Hyakkimaru

百鬼丸

Hyakkimaru (百鬼丸) is a main character in Dororo (1969). He is 16 years old. He is voiced by Nachi Nozawa in Japanese and Adam Gibbs in English.

Hyakkimaru quick facts

Full name: Hyakkimaru
Japanese name: 百鬼丸
Also known as: Dr. Shimizu, Dr.Hyakki, Maruo Hyakki (百樹丸雄), Ben, Hyaku-sama
Gender: Male
Age: 16
First anime: Dororo (Pilot) (1968)
First manga: Dororo (1967)

Who is Hyakkimaru?

Hyakkimaru is the central character of Tezuka's best-known samurai story, Dororo. A powerful warrior, Hyakkimaru is traveling on a long quest to retrieve 48 parts of his body which were sold to demons by his father at his birth. This is a very dramatic adventure series, with a great variety of unusual mythological creatures and demons, as well as bandits and other fierce foes. Gradually the grim experiences of his travels make Hyakkimaru more and more distant and grim, so as he recovers more and more of his human body he becomes at the same time less and less human.

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