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Black Jack (manga)

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[ serialized in [Shonen Champion] ]

Related anime:
    Black Jack (ONA) (adaptation)
    Black Jack (OAV) (1993-12-21, adaptation)
      Black Jack: Capital Transfer To Heian (movie)
    Black Jack The Movie (1996, adaptation)
    Say Hello to Black Jack (manga) (2002-06-21)
    Black Jack (TV) (2004-10-11 to 2006-03-06, adaptation)
      Black Jack 21 (TV) (sequel)
      Black Jack Special: The 4 Miracles of Life (promotional special)
    Black Jack - Kuroi Ishi (manga) (2005-05-09, remake)
    Black Jack: The Two Doctors Of Darkness (movie) (2005-12-17)
      Dr. Pinoko no Mori no Bōken (movie)
    Black Jack NEO (manga) (2006-01-20)

Alternative title:
ブラックジャック (Japanese)
怪醫黑傑克 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: medical
Plot Summary: Black Jack is the doctor Tezuka wished he could be, one free of the constraints of the modern rules, who can heal and help on his rules. He travels the world helping those who pay him, sometime those he takes mercy on, and always those who move him. Despite not having a valid license, he is still the doctor of last resort, the only man who keeps the reaper at bay. Sometimes though, he's the one who brings the reaper...
User Ratings: 61 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 14 votes (dub:7, English:4, sub:1, raw:1, Ita.sub:1)
 Excellent: 19 votes (English:5, dub:5, sub:4, raw:2, ?:1, Spa.dub:1, French:1)
 Very good: 17 votes (sub:6, English:5, dub:3, raw:1, ?:1, raw:1)
 Good: 6 votes (sub:3, ?:1, English:1, French:1)
 Decent: 3 votes (English:2, dub:1)
 So-so: 2 votes (English:1, sub:1)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 162 users, rank: #340
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.475 (Very good+.47), std. dev.: 1.2624, rank: #389
Weighted mean: 8.396 (Very good+.39), rank: #364 (seen all: 8.70 / seen some: 8.34 / won't finish: 7.00)
Bayesian estimate: 8.360 (Very good+.35), rank: #105
Number of tankoubon: 17
Volumes:
#01. Black Jack (no secondary title in Viz edition)
#02. Two-Fisted Surgeon
Vintage:
1973-11-19 to 1983-10-14
1996-11 to 2000-06 (old Gilet French edition - 12 volumes, 83 issues)
2002-03 to 2005-01 (Hazard Italian edition - 25 vols, 235 issues)
2006-10-26 to 2007-03-30 (Spain - Glenat España - New Edition)
Releases: We have 38
Official website:
TEZUKA WORLD Black Jack Manga Page
Vertical's Black Jack page
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 4
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Comment:
Controversial Chapters: Five chapters of Black Jack elicited controversy when they were released and have since either been never re-printed, or rarely re-printed. These are #28 "Finger", #41 "Vegetable," #58 "Seat of Pleasure, #171, "The Wall" and #209, "Falling Object." The first three have never been officially reprinted since their original serialization in Weekly Shonen Champion. Chapters #171 and #209 were respectively reprinted in a special issue and an anthology of Black Jack stories by other manga-ka.
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Related releases:
    Black Jack (GN 1) 2008-09-23 (from $10.10)
    Black Jack (GN 2) 2008-11-18 (from $10.10)
    Black Jack (GN 3) 2009-01-06 (from $10.10)
    Black Jack (GN 4) 2009-03-03 (from $9.91)
    Black Jack (GN 5) 2009-05-05 (from $9.91)
    Black Jack (GN 6) 2009-07-21 (from $9.91)
    Black Jack (GN 7) 2009-09-01 (from $10.10)
    Black Jack (GN 8) 2009-11-17 (from $10.54)
    Black Jack (GN 9) 2010-01-19 (from $10.10)
    Black Jack (GN 10) 2010-03-16 (from $10.10)
    Black JacK (Hardcover) (GN 1) 2008-09-23
    Black Jack (Hardcover) (GN 2) 2008-12-14

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Story & Art: Osamu Tezuka

 (none)
Japanese companies 

Publisher: Akita Shoten

English staff 
English cast 

Translation: Camelliah Nieh (Vertical)

Essay: Ada Palmer

Production:
Glen Isip (Vertical)
Hiroko Mizuno (Vertical)

 (none)
English companies 

Licensed by:
Vertical
Viz Media

Serialized In: Manga Vizion

French staff 
French cast 

Translation:
Jacques Lalloz (Asuka)
Sylvie Siffointe (Glénat)

 (none)
French companies 

Publisher:
Asuka Comics
Glenat (complete ed. in 12 volumes)

Spanish staff 
(none)
Spanish companies 

Publication: Gilet

Publisher: Glènat España (Spain)

Translation: Estudio Fenix (Spain)

Spanish cast 
(none)
Italian staff 
Italian companies 
(none)
 

Publication: Hazard

Italian cast 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Taiwan Tohan Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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