2019 Winter Anime "Dororo" Theme Song Can Be Heard - Second PV Released! 4 additional cast members, including Naoya Uchida and Shoya Chiba, have been released!

The first broadcast date and time of the TV anime "Dororo," which will begin airing on January 7, 2019 (Monday), has been announced. In addition, the opening theme, second PV, new key visuals, and additional cast members have all been revealed.

Dororo", the unfinished masterpiece by Osamu Tezuka, the god of manga, had already been announced as a TV anime project by Twin Engine, a planning production established in 2014 by Koji Yamamoto, the former editor-in-chief of Fuji TV's anime slot "Noitamina".
⇒The planning production Twin Engine has announced four TV anime adaptations of "Dororo", "Babylon", "Pet", and "Vinland Saga"!

The TV broadcast is scheduled to begin on January 7, 2019 (Monday) at 10:00 p.m. on TOKYO MX, and on BS11 on the same day at 24:30 p.m. The first episode will be distributed on Amazon Prime Video from around 24:00 on January 6, 2019 (Sunday) prior to the TV broadcast.

The opening theme is a new song "Flame" written by a four-piece band, Queen Bee, and the second PV of the opening theme has been released. A new key visual depicting "Hyakkimaru" and "Dororo" has also been released, depicting the two of them standing close together and moving toward the future.

Additional cast members include Naoya Uchida as Kagemitsu Daigo, Shoya Chiba as Tahomaru, Akira Otsuka as Jukai, and Chie Nakamura as Sewinokata. Comments from each cast member have also arrived.

The talk part of the advance screening of the TV anime "Dororo" scheduled for Saturday, December 15, 2018, will be distributed live. The talk show by Suzuki Hiroki, who plays Hyakkimaru, and Suzuki Rio, who plays Dororo, will be available in real time. Details of this distribution information will be announced on the official anime website.

OP theme artist, 4-member band "Queen Bee

The second anime PV in which the OP theme can be heard

Additional cast comments and character visuals

Daigo Keikou CV:Naoya Uchida

＜Comments from Naoya Uchida
I am very happy to be able to participate in "Dororo", one of Tezuka's best-known animations, and to have been given the opportunity to play a character with such a strong impact as Kageshitsu Daigo. I sincerely hope that as many people as possible will be able to see the 2019 version of "Dororo".

He is the Lord of the Land of Daigo and father of Hyakkimaru and Tahomaru. For the prosperity of his territory, he made a deal with 12 demon gods and offered his own child, Hyakkimaru, as a price. He is a very cold-hearted and determined ruler.

Tahomaru CV: Shoya Chiba

＜Comment from Shoya Chiba
I never thought I would be able to be involved in a work based on Tezuka-sensei's original story, and I am truly honored.
When I read the original story before the audition, I was breathtakingly moved by the spectacular background of Hyakkimaru, and I was also impressed by the way the story transcends generations and attracts people's hearts.
I also want to express the conflict of Taiho Maru, who is a boy, but is not allowed to be so.
I will do my best to make the work an opportunity to remain in people's hearts in the future, so that even those of you who have loved it for a long time will find it fresh and new.

Son and successor of Keimitsu. He is also Hyakkimaru's younger brother. Unlike Hyakkimaru, he grew up in Daigo's mansion without any inconvenience. He is an honest man and respects his father who led his territory to prosperity.

Jukai CV: Akio Otsuka

＜Akio Otsuka commented: "It is still early in the recording process.
Although we are still in the early stages of recording, I am looking forward to the completion of this fascinating work.
I also hope you enjoy Jukai, who I play.

He is a doctor who picked up Hyakkimaru when he was washed down the river. He is Hyakkimaru's foster parent and godfather. He gave Hyakkimaru a fake body and the art of fighting and surviving against monsters.

Sewing no Kata CV: Nakamura Chie

<Comments from Chie Nakamura> "I love Osamu Tezuka's works.
I am very honored to be cast in my favorite Osamu Tezuka's work!
I would like to play the role of Sewing no Kata in my own way, valuing her love and anguish as a mother.
The story takes place in a war-torn world, and although the theme is heavy, the mood at the recording studio is very friendly.
I hope that people of all ages will enjoy the newest "Dororo" that we have created together.

The creator of Hyakkimaru and Tahomaru. He blames Keikou for offering Hyakkimaru in a deal with the demon god, and has long held feelings in his heart for his abandoned child.

Work Information] (*Honorifics are omitted.)
TV animation "Dororo
<Broadcast information
TOKYO MX: From January 7, 2019 Mondays at 22:00~.
BS11: From January 7, 2019 Mondays at 24:30~.
BS11: From January 7, 2019, every Friday at 24:30 - ・Jidai Gekijo Dedicated Channel: From January 11, 2019, every Friday at 26:00

<Distribution information
Exclusive distribution in Japan and overseas on Amazon Prime Video
Episode 1: Available in Japan from January 6 (Sun.) around 24:00

<Staff> Original story
Original Story : Osamu Tezuka "Dororo
Director : Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Series composition : Yasuko Kobayashi
Character Planning：Hiroyuki Asada
Character Design : Satoshi Iwataki
Music: Yorihiro Ike
Opening Theme: Queen Bee "Flame
Animation Production: MAPPA / Tezuka Production
Production: Twin Engine

＜Cast
Hyakkimaru: Suzuki Hiroki
Dororo: Rio Suzuki
Biwa Maru: Mutsumi Sasaki
Daigo Kagemitsu: Uchida Naoya
Tahomaru: Shoya Chiba
Jukai: Akio Otsuka
Sewing: Chie Nakamura
Narration: Mugito

<Synopsis
The time is the Warring States period.
Kagemitsu, the lord of Daigo, made a wish for the prosperity of his territory to 12 statues of demon gods in a temple.
In exchange, his heir was born with a few body parts missing,
The heir to Keikou was born with various body parts missing, and as a child of abhorrence, he was washed down the river and abandoned.
Time passed, the demigod fulfilled his promise to Kagemitsu, and peace returned to the land.
One day, a young bandit named "Dororo" meets a man.
Is he a demon or a man?
Hyakkimaru", a man with swords in both arms and a fake body, looks at the monster that attacks with his invisible eyes.

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