Black Jack

Based on the brilliant maverick doctor created by manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka. This prequel follows Black Jack when he was still a medical student in the 1960s. (Source: Anime News Network)

Set around the year 20xx, where Black Jack is nearly 60 years old.

Note: Includes two extra chapters.

Using Tezuka's characters, the very best artists were allowed to let loose and adapt his characters into short stories.

A anthology of various mangaka's one-shots, each remaking a different chapter of Black Jack. Volume 1 1. Saigo no Shounin (最後の証人); Monthly Susperia Mystery 2004-12 (2004-09-24); [Akino Matsuri] 2. Nanji no Rinjin wo Aiseyo (汝ノ隣人ヲ愛セヨ); Monthly Susperia Mystery 2005-01 (2004-11-24); [Yoshikawa Utata] 3. Dracula ni Sasagu (ドラキュラに捧ぐ); Monthly Susperia Mystery 2005-08 Extra-Large (2005-06-24); [Kakinouchi Narumi] 4. Meguru Ai (めぐり会い); Monthly Susperia Mystery 2005-07 (2005-05-24); [Midori Yukako] 5. M no Densetsu: Koutei to Yobareta Otoko (Mの伝説 皇帝と呼ばれた男); Elegance Eve 2005-07 (2005-05-26); [Kazama Hiroko] Volume 2 1. Shi e no Ichijikan (死への一時間); Monthly Susperia Mystery 2005-06 Extra-Large (2005-04-23); [Hosoma Shinichi] 2. Nekogami-ke no Hitobito (猫上家の人々); Monthly Susperia Mystery 2005-05 Super Extra-Large (2005-03-24); [Ochazuke Nori] 3. Migawari (身代わり); Monthly Susperia Mystery 2005-08 Extra-Large (2005-06-24); [Senno Knife] 4. Yami no Naka no Mokugekisha (闇の中の目撃者); Monthly Susperia Mystery 2005-02 Extra-Large Additional Volume (2004-12-24); [Oomai Kiriko] 5. Kotsuniku (骨肉); Monthly Susperia Mystery 2005-04 Extra-Large Additional Volume (2005-02-24); [Sou Michiko] 6. Kizuato no Kioku (傷跡の記憶); Monthly Susperia Mystery 2005-10 Extra-Large (2005-08-24); [Suzuki Yuka]

Black Jack Kuroi Ishi (Black Jack Dark Surgeon) was published in 2005 and 2006. It is a direct remake of the original Black Jack manga, with original Tezuka stories rewritten and redrawn in a more modern manga style by Kenji Yamamoto. It was published in Shounen Champion, the same magazine which hosted Black Jack Alive and Black Jack Neo. It is three volumes (20 issues) in length, and ended serialization Feb. 9th 2006.

Dr. Black Jack - unlicensed, unorthodox, thoroughly brilliant - he is a surgical genius capable of such impossible feats like operating blind, and even operating on himself. In this beautiful remake of Tezuka’s best-loved series, Dr. Black Jack's ingenuity and skills are once again called upon and put to the test: a starlet who has built her life around a secret; a tortured artist who has lost his muse; a pro-fighter whose compassion is his handicap; and a disfigured man whose face has corrupted his soul. As he takes on cases that will push the limits of medical science, only he can create the miracles necessary to save his patients. (Source: Chuang Yi)

Black Jack adaption by Akihito Yoshitomi.

A spin-off where Black Jack has turned into a high-school girl.