Prior to the production of a TV series, a pilot film was created to allow sponsors and television stations to grasp the work's pervasive quality. This is the pilot film for "Dororo," in which the characters are closer to those of the original story than the characters in the TV series. The faces and personalities of the characters in the TV series are altered from time to time to gain popularity among its viewers. As a result, viewers sometimes really loved it, but at other times it did not go over as well. The pilot for "Dororo" was made in color, whereas the TV series was monochrome due to a tighter budget. The story depicts a journey in which the boy thief named Dororo and a cursed man called Hyakkimaru destroy monsters. Hyakkimaru can be a complete "human" only after he destroys 48 devils.