Review of Dororo

This review will have light spoilers. This anime is the retelling of a story from the great anime creator Tezuka who created Astro Boy and Kimba. It was a departure from his more happy and light kid stuff. It was still a bit kid oriented with a plucky boy hero but involved the darker and weirder horror stories of Japanese folklore. This modernization of the story leaves much of it's kid friendliness behind.Tezuka was a great creator and he created great characters in Haykkimaru and Dororo they deserve to be given life again.In order to round off the string of horror tales for a completestory there were changes. I've seen the original it's a classic and I had some difficulty with the modern revisions. But in the end I liked what they did. It gets very serious where Tezuka backed off to not alienate the kids. This digs in in spots till it becomes philosophical at times. But being adult isn't a criticism worth making. Dororo the character is different because we know his secret now. But at heart the character is the same. The heart of youth surviving even surrounded by horrors - fantasy horrors or real horrors.. Hyakkimaru is more a fairy tale character and hasn't changed hardly at all despite the philosophy and psychology they try to give him. He is a fighter and a hero and the victum all in one. I'm very Happy they were given new life.