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Dorohedoro

Also known as: ドロヘドロ

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What is Dorohedoro about?

Dorohedoro is a TV anime series of 12 episodes animated by MAPPA, adapted from a manga. It aired from January 13, 2020 to March 30, 2020. AniList classifies it as action, adventure, comedy and fantasy.

The story revolves around Kaiman, who does not remember who he was before he was transfigured by a Magic user. This transformation left him with a reptile's head, and a desire to find out the truth about who he really is. Accompanied by Nikaido, his female companion, he tracks down Magic Users in "The Hole" and unceremoniously chomps down on their head, hoping to find out who it was that put him in this state. One by one, they witness this "second man" inside the head of Kaiman, and after pulling them back out of his mouth he asks them all a question... "What did the guy inside my head say?"

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Themes AniList users associate with it: Dystopian, Monster Boy, Anthropomorphism, Magic, Amnesia, CGI, Full CGI, Gore, Surreal Comedy, Body Horror.

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Main characters

Characters AniList lists in a main role, with spoiler-free notes.

  • Kaiman カイマン

    Main character

    Kaiman is a human born in the Hole with an immunity towards magic. He has made it explicitly clear that "Kaiman" was not his actual name, but was given to him by Nikaido after he began suffering from amnesia.

    Japanese voice: Wataru Takagi

  • Nikaido ニカイドウ

    Main character

    Nikaido is a companion to Kaiman, who both hunt Magic Users. She is the owner of a restaurant called the Hungry Bug in the Hole. There she serves primarily gyozas with a few slices of shiso, which Kaiman adores. Nikaido's gyozas are constantly declared as the best in the Hole.

    Japanese voice: Reina Kondou

  • Shin 心

    Main character

    Shin is an elite Magic-User, a cleaner for En, and the partner and long-time friend of Noi. His magic allows him to cut people up without killing them. Shin is a tall man of muscular build, with short blonde hair, blue eyes, and pale skin. He is often seen in a formal suit while wearing a heart shaped mask backwards.

    Japanese voice: Yoshimasa Hosoya

  • Noi 能井

    Main character

    Noi is an elite Magic-User, and the partner and long-time friend of Shin. She works with him as a cleaner for En, who is her older cousin. Noi has pink-white hair and red eyes. She is the fourth tallest character in the series and is very muscular.

    Japanese voice: Yuu Kobayashi

  • En 煙

    Main character

    Boss of the En family and is an elite Magic User. He is cousins with Noi and Kikurage's partner. He's also good friends with Chidaruma, who is the most powerful Devil. En controls most of if not all business within the Magic-User realm and is regarded as one of the strongest Magic Users in the world.

    Japanese voice: Kenyuu Horiuchi

  • Fujita 藤田

    Main character

    Fujita is a magic user residing in the Magic user’s domain, working for a company headed by En: a powerful magic user. Fujita isn’t a very good magic user at all, himself-- the only times he manages to produce any magical smoke at all are times when he or someone he cares about are in a bit of a bind.

    Japanese voice: Kengo Takanashi

  • Ebisu 恵比寿

    Main character

    Ebisu is a young, androgynous and sullen looking woman who first appears in chapter three, donning a skull shaped mask. She is walking through the Hole, unable to summon a door back to the Magic Users' world due to the barrier between worlds currently in effect.

    Japanese voice: Miyu Tomita

  • Risu 栗鼠

    Main character

    Risu couldn't produce any magic smoke. Believing himself to be one of the many magically-impaired members of sorcerer society, he joined the CrossEyes organization to make a living.

    Japanese voice: SoungDok

Supporting characters

  • Vaux バウクス

    Supporting character

    Vaux, more commonly known to everyone in Hole as "Doc", owns a hospital that treats Magic user victims. His job is morbid and gorey and he doesn't always manage to save his patients, but without him, many more residents of Hole would die.

    Japanese voice: Hisao Egawa

  • Chota 鳥太

    Supporting character

    Chota is an elite Magic-User, one of the "big brass" of The En Family, and the most avid fanatic of En. He is completely obsessed with En and ever-hopeful of being his partner. (Source: Dorohedoro Wiki)

    Japanese voice: Anri Katsu

  • Kasukabe カスカベ

    Supporting character

    A doctor from the Hole who in the past helped Shin get to Magic Users world. He has a laboratory where he researches magic users and their magic. He is actually 64 years old and keeps his young appearance thanks to magic smoke he produced.

    Japanese voice: Mitsuhiro Ichiki

  • Asu アス

    Supporting character

    A magic user who used to take care of Nikaido as a child and her friend Yakumo. He was a devil named Asu.

    Japanese voice: Hozumi Gouda

  • Jonson ジョンソン

    Supporting character

    He's a cockroach, 2 years old, 268 cm tall. Became huge in size because of the rainwater where he lived in. Pretty much there for comedic effect, as well as part of Dr. Vaux's baseball team. His catch phrase is, "Shocking!".

    Japanese voice: Ryouhei Kimura

  • Thirteen

    Supporting character

    Thirteen is an ordinary human from Hole. He is friends with Bauks and has a crush on Nikaido.

    Japanese voice: Yuuki Kaji

  • Fukuyama 福山

    Supporting character

    Fukuyama works at Tanba's pie shop. His magical abilities allow him to turn anything and anyone into meat pies.

    Japanese voice: Takuma Terashima

  • Tanba 丹波

    Supporting character

    Tanba is the company president of a meat pie shop (also called "Tanba") in the magic user world. Fukuyama and Kirion are his employees, and Kaiman worked for him for a time.

    Japanese voice: Tetsu Inada

  • Chidaruma チダルマ

    Supporting character

    Chidaruma is leader of the Devils. He is friends with En and is very interested in Ai's tinkering with magical science.

    Japanese voice: Shigeru Chiba

  • Kikurage キクラゲ

    Supporting character

    Kikurage (named after the Judas' Ear mushroom) is a devil animal who En adopted into his Family because she has the very rare magic of resurrection. As long as a sorcerer's devil tumor is intact, Kikurage can bring them back to life. Kikurage has developed a close bond with another member of the En Family, Ebisu.

    Japanese voice: Mayu Udono

  • Turkey ターキー

    Supporting character

    Turkey is a member of the En Family. Her magic allows them to cook up living (though mute) copies of people from pictures or memories. The copies are drawn to the location of the originals, living or dead.

    Japanese voice: Shinichirou Miki

  • Aikawa 会川

    Supporting character

    AniList has no description for this character yet.

    Japanese voice: Subaru Kimura

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