Story: 7
The story follows Black Jack, a mysterious doctor that has sort of an unknown past as everyone only knows him because of his reputation. According to almost everyone in the show, this man is superb in his surgery abilities and is one of the best doctors in Japan. Each episode is it's own new case that I found to be always unique. Even though most of the episodes are stand-alone, each of them are well paced and do a good job explaining the story for that episode.
Art: 6
Now even if the design is a little childish and perhaps a little hard to look at, I found myself glancing more at the emotions each character depicts. Even if the characters are unsightly, the emotions they portray stand out to me the most. Tezuka knows how to make us feel for a character by creating emotions through facial gestures. What we can't get by looking at his art, we can get by looking at the emotional value of the characters.
Sound: 8
The music in this show I just simply adored. From the intro, to the music in the show, everything I enjoyed to my heart's content. I'd have to say if I were to pick my favorite intro, it would for sure be "Here I am" by globe. The vocalist of the song was great, as were the instruments and such within the song. The only problem I had with some of the songs was that they got a bit repetitive sometimes. Some songs played multiple times in one episode and that got a bit bland for me. Thank God the music was actually good. Otherwise I wouldn't be giving it this praise right now.
Character: 7
I wanna say the only character I enjoyed was Black Jack. Pinoko got annoying as hell real quick, and I already knew I was going to hate her. As for the episode related characters, they were just there so you'd feel sad for them. I couldn't have emotional bonds with them because all episodes were only 1 parters. If an episode extended to 2 parts, then we could start talking characters. As for minor characters, they weren't stand out at all. I guess that's why they're minor, so that's only a nitpick.
Enjoyment: 9
I for sure really enjoyed this anime. My only problem: wayyyyy to long. Seriously, I'm all for making an anime long if it has a story to go off of, but it doesn't. This series would have worked as maybe a 24 episode series at best, but 61? That's a little much Tezuka.
OVERALL: 8
Yeah I say for sure check this one out. If your a fan of House or doctor shows, do it. You won't regret it. And hey, if an episode seems awful 10 minutes in, just skip it. It won't matter. EXCEPT the Pinoko episode. Don't skip that one, trust me. Have a good day!
