Blu-ray BOX of the TV anime "Dororo" will be released on May 22! Collaboration event between anime and stage will be held this summer!

It was announced that the Blu-ray box set of the TV anime "Dororo," which has been airing on TOKYO MX (from 22:00) and other stations since January 7 (Monday), will be released on May 22. It was also announced that a collaboration event between the anime and the stage will be held in the suburbs of Tokyo this summer.

The TV anime adaptation of "Dororo", the unfinished masterpiece by Osamu Tezuka, the god of manga, has already been announced by Twin Engine, a production company established in 2014 by Koji Yamamoto, the former editor-in-chief of Fuji Television's "Noitamina" anime slot. (January 7, 2019) at 10:00 p.m. and on BS11 at 24:30 p.m. on the same day. The first episode is being distributed on Amazon Prime Video from January 6, 2019 (Sun.) around 24:00 prior to the TV broadcast.
⇒Planning production Twin Engine has announced four TV anime adaptations of "Dororo", "Babylon", "Pet", and "Vinland Saga"!
⇒2019 Winter Anime

A Blu-ray BOX of the TV anime "Dororo", which has been airing on TOKYO MX (22:00-) and other popular TV stations since January 7 (Monday), has been announced.

The Blu-ray BOX will consist of two volumes, the upper and lower volumes, and will include the one-cool episode broadcast from January (episodes 1 to 12) in the upper volume and the one-cool episode broadcast from April (episodes 13 to 24) in the lower volume. The upper volume will be released on May 22 (Wed.) and the lower volume on August 21 (Wed.).

At the same time, it was also announced that a collaboration event between the anime and the stage will be held in the suburbs of Tokyo this summer.
The first production of the first volume of the Blu-ray BOX will include a special anime advance purchase lottery ticket for this event.
The jackets of each volume will be newly illustrated by Satoshi Iwataki, character designer.
Video extras include interviews with the lead actors, Suzuki Hiroki and Suzuki Rio, interviews with director Furuhashi Kazuhiro and other staff members, a close-up look at MAPPA, the main production studio, as well as footage from an advance screening event and other gorgeous content in length.
The special booklet that will be included in the package will contain many valuable production materials used in the production of the full-length film, and it has been decided that the upper volume will contain a facsimile storyboard of the first episode, and the lower volume will contain a facsimile storyboard of the final 24th episode.

Don't miss out on this Blu-ray box set, a must-have item for a deeper understanding of the world of the TV anime "Dororo"!

For more information, please check the official anime website.

Event Information】
■TV Anime x Stage "Dororo" Special Event (tentative)
Date: Summer 2019
Location: Tokyo suburbs
＊Only those who have purchased the first production of the first volume of the TV anime "Dororo" Blu-ray BOX or the first production of the stage "Dororo" Blu-ray & DVD can apply and attend this event . The details will be sent out as soon as possible.
More details will be announced as they become available.

Product Information
■"Dororo" Blu-ray BOX 1st volume
Release date: May 22, 2019 (Wed)
Part number: VPXY-71721
Price: 26,000 yen (excluding tax)

■"Dororo" Blu-ray Box lower volume
Release date: Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Part number: VPXY-71722
Price: 26,000 yen (excluding tax)

Blu-ray Box Upper and lower volumes (12 episodes in each volume)

Package Specifications (for both the upper and lower volumes)
Jacket newly illustrated by Satoshi Iwataki, character designer

<Outline of benefits
Upper volume
Video bonus] [Video bonus
PV Part 1 to Part 3
Special Documentary Video: Part 1 (50min.)
Soul's Heartbeat Dialogue "Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi x Series Composition: Yasuko Kobayashi
Soul's Heartbeat Dialogue: "Character Designer Satoshi Iwataki x Character Designer Hiroyuki Asada
Soul's Heartbeat Interview with Koji Yamamoto, Planning and Producer
DORORORO Production Documentary "The Soul Begins to Move

[Special bonus]
　Dororo Special Booklet
　Special event ticket for the anime and stage "DORORORO" Special Event

Lower volume
[Special video extras]
Special Documentary Video: Part 2
Interview with Suzuki Hiroki as Hyakkimaru
Interview with Rio Suzuki as Dororo
Video footage of the pre-screening event

[Special bonus]
　Dororo Special Booklet

Specifications and benefits are subject to change without notice. Specifications and special features are subject to change without notice.

Film Information] *Honorifics are omitted.
TV animation "Dororo
＜Broadcast Information
TOKYO MX: From January 7, 2019, every Monday 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

<Introduction
The time is the Warring States period.
Kagemitsu, the lord of Daigo, is a man of twelve,
In exchange, he asked the twelve statues of demon gods for the prosperity of his territory.
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 an abhorrent child, he was washed down the river and abandoned.
Time passed, the demigods fulfilled their promise to Kagemitsu, and peace returned to the land.
One day, a young bandit named "Dororo" meets a man.

Was he a demon or a man?

Hyakkimaru", a man with swords in both arms and a fake body, was looking at the monster that attacked with his invisible eyes.

<Staff> Original story by Osamu Tezuka
Original Story : Osamu Tezuka
Director : Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Series composition : Yasuko Kobayashi
Character Planning：Hiroyuki Asada
Character Design : Satoshi Iwataki
Art Director: Mari Fujino
Color Designer: Osamu Mikasa
Director of Photography: Yoshihisa Oyama
Editing: Mutsumi Takemiya
Music: Yorihiro Ike
Sound Director: Kisuke Koizumi
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi
Animation Production: MAPPA / Tezuka Production
Production: Twin Engine

Opening Theme:
Opening Theme: "Flame" Queen Bee
(Sony Music Associated Records)

Ending theme:
Sayonara Gokko" amazarashi
(Sony Music Associated Records)

＜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

Distributor: Twin Engine Co.
Distributed by: VAP Inc.

Dororo (c)Tezuka Production/Twin Engine