'Dorohedoro' Season 2 Is the Apex Of Macabre Anime Chaos and Whimsy

For roughly six years after its 2020 premiere, anime fans were resigned to the fact that MAPPA (Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, and the final season of Attack on Titan), arguably the busiest and most highly acclaimed anime studio in the business, had seemingly forgotten about the second season of Dorohedoro. But not only did the show come back in 2026 with a second season streaming on more platforms than its first, it exceeded every possible expectation and has emerged as an early frontrunner for anime of the year. Dorohedoro is set in a world made up of three realms: Hell, where devils reside; the Hole, a grimy, industrial cityscape where humans live in squalor; and the World of Sorcerers, a prosperous, fantastical realm where smoke-wielding magic users live. Sorcerers cross over into the human world to experiment on them and bampf out using doors they can abracadabra out of black smoke. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg of Dorohedoro‘s in-depth world-building. Season two’s story sees best friends Nikaido (Reba Buhr) and Caiman (Aleks Le) finally reunite. But their reunion is only a brief reprieve from the storm encircling them from all sides. One threat on their horizon is En