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Black Jack.
Black Jack (Japanese: ブラック・ジャック, Hepburn: Burakku Jakku) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka in the 1970s, dealing with the medical adventures of the title character, doctor Black Jack. Black Jack consists of hundreds of short, self-contained stories that are typically about 20 pages long. Black Jack has also been animated into an OVA, two television series (directed by Satoshi Kuwahara and Tezuka's son Makoto Tezuka) and two films.
Quick Facts ブラック・ジャック (Burakku Jakku), Genre ...
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Genre | Medical suspense[1] |
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Written by | Osamu Tezuka |
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Published by | Akita Shoten |
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Imprint | Shōnen Champion Comics |
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Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Champion |
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Demographic | Shōnen |
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Original run | November 19, 1973 – October 14, 1983 |
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Volumes | 25 (List of volumes) |
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Directed by | Nobuhiko Obayashi |
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Written by | Jêmusu Miki |
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Music by | Naoshi Miyazaki |
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Released | November 26, 1977 (1977-11-26) |
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Runtime | 140 minutes |
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Produced by | - Sumio Udagawa
- Minoru Kubota (#1–10)
- Tomoyuki Saitō (#11–12)
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Written by | - Kuniaki Yamashita (#1)
- Eto Mori (#2)
- Katsuhiko Koide (#3–6)
- Kei Hiyoshi (#7, 9)
- Tomoko Konparu (#8)
- Mayumi Morita (#11)
- Masayoshi Nishida (#12)
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Music by | - Osamu Shōji (#1–5)
- Eiji Kawamura (#6–10)
- Seiji Suzuki (#11–12)
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Studio | Tezuka Productions |
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Released | December 21, 1993 – December 16, 2011 |
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Runtime | 47–53 minutes |
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Episodes | 12 (List of episodes) |
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Directed by | Osamu Dezaki |
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Produced by | - Kazuyoshi Okuyama
- Minoru Kotoku
- Takayuki Matsutani
- Yasuo Ishida
- Yoshihiro Shimizu
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Written by | Eto Mori |
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Music by | Eiji Kawamura |
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Studio | Tezuka Productions |
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Released | November 30, 1996 (1996-11-30) |
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Runtime | 105 minutes |
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Directed by | Shinji Seya |
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Produced by | - Minoru Kubota
- Mitsuashi Ōishi
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Studio | Tezuka Productions |
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Released | March 22, 2000 |
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Runtime | 22 minutes |
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Episodes | 1 |
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Directed by | Satoshi Kuwahara |
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Produced by | - Tomoyuki Saitō
- Sumio Udagawa
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Written by | Genki Yoshimura |
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Music by | Akihiko Matsumoto |
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Studio | Tezuka Productions |
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Original network | Yomiuri TV |
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Original run | October 11, 2004 – March 6, 2006 |
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Episodes | 61 (List of episodes) |
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Written by | Kenji Yamamoto |
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Published by | Akita Shoten |
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Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Champion |
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Demographic | Shōnen |
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Original run | May 9, 2005 – February 9, 2006 |
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Volumes | 3 |
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Directed by | Makoto Tezuka |
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Written by | Katsuhiko Chiba |
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Music by | Isao Tomita |
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Studio | Tezuka Productions |
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Released | December 17, 2005 (2005-12-17) |
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Runtime | 97 minutes |
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Directed by | Makoto Tezuka |
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Produced by | - Tomoyuki Saitō
- Sumio Udagawa
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Written by | Katsuyuki Sumisawa |
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Music by | Akihiko Matsumoto |
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Studio | Tezuka Productions |
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Original network | Yomiuri TV |
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Original run | April 10, 2006 – September 4, 2006 |
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Episodes | 17 (List of episodes) |
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Black Jack is Tezuka's second most famous manga, after Astro Boy.[citation needed] In 1977, it won the first Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category.[2] It has since then became Tezuka's second best selling manga with over 50 million copies sold only in Japan.[3][4] Osamu Dezaki's anime film adaptation, Black Jack: The Movie, won Best Animation Film at the 1996 Mainichi Film Awards.[citation needed]