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Black Jack

Black Jack

Alternative Titles

English: Black Jack
Japanese: ブラックジャック

Information

Type: OVA
Episodes: 10
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Dec 21, 1993 to May 21, 1996
Genres: No genres have been added yet.
Duration: 50 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 7.871 (scored by 692 users)
Ranked: #4552
Popularity: #1603
Members: 1,654
Favorites: 23
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action drama medical

Synopsis

In the medical profession, there is a name spoken in hushed tones, of an unlicensed genius physician who can save lives - for a price. His name is Black Jack, and he is a dashing, moody figure, caped in black, a Harlock of medicine, a man who lives by no rules other than his own - and the Hippocratic Oath. A man who would defy the will of God himself in the name of preserving life. (Anime NFO)

Related Anime

Adaptation: Black Jack
Side story: Black Jack - The Movie
Alternative version: Black Jack (2004)

Characters & Voice Actors

Hazama, Kuro
Hazama, Kuro
Main
Ohtsuka, Akio
Japanese
Ohtsuka, Akio
Thornton, Kirk
English
Thornton, Kirk
Dr. Kiriko
Dr. Kiriko
Supporting
 
Sayuri
Sayuri
Supporting
Inoue, Kikuko
Japanese
Inoue, Kikuko
Pinoko
Pinoko
Supporting
Mizutani, Yuko
Japanese
Mizutani, Yuko
Maddalena, Julie
English
Maddalena, Julie
...

Staff

Dezaki, Osamu
Director, Script, Storyboard
Tezuka, Osamu
Original Creator


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Dec 15, 2007
IAmZim
The importance of BlackJack


Black Jack is an iconic figure in Japan. The original manga was created by Osamu Tezuka, creator of Pheonix, Buddha and Astro boy. Tezuka was often called the god of manga, or Japans Walt Disney, and he derserved these titles. After all, Tezuka's creation of the sci fi Manga epic "Metropolis" is what convinced Japan that comic books could be just as mature an artform as novels.

So when Osamu Dezaki (Who had worked under Tezuka) was asked to direct the new Black Jack series, he had a daunting task ahead of him. Osamu Dezaki decided, quite wisely, too create his own read more
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Nov 7, 2009
Aionic
Every once in awhile, I stumble across an anime which manages to surprise me. Knowing nothing about what I'm going to watch in advance, I start viewing, ending up with this rare sense of...joy; as if I've unearthed a buried treasure. Whilst watching this OVA, based on the work of Osamu Tezuka, I ended up feeling this way.

I'm not experienced with Tezuka’s work. So far, I've only watched three or so anime adaptations of his numerous manga titles. However, going on what I've read, this OVA is darker, and far more realistic in its approach than the source material. The character designs, for example, are read more
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Recommendations

Both are episodic shows. Usually in each episode the main characters encounter some type of problem/mystery and work to solve them.
Both series are episodic mature dramas with a very cool main character who goes around solving other people's problems. Black Jack is a doctor, while Taichi Hiraga-Keaton is an insurance investigator (although he also is a "jack of all trades" being highly skilled as a negotiator, archaeologist, former survival instructor, historian, and traveler). Anyway both men are very unorthodox, and yet looked highly apon by others in their respected feilds (most of the time). Yet society as a whole does not respect either of them (Black Jack in particular as he is an unlicensed doctor). Both men have amazing abilities, they are almost super-human, yet still some-how relatable and understandable.

In both series there are almost no recurring characters, minus the main character and one or two side characters (that are not always in every episode). Both series are oddities in anime. Instead of being action packed, or filled with giant robots, or vampires, or riveting political intrigue, they instead go for something else entirely. Sadly since both series are episodic, they tend to follow a pattern (there's a problem, Black Jack/Keaton shows up, they investigate the problem and look at it from all angles, they fix problem, etc etc), but it doesn't harm either series too much.

Anyway these series are so alike it's scary. Even their artwork and animation look a little alike. If you like one of these, I bet you'd like the other one. Give em a try. Both are very refreshing!
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Ending Theme

#01: "Kuroge Wagyuu Kamishio Tanyaki 680 Yen" by Ai Otsuka

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