Akio Ôtsuka, the voice of Jukai, previously voiced Daigo Kagemitsu in the PS2 game Blood Will Tell: Tezuka Osamu's Dororo (2004), which was another adaptation of Dororo.
It is a re-adaptation of the previous 1969 series.
Based on a supernatural historical manga series written and drawn by Tezuka Osamu.
This adaptation departs from the source material in several ways, but follows the basic premise of the manga.