AnimEigo Announces Blu-Ray Home Media Release of Black Jack – The Complete OVA Series
Acclaimed anime medical drama about a mysterious doctor for hire is based on the award-winning Osamu Tezuka manga series and arrives for the first time in vivid HD
Los Angeles, CA - Anime distributor AnimEigo and parent company MediaOCD have announced the upcoming home media Blu-ray release of Black Jack - The Complete OVA Series on December 16th.
A riveting “Dr. House meets the X-Files” style medical drama based on the bestselling 1970s manga series by Osamu Tezuka, the Black Jack OVAs depict the adventures of a mysterious but extraordinarily talented physician who solves the most challenging medical cases…for a price. These episodes expanded the popular Black Jack anime franchise and were directed by the legendary Osamu Dezaki, a cofounder of Studio Madhouse. The OVAs were celebrated for breathtaking animation, drama, and use of innovative directing techniques. Unavailable for nearly 20 years, the new AnimEigo release presents all 12 OVA episodes in crisp 1080p HD for the first time in this comprehensive Blu-ray home media release.
Pre-orders are available now at:
https://www.mediaocd.com/
Catch the trailer at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
When mysterious medical ailments strike, there is only one person to call: the mysterious Black Jack - an unlicensed doctor who can solve any malady... for a price. Aided by his zesty little companion Pinoko, Dr. Black Jack travels the world, curing diseases that, at times, seem almost supernatural. But there is always a cure... or is there?
Director Osamu Dezaki had a tremendous impact on the anime industry over his nearly 50-year career. His distinct visual style made use of methods such as split-screen and stark lighting, and he developed several proprietary techniques such as “pastel freeze frames” and the “tripe swish pan.” Pastel freeze frames, which he called "postcard memories,” featured a scene fading into an identical image that mimicked a detailed "painting" of the shot, and the “triple swish pan” that repeated quick cuts of a climactic moment in rapid succession to emphasize a very dramatic scene. These became signature techniques Dezaki used frequently throughout Black Jack.
In 1963, Dezaki joined Osamu Tezuka's animation studio, Mushi Production, and made his directorial debut in 1970 with the boxing drama, Ashita no Joe (Tomorrow's Joe). In 1972, he co-founded the legendary anime studio, Madhouse. Dezaki's other notable credits included Astro Boy, Space Cobra, Rose of Versailles and Nobody's Boy Remi (also available on Blu-ray from AnimEigo).
In 1977, the Black Jack manga won the first Kodansha Manga Award in the shonen category. It has since become one of Osamu Tezuka's bestselling manga with over 47 million copies sold in Japan. Osamu Dezaki's anime film adaptation, Black Jack: The Movie, won Best Animation Film at the 1996 Mainichi Film Awards.
Black Jack OAV Blu-Ray Features:
$54.95 SRP
12 episodes on 3 discs
Commentary with director Osamu Dezaki (Eps. 1, 6 and 10)
Interviews with Masao Maruyama, Akio Ōtsuka, Yūko Mizutani, and more
Includes original Japanese and U.S. promotional trailers
Includes original 4x3 SD versions of eps 1-7
For ages 13 and up
For sale in North America, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand only
1080p HD / Total Running Time – 500 minutes / English 2.0 and Japanese 2.0 Stereo /English Subtitles / Region Free
About AnimEigo:
AnimEigo is a division of MediaOCD and was founded in 1989 as one the first distributors to focus on anime and an array of acclaimed Japanese live-action films in the United States and Canada. Over the last 35 years, AnimEigo consistently broadened the market for Japanese content by cultivating audiences for new genres of film.
Renowned for high quality translations, subtitles, and dubbing, AnimEigo has released a wide variety of classic anime titles. For more information, please visit: MediaOCD.com.
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