Osamu Tezuka has created the world’s greatest doctor Kur? Hazama, also known as Black Jack, the unregistered surgeon. Tezuka, through various stories established the background of the character Black Jacks but never focused on any of his schooling. 2015 has changed this as a new show, Young Black Jack, focuses on Black Jack while he is in medical school, capturing Tezuka’s character, providing new and old fans with the tale of how Black Jack became the greatest surgeon in Japan.
Young Black Jack focuses on the character of Black Jack while he is in medical school, as he is becoming the Japan’s greatest surgeon. Many traits of Black Jack that are seen in the manga, which can be purchased here, are explored and developed in this anime. One of the major traits is that he is viewed differently than other people due to the scars that he has over his body. As a result of these scars he feels compelled to perform complicated and near impossible surgeries as he relates to his patients and does not want them to end up like him.. Another characteristic of Young Black Jack is how cynical he becomes due to performing life saving surgeries for a high price and being under paid and not at all. Finally, the anime, as of the first episode, focuses on the trait of making hard decisions with high consequences, which later becomes a central theme in the manga that Tezuka developed.
Young Black Jack is a special type of anime as it gives old fans more information on the character Black Jack. For newer fans it is a starting point to be introduced to the world of Osamu Tezuka, who is the Godfather of Anime, and Black Jack the greatest medical manga of all time. New and old anime fans, when watching Young Black Jack, are seeing an anime that is showing the evolution of the character as he transitions from a student surgeon to becoming an unregistered, blacklisted surgeon with a unique set of morals due to various events that he experienced.
A copy of Black Jack can be picked up here.
