Review of Dororo

I have decided not to focus too much on the references the anime has given us about the history of Japan and more on the story the anime has given us. The story feels like an action shonen. In this series, there's a bit of character growth, literally and figuratively, although it's mainly the two protagonists who've gained this benefit it seems. The plot is very straightforward as are the characters' actions, which makes it very easy to follow. The art style is also very fitting for the anime, the landscapes especially capture the essence of Japan's history. The animations are also sufficient. Considering how longago the manga for the anime was first serialised, it makes sense that there's a massive pile of flaws in the anime. The adaptation has done a good enough job of conveying the intentions from the original manga.

(Yapping section)
Definitely would've liked more gore from this series but seeing that MAPPA's in charge of animating it would've been too much to ask for.
Except the two protagonists of the story and maybe a few other nobodies with sob stories that I've forgotten about because they were that uninteresting, the rest of the supporting cast have the most predictable actions and are so linear with their thinking, that you'd think they were the created using a chatbot. Because the action and the story is both lacking, I then try to console myself in the spectacular animation that MAPPA has to offer for me. In the early episodes the graphics seem to be alright, but every episode that goes on after, it seems to be diminishing in quality until the faces are so obscure, you're better off drawing a stick figure.