
Hachirô Tsukima
Storyboards
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Backgrounds
Sadakazu Akashi
Design
Osamu Tezuka

Camera

Director of Photography
Akifumi Kumagai
Camera
Akihiko Mori

Editing

Editor
Noriyoshi Matsuura
Editing
Noriyoshi Matsuura

Sound

Sound Director
Atsumi Tashiro
Sound Effects Director
Atsumi Tashiro
Sound Effects
Mitsuru Kashiwabara

Production Management

Production Assistant
Shuichi Kanazawa, Masami Iwasaki

Crew

Settings
Chikao Katsui, Yoshitake Suzuki
Color
Tomiko Takahashi
Trace
Mitsuyo Kitaoka
Theme Song Performance
Toshiko Fujita
Production Chief
Hideo Katayama
Production Support
Masami Iwasaki
Supervision
Tatsuo Ikeuchi

Production notes

This TV series ran for 26 episodes.

Based on a 1967 manga by Osamu Tezuka, which was canceled early.

The series was inspired partly by Sanpei Shirato's 1967 movie "Ninja Bugeicho" ("Manual of Ninja Martial Arts").

The name of Dororo, a girl thief, is baby talk for "dorobo," the Japanese word for "thief."

Despite the title, the series focused on Hyakki-maru, Dororo's companion. The series was renamed "Dororo and Hyakki-maru," starting at Episode 14.

Originally, Tezuka planned to make the series in color and even made a color pilot. However, Fuji TV only allowed low budgets, forcing the series to be made in black and white.