Dororo Pilot

Before producing a TV series, a pilot film was created to let sponsors and television stations grasp the work's quality. This pilot film for "Dororo" features characters closer to those of the original story compared to the TV series. The faces and personalities of the characters in the TV series were altered to gain popularity among viewers. As a result, sometimes viewers loved it, but at other times it did not go over as well. The pilot for "Dororo" was made in color, but the TV series was monochrome due to a tighter budget. The story depicts a journey in which the boy thief Dororo and a cursed man called Hyakkimaru destroy monsters. Hyakkimaru can become a complete "human" only after he destroys 48 devils.